Spain's Female Ministers Stir Controversy
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Some women's advocacy groups are complaining about a magazine spread in which eight female ministers in the Spanish government &#151; which has vowed to fight sexual discrimination &#151; pose like fashion models in designer clothes.
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Relations between Spain's government and its clerics have turned hostile. Socialists swept to power earlier this year with a pro-gay, feminist agenda and the church is putting up a fight.
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Relations between Spain's government and  its clerics have turned hostile. Socialists swept to power  earlier this year with a pro-gay, feminist agenda and the  church is putting up a fight.
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Lawmakers investigating the Madrid train bombings censured the previous government's handling of the attack, while former Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar insisted Monday the Socialists might not have ousted his party were it not for Spain's worst terrorist assault.
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The EU's landmark summit on Turkish accession talks dominates the European press on Thursday. Elsewhere, Spanish dailies applaud the criticism of a parliamentary commission investigating the Madrid bombings by the mother of one of the victims.
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Proposed social reforms in Spain spark Catholic anger about a perceived erosion of family values.
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Despite vociferous opposition from the Roman Catholic Church, Spain's Cabinet proposed legislation Friday giving homosexuals the right to marry and adopt children.
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Women ministers back proposals intended to curb the demand for prostitution.
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A government minister in Poland has been reprimanded for making critical remarks about the relationship between the Catholic Church and domestic violence.
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MADRID, Sep 27 (IPS) - Negative trends in some of the main sectors of the   Spanish economy are threatening the government of Socialist  Prime Minister  JosÃ© Luis GonzÃ¡lez and its plans for increased  social spending and foreign  cooperation.
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Spain&#39;s cabinet proposed legislation Friday that would allow same-sex couples to marry and gays to adopt children, pressing ahead with its liberal agenda despite vociferous opposition from the influential Roman Catholic Church.
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Spain's Socialist government has made more effort than its conservative predecessor to improve relations with Gibraltar, the chief minister of the disputed British colony has said in an interview.
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Just nine months after being elected, Spain's Socialist government faces a rift with the trades unions over how to protect the value of the minimum wage (SMI) against inflation.
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Spain's prime minister condemned an initiative by Basque lawmakers to make their region virtually independent, deriding it Monday as secessionist, unconstitutional and anomalous in a Europe seeking to become more united.
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Lawmakers investigating the Madrid train bombings censured the previous government&#39;s handling of the attack, while former Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar insisted Monday the Socialists might not have ousted his party were it not for Spain&#39;s worst
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero accused the former government of deceiving the public between the March 11 Madrid train bombings and March 14 elections and of erasing computer records concerning that period.
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Spanish soccer coach Luis Aragones drew criticism in the country&#39;s media Thursday for racist comments about French striker Thierry Henry.