Greenpeace petitions Fenosa to stop Doñana project
• Environmental NGO calls for immediate halt to Gas Natural Fenosa drilling • Petition launched to save UNESCO World-Heritage site from gas…
Spain
Starting today, women in Spain working for free
• UGT says women work 54 days more than men for same annual earnings • Union launches #YoTrabajoGratis (‘I Work for Free’)…
Congress urged to apologise over Franco-era abuses
• Historical Memory activists seek official censure of 1936 military uprising • ARMH calls for apology, national day commemorating Franco-era victims Spain’s…
NGOs call for pact against poverty, social exclusion
• Government minister urged to move quickly to reduce poverty, inequalities • Umbrella NGO group faults political deadlock for increased social exclusion…
Activists: environment minister ‘bad news’ for Spain
• Groups say García Tejerina signals continued negative environmental policies • Activists call for immediate ratification of Paris Accord on greenhouse gases…
‘Adelante’ appears to lead Podemos Madrid race
• Slate led by Rita Maestre, Tania Sánchez wins local party platform planks • Podemos Madrid leadership contest to be decided after…
Caixa Forum Madrid opens ‘Somos Migrantes’ show
• ‘We are Migrants’ photo exhibit runs through Jan 8th at Caixa Forum Madrid • Works by 14 photographers shows plight of…
Ex-Franco Minister rails at ‘Historical Memory’ law
• Utrera Molina, under investigation on rights charges, lashes out at legislation • Former minister signed 1974 garroting death warrants for anti-Franco…
UN agency wants Spain to get serious on refugees
• UNHCR says time for Spain to move from words to action on refugee crisis • Spain has resettled just 687 of…
Activists seek action on equality, gender violence
• Feminist groups demand ‘Equality Ministry’, reform of gender-violence law • Congress likely to reform law, but budget cuts leave initiatives underfunded…
NGOFILE :: Médicos del Mundo
• Médicos del Mundo ~ Doctors of the World Médicos del Mundo is the Spanish affiliate of Médecins du Monde (MdM), an…
Sánchez launches campaign to reclaim, rebuild PSOE
• In exclusive television interview, Sánchez denounces ‘El País’ editorial threats • Calls PSOE interim caretaker ‘shameful’, says rank-and-file must reclaim party…
PSOE abstentions enable Rajoy minority gov’t
• PP’s Mariano Rajoy wins simple 170 majority, will form new government • Fifteen Socialist deputies break ranks with party and vote…
Sánchez resigns seat rather than abstain on Rajoy
• Cites ‘profound differences’ with Socialists’ interim caretaker administration • To embark on national drive to ‘recover’ PSOE for rank-and-file membership Just…
Rajoy to postpone controversial testing of students
• Hundreds of thousands of students, teachers & parents protest LOMCE law • Acting-PM pledges postponement of ‘reválidas’ for ESO, ‘bachillerato’ students…
Official says false gender-violence testimony a myth
• President of Domestic & Gender Violence agency says false charges very rare • Agency says gender violence complaints, convictions rose during…
Spanish foreign development aid falls to 1980 levels
• Fourth-largest Eurozone economy gives just 0.13% of GDP to development aid • 19th of 28 in Europe, Spain less generous than…
Spain’s wind-power sector shows signs of rebound
• Buoyed by exports, Spain’s wind-power producers appear poised for recovery • Deloitte report sees resilience, despite losses from PP-imposed renewables tax…
Barcelona seeks migrant detention centre closure
• City official cites ‘infrahuman’ conditions for immigrants, asylum seekers • Interior Ministry given 20 days to transfer detainees or face legal…
Socialists call for tax-evasion investigation of Apple
• PSOE wants Congress Committee to calculate Apple taxes owed since 2003 • Party says tax-evasion via Apple-Ireland agreement cheats Spain of…
Socialists approve abstention to enable Rajoy gov’t
• PSOE approves abstention 137-96 after heated Federal Committee debate • Vote deeply divides Socialists, some deputies expected to vote ‘No’ to…
Catalans defy Supreme Court ruling on bullfighting
• Supreme Court ruling says 2010 Catalan law cannot ban bullfighting altogether • Regional government vows strict regulations to make bullfighting impossible…
‘Adelante’ leaders seek more inclusive Podemos
• ‘Adelante’ platform wants broader ideological, gender diversity in Podemos • See move further left, abandoning social-democratic centre as mistake for party…
NGOFILE: Coordinadora Estatal de Comercio Justo (CECJ) ~ National Fair-Trade Coordinating Council
• Coordinadora Estatal de Comercio Justo (CECJ) ~ National Fair-Trade Coordinating Council • Spain’s Coordinadora Estatal de Comercio Justo (CECJ, or ‘National…
PSOE battle lines drawn on historic decision Sunday
• Socialists’ to decide Sunday whether to abstain or block Rajoy return to office • PSOE-Andalucia and PSC at odds in historic…
Wind-powered Rioja winery nets savings, cuts C02
• Pierola winery generates 250,000 KW from wind, double annual power needs • New turbine will cut 150,000 kilos of CO2 emissions…
NGOFILE: UNICEF Comité Español ~ UNICEF Spain
• Unicef España ~ United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund Spain • UNICEF Comité Español is the Spanish National Committee for the United…
Socialists face rebellion at the roots over Rajoy vote
• PSOE rank-and-file, regional leaders in revolt over anticipated abstention vote • Grassroots petition nets 80% of signatures needed to force party…
Madrid LGBT law faces Catholic church backlash
• Pro-church media attack anti-homophobia legislation as ‘discriminatory’ • Backlash follows move to deny Catholic school funding over director’s remarks News media…
NGOFILE: Colectivo LGTB de Madrid (COGAM) ~ Madrid LGBT Collective
• Colectivo de Lesbianas, Gays, Transexuales y Bisexuales de Madrid (COGAM) ~ Madrid LGBT Collective • Spain’s Colectivo de Lesbianas, Gays, Transexuales…
Podemos readies for ‘general strike’ against Rajoy
• Iglesias says Podemos must be ready to ‘take to streets’ against Rajoy • Party leader expects labour-led strike to overturn 2012…