NGO sues gov’t to force compliance on refugees accord
• Stop Mare Mortum says gov’t has failed to meet legal obligations on refugees • NGO says case will go to Supreme…
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Unidos Podemos, PSOE critize gov’t budget proposal
• Unidos Podemos slams ongoing ‘pillage’, PSOE says it will vote against budget • Save the Children says gov’t offers 10pct of…
Hazte Oir’s transphobic message meets with resistance
• Ultra-Catholic group’s message deemed hate-speech, discriminatory in Spain • Activists attack bus in New York, as group tries to internationalize its…
Madrid panel lists Franco-era street names to be axed
• Special commission proposes change to 47 pro-Franco street and plaza names • New signs to honor 10 Women, 23 men, victims…
Sánchez team challenges PSOE over election process
• Sánchez campaign advisors cite registration, campaign finance irregularities • Vote for new party leader expected in mid-May, prior to June party…
IU warns of EU changes on refugees, asylum seekers
• IU’s MEP Marina Albiol says Trump-style restrictions on refugees underway • Draft legislative amendments would change EU policies toward asylum seekers…
UGT & CCOO begin rolling labour protests Thursday
• Unions to protest PP ‘intransigence’ in negotiating labour law changes • Three-days of rallies, marches to culminate in Sunday demo in…
Nationwide rallies Dec. 12th to protest war in Syria
• Facebook campaign goes viral, anti-war demonstrations to be held in 13 cities • Peaceful rallies to focus on plight of 470,000 war…
Protesters march to save Doñana wetlands preserve
• ‘Save Doñana’ coalition rejects Gas Natural Fenosa underground storage plans • Groups want new environmental impact studies of Fenosa’s projects in…
NGOFILE :: Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory (ARMH)
• Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica (ARMH) • Spain’s Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory (Asociación para la…
NGOFILE :: Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory (ARMH)
• Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica (ARMH) • Spain’s Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory (Asociación para la…
PSOE begins ‘purge’ of deputies for anti-Rajoy vote
• Socialists replace Pons, Zaragoza in EU congressional committee posts • Aragon party removes Sumelza from leadership of parliamentary group The interim…
Starting today, women in Spain working for free
• UGT says women work 54 days more than men for same annual earnings • Union launches #YoTrabajoGratis (‘I Work for Free’)…
UN agency wants Spain to get serious on refugees
• UNHCR says time for Spain to move from words to action on refugee crisis • Spain has resettled just 687 of…
Socialists call for tax-evasion investigation of Apple
• PSOE wants Congress Committee to calculate Apple taxes owed since 2003 • Party says tax-evasion via Apple-Ireland agreement cheats Spain of…
Podemos readies for ‘general strike’ against Rajoy
• Iglesias says Podemos must be ready to ‘take to streets’ against Rajoy • Party leader expects labour-led strike to overturn 2012…
POLITIFILE: Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (CUP) ~ United People’s Candidacy
• Candidatura d’Unitat Popular, CUP ~ United People’s Candidacy ~ Candidatura de Unidad Popular The Candidatura d’Unitat Popular, or CUP (‘United People’s…
Anti-poverty, free trade protests set across Spain
• Anti-poverty activists, anti-free trade platforms unite for week of protests • Madrid, Valencia marches Saturday to mark global day for poverty…
EC gives Spain 60 days to fix asylum procedures
• EC gives Spain 60 days to correct irregularities in processing asylum seekers • Spain could be hauled before European Court of…
EU Court ruling to benefit Spain healthcare workers
• Court says Spain tries to use ‘temporary’ contracts to deny workers benefits • Ruling seen as boon to ‘temp’ healthcare workers…
NGOs contest Felipe VI’s remarks at UN on refugees
• Spain not ‘doing everything in its power’ to help refugees, say leading NGOs • Groups cite rights of asylum, failure to…
Sánchez outreach to Ciudadanos, Podemos spurned
• Socialist leader continues to urge Ciudadanos, Podemos to find consensus • Majority PSOE voters favor leader’s refusal to enable new Rajoy…
NGOFILE :: Médicos Sin Fronteras ~ Doctors Without Borders
• Médicos Sin Fronteras ~ Doctors Without Borders • Médicos Sin Fronteras (or Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF), known in English as “Doctors…
NGOFILE :: CEAR ~ Spanish Committee for Refugee Aid
• Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado (CEAR) ~ Spanish Committee for Refugee Aid • The Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado…
NGOFILE :: FELGTB ~ National Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals
• Federación Estatal de Lesbianas, Gais, Transexuales y Bisexuales (FELGTB) ~ National Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals • Spain’s Federación…
NGOFILE :: FELGTB ~ National Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals
• Federación Estatal de Lesbianas, Gais, Transexuales y Bisexuales (FELGTB) ~ National Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals • Spain’s Federación…
POLITIFILE :: Partit Demòcrata Català (PDC) ~ Catalan Democratic Party
• Democràcia i Llibertat ~ Democracy and Freedom (DiL) • The Partit Demòcrata Europeu Català (PDeCat, or Catalan European Democratic Party) is…
NGOFILE :: CEAR ~ Spanish Committee for Refugee Aid
• Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado (CEAR) ~ Spanish Committee for Refugee Aid • The Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado…
POLITIFILE :: Coalición Canaria (CC)
• Coalición Canaria ~ Canarian Coalition (CC) • Coalición Canaria (CC) is a regional, centre-right political party in Spain’s Canary Islands formed…
First Syrian refugees arrive to Spain from Turkey
• 65 Syrian refugees, one Iraqi arrived to Madrid from Turkish, Greek camps • Spain has now resettled 200 refugees, part of…
#VIDEO: Thousands march on World Refugee Day
• Marchers in dozens of cities call on Spain’s gov’t to accept more refugees • NGOs present 11 urgent points to speed…