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Outrage as clarinet player is SACKED from Barcelona’s music band ‘for not speaking good enough Catalan’ – after 27 years of performing with the group

A CLARINET player has been fired from his position with the Barcelona Municipal Band due to not having a C1 level in Catalan. Despite being

19 Jan, 2024 @ 17:25

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Spain’s far-right Vox party proposes restricting immigration from Muslim countries

SPAIN’S far-right party Vox has proposed a motion for debate in the Congress of Deputies that would see immigration from Muslim countries restricted. The speaker’s

19 Oct, 2023 @ 14:30

Lead·Politics

Far-right 'ultras' face hate crime prosecution for tearing down gay 'rainbow' flag from public square in Spain's Mar Menor area

Reveller files denuncia against Fuengirola club for alleged homophobia after ‘being refused entry for being gay’

A GROUP of young party-goers have filed a complaint against a Costa del Sol nightclub alleging they were barred entry for being gay. It was

12 Sep, 2023 @ 11:15

Lead·Malaga·Marbella

British teacher says she’s barred from full-time public school jobs since Brexit on Spain’s Mallorca

A BRITISH teacher in Mallorca says she’s being discriminated against since Brexit because she’s not an EU citizen and is taking the matter to court

20 Apr, 2023 @ 12:15

Balearic Islands·Brexit·Lead·Mallorca

Female school bully hit with hate crime charge for posting vile social media comments in Spain's Valencia

Hate crime charge for school bully who posted social media attacks on girl in Spain’s Valencia

A schoolgirl has been arrested in Valencia Province on hate crime charges after posting anonymous social media comments attacking a classmate. The female victim suffered

26 Jan, 2023 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Hate crimes in Spain rise by 27% fuelled by pandemic and ‘radicalised’ political debate

A big rise in 2021 hate crime numbers was down to pandemic restrictions and ‘radicalised’ political debate according to the office of Spain’s Attorney General.

7 Sep, 2022 @ 16:50

Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s top court orders end of height discrimination against female police force recruits

THE Supreme Court has ordered the Policia Nacional to stop discriminating against ‘shorter’ woman wanting to join it. A prospective female candidate filed a complaint

19 Jul, 2022 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

No room at the inn for Madrid disabled group snubbed over hotel booking in Spain’s Valencia region

A Valencia Province seaside hotel faces being reported to the Prosecutor’s Office over its refusal to accommodate a group of disabled people. The Hotel Gandia

4 May, 2022 @ 18:30

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community