Sánchez calls for return to Socialists’ activist roots
• Ousted PSOE leader gathers overflow crowd of supporters in Zaragoza • Sánchez raps caretaker commission effort to impose limits on next…
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Abuse victims to get parole warnings via SMS
• Women at risk to receive SMS messages before attackers released from jail • Program alerts gender-violence victims to change in attacker’s…
PACMA urges ratification of EU animal welfare treaty
• Animal-rights party urges full ratification of Convention on Animal Protection • Group reject’s PP proposal to allow mutilation of pets for…
Podemos crisis as Bescansa resigns leadership post
• Podemos co-founder resigns amid leadership crisis between Iglesias, Errejón • Party’s number-three leader had been trying to broker a compromise solution…
NGO calls on Spain to protect refugee children
• Save The Children makes appeal in wake of drowning of 6-year-old off Cadiz • In 2016, 1,500-plus refugee, migrant children drowned…
IU warns of EU changes on refugees, asylum seekers
• IU’s MEP Marina Albiol says Trump-style restrictions on refugees underway • Draft legislative amendments would change EU policies toward asylum seekers…
Pedro Sánchez officially joins race to lead Socialists
• Ex-PSOE leader sees candidacy ‘plebiscite’ over who should control of party • Sánchez joins Patxi López in race, Andalucia’s Susana Díaz…
#VIDEO: MdM awards Luis Valtueña photo prize
• Médicos del Mundo awards Luis Valtueña prize to Russian Sergei Stroitelev • 270 photographers from 45 counties in 2017 humanitarian photo…
Sánchez to take campaign to reclaim PSOE to Sevilla
• Ousted PSOE leader to headline rally Saturday in Susana Díaz stronghold • Sánchez rally hopes to turn out 10,000 local PSOE…
#VIDEO: Ygualex app targets youth gender violence
• Mobile app seeks to stem harassment, violence against school-age girls, teens • Available for Android & iOS, app lets users get…
Socialists decry PP cuts to gender-equality funding
• PSOE condemns gender-equality funding cuts for small-businesses, universities • Socialists say cuts show PP sees equal-pay, rights for women as unimportant…
Spaniards showing more tolerance for immigrants
• High-level of rejection of immigrants during ‘boom’ years appears to be easing • 55 more Syrian, Iraqi refugees arrive to Spain,…
FAADA launches ‘I Am Someone’ #VIDEO campaign
• Fundación AlmaAnimal video campaign to raise awareness on bullfighting • 12 activists X 12 months telling the story of the suffering…
Errejón wants term limits for Podemos, no IU merger
• Proposals would block Izquierda Unida merger, decentralize power in Podemos • Two-term limit would see Iglesias exit gen secretary post after 2020 elections The…
Sexual assault charges on rise at Spain’s campuses
• Professor suspended at Complutense over complaints by six graduate students • Allegations of cover-ups in Barcelona, Sevilla amid general climate of…
PSOE’s Sánchez said ready to launch leadership bid
• Former Socialist leader’s aides tell press he’s set to announce next week • A Sánchez bid to lead PSOE would make…
Disabled passengers to protest Ryanair in Madrid
• Protest rally salted for Saturday at Adolfo Suárez-Madrid Barajas airport • Airline charged with discriminating against disabled passengers at boarding Budget…
Errejón, ‘Anticaps’ oppose Iglesias’ leadership style
• Íñigo Errejón, ‘Anticapitalistas’ against Iglesias’ ‘hyper-leadership’ style • Errejón proposes rule changes to limit power of Podemos general secretary In an…
Just three Spaniards own more than 30% poorest
• Zara chain’s Ortega, his daughter and Mercadona’s Roig top wealth pyramid • Oxfam Intermón says three own more than 14.2 million…
U.S. expats in Spain to protest Trump inauguration
• Women’s Marches scheduled for Saturday 21st January in Barcelona, Granada • Inauguration Day protest in Valencia, march in Madrid set for…
Patxi López throws hat into PSOE leadership contest
• Former Basque ‘Lehendakari’ hopes to bind internal rifts, rebuild Socialist party • Unclear whether ousted PSOE leader Pedro Sánchez will stand…
Cold temps put Spain’s homeless at greater risk
• NGOs say some 40,000 people living on streets across Spain exposed to cold • Energy poverty, social exclusion from affordable housing…
Iglesias looks to Podemos unity in run-up to conclave
• Podemos chief’s ‘Plan 2020’ will incorporate ideas of Errejón, Anticapitalistas • Confrontation is out and party unity is in as ‘Vistalegre…
Survey shows high rates of university sexual assault
• Survey shows 62 pct of students suffered or know victims of sexual assault • Victims are 92 pct women, agressors 62…
Socialists set to kick party conference into June
• PSOE Federal Committee meeting set to announce leadership election dates • Caretaker commission leaks predetermined dates for elections, party conclave The long-awaited…
#VIDEO: Proactiva Open Arms gives voice to refugees
• Barcelona-based refugee rescue group videos let refugees tell own stories • Since 2015, Proactiva has rescued refugees stranded at sea in…
Spanish Volunteer Platform issues 2017 calendar
• 12 images by leading photographers present ’12 Views of Solidarity’ for 2017 • Umbrella organization represents 78 national, regional NGOs throughout…
Battle for PSOE continues, party conference distant
• After 100 days under ‘interim’ caretaker, still no date for party conference • Socialist party dissidents seek shift to left, Old…
Church NGOs, UNHCR decry state of migrant centres
• Catholic church, UN agencies condemn situation at North African centres • 6,400-plus migrants, asylum seekers passed through Ceuta and Melilla in…
Oxfam Intermón to open new charity shops in Spain
• Spanish affiliate of global NGO to open shops in Madrid, Barcelona this week • NGO drive to increase funding sees 50…
#VIDEO: COGAM kicks off 2017 with gay pride video
• Madrid LGBT Collective video issues call to protect diversity, guarantee equality • 30-year-old activist group sets sights on 2017 as year…