Tag: protest
Prison workers in Spain’s Catalunya region stage unprecedented protests after female chef killed by inmate
PRISON workers in Spain’s Catalunya region staged an unprecedented protest on Friday, to demand better working conditions in the wake of the shocking murder...
‘An all-out political, social and judicial offensive’: Leader of Spain’s main opposition Partido Popular calls for fresh protests against...
THE LEADER of Spain’s main opposition Partido Popular has made a call for an ‘all-out political, social and judicial offensive’ against the Socialist-led government,...
WATCH: Just Stop Oil activists attack €83m painting created by one of Spain’s most famous artists
TWO Just Stop Oil protestors have been arrested after smashing the glass protecting a Velazquez painting.
The incident occurred today, Monday, November 6, at London’s...
Anti-tourism march in Spain’s Mallorca sees 1,000 fed-up locals demand controls against the ‘devastating’ industry
A THOUSAND people took to the streets of Palma to demand ‘less tourism, more life’, ahead of an EU tourism summit being held in...
Fireworks, smoke grenades and even flamethrowers: Firefighters’ protest in Spain’s Galicia turns violent as riot police charge
A PROTEST by firefighters in the Galician city of Ourense descended into violent clashes with riot police on Monday, leaving several injured after officers...
Thousands take to streets of Spain’s capital Madrid to protest against amnesty for Catalan secessionists
THOUSANDS of people took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday to join a protest led by the conservative Popular Party against a potential...
Mother of embattled Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales hospitalised during hunger strike
THE MOTHER of embattled Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales was hospitalised last night, during a hunger strike she began earlier this week in protest...
Pedal power as cyclists protest over cycle routes being removed in Costa Blanca city in Spain
DOZENS of cyclists temporarily blocked the removal of a second cycle lane in Elche ordered by the new Partido Popular-Vox council.
Workers were preparing to...
Malaga hospitality workers take to the streets in demand for better pay
A PROTEST demanding better pay for hospitality workers will take place in Malaga city centre today.
Spain's two main working unions CCOO and UGT are...
Protesters take to Streets of Spain’s Malaga to rally against animal abuse and call for end to bullfighting
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PROTESTERS have gathered in Central Malaga to oppose animal abuse and call for an end to bullfighting.
Organized by...
SAVE OUR TREES: Residents of central Madrid neighbourhood protest against the felling of thousands of trees in their streets
HUNDREDS of residents are protesting every week against the felling of thousands of trees in a central Madrid neighbourhood.
‘Metro si pero no asi’ (Yes...
Environmental activists glue themselves to runway at Madrid’s Barajas Airport
ENVIRONMENTAL activists managed to get past security at Madrid’s Barajas Airport early on Friday morning and glue themselves to a runway in the latest...
Video: Female bullfighting protester dragged out of ring by Popular Party candidate for local council
A FEMALE bullfighting protester was dragged out of the ring during a demonstration on Tuesday by a man who is standing to be a...
Police officer in Spain faces sexual abuse charge for grabbing breasts of Femen protestor
AN OFFICER from Spain’s National Police force has been called to appear in court to face accusations of sexual abuse after he grabbed the...
Hundreds protest against giant solar macro project in Serrania de Ronda
A handful of mayors have been joined by an X-Factor winner to oppose a series of giant solar macro projects that will ‘scar’ large...
Thousands of cyclists to take over Malaga streets in protest over lack of bike lanes
Thousands of cyclists are set to take over the streets on Sunday in a massive protest against Malaga council and its lack of bike...
Madrid regional government puts tree-felling on hold after protest against new Metro stop
AFTER THOUSANDS of people came out to protest on Saturday, the Madrid regional government has put a Metro expansion plan on hold that would...
Protestors come out in force on streets of Madrid to denounce regional government’s ‘dismantling’ of healthcare system
HUNDREDS of thousands of people came out to protest on the streets of Madrid today, to denounce what they called the ‘dismantling’ of the...
Activists glue themselves to Spain’s Congress of Deputies in protest over climate emergency
CLIMATE activists from a Spanish organisation called Futuro Vegetal (Vegetable Future) glued themselves to the microphones at the lectern in the Congress of Deputies...
TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING: The controversy in a small Valencian village over plans for a massive solar...
IT was described as ‘the first and only solar extracting and pumping station in Europe’ and, from the moment it was operational, it was...
‘Fascists out,’ cry Madrid students over appointment of regional premier as distinguished alumni
HUNDREDS of students, professors and other staff at Madrid’s Complutense University came out to protest on Tuesday morning against the designation of the regional...
Angry farmers from south-eastern Spain descend on Madrid over major threat to crop irrigation
UP to 15,000 farmers took to the streets of Madrid on Wednesday to protest against new protection rules for the river Tajo which will...
Environmental activists spray children’s nativity scene with paint at Spain’s El Corte Ingles department store
ENVIRONMENTAL activists from the Futuro Vegetal (Vegetable Future) group on Thursday sprayed black and red paint on part of the children’s nativity scene outside...
Madrid premier slams massive protest by healthcare sector as attempt by the left to ‘burn down’ the capital
SOME 200,000 people took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday to protest against the regional government’s management of the health system and to...
Environmental protestors glue hands to Goya paintings in Spain’s world-famous Prado Museum
TWO CLIMATE activists glued their hands to the frames of Goya’s Las Majas paintings in Madrid’s Prado Museum on Saturday, in the latest of...
Running of the Bulls festival to get underway in Spain’s Pamplona despite protests
SPAIN’S famous Running of the Bulls festival is getting underway, despite large protests against the event.
The infamous nine-day event in Pamplona sees a group...