#VIDEO: Albert Rivera press conference 27th July
• Rivera sees only ‘Grand Coalition’ without Rajoy or Partido Popular minority • Ciudadanos leader suggests all parties abstain to let Rajoy…
• Rivera sees only ‘Grand Coalition’ without Rajoy or Partido Popular minority • Ciudadanos leader suggests all parties abstain to let Rajoy…
• Party leader Sánchez will not fill breach if Rajoy again declines to form gov’t • PSOE says Rajoy must attempt to…
• SOS Galgos ~ SOS Greyhounds • SOS Galgos was founded in Barcelona in the year 2000 and works to defend the…
• Pro-independence deputies pass measure to ‘disconnect’ Catalonia from Spain • Tumultuous parliamentary session sees walkouts, abstentions from opposition The pro-independence majority…
• Federación Estatal de Lesbianas, Gais, Transexuales y Bisexuales (FELGTB) ~ National Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals • Spain’s Federación…
• Oxfam Intermón • Oxfam Intermón is the affiliate in Spain of the international development aid organisation Oxfam. Originally founded in 1956…
• Ciudadanos opposition to PP pact with nationalists leaves Rajoy short of votes • Rajoy hoping to revert pressure onto Socialists to…
• Plan Internacional España ~ Plan International Plan Internacional España is the Spanish affiliate of Plan International (also known simply as “Plan”),…
• Fundació Arrels ~ Arrels Foundation • The Fundació Arrels (Arrels Foundation) is a Barcelona-based non-governmntal organisation founded in 1987 and dedicated…
• 39.42 pct of Congress seats held by women, surpassing 37 pct in Strasbourg • Women Deputies’ presence far above 25 pct…
• Former gov’t official says politicians failing to tackle violence against women • Spaniards shrug-off gender violence, while each year more men…
• Women’s Link Worldwide • Women’s Link Worldwide is an international organization with offices in Spain and Latin America that uses the…
• Socialists now can vote ‘No’ on Rajoy, freed from abstaining on investiture bid • Rajoy may now attempt election with Ciudadanos,…
• Salvadoran Supreme Court rescinds country’s Amnesty Law protecting military • Extradition of suspects in Jesuits’ murder on hold, pending trial in…
• Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de España (APDHE) ~ Human Rights Association of Spain • The Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de España,…
• PP, Ciudadanos deal blocks PSOE’s Patxi López from repeat as ‘Mesa’ president • Right-of-centre parties gain 5-4 control of Congressional executive…
• Law prohibits & sanctions discrimination, mandates sexual-diversity education • Proposed by governing PP, law backed by all parties across political spectrum…
• Asociación LGTB+H de la Comunidad de Madrid y de las Universidades Complutense y Politécnica ~ LGTB+H Association of the Community of…
• Garzón blames 26-J vote loss on campaign disorganisation, lack of focus • Podemos sees fault in Iglesias’ tactics, confrontational strategy towards…
• Ecologistas en Acción says Spain negligent over widespread high ozone levels • 1,800 premature deaths linked to dangerous ozone levels in…
• Ecologistas en Acción ~ Ecologists in Action • Ecologistas en Acción (Ecologists in Action) is a non-governmental umbrella organisation of more…
• Socialist leader confirms party position of no support or abstention on Rajoy • PP leader says barring PSOE abstention, may not…
• Save the Children sees 55% increase since 2008 in children at risk of poverty • NGO says 760,000 Spanish children lack…
• Save the Children • Save the Children is an international, non-governmental organisation working in more than 120 countries worldwide to defend…
• PP leader schedules discreet meeting with CDC party leader Francesc Homs • Re-minted CDC now called Partit Demòcrata Català in image makeover…
• Women’s and citizens’ groups protest increase in sexual assault during festival • Police arrest 12 male suspects, including five who filmed…
• AnimaNaturalis • AnimaNaturalis is an Ibero-American non-governmental organization with a mission of establishing, promoting and protecting the rights of all animals…
• PP leader will try today for Ciudadanos support as prelude to Sánchez meeting • Rajoy to make PSOE choose between abstention…
• Ex-judge, human-rights lawyer says Spain’s courts hostile to Franco victims • Garzón says Supreme Court part of efforts to silence dictatorship’s…
• Amnistía Internacional España ~ Amnesty International Spain • Amnistía Internacional España (Amnesty International Spain) is the Spanish section of the global…
• SEO/BirdLife ~ La Sociedad Española de Ornitología • SEO/Birdlife, known by its full name in Spanish as La Sociedad Española de…