19 PEOPLE DETAINED DURING GENERAL STRIKE

MADRID, NOVEMBER 11 /SRNA – RIA Novosti/ – At least 19 people were detained in Spain during a one-day general strike, radio station Cadena SER reported.

According to the report, nine people were detained in Madrid, Valencia, Granada, Valladolid and Zamora, while another ten were detained in La Rioja, Alicante, Malaga and Almeria.

In La Rioja, one person was detained on suspicion of assaulting a police officer, the radio station reported.

In Malaga, police detained four people in connection with the burning of rubbish bins.

A one-day general strike is being held across Spain today, with demands for measures to address the housing crisis, increase wages and curb the rising cost of living.

The strike comes less than three weeks before Spain's snap parliamentary elections, scheduled for November 29, and just two days before the official start of the election campaign.