Ministry opens sealed Civil War archives to researchers
A special commission of Spain’s Defense Ministry has recommended that the government open to researchers the contents of 500 boxes of sealed…
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Gov’t to coordinate excavations of Civil War gravesites
The Justice Ministry’s new Director General of Historical Memory, Fernando Martínez López, announced Wednesday that the ministry has reached agreement with all…
Congress votes to reinstate universal healthcare access
In a reversal of restrictions placed on healthcare access in 2012 by the conservative Partido Popular (PP) government of then-President Mariano Rajoy,…
First evidence of Civil War killings unearthed in Valencia
As Spain’s new government prepares to bring to a vote a special decreto ley in Congress to reform and strengthen the country’s 2007…
Madrid to appeal ‘Division Azul’ name change ruling
The Madrid municipal government has vowed to appeal a court ruling this week that Spain’s 2007 Historical Memory law does not require…
Scout movement to go dark for WWF’s Earth Hour 2018
The Scouting movement in Spain has pledged its more than 35,000 boy and girl members to work to raise awareness about global…
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…
Supreme Court acquits Twitterer of extolling terrorism
► Tweets on 1973 ETA bombing of Franco minister did not incite to violence ► Spain’s Tribunal Supremo (Supreme Court) issued a…
NGOFILE :: Cáritas Española ~ Spanish Caritas
► Cáritas Española ~ Spanish Caritas Cáritas Española is the Spanish affiliate of the Catholic church’s international charity and humanitarian relief agency…
NGOFILE :: Cáritas Española ~ Spanish Caritas
Cáritas Española is the Spanish affiliate of the Catholic church’s international charity and humanitarian relief agency Cáritas Inernational, working within Spain as…
‘Billy the Kid’ covered by amnesty law, say prosecutors
► Judge will now decide whether to drop proceedings against alleged torturer ► The Madrid provincial public prosecutor’s office has recommended a…
Valenciano is Spain’s first transgender town Councillor
► 22-yr-old Guillem Montoro of Compromís joins Paiporta municipal council ► The ever transgender person to become a town councillor since Spain…
LABOURFILE :: Central Sindical Independiente y de Funcionarios (CSIF) ~ Independent Administrative Workers Union
The Central Sindical Independiente y de Funcionarios (CSIF, Independent Administrative Workers Union) represents administrative and clerical workers in Spain’s public and private…
LABOURFILE :: Unión Sindical Obrera (USO) ~ Syndicated Worker’s Union
The Unión Sindical Obrera (USO) is a Spanish trade union that emerged in the 1950s out of Spain’s Catholic Workers movement and…
LABOURFILE :: Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) ~ General Union of Workers
• Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) ~ General Union of Workers • The Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT, or ‘General Union of…
LABOURFILE :: Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) ~ Workers’ Commissions
• Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) ~ Workers’ Commissions • The Comisiones Obreras (CC00, or ‘Workers Commissions’) is Spain’s largest trade-union federation, having grown…
Socialists push ambitious Historical Memory Law reform
► Proposal includes creation of Truth Commission, victims census & DNA bank ► Pedro Sánchez, general secretary of Spain’s Socialist party (PSOE),…
Sevilla wants Quiepo remains removed from basilica
• City’s mayor asks church, families to remove remains of ‘Franquista’ general • Quiepo responsible for slaughter of thousands of civilians in…
Pilar Bardem honored with ‘Film, Aid & Solidarity’ award
• ‘Academia de Cine’ cites decades of combining activism with TV, film career • Goya winner Bardem is also mother of actors…
New Valencia law to unearth Civil War victims’ remains
• New law to budget 9.5mn euros to recover remains from 300 common graves • 11,000 killed during war, aftermath said buried…
Republican trade unionist killed in 1939 now laid to rest
• Timoteo Mendieta, dragged from home and executed at end of Civil War • First court-ordered exhumation of Franco victim since dictator’s…
Sánchez, Iglesias & Rivera to work together for change
• PSOE to set up separate working groups with Podemos and Ciudadanos • Party leaders agree to jointly develop specific legislative reform…
PSOE reaches accord with CCOO & UGT trade unions
• Repeal of ‘labour reforms’ by PP in 2012 & Zapatero in 2010 high priorities • PSOE, unions to focus on measures…
Madrid kicks off nine days of ‘World Pride’ celebration
• Most important LGBT celebration worldwide arrives to Spain’s capital city • World Pride Madrid 2017 honours 40 years of struggle for…
Remains of executed Republicans uncovered in Valencia
• Discovery at ‘grave 113’ in Paterna expected to prompt more excavations • 2,238 Republican prisoners in Valencia executed by firing squad…
Family files suit at UN over Valley of Fallen remains
• Executed trade unionists’ family says gov’t failed to comply with court order • Lawsuit filed claims Spain in violation of UN…
Susana Díaz faces trouble in Andalucia following defeat
• Elections showed more anti-Díaz feeling within regional party than anticipated • Tenuous regional gov’t pact with Ciudadanos complicated by election results…
Police search homes of former Catalan president Pujol
• One day after Pujol’s son jailed, prosecutors focus on former Catalan president • Pujol clan investigated for money-laundering, tax fraud via…
Madrid removes Condor Legion cemetery monument
• Monument removed on 80th anniversary of Condor Legion’s Guernica bombing • Seven Condor Legion aviators reburied in simple, individually marked graves…
Courts in Navarra, Cádiz rule against Republican flag
• In ongoing ‘War of the Flags’, PP government in Madrid wins temporary stays • Local authorities hoist ‘tricolor’ flag to reassert…
Prison sentence given 21-year-old for satirical Tweets
• Series of satirical Tweets from 2013-15 land Murcian student jail sentence • Tweets joked about ETA assassination of Franco minister four…