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Thousands march in Madrid as depopulation rocks rural Spain
REVOLT: Protesters want help them for their dwindling villagesMADRID has seen large protests by rural...
FIGHT THE POWER: Olive Press launches campaign to stop network of 352 pylons ‘destroying’ Andalucia’s Lecrin Valley and Alpujarras
Thousands of people are affected and the proposed route, which begins in Conchar in the west and ends at Benahadux in the east, was approved back in 2015
Women across Spain protest on International Women’s Day as political parties clash over feminism
Last year the numbers of women protesting on March 8 in Spain reached 5.3 million, according to unions
Protesters SLAM €1 million relaunch of bullfighting in Marbella as petition reaches 80,000
CRUEL: Protesters are set to take to the streets next week, campaigning against the planned relaunch of bullfighting in Marbella
Judges in Spain let ‘Wolf Pack rapists’ roam free after delaying 9-year sentence for brutal sex attack
FREED: Judges have batted down calls for provisional prison sentences for the convicted 'Wolf Pack' sex attackersTHE...
STRIKE: 300 Madrid airport workers walk out until New Year after company refuses them warm clothes for winter
STRIKING: Eulen staff walk out on company over claims they are not protected against coldAROUND 300 Madrid...
Fascist vandals paint Nazi swastikas on cultural centre in northern Spain
"We will continue to be profoundly antifascist and committed to the rights and freedoms"
OUTRAGE as uncle and nephew cleared of rape after drugging woman in back alley sex attack in Spain
An uncle and nephew were only cleared of the more serious offence of sexual assault - Spain's equivalent to rape
WATCH: Topless female protestors in Madrid kicked and punched by Franco supporters
Bare-breasted Femen activists, who had the slogan 'Legal Fascism, National Shame' painted across their chests, stormed Franco remembrance rally
WATCH: Man defaces General Franco’s tomb in Madrid with red paint and is dragged away by security guards
The protest was sparked by growing tension surrounding the planned exhumation of the remains of General Franco from the Valley of the Fallen
BORDER BRAWL: British woman swings at Spanish protestor on Gibraltar border as tensions over police pay flare
A similar march is planned for Malaga on August 25
Stormy seas! Protesters gather to oppose cruise ship arrival in Palma
PROTESTERS gathered as the largest cruise ship in the world, the Symphony of the Seas, arrived in Palma on its maiden voyage.The Royal Caribbean...
EXCLUSIVE PICS: Thousands protest in Malaga demanding dignified pension payouts in Spain
Unions and action groups called on retirees to put pressure on the Spanish government to increase state pension payouts
Nationwide strike set to mark International Women’s day across Spain
SPANISH women are being urged to make a stand and strike, to mark International Women's day on March 8.In a bid to show that...
Thousands of OAPs protest on the streets of Spain calling for pension security
PENSIONERS in their thousands have taken to the streets of Spain to demand decent pensions.
Demonstrating across Spain to ask the government to guarantee pensions...
Farmers sign petition to protest destruction of healthy olive and almond trees in Alicante
The farmers, part of The Platform for those Affected by Xylella fastidiosa (AXFA), say current eradication plans mark the ‘beginning of the end of our forests, and of our people’.
Protest to save San Pedro trees from destruction starts tonight
A group on Facebook are now planning a protest asking for people to get involved to stop the destruction.
London protests Rajoy
DOZENS of Catalan protesters took to 10 Downing Street during a UK visit from Mariano Rajoy yesterday.The protest, organised by the Catalan Defence Committee,
demanded...
Flight delays feared across Europe as french workers go on strike
Protesters are expected to take to the streets of towns and cities across France on Tuesday
Cycling protest over Malaga development
The group were protesting urban development across 17 hectares
Riot girls: Feminist court case highlights how freedom of expression is stifled in Spain
Last month, a student was given a suspended prison sentence after tweeting about the 1973 assassination of Francoist Prime Minister Admiral Blanco
‘Blood-soaked’ protest calls for end of bullfighting in Spain ahead of Fallas celebrations
Younger generations are questioning the long-standing Spanish tradition
Up to 40 migrants shout for freedom in roof-top protest at Spanish detention centre
Up to 40 migrants climbed to the roof of a Madrid centre to demand their release
Manilva and Casares residents hold beach protest after nine-year wait for bridge
Around 100 people turned out to form a human chain after waiting nine years for a four metre bridge
Animal rights protest planned for Sevilla’s ‘April Fair’
Animal rights group says millions are spent by the Andalucian government to subsidise bullfighting
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