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Whether or not you're very devout or religious - which almost seems irrelevant this week - Semana Santa in Malaga and other towns and cities in southern Spain is a big deal, writes Rachel Haynes
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Whether or not you're very devout or religious - which almost seems irrelevant this week - Semana Santa in Malaga and other towns and cities in southern Spain is a big deal, writes Rachel Haynes
28 Mar 2024 16:28
Electronic gadgets claiming to be smart are, almost unfailingly, quite the opposite - writes Peter Edgerton
28 Mar 2024 16:25
Luis Rubiales, the spectacularly fallen former president of the Spanish Football Federation. has plenty in common with the ex-king: as Juan Carlos was back in 2020, he is at the centre of a corruption probe into alleged kickbacks and money-laundering
22 Mar 2024 16:55
Ignacio Lillo
I was at an environmental forum with a group of students who were probably around 18 years old. The thing is, at one point they were asked to give their opinion on what had been discussed, and their responses left me dumbfounded, writes Ignacio Lillo
22 Mar 2024 16:50
In the olden days, any customer with a grievance had to write to head office or, in Spain, ask for the 'libro de reclamaciones' (complaints book). But now it's different, writes Peter Edgerton...
22 Mar 2024 16:47
One thing you can't fail to notice about Spain's cumbersome four-party coalition is the sheer amount of clapping it does. What's less obvious is why it believes any kind of self-congratulation to be justified
15 Mar 2024 17:13
Are you frustrated with your attempts to learn the Spanish language? Do you find that every time you try to engage in a conversation with a local, you get a reply in English? This is Peter Edgerton's experience...
15 Mar 2024 17:04
If Catalan secessionists lose the May election, which is likely, Pedro Sánchez might expect them to stop making awkward demands in exchange for parliamentary support, writes Mark Nayler
15 Mar 2024 17:00
David Andrews
For the right, the PSOE came to power on the wave of anger from the 11-M attacks and, as such, were an illegitimate government. For the left, the PP tried to maintain power using a terrorist attack as a way to galvanise its voters and sway the moderate centre
15 Mar 2024 16:56
Ana Barreales
There are still people who believe that the inequalities we, as women, suffer are no big deal and that we should put up with it and sit back for a hundred years or so and wait for things to change, writes Ana Barreales
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15 Mar 2024 16:51
Farmers in Spain are not prepared to let their protests fade away in the public eye, something that is always a danger when someone repeats a complaint several times, however valid it might be
09 Mar 2024 13:40
Diego A. Nieto Marcó
In the 19th and 20th centuries, many women achieved great feats in worlds dominated by men - not just literature, but also science, travel and adventure
08 Mar 2024 16:34
Over the last year or so, it has started to seem as if the world of Spanish football might be almost as murky as the country's politics, writes Mark Naylor
08 Mar 2024 16:31
These days a lanyard is more often used to give an air of dubious self-importance to those who might otherwise spend their days going largely unnoticed, writes Peter Edgerton
08 Mar 2024 16:29
Do men still think that we women only work because we have nobody to look after us?, asks Jennie Rhodes
01 Mar 2024 16:50
The rich and famous don't deserve water any more than the rest of us, writes Jennie Rhodes, after the high-end property sector of Marbella, Estepona and Benahavís said it was worried about the effect the drought will have on sales and rentals if it is not resolved
01 Mar 2024 16:43
01 Mar 2024 16:42
The EU Commission is concerned about potential misuse of the emergency Covid funds it gave to Spain
26 Feb 2024 09:34
Ignacio Lillo
Malaga is still far from having the West-East and Centre-North metro network that suits its size and dynamism, writes Ignacio Lillo
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