Barcelona’s Colau scrambles to resolve ‘okupa’ riots
• Police engage supporters of ‘okupa’ squatters in three nights of street battles • Fight over eviction from vacant bank branch when…
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Mail-in ballot surge adds to 26-J election uncertainty
• Requests for 26th June mail-in ballots have quintupled, says Interior Ministry • Election day falls on end of three-day ‘Noche de…
Nearly 30% of Spaniards still at risk of poverty
• INE says 3.2 million Spaniards earned less than 332 euros/month in 2015 • Average income of Spanish households nationwide fell slightly…
Sánchez calls out Podemos over links to ‘Chavismo’
• Socialist says Podemos’ Venezuela ties ‘fair game’ for political debate in Spain • Venezuela entered political debate in Spain ‘hand-in-hand with…
Spain receives first of 586 refugees expected by July
• Two groups of refugees from camps in Greece, Italy arrive to Spain this week • Interior Ministry says more groups set…
#VIDEO: Flamenco artist lends voice to animal rights
• Capital Animal 2016 culminates with Niño de Elche ‘Flamenco protest’ concert • Madrid arts collective raises public awareness about animal cruelty…
Catalans move to rescind Franco-era court martials
• Legislation introduced to anul verdicts against regime’s political opponents • 100,000 court martials, more than 4,400 executions in Catalonia under Franco…
Rivera faults PP, Podemos for general election re-run
• Ciudadanos leader says PP’s Rajoy wanted ‘grand coalition’ to avoid reforms • Centre-right leader rejects Podemos bid to curtail judiciary, press…
#VIDEO: Is the ‘Toro de la Vega’ festival finally dead?
• Local PSOE & PP councilors vow lawsuit to block ban on ‘Toro de la Vega’ • PACMA animal-rights party cautions regional…
#VIDEO: PP ad labels PSOE & Podemos ‘extremists’
• Partido Popular slams Socialists & Podemos for ‘bad governing practices’ • Ad anticipates 26-J election strategy to paint PSOE as part…
‘Unidos Podemos’ dumps Errejón election strategy
• Podemos sheds ‘transversal’ strategy for left-wing ‘broad front’ approach • ‘Unidos Podemos’ becomes ‘alphabet soup’ of 16 different parties, coalitions The…
#VIDEO: Bull let loose on students does not attack
• Young novillo bull in Colmenar Viejo ignores 40 students as it seeks escape • Video appears to prove activists’ point that…
Survey sees most Spaniards welcoming refugees
• 97 percent of Spaniards surveyed in favor of accepting refugees into Spain • 18 percent would welcome refugees into home, 31…
Lawyers acclaimed in fight against gender violence
• Prosecuting attorneys’ work seen as ‘fundamental’ to combating abuse • Specialists in gender violence, domestic abuse assisted 47,000 women in 2015…
#VIDEO: PSOE’s first campaign spot mocks Iglesias
• Socialist election campaign video uses jocular tone to criticize Podemos leader • Podemos painted as ‘Party of No’, obstacle to forming…
Greenpeace scales Madrid towers to protest TTIP
• Greenpeace activists unfurl banner calling for halt to EU-US TTIP trade deal • Action follows on Greenpeace Netherlands’ leak of TTIP…
Homeless activist targets Partido Popular in Madrid
• Activist blames PP for social-spending cuts that have left thousands homeless • Removed from front of party offices by police, Lagarder…
Amnesty appeals to European empathy on refugees
• Amnesty España issues video to let Spaniards ‘experience’ refugees’ plight • Campaign calls on Spain & EU to do more to…
Environmentalists warn of another toxic tire dump
• 5 million tires that were supposed to be recycled fueled suspected arson fire • Ecologistas’ warnings of danger of disaster unheeded…
#VIDEO: Sánchez debuts 26-J PSOE ‘shadow cabinet’
• Party leader presents lineup of 20 candidates for PSOE cabinet posts • List includes male-female parity, former Ministers & Supreme Court…
Five years on, 15-M returns to Madrid protest roots
• Thousands mark anniversary, marching from Plaza de Cibeles to Puerta del Sol • Chants of ‘They Don’t Represent Us!’ and ‘Yes…
European report sees Spain advance on LGBT rights
• Spain moves up a notch in 2016 European ranking of rights for LGBTI people • Of 49 countries, only Malta, Belgium,…
Pro-refugee demos to target 26-J election campaign
• NGOs, trade unions & political parties call for demonstrations nationwide • Groups target ‘World Refugee Day’ to make election issue of…
PSOE rejects Podemos’ joint Senate campaigns offer
• Socialist leader says ‘No thanks’, that Podemos has lost chance to collaborate • PSOE asks Valencia’s Ximo Puig to pull out…
Greenpeace Algarrobico activists acquitted by judge
• Case against 28 activists for protest over illegal Almería beach hotel dismissed • Supreme Court ruling against hotel cited as vindication…
Socialists to join Colau government in Barcelona
• Accord would see PSC’s Collboni become Mayor Ada Colau’s second lieutenant • Socialists lost Barcelona mayor’s seat in 2011 after governing…
Court orders Franco ‘Valley of Fallen’ exhumations
• Remains of two union members executed in 1936 must be returned to families • First ruling on Franco victims buried alongside…
Podemos, Izquierda Unida reach 26-J electoral pact
• Alliance guarantees IU 8 Congress seats, up from just 2 seats won in 2015 • Podemos moves left, abandons Errejón’s less-ideological…
Catalonia: Just 21% favor fast-track independence
• Public opinion against Catalan Parlament’s fast-track independence roadmap • Artur Mas’s CDC party falls to fourth place, behind ERC, Ciudadanos, PSC-PSOE…
Select panel to rid Madrid of Franco-era glorification
• Broad-based committee to rename 150 streets, plazas honoring Franco era • Names changes to comply with 2007 ‘Historic Memory’ law, stalled…
Protest greets matador’s return to Jerez bullring
• PACMA, Jerez anti-bullfighting group protest return of matador José Tomás • Protesters decry ‘barbaric spectacle’ as torture in the name of…