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Labour Day rallies in 80 cities across Spain call for shorter hours and fairer dismissals

News Desk2nd May 20256th May 2025

2nd May 20256th May 20251586

Demonstrations and rallies took place across numerous major cities in Europe on Thursday, including 80 cities in Spain, in observance of Labour Day, with participants...

Felipe VI and Letizia join heads of state and world leaders for funeral of Pope Francis

News Desk26th April 20254th May 2025

26th April 20254th May 20252439

Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia joined heads of state and world leaders at the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday in Rome, sitting...

Spain scraps €6.8m ammunition order from Israeli company after uproar

News Desk25th April 202529th April 2025

25th April 202529th April 20251685

Spain has decided to revoke an ammunition procurement deal with an Israeli defence company, following mounting pressure from the left-wing party within the socialist (POSE)...

Spain’s promise to EU allies to spend more on defence faces resistance at home

News Desk16th March 202521st March 2025

16th March 202521st March 20252545

Spain, NATO’s lowest defence spender relative to its economy, is facing both political and public resistance as it attempts to meet European calls for increased...

Spain moves closer to reducing the work week by 2.5 hours

News Desk5th February 202510th February 2025

5th February 202510th February 20253031

On Tuesday, the Spanish Cabinet approved a plan to reduce the standard work week for millions of employees by 2.5 hours, bringing it down to...

Spain to introduce shorter working week with same pay by end of 2025

News Desk22nd December 20244th January 2025

22nd December 20244th January 20253767

Spain’s coalition government and the two largest trade unions, the UGT and CCOO, agreed on Friday to implement a shorter work week with the same...

Spain approves ‘paid climate leave’ for workers during weather emergencies

News Desk29th November 20242nd March 2025

29th November 20242nd March 20251311

Spain’s left-leaning coalition government has approved a ‘paid climate leave’ of up to four days for workers to avoid travelling during weather emergencies, a month...

Podemos founding member, Íñigo Errejón, quits politics amid sexual assault accusations

News Desk25th October 202431st October 2024

25th October 202431st October 20242786

Íñigo Errejón, one of the founders of Spain’s left-wing Podemos party, has quit politics and his post as spokesman for the Sumar left-wing umbrella group...

Two workers dead, four injured after cranes collapse at port in Gijón, Asturias

News Desk6th September 202412th September 2024

6th September 202412th September 20242013

Two workers died and at least four others were injured on Thursday after two cranes collapsed in the northern port of Gijón (Asturias), emergency services...

Yolanda Díaz resigns as head of left-wing Sumar group

News Desk10th June 202417th June 2024

10th June 202417th June 20242782

Yolanda Díaz, number three in Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s government, resigned on Monday as head of the government’s left-wing junior coalition partner Sumar, following a...

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