Spanish fair trade group asks political parties to focus on sustainable, just commerce in campaigns
• Group wants fairer business and trade practices at home and abroad • Foreign trade deals should incorporate environment, labor & human…
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Spanish startup honored for developing mobile app to help audio-visually impaired enjoy cinema
• Whatscine awarded Queen Letizia Prize for Accessibility Technologies • Madrid-based tech startup delivers in-theatre movie enjoyment to disabled A Spanish technology…
Spanish Jesuit agency says ‘Don’t let Paris terrorist attacks undermine aid to Syrian refugees’
• Jesuit immigrant-rights centre calls on Spain to keep Syrian refugee pledge • Syrian refugees in central Europe need help in face…
Spanish judge issues arrest warrant for Israeli PM Netanyahu, others over Gaza Freedom Flotilla raid
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could face arrest in Spain • Judge issues warrant over deaths and attack on 2010 aid…
EU index sees child poverty on rise in Spain, despite return to economic growth
• Annual AROPE index shows those ‘At Risk of Poverty and/or Exclusion’ • 2.6 million Spanish children at risk, second highest among…
Animal rights party to field election candidates for first time in Spain’s upcoming Dec. 20 balloting
• Animal-rights group runs for Congress, Senate to publicize plight of animals • PACMA gathered necessary 7,000 signatures to place candidates on…
Number of Spanish women killed by partners or ex-partners during 2015 climbs to 44 over weekend
• 3 more women murdered in what police classify as ‘domestic’ disputes • Statistics show violence against women on increase nationwide in…
Power struggles, disagreements put brakes on left coalition campaigns in Dec. 20 elections
• New-left Podemos, old-left Izquierda Unida fail to agree on national coalition • A ‘broad front’ strategy left to local regional movements…
Labour force survey shows stagnating salaries and growing inequities, despite claims of recovery
• Spain’s wage gap between lowest, highest earners continues to grow • Nearly 3 million Spaniards earn less than €1,000 per month,…
Latest poll shows conservative PP could win Dec. 20 election, Socialists’ & Ciudadanos’ vote share rising
• Conservative governing party seen ahead in voter-preference poll • Coalition government likely following Dec. 20th general elections A new election poll…
Petitioners oppose PP government proposal to offer bullfighting courses to Spanish teenagers
• More than 430,000 Spaniards oppose bullfighting in classrooms • Two-year elective bullfighting course for teenagers hits public opposition Hundreds of thousands…
Podemos taps former military Chief of Staff as candidate in upcoming Dec. 20 general elections
• Anti-austerity party lures former Defense chief to election ticket • Rodríguez Fernández to campaign for Congressional seat from Zaragoza Spain’s insurgent-left…
Socialist party seeks kinder, gentler labour reforms in appeal to both workers and business
• Socialists treading fine line between labour and business • PSOE sees voter concerns over unemployment key to election victory Spain’s opposition…
Spanish NGOs band together to promote #GivingTuesday fundraising initiative
• Nonprofits, NGOs to bring first-ever #GivingTuesday to Spain on Dec. 1st • Spaniards can donate to cause of choice online via…
Gender violence education falls short in Spain’s Autonomous Communities, teachers’ union says
• CCOO says Spain’s regional gov’ts failing to educate against gender violence • Schools should teach more about equality, violence prevention, union…
Spanish nonprofit, charitable federation calls for Constitutional change to help country’s poorest
• Red Cross, Cáritas and others want right to public assistance guaranteed • Groups urge parties to enshrine basic economic, social rights…
Poll finds most Spaniards would welcome refugees from Syria
• Survey shows 52% of Spaniards say country can accept more refugees • Economic capacity to absorb more remains concern for 64%…
Greenpeace campaign calls on political candidates to remember environment in election campaign
• Greenpeace urges political candidates to honor environmental pledges • Clever campaign uses ‘Little Prince’ quote to focus attention on environment Greenpeace…
Bullfighting on the wane in Spain, as youth no longer identify with once-national pastime
• Younger generations of Spaniards are largely disinterested in bullfighting • Local and regional bans on the spectacle are growing throughout Spain…
#VIDEO: LGBT activists’ march in Madrid to demand end to transgender discrimination in Spain
• March organizers demand transgender orientation not be treated as illness • Protest will call on lawmakers to legislate equality for transgender…
Podemos falls to fourth place in opinion polls, following poor showing in Catalan elections
• Latest opinion polls show Spain’s newest left-wing party losing steam • Party image dogged by Venezuela ties, poor showings in regional…