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- Madrid judge bans anti-transgender “hate bus” from roads - Thu 2th Mar 2017
A Madrid court has banned a bus from traveling on the streets until its full-length ad, placed there by an ultraconservative Catholic group, is removed. The examining magistrate said in a writ that the ad’s message aims to ... more - Ciudadanos and PSOE sign deal hoping to win cross-party support - Wed 24th Feb 2016
Socialist Party leader Pedro Sánchez and Ciudadanos head Albert Rivera on Wednesday signed a wide-ranging policy agreement that they hope will win the support of other political forces and pave the way for a government led ... more - A guiri’s guide to the Spanish election - Mon 14th Dec 2015
Why is this election so significant ? ... more - Catholic Church wants jail for protestors who interrupted Mass - Mon 31st Aug 2015
Mallorca's bishops want six youths who interrupted Mass at a Catholic church on the island in February 2014 to serve four years each in prison ... more - Spain's PP put abortion reform back on the agenda - Thu 11th Jun 2015
One of the government's longest-running legislative projects – as well as its most controversial – is returning to Congress for discussion ... more - Spain: From a Two-Party System to Political Alliances - Wed 29th Apr 2015
Less than a month for municipal and regional elections, Spain is going through a complicated period of negotiations of political pacts in light of the prospect that in most cases no party will win a majority of votes ... more - Spain's opposition leader backs anti-abortion law by accident - Thu 16th Apr 2015
Spanish PSOE leader, Pedro Sanchez, has apologised after he accidentally voted for a law requiring girls under 18 to obtain parental consent for abortions ... more - Spain's PP Tweaks Abortion Reform - Sat 11th Apr 2015
Abortion reform continues to bring headaches to Spain's ruling Partido Popular (PP), which made it one of its chief priorities when it won general elections in November 2011. ... more - Spain passes anti-protest bill - Thu 11th Dec 2014
The conservative-led Spanish parliament passed an anti-protest bill on Thursday against heavy opposition from politicians and activist groups, who say the law violates the right to protest, limits freedom of expression and ... more - Support for Spain's ruling conservatives sinks - Sun 5th Oct 2014
Support for Spain's centre-right Partido Popular has sunk to its lowest level since its general election victory in 2011, while support for new leftist party Podemos has risen, a poll showed on Sunday. ... more - Rajoy backs down on Spain's Abortion reform - Tue 23rd Sep 2014
Mariano Rajoy on Tuesday confirmed plans to abandon changes to create one the strictest laws on abortion in Europe ... more - PP u-turn over Spain abortion reform - Sun 14th Sep 2014
The Spanish government is rumoured to turn it's back on its plans to reduce access to abortion, according to a report in El Mundo. ... more - Spain spends EU1 Bln on riot gear - Mon 8th Sep 2014
Today's edition of the Guardian has reported how Spain is preparing to spend EU1 Bln on equipment for riot police ... more - Fooled Out - Tue 1st Apr 2014
There shall be none of the traditional "April Foolery" related news article today. ... more - Trouble flares as Spain's ‘dignity marches' bring thousands to Madrid - Sun 23rd Mar 2014
A demonstration march in Madrid ended in violence as the wide-ranging anti-government protest that drew tens of thousands to the Spanish capital ... more - Andalusia and Catalonia join opposition against abortion reform - Mon 17th Mar 2014
Abortion reform continues to be a major headache for the administration of PM Mariano Rajoy. Ever since December, when the Cabinet approved the controversial changes – which critics say will take Spain back 30 years – ... more - Spanish parliament to press on with restrictive abortion bill - Wed 12th Feb 2014
Spain's Socialists failed on Tuesday to block an unpopular draft law restricting women's access to abortions, which has sparked large protests across the country and caused rare rifts in the conservative Partido Popular (PP) ... more - Vatican's Opinion on Abortion Differs to Spanish Catholics : Poll - Tue 11th Feb 2014
There is a deep divide between what the Spanish Catholic Church says and what its followers believe, a new survey has revealed ... more - Spain's Main Parties Lose Ground in Opinion Poll - Mon 10th Feb 2014
There is bad news for both of Spain's 2 major parties in an opinion poll published in Sunday's edition of the El Pais newspaper ... more - Tens of thousands march against abortion bill in Madrid - Sun 2th Feb 2014
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid on Saturday to demand that the Partido Popular government withdraw its abortion reform bill, charging that the Rajoy administration's plans violate women's rights. ... more - Spain's Anti-Abortion Protestors Gather in Madrid - Sat 1st Feb 2014
Opponents of Spain's controversial proposed changes to access to abortion have gathered on the streets of Madrid this morning ... more - Thousands protest in Brussels on planned anti-abortion law in Spain - Thu 30th Jan 2014
Demonstrators staged a protest outside the Spanish Embassy in Brussels. Organisers said there was a crowd of over 2,000 to show their opposition to proposals to reform the abortion law in Spain ... more - Abortion Reform "Will Benefit Economy" : Ministry of Justice - Tue 28th Jan 2014
Spain's Ministry of Justice believes that its controversial reform of abortion legislation, which allows for terminations only in instances of rape or serious health risks to the mother, will have a "positive net impact" on ... more - Spain's PSOE Party to Elect New Leader in November - Sun 19th Jan 2014
Spain's opposition Socialist party - The PSOE - announced on Saturday that it would select a leader in November to run against the ruling center-right Partido Popular in 2015 parliamentary elections ... more - Spain's PSOE Take Lead in Opinion Poll - Sun 12th Jan 2014
Spain's ruling conservative party has lost the lead to the opposition Socialists, an opinion poll showed on Sunday, as its popularity declines in the wake of austerity measures, corruption scandals and a move to restrict ... more - Third Regional President Opposes PP Abortion Reform - Tue 7th Jan 2014
A day before the Partido Popular's top officials were due to hold their first meeting of the year, a third PP "baron" on Tuesday came out against the government's proposed controversial changes to the abortion law, which ... more - Senior PP Officials Criticise Spain's Abortion Reform - Wed 1st Jan 2014
Another senior Partido Popular official has publicly spoken out against his government's proposed abortion law. Extremadura premier José Antonio Monago said he plans to present his argument against the reform on January 8th ... more - Spain Clamps Down on Same-Sex Adoption - Mon 30th Dec 2013
Towards the start of 2013, the Russian Government took steps to ban the adoption of Russian children from other countries who had legalised same-sex marriage - regardless of the sexuality of the would-be parents ... more - Pope Supports Spain's Abortion Reforms - Sun 29th Dec 2013
Spain's ruling Partido Popular Government has yet again been criticised for their inability to separate politics and religion ... more - Rajoy: “2014 will be the year of the recovery - Fri 27th Dec 2013
PM Mariano Rajoy addressed the media after the final Cabinet meeting of the year to review 2013, paying particular recognition to the "attitude of all Spaniards in a difficult year" during which the "results of so much ... more - Spain Sees Topless Backlash To Friday's Abortion Reform - Mon 23rd Dec 2013
Spain's so-called "Femen" group of feminist activists have bared their assets once again to draw attention to their 'Pro-Choice' protest ... more - Spain Gov't to Debate Abortion Reform Friday - Fri 20th Dec 2013
The Spanish central government is scheduled to meet later on Friday to finalise moves to restrict the country's abortion laws ... more - Pro-Life Campaigners Shock Madrid - Sun 1st Dec 2013
Pro-Life campaigners have caused a controversy by driving a van covered in images of aborted foetuses through the streets of Madrid on Saturday ... more - Topless Abortion Protest in Madrid - Mon 18th Nov 2013
Campaigners from the pro-abortion group 'Femen' yesterday protested alongside a demonstration held in Madrid by Christian pro-life groups ... more - Spain increases age of consent - Wed 4th Sep 2013
Spain has agreed to increase the age of consent from 13 to 16 and the permitted minimum legal age for marriage from from 14 to 16, thereby formalising a measure agreed in principal by the previous PSOE-led Government in 2009 ... more - Coke Spain in offensive Tweet claim - Wed 4th Sep 2013
Coca-Cola is facing a potential PR nightmare in Spain after one of it's senior executives made a number of ill-advised and allegedly offensive comments ... more - Spain Gov't Overhauls Constitutional Court - Fri 7th Jun 2013
The renewal of the Constitutional Court (TC) bench announced on Friday, following a meeting earlier this week between Deputy PM Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría and the president of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), ... more - Spanish Doctors perform pioneering life saving surgery on unborn baby - Wed 15th May 2013
It has been reported how Spanish Doctors performed pioneering life-saving surgery on an unborn baby baby as it was strugging to stay alive in its mothers' womb ... more - Deputy PM fails to clarify reforms to abortion laws - Fri 10th May 2013
In the regular post-Cabinet meeting press conference on Friday, Deputy PM Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría did little to clear up the confusion as to exactly what the government is planning to do with Spain's current abortion ... more - PSOE to challenge changes to Spain's abortion law - Wed 17th Apr 2013
The PSOE has today spoken out against planned changes to Spain's abortion law ... more - Protests over changes to Spain abortion laws - Mon 30th Jul 2012
Supporters of unrestricted abortion held demonstrations in Madrid this weekend in protest over plans by the Spanish government to amend the country's 2010 law ... more - Minister for Justice to reform abortion law, penal code - Tue 6th Mar 2012
Spain's Minister for Justice, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, announced yesterday that a number of reforms will be introduced by the Autumn, notably changes to the penal code and the current abortion laws, introduced in 2010 by the ... more - Changes to Spain's abortion law announced - Thu 26th Jan 2012
The Conservative PP Government has announced plans reform Spain's abortion law, which currenly allows abortion on request during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, and allows minors to undergo the procedure without parental ... more - Pro-Life group Deliver Gift to Ministry of Health - Fri 6th Jan 2012
The 'Right to Life' anit-abortion camapign group delievered a box of 300 dummies to the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality earlier this week, to represent the 300 abortions taking place in Spain every day ... more - Church will not call upon the PP the reverese same-sex marriage laws - Sat 26th Nov 2011
The spokesman for the Spanish Episcopal Conference [CEE], Bishop Juan Antonio Martínez, commented yesterday how the Church will not be calling upon the new conservative government to abolish legislation passed under the ... more - Policies of Spain's People's Party - Sun 20th Nov 2011
Spain's center-right opposition People's Party (PP) is expected to win a landslide victory over the ruling Socialists in Sunday's election. Following are key policies the party is expected to implement: ... more - Partido Popular reveal first draft of election manifesto - Mon 31st Oct 2011
The Partido Popular yesterday announced that they would cut taxes and increase pensions if they succeed in being elected to government in the coming general elections ... more - World Youth Day : Was It All Worth It ? - Sun 21st Aug 2011
Pope Benedict XVI gave mass at Madrid's Cuatro Vientos airfield this afternoon to mark the end of the World Youth Day Event ... more - Priests to forgive abortion at World Youth Day - Wed 17th Aug 2011
The Vatican has granted priests the right to forgive the sin of abortion when hearing the confessions of hundreds of thousands of young people attending a Roman Catholic youth festival in Spain this week ... more - Protest Groups Arrive in Madrid Ahead of Pope - Wed 17th Aug 2011
Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Spain for the Catholic Churches World Youth Day has divided public opinion at an already turbulent time in the country, when many have already taken to the streets in unrelated issues ... more - Protestors outnumber the Faithful During the Pope's Visit - Mon 8th Nov 2010
The reception tht greeted the Pope on his arrival in Barcelona yesterday was much less enthusiastic than his visit to Santiago de Compostela the day previously, thanks to protestors. The Spanish press reported that the ... more - Rajoy 'Would reverse same sex marriage laws' - Mon 1st Nov 2010
The leader of Spain's opposition to the government, Mariano Rajoy, has declared his intention to revoke the law allowing same-sex couples to marry if he wins the general election in 2012 ... more - Spain's leading Catholic warns of Falling European Childbirth - Mon 28th Dec 2009
Cardinal Antonio Rouco, the leader of Spain's Roman Catholics, told protesters at a meeting in Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium yesterday, that the birth rate in Europe will be plummet unless core Christian values are maintained ... more - EU leaders agree on regulatory reform - Thu 2th Jul 2009
European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to tighten financial supervision and create pan-European watchdogs to help prevent another global economic crisis ... more - EU leaders agree on regulatory reform - Thu 2th Jul 2009
European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to tighten financial supervision and create pan-European watchdogs to help prevent another global economic crisis ... more - Czechs concerned about changes to Lisbon treaty - Thu 2th Jul 2009
Legal guarantees given by the European Union to Ireland change the Lisbon treaty, Czech President Vaclav Klaus said on Saturday, opening a debate on whether the treaty's ratification process should be renewed ... more