Community/Public Services news & information for Spain

THE latest 'March for Dignity' took over Madrid last night (Saturday) with several thousand protesters calling for 'bread, jobs, shelter and equality' and criticising lack of employment and of permanent,...

OVER 1,000 members of the public staged a peaceful demonstration in Valladolid (Castilla y León) yesterday (Saturday) calling for more help for refugees attempting to enter Europe.

SPANISH children can use their mothers' surnames before their fathers' from the end of this month, whether or not both parents agree.

A 'PHISHING' scam involving emails purporting to be from electricity board Iberdrola has been uncovered by Spain's National Cyber-Security Institute in the centre-northern city of León.

SPAIN'S battle against depopulation in rural areas has taken a new turn – offering banking services closer to residents in declining villages and providing childcare at home.

AN ESTIMATED 40,000 residents in Spain who suffer cancer live on their own, and many of them have no sources of help from friends or family, according to figures from the AECC.

SPAIN may have broken the 5,000 barrier for organ transplants by the end of this year after a 10.2% rise in donors, securing its as-yet undisputed position as number one country in the world for transplants.

A PROPOSED law covering surrogate pregnancy is on the table thanks to centre-right party Ciudadanos, who wants to make sure parents who have no other way of having children are fully covered against anything that could...

AMNESTY International has denounced Spain's so-called 'gagging law', which led to 34,000 fines being dished out last year alone.

A COUPLE in their 70s has been arrested in Málaga for buying a baby for €100,000.

NEARLY three times as many Brits live in Spain as Spaniards in the UK, and almost half of them are retired, according to figures from the London-based Office of National Statistics (ONS).

A YOUNG man who disappeared from his home in Palermo, Sicily six years ago has been found in the Madrid satellite town of Torrejón de Ardoz.