Doménech surprise exit leaves vacuum on Catalan Left
A surprise resignation Monday night by Xavier Domènech, the leading figure of Podemos’ Catalonia affiliate Podem and co-founder with Barcelona Mayor Ada…
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Gov’t says migrant expulsions put traffickers on notice
Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska told Spain’s Congress this week that the summary deportation of 116 migrants who stormed the perimeter fence of…
Open Arms ship arrives with 60 migrants rescued at sea
After a four-day voyage across the Mediterranean, a rescue vessel operated by non-governmental organization Proactiva Open Arms docked in Barcelona on Wednesday…
Catalan prisoners transferred to jails closer to home
After eight months in preventive detention awaiting trial on multiple charges that include rebellion and misuse of public funds in relation to…
Spain gets more EU funding to handle migrant influx
The governments of Spain, Greece and Germany have reached a special trilateral agreement that will free up 25.6 million euros in funding…
Spain fetes LGBTI Pride 2018 with marches, activities
Spain has joined the international LGBTI community’s celebration of Pride Month during June, kicking off a slate of celebrations and activities Thursday…
Catalan nationalism divides Spain’s labour movement
The issue of Catalonia’s independence from Spain appears to be dividing the country’s labour movement, both nationwide and at the regional level…
LABOURFILE :: Intersindical – CSC
Intersindical-CSC is a Catalonia-based labour union that claims to be both independent and class-based, with a presence throughout the Paisos Catalans, defined…
LABOURFILE :: Intersindical – CSC
Intersindical-CSC is a Catalonia-based labour union that claims to be both independent and class-based, with a presence throughout the Paisos Catalans, defined…
Spanish electric motosharing service eyes U.S. market
Spain’s electric motorscooter sharing service Muving, currently operating in 11 cities nationwide, is following up an expansive first year of operation with…
InfoCircos petitions for EU-wide ban on circus animals
InfoCircos, a coalition of organizations working to stop the use of wild animals in circuses in Spain and across Europe, is going…
PSOE rejects Catalonia coalition with Esquerra, Comúns
Spain’s national Socialist party (PSOE) responded Wednesday to a majority vote in Catalonia’s parliament symbolically proclaiming the right of any of three jailed…
Podemos municipal branding survey nets scant response
A weekend survey of rank-and-file supporters of Podemos to decide whether the four-year-old anti-austerity party should modify its political branding in the…
Hundreds of thousands march on women’s day in Spain
► Nearly 6 million stopped work, marches took place in more than 120 cities ► Hundreds of thousands of women and supporters…
Women to strike Thursday for equal pay, gender equality
► 82pct of Spaniards support strike demands of equal pay, gender quality ► Tens and perhaps hundreds of thousands of women throughout…
LABOURFILE :: Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) ~ National Confederation of Labour
The Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT, or National Confederation of Labour), is the modern-day successor to Spain’s historic anarcho-syndicalist trade union that…
Online Islamophobia jumps sharply in 2017, says report
► Anti-Islamic incidents, including ‘fake news’ & harassment, up 111 percent ► Online dissemination of false news reports and harassment against Muslims…
Housing, anti-eviction rally to target PP headquarters
► Saturday march & rally in Madrid to protest PP blockage of legislation ► Anti-eviction activists and supporters of affordable housing will…
Mobile apps win humanitarian awards at MWC 2018
► Cruz Roja awards recognize emergency, volunteering, child-protection apps ► The Cruz Roja Española (Spanish Red Cross) on Tuesday presented the organization’s…
Are there really ‘political prisoners’ in Spain?
► Jailed Catalan leaders not considered ‘political prisoners’ by Amnesty Intn’l► The president of the executive committee of Catalonia’s Parlament, Rogert Torrent,…
Congress vote urges end to Hazte Oír special tax status
► Unidos-Podemos resolution says gov’t should rescind ‘public interest’ status ► The Interior Commission of Spain’s Congress of Deputies has called upon…
NGOFILE :: Médicos Sin Fronteras
Médicos Sin Fronteras (or Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF), known in English as “Doctors Without Borders,” is an international non-governmental organization that since…
Podemos, Ciudadanos parley over electoral law reform
► Ideologically divided, Spain’s newest parties agree election reform needed ► Leadership teams of the ideologically opposed Podemos and Ciudadanos political parties…
NGOFILE :: PROACTIVA OPEN ARMS
► PROACTIVA OPEN ARMS Proactiva Open Arms is a Spanish non-governmental organization based in Barcelona and dedicated to search-and-rescue operations to save…
NGOFILE :: PROACTIVA OPEN ARMS
Proactiva Open Arms is a Spanish non-governmental organization based in Barcelona and dedicated to search-and-rescue operations to save refugees who are stranded…
BCN mayor Colau isolated after losing confidence vote
► Opponents have 30 days to field a censure motion that could oust mayor ► Barcelona mayor Ada Colau lost a key…
EU issues air quality ultimatum to Spanish government
► Spain one of nine countries given until next week to fix pollution problem ► The European Union has again cautioned Spain…
Catalan vote delay opens rift among ‘independentistas’
► PDeCAT, ERC, CUP at odds over how to proceed with presidential selection ► A last-minute postponement of Tuesday’s scheduled parliamentary vote…
Growing energy poverty impacts millions across Spain
► 8 percent of all households have trouble making monthly energy payments ► Faced with record cold temperatures in many parts of…
#VIDEO: PAH files legislative proposal on housing rights
► Proposal seeks to ensure affordable housing, cap runaway rental prices ► Spain’s anti-evictions activist organization PAH (Plataforma de Afectados por la…
NGOFILE :: Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca ~ Platform for People Affected by Mortgages
The Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH, or “Platform for People Affected by Mortgages”) is a non-governmental activist organization founded in…