Prosecutors eye lesser sentences for Catalan ‘Indepes’
Spanish prosecutors assigned to the nation’s Supreme Court system are sad to be considering requesting lesser sentences for leaders of Catalonia’s secessionist…
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Rise of ultra ‘Vox’ party seen dividing Spain’s right wing
A reported surge in the popularity in recent weeks of Spain’s ultra-right party, Vox, was accentuated last week when the party’s second-ranking…
Proposed budget deal includes social spending rise
President Pedro Sánchez of the Spanish Socialist party (PSOE) and Podemos General Secretary Pablo Iglesias signed an accord Thursday for increased social…
Bescansa loses bid for Podemos Galicia leadership
►► UPDATE 26/10/18: Bescansa loses bid for Podemos Galicia leadership, will resign seat in Congress next year Carolina Bescansa, one of the…
Court gives OK to Basque affordable housing legislation
The regional government in Spain’s Basque Country has been given the green light by Spain’s Tribuna Constitucional (Constitutional Court) for the expropriation…
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…
Sánchez proffers Catalan vote, but not on independence
President Pedro Sánchez marked out two red lines Monday that he said his government would not cross in the ongoing dialogue with the…
Judge withdraws Euro arrest warrant for Puigdemont
Spanish Supreme Court Judge Pablo Llarena on Thursday withdrew European arrest warrants for Catalonia’s fugitive ex-President Carles Puigdemont and five other members…
Sánchez, Torra agree to disagree, continue dialogue
Spanish President Pedro Sánchez and Catalan regional President Quim Torra held a two-and-a-half-hour meeting Monday at the Moncloa presidential residence in Madrid,…
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…
Ecologistas give ‘black flag’ to 48 beaches across Spain
Spanish environmental NGO Ecologistas en Acción has given the ‘thumbs down’ to a list of 48 beaches across Spain this summer, saying…
Sánchez showcases progressive centre-Left government
► New cabinet includes 11 women, 6 men and first openly gay ministers ► ► Sánchez restructures ministries, brings 5 independents onto…
Socialists oust Rajoy gov’t with ‘no confidence’ vote
► Socialist leader Sánchez to be formally sworn in as President on Monday ► ► Censure vote on heels of Gürtel corruption…
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…
NGOs protest Spanish arms sales on eve of Saudi visit
A coalition of peace, human rights and development NGOs has called on Spain’s monarchy and government not to authorize an estimated 2-billion-euro…
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…
Spain readying appeal of Germany’s Puigdemont ruling
Spanish Supreme Court Judge Pablo Llarena is studying an appeal to the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), after…
Expert energy panel urges more renewables, tax on CO2
A 14-member expert panel set up by Spain’s government at the behest of Congress to advise on energy policies has issued a…
German prosecutor advances Puigdemont extradition
A public prosecutor’s office in Germany on Tuesday agreed that Catalonia’s former president Carles Puigdemont should be extradited to Spain on charges…
Polls confirm Ciudadanos’ rise at expense of PP, PSOE
As the country’s political parties begin to jockey for position in the run-up to next year’s European Parliament and Spanish municipal elections…
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…
Ecologistas say water diversion plan threatens habitat
Environmentalists in Spain warn that following winter rains and snow that increased the capture of runoff in reservoirs in some areas of…
Puigdemont arrested, faces extradition from Germany
Former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont was arrested in northern Germany on Sunday, after a Spanish Supreme Court judge re-issued European international warrants…
Judge sets Friday to formalize charges against Catalans
Supreme Court Justice Pablo Llarena announced Wednesday in Madrid that on Friday morning he will formalize charges ranging from misuse of public…
PP, Ciudadanos vote to block housing legislation
Representatives of the governing Partido Popular (PP) and centre-right ally Ciudadanos on the Mesa Directiva executive committee of Congress have voted to…
EU’s human rights tribunal: Spain’s court of last resort
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg last week rejected a request for an injunction filed by pro-independence supporters of former…
First Internat’l LGBT press association launched in Spain
The first international LGBT press association has been launched in Spain, focused on taking the promotion of LGBT inclusivity and the struggle…
Rajoy digs in, ties pensions rise to budget negotiations
After weeks of street protests across Spain to demand an increase in retirement pensions and a revamp of the way in which…
NGOFILE :: SOS Racismo
SOS Racismo (SOS Racism) is an umbrella movement of eight distinct organizations, officially known as the national Federation of Associations of SOS…