The number of people living in poverty in Spain has risen by 4.4 million since the country was battered by an economic crisis to reach 11.7 million, or one in four, a leading Catholic charity said Tuesday.
While Spain struggles with a jobless rate of close to 25 percent, many of the country's salaried employees are living below the poverty threshold, a new study shows.
Spain's important Catholic charity Caritas helped more people than ever in 2013, thanks largely to more donations from private individuals and an ever growing army of volunteers the organization said.
Spain's children are bearing the brunt of the country's crisis with 2.5 million kids at risk of poverty. Many can't even afford the cheap lunches being put on their school canteens.
A Swedish magazine sold by the homeless has caught the attention of national media in the Scandinavian country after it highlighted the plight of scores of destitute Swedes who beg in Spain's most popular tourist areas.
More than a third of children in Spain live at risk of poverty, the aid charity Save the Children said on Wednesday, blaming austerity measures for worsening the situation.
More than half of all Spanish families say they are worse off now than they were a year ago, a new survey shows. This is despite Spanish government claims that the country's economy is improving.
The Spanish government is expected today to freeze the minimum wage in Spain at €645.30 ($890) per month, one of the lowest levels in western Europe, despite strong opposition from leading unions.
A seven-minute video documenting the devastating effects of the economic crisis on three families in Madrid has become a hit on internet social networks despite painting a bleak picture of life in Spain.
Spain's austerity program is having a dramatic effect on the country's children, a new report released on Wednesday by Europe's top human rights agency shows.
The mayor of a Spanish municipality in the province of Jaen has slashed his €1,000 monthly salary by half and is donating the money to needy families in the area.
A popular nightlife complex in Catalonia will allow punters to pay the €10 admission price with groceries instead of cash to collect food for a local charity and raise awareness of poverty.
A top Andalusian politician has announced that all school children in the region will receive three square meals a day — at least from Monday to Friday.
The income gap between the richest and poorest people in Spain has grown by 30 percent since 2006 in the wake of the country's sharp economic downturn, the Spanish branch of Catholic charity Caritas said on Wednesday.
