A new law will make it mandatory for corporate boards to be composed of at least 40% women. Spain’s Parliament passed the ‘gender parity law’ on Tuesday, which will see a similar quota set for the cabinet. It was voted through last night on the eve of International Women’s Day today and will be ratified […]
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Punta Prima, Alicante 2 beds 2 baths € 219,000 A beautifully-maintained 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom ground-floor apartment awaits in the desirable Panorama Park of Punta Prima. This 101m2 home features a spacious living-dining area, a fully-equipped kitchen, and two bedrooms with en-suite bathroom, as well as a 22m2 terrace. Enjoy the added convenience
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On the eve of International Women’s Day the Spanish government voted in favour of making changes to the controversial ‘only yes is yes’ law. The proposed reforms have become a litmus test for the progressive coalition government which has not been able to agree on the matter. “The law is not working properly and it
A 22-year-old thief who caused major concern in Buñol after a string of violent assaults on elderly women has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. A special operation was launched to catch the man who always struck at night in narrow streets where there was no traffic- thus allowing him an easy escape under cover
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THE Museo Carmen Thyssen presents a new exhibition of urban photography and casts a spotlight on the 1940s New York street life. This urban photography exhibition brings together twenty images taken by two women photographers in New York in the 1940s, Helen Levitt and Lisette Model, and vindicates the work of artists who made urban
MALAGA is set to celebrate its big date with the red carpet; the 26th edition of the Malaga Film festival is about to begin, and for the first time in three years will do so without restrictions. For ten days Malaga transforms into the epicentre of Spanish cinema and brings thousands of people to the
FASHION is much more than a “cute outfit”—it’s a major reflection of our times, political movements, and history. Since the birth of the fashion industry, womenswear trends have been driven by culture, events, popular music, and celebrity influence. In the last 100 years, we’ve seen big changes in fashion, accompanying the development of women’s rights.
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The arrival of a British nuclear submarine in Gibraltar has put all of Andalucia at risk of nuclear catastrophe, according to a Spanish environmental group. The ongoing repairs on HMS Audacious, an Astute-class nuclear-powered submarine provoked the warning from Verdemar-Ecologistas en Acción, an NGO umbrella organisation made up of more than 300 environmental groups across
Spain’s idyllic white villages are spread out all over the south, below or at the summit of mountains, in forests and hidden canyons, but there’s one pueblo inside a network of caves that deserves to be singled out. Setenil de las Bodegas, in the province of Cadiz, is known as Spain’s cave village. Whitewashed houses
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RESEARCHERS say the fossil of a 200 million year-old marine reptile spotted in a rock wall in the Murcia region town of Cehegin a few years ago is linked to similar discoveries in the Swiss Alps. The team consisting of archaeological experts from universities in Alcala, Alicante, and Jaen, as well as institutes and museums
