CHILD ABUSENew Spanish legislation aimed at protecting children from violence to be known as the ‘Rhodes Law’EFE|Madrid|Feb 10, 2020 - 17:02 CETDeputy Prime Minister Pablo Iglesias explained today that the measures against abuse would take their name from British pianist and campaigner James Rhodes
POVERTYSpain’s social protection system is broken, says United Nations expertMaría Sosa Troya / El País|Madrid|Feb 10, 2020 - 14:36 CETAfter 12-day visit to country, Special Rapporteur Philip Alston concludes that ‘people in poverty have been largely failed by policymakers’
CORONAVIRUSSony, Amazon pull out of Barcelona Mobile World Congress over coronavirus fearsDani Cordero / Bernardo Marín / Guillermo Vega|Barcelona / Madrid|Feb 10, 2020 - 10:47 CETSeveral major tech companies have withdrawn from the annual event due to concerns about the disease, which has so far infected two people in Spain
EU AFTER BREXITIn EU’s post-Brexit reshuffle, Spain drops out of race to replace BritainBernardo de Miguel|Brussels|Feb 10, 2020 - 09:28 CETDiplomatic sources say that the new coalition government prefers ad hoc alliances to joining the traditional French-German bloc
FRAUDThe Spanish social worker who claimed a dead man’s pension for 33 yearsJuan Diego Quesada|Madrid|Feb 10, 2020 - 08:33 CETThe woman, who is now 83, has pleaded guilty to fraud and document forgery, but will not go to prison