Supreme Court eyes 24th September for Franco ruling
► Supreme Court chooses day after deadline for formation of new government ► Justices said to want to lessen political impact of…
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PACMA condemns Valencia’s ‘tiro y arrastre’ events
► City of Valencia subsidizes upcoming ‘pull-and-drag’ events in September ► Horses pushed, pulled, beaten, whipped to carry loaded wagons through sand…
Officials warn of conflating gender, domestic violence
► Equating gender violence with ‘inter-family violence’ creates confusion ► VOX says gender violence ‘big lie’, same amount of violence against men…
Spain’s solar-thermal energy generation hits record high
► Solar-thermal electricity production up 4.1% over previous record set in 2015 ► Sun’s energy converted to stored heat, electricity by large-scale…
Socialists, Unidas Podemos to renew negotiations today
► Sánchez secures tentative PRC & PNV support, abstention pledge from ERC ► Unidas Podemos foresees lengthy negotiations with 23 Sept deadline…
Migrant boat arrivals from N. Africa drop by 45 percent
► Interior Minister Grande-Marlaska credits combined efforts by Spain, Morocco ► 15,683 migrants arrived from Jan-Aug versus 28,642 in same period last…
PSOE airs social program in bid to lure Podemos support
► Socialists want solo gov’t with support from Podemos, who insist on coalition ► New elections in November, if PSOE unable to…
Spanish teens develop app to protect women from harm
► Team of Madrid-area high school students develop ‘When&Where’ mobile app ► App to protect women, girls from assault reaches finals in…
Sánchez vows to keep trying after failed investiture bid
► In repeat of 2016, Unidas Podemos blocks Sánchez bid to become president ► Acrimonious debate in Congress after negotiations breakdown on…
Ciudadanos leaders ousted from Madrid pride parade
► Centre-right party blocked by protesters, chants of No Pasaran! at pride event ► Critics complain of Ciudadanos alliances with far-right, anti-LGBT…
Sánchez sets timeline for Congress vote on candidacy
► Congress debate to kick off Monday 22nd July, first vote to take place next day ► Unidas Podemos votes crucial, but…
Diplomatic tension over Vatican envoy’s Franco remarks
► Outgoing envoy took parting shot at Sánchez gov’t over Franco reburial plans ► Spain to file formal protest, review tax status…
Open Arms ready to risk jail in rescuing migrants at sea
► ‘Better to be jailed than complicit’ says migrant rescue NGO’s founder ► Group will no longer abide by accord to desist…
NGO report says 32% of Spaniards breathe polluted air
? Nearly 1/3 of people breath foul air, below EU & Spanish air-quality standards ? By WHO air-quality standards, nearly 98% of…
The baby rattle and the Franquista firing squad
► 83-year-old man recovers baby rattle buried with mother executed in 1936 ► Catalina Muñoz Arranz tried on trumped-up charges, executed by…
Gov’t doubles summer lunch funding for children at risk
► 15 million euros lets VECA program help 100,000 children at risk of poverty ► 2019 program triples number of children served…
Supreme Court verdict: ‘La Manada’ rapists, not abusers
► High court reverses lower court rulings, ups jail terms from 9 to 15 years each ► Judges criticize lower courts, say…
Ecologistas ‘award’ black flags to 48 Spanish beaches
► Environmentalists say ‘tourism monoculture’ is unsustainable for Spain ► Overbuilding, massive reliance on cruise ships, low-cost airlines cited Spanish environmental NGO…
Catalan separatists’ trial enters final sentencing phase
► After 422 witnesses and 62 televised court sessions, trial enters final phase ► Supreme Court verdict, sentencing of separatist leaders expected…
Cáritas says 8.5 million suffer poverty, social exclusion
► 4.1 million Spaniards now living in ‘severe’ social exclusion due to poverty ► Situation worse than before ‘crisis’, Spain’s ‘social mobility…
Socialists offer gov’t of ‘cooperation’ to Unidas Podemos
► Sánchez, Iglesias agree to define ‘joint government’ in the coming days ► Neither party would confirm or deny ministerial roles for…
Podemos reshuffles leadership after elections debacle
► Pablo Iglesias ignores calls for party congress to decide Podemos future ► Remix comes as party to begin talks with PSOE…
WWF protests plastics at Lanzarote underwater museum
► WWF divers call on Spain’s gov’t to take action against single-use plastics ► Protest over negative impact of plastics on world’s…
Spain’s most conscientious recyclers are older women
? 83 percent of all women and nine of 10 women age 55-64 recycle in Spain ? 94% of Spaniards say recycling…
Amnesty España says school bullying persistent problem
► NGO says response to school bullying inadequate, calls for ‘zero tolerance’ ► Gov’t says “900” hotline has received 1,600 reports of…
Supreme Court puts gov’t reburial of Franco on hold
► Court suspends gov’t removal of Franco remains pending review of appeal ► Sánchez gov’t wants to move former dictator’s remains from…
Gender violence top concern among women aged 18-34
► ‘Instituto de la Mujer’ report surveyed 1,500 women of all ages across Spain ► Violence, gender equality, jobs, social inequities, climate…
Most of Spain’s LGBT community still closeted at work
► Nearly 2/3 of Spain’s LGBT community mask their sexuality in the workplace ► Employees in large corporations, specific regions more likely…
PSOE big winner of elections, but Left loses in Madrid
► Socialists win most votes in 10 of 12 regional elections contested Sunday ► PSOE also wins 33pct of Euro Parliament vote…
Left controls Congress ‘Mesa’ for first time in 30 years
► PSOE’s Meritxell Batet elected President of nine-member Mesa Directiva ► PSOE & Unidas Podemos control five-seat majority of crucial committee Left-of-center…
Spain fifth worldwide in number of women in Congress
► Election of 164 women deputies for 46.85 percent of seats in new Congress ► Spaniards elected more women to represent them…