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- Spain's M-15 Legacy: Ended Two-Party System 6 Years Later - Tue 16th May 2017
The occupation by thousands in Spain inspired the rise of the Occupy movement worldwide ... more - The number of Spaniards living abroad has risen for the eighth year in a row - Fri 17th Mar 2017
The number of Spaniards born in Spain but now living abroad has grown for the eighth year in a row. The amount of people listed in 2017 on PERE, a register of Spaniards with foreign residence, is 794,209; last year, that ... more - Thousands Mark 5th Anniversary of Indignados Movement - Mon 16th May 2016
Thousands of protestors took to the streets across Spain yesterday to mark the 5th anniversary of the 'Indignados' movement ... more - Spain bans ‘Indignados' march planned for Saturday in Madrid - Sat 23rd May 2015
Madrid election authorities have banned a march planned for Saturday, the day before Spain holds local and regional elections, saying it violates the spirit of the "reflection day" established by law ... more - Spain's Podemos overtakes PP in opinion poll - Sun 2th Nov 2014
Podemos, a Spanish anti-austerity group set up less than a year ago, surged past PM Mariano Rajoy's People's Party to claim the lead in an El Pais opinion poll a year before Spain's next general election is due. ... more - 'Anti-protest law' demonstrations in Madrid - Sat 1st Nov 2014
Thousands of Spaniards have taken to the streets of the capital today in protest over the country's so-called 'anti protest law, which is currently under consideration in parliament ... 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 - New Socialist leader out to attract Spain's angry voters - Tue 29th Jul 2014
Pedro Sánchez was ratified as the new secretary general of the Socialist Party (PSOE) on Sunday, and said he is out to attract voters who are angry at politicians and political parties ... more - Spain's PSOE leader quits after party's worst-ever election - Mon 26th May 2014
Spain's Socialist opposition leader Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said on Monday he was stepping down after the party had its worst-ever election result on Sunday with an upstart rival leftist group grabbing 8 percent of the vote ... more - Spain : Still 'Indignant' After 3 Years ? - Thu 15th May 2014
It was Sunday May 15th 2011 that saw perhaps one of the most significant causes in the change to the future political landscape of Spain take place ... more - Spain's New Party Threatens Political Landscape - Thu 10th Oct 2013
They accuse the political system of being undemocratic and corrupt. They endorse free public transport and a Nuremburg-style trial for the country's bankers. And they believe they will take Spanish politics by storm ... more - Spanish corruption row seen shaking but not felling PM - Tue 9th Jul 2013
PM Mariano Rajoy may take a pounding from fresh corruption allegations against his People's Party but the government is strong enough to ride the storm, analysts and sources say. A Spanish newspaper said on Tuesday it had ... more - Madrid protest violence ahead of Friday reform announcement - Fri 26th Apr 2013
Police in the Spanish capital charged at protestors last night during an angry demonstration over the current state of the economy ... more - HSBC Data Thief Fights Extradition From Spain - Mon 15th Apr 2013
The National Spanish Court is holding is due to meet to discuss the extradition of the former HSBC Bank worker who stands accused of stealing confidential information of the names of thousands of secret account holders ... more - Alleged HSBC data thief released from jail in Spain - Tue 18th Dec 2012
A former HSBC employee wanted in Switzerland on allegations of leaking data on thousands of Swiss accounts to French tax authorities was released from jail pending extradition proceedings, Spain's high court ruled today ... more - Spanish protests swell as jobless march on Madrid - Sun 22th Jul 2012
Hundreds of unemployed Spaniards who had walked hundreds of kilometres (miles) to Madrid joined protests on Saturday against Mariano Rajoy's PP government and its handling of an economic crisis ... more - Spain's protest movement grows - Thu 19th Jul 2012
With parliament, besieged for the last week, voting on a package of €65 billion of spending cuts and tax hikes, civil servants stopped traffic and invaded ministries ahead of marches called by trade unions in more than 80 ... more - Spain's ruling party wants 24 to testify on Bankia - Tue 10th Jul 2012
Spain's ruling People's Party has asked 24 politicians and former Bankia executives including ex-chairman Rodrigo Rato to appear before parliament this month to explain problems leading up to the troubled lender's state ... more - Los Indignados file criminal complaint agianst Bankia chief - Fri 15th Jun 2012
Activists from the 15-M protest movement yesterday filed a criminal complaint against former Bankia president Rodrigo Rato at the High Court, accusing him of accounting and financial fraud in connection with the government's ... more - Shareholder group mulls legal action on Bankia - Tue 15th May 2012
A shareholder activist group is studying legal action against state-controlled Bankia, Spain's 4th biggest bank, which has lost over half its value since a listing last year targeted at individuals ... more - Spaniards keep up anniversary rally against crisis - Mon 14th May 2012
Spaniards kept up protests against politicians' handling of the economic crisis in Madrid's Puerta del Sol on Sunday after police evicted people from the central square in the pre-dawn hours and made 18 arrests ... more - 15M : 1 Year on - Wed 9th May 2012
Prior to the 14th of May 2011 anyone could be forgiven for have never heard the word "15-M" or even "Los Indignados" ... more - Barcelona Chief of Police in Court over M-15 Violence - Tue 31st Jan 2012
Barcelona's Chief of Police, Joan Carles Molinero, has been called to court to testify as the defendant over the forced eviction of the 'Los Indignados' protesters from Plaza de Catalunya on May 27th of last year ... more - Human Rights Organisation Criticises Spanish Police - Mon 23rd Jan 2012
There was "excessive use of force by Spanish police" in dispersing lthe os Indignados protestors over the course of the summer of 2011, according to Human Rights Watch, in their annual report ... more - Los Indignados Call for General Strike - Mon 28th Nov 2011
Yesterday brought hundreds of protestors to the streets of the capital, calling for a General Strike against the policies of the incoming PP Government who, the ´los Indignados´protest group believe, will favour big business ... more - Cash-strapped Spaniards bet on Christmas lottery win - Thu 24th Nov 2011
Millions are out of work and a recession looms, all the more reason for Spaniards to dig deep into their pockets to gamble on the famous El Gordo (Fat One) Christmas lottery, the world's biggest jackpot, which will make a ... more - Spain likely to see new protests after election - Tue 22th Nov 2011
Spain is likely to see renewed street protests after an election that brought a conservative government bent on austerity to power but also boosted a string of small parties. The center-right People's Party (PP) scored ... more - Voters see only more pain in Spain - Sat 19th Nov 2011
Spaniards say they see only more hardship ahead after a parliamentary election on Sunday that is expected to bring in a new government charged with combating an economic crisis ... more - Spain's Indignant movement gears for new struggle - Sat 19th Nov 2011
The thousands of protestors who filled town squares across Spain earlier this year are getting ready to take to the streets again when the new government brings in harsh austerity measures ... more - Spain's cautious Rajoy thrust into crisis role - Wed 16th Nov 2011
Mariano Rajoy, poised to become Spain's new prime minister after Sunday's parliamentary election, is a cautious moderate and unlikely crisis manager for a country engulfed by euro zone debt troubles ... more - Spanish Election Campaigning Underway - Thu 3rd Nov 2011
Campaigning for the Spanish general election get's underway at midnight tonight, ahead of voting less than three weeks ago, with the nation going to polls on Novermber 20th ... more - Spain's Indignados inspire over 900 separate demonstrations - Mon 17th Oct 2011
Spain's 'los Indignados' protestors inspired a number of other groups in different countries around the world to hold similar protests over the course of this weekend. Over 70 larger towns and cities in Spain saw protestors ... more - Next Weeks EU Summit Postponed - Tue 11th Oct 2011
In a move that will, perhaps intentionally, frustrate the 'Los Indignados' protestors, the president of the European Council has decided to postpone next weeks' EU summit by one week ... more - 27 Indignados arrested in Brussels - Mon 10th Oct 2011
The 'Indignados' protest group, who arrived in Brussels this weekend after a two month protest March from Spain have suffered a further setback ... more - Indignados complete their march to Brussels - Sun 9th Oct 2011
The "Indignados" protest group arrived in Brussels yesterday after Marching from Spain and through France and the Netherlands before converging on the Belgian capital ... more - Spain unions march peacefully against austerity - Tue 6th Sep 2011
Thousands of union workers marched peacefully in Madrid on Tuesday to protest against austerity measures and a rushed constitutional reform to cap government spending, which they say threatened social programmes ... more - Spain unions to protest debt reform amid austerity fears - Tue 6th Sep 2011
Thousands of Spanish trade union members were set to march in central Madrid on Tuesday evening to protest against debt reform that they say puts social spending at risk, as governments across Europe attempt to push through ... more - Los Indignados return to Puerta del Sol - Sun 28th Aug 2011
Hundreds of participants took the streets of the capital on Sunday evening in protest against the reform of the Spanish Constitution. ... 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 - Papa Don't Preach - Thu 18th Aug 2011
On the whole, last night's protests passed peacefully, with only 6 arrests being made as the march passed through the Puerta del Sol square, home of Spain's 'los Indignados' protest group, who have taken exception to the ... more - London Riots : Will Los Indignados Follow Suit ? - Tue 9th Aug 2011
Earlier this evening eight UK Police forces announced that they were sending a combined 16'000 officers to London in order to increase a presence on the streets after a fourth day of rioting ... more - Los Indignados take square as Police keep low profile - Mon 8th Aug 2011
The government is attempting to shore up it's ailing economy and falling levels of employment by implementing a number of austerity cuts and reforms, such as increasing the age of retirement, and reducing workers rights to ... more - Spain opposition party's lead narrows vs Socialists - Sun 7th Aug 2011
Spain's opposition Popular Party (PP) would win elections in November with a smaller absolute majority than shown in polls taken before last week's announcement of early elections, a survey showed on Sunday ... more - Madrid protest turns violent - Fri 5th Aug 2011
Late on Thursday night riot police used force late to clear the hundreds of demonstrators away from outside the Ministry of the Interior office, gathered there partly to protest the closure of the Puerta del Sol square, and ... more - Los Indignados Promise to Re-take Puerta del Sol - Wed 3rd Aug 2011
Following yesterday's peaceful eviction of the remaining two-dozen M15 protestors from Madrid' Puerta del sol, 'Los Indignados' have promised to reclaim the square today ... more - M15 Protestors cleared from Madrid camps - Tue 2th Aug 2011
Police have cleared around two-dozen protestors who had been camping in the capital's Puerta del Sol square ... more - Los Indignados begin march to Brussels - Wed 27th Jul 2011
The 50-strong group set off from the Puerta del Sol yesterday morning on the 1'500 Kilometre march to the Belgian capital with hundreds of supporters cheering them on. The group have set themselves a target of 24km per day, ... more - Protestors regroup in Madrid - Mon 25th Jul 2011
Thousands of 'Los Indignados' protesters - including hundreds who marched across the country on foot - flooded into the capital and once again occupied the Puerta del Sol square to demonstrate against rising unemployment and ... more - Police called to keep protest group from preventing eviction - Thu 21st Jul 2011
For the first time since the M15 'Los Indignados' group changed focus from street protests to preventing the eviction of residents from repossessed homes, the Madrid police were called yesterday to aid the court process ... more - Rajoy readies post-election "shock plan" - Tue 19th Jul 2011
Spain's centre-right opposition leader Mariano Rajoy will implement an economic "shock plan" if he wins a general election that could come within months, senior advisers and members of his Popular Party have told Reuters. ... more - Spain's indignados have new focus: blocking evictions - Thu 7th Jul 2011
More than 200 chanting protesters gathered in a Madrid neighbourhood on Wednesday, preventing the eviction of an unemployed woman and her two children, one of whom is disabled. ... more - Spain to ease conditions for problem mortgages - Thu 30th Jun 2011
Spain will ease conditions for people who can't pay their mortgages as floating interest rates rise and unemployment remains the highest in the European Union, the government said on Thursday. ... more - Los Indignados march on Madrid - Sat 25th Jun 2011
Last weekend around 200,000 of 'los indignados' packed the streets of Madrid, Barcelona and other ... more - Congress to review wage reform bill - Thu 23rd Jun 2011
Parliament voted on Wednesday in favour of reforming the country's wage reform bill, intended to make the Spanish economy more competitive and which basically allows employers to negotiate salary levels with their own ... more - Over 100'000 protestors demonstrate across Spain - Mon 20th Jun 2011
An estimated 100'000 protesters took place in a number of in cities across Spain yesterday, demonstrating against corrupt politicians and greedy bankers for implementing economic policies and austerity cuts that have led to ... more - Los Indignados useTwitter to prevent repossessions - Fri 17th Jun 2011
The country's M15 or 'Los Indignados' movement has found a new means of protest against the authorities since disbanding their protest camps in the major cities across Spain last weekend ... more - M15 Protest group blockade Catalan parliament - Wed 15th Jun 2011
Despite the M15 campsites being dismantled, the 'Los Indignados' protestors have shifted focus to move the campaign in another direction. Yesterday, in Barcelona, as many as two thousand protestors were estimated to have ... more - Los Indignados return home - Mon 13th Jun 2011
Madrid's Puerta del Sol central square has now returned to normal following a 4 week occupation by the M15 protestors ... more - Police and Protestors square off in Valencia - Fri 10th Jun 2011
A reported 18 people were injured yesterday when after a confrontation with the police, whilst demonstrating outside the regional government buildings in the centre of Valencia. The protests were against political corruption ... more - Los Indignados end the camps - but not the movement - Wed 8th Jun 2011
The M-15 protest group, also known as 'los Indignados' have begun to dismantle their camp in Madrid's Puerta del Sol square and only a dedicated few now remain in defiance of the government ... more - Los Indignados step up protest coordination - Tue 7th Jun 2011
This coming saturday - the 12th of June - marks the date when the regional and municipal administrations across Spain are officially sworn into office, following the elections of three weeks ago. ... more - Los Indignados plan further action - Mon 6th Jun 2011
Far from losing momentum in their protest, now in it's third week, 'Los Indignados' intend to keep their presence in the central squares of Spain's major Towns and Cities for at least a further 2 weeks - when they plan to ... more - Blair tells Zapatero 'listen to los Indignados' - Fri 3rd Jun 2011
Tony Blair yesterday met with Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, to discuss the peace process in the middle east following the ‘Arab Spring' protests which brought a number of changes in Arab countries. The ... more - While the International media is busy looking the other way ... - Tue 31st May 2011
Almost three weeks since the first few protestors occupied the Puerta del sol in central Madrid, it seems that the World's media has either more pressing things to report on, or is simply not interested ... more - Barcelona protestors injured - Sat 28th May 2011
More than one hundred protestors were injured yesterday when police forcibly those who have been camping in the main square of Barcelona fro the last 2 weeks as part of a nationwide demonstration against the high levels of ... more