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  • 30 Aug 2024 13:11

    The Bottom Line opinion

    Jennie Rhodes

    'La Vuelta'

    It's the end of the summer season and this weekend will see one of the biggest traffic operations of the year as thousands of Spanish holidaymakers leave the Costa del Sol and head home

  • 30 Aug 2024 13:08

    The Music Maker opinion

    Peter Edgerton / www.peteredgerton.com

    Small town boy

    Having spent time in both Spanish and English villages in the past month, I now feel qualified to offer my opinion on how best to behave in each, writes columnist Peter Edgerton

  • 30 Aug 2024 13:07

    The Euro Zone opinion

    Mark Nayler

    What's the problem?

    Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish PM, was in Gambia this week, where he met with the country's president to discuss ways of reducing illegal migration flows to Spain's Canary Islands via the lethal Atlantic crossing

  • 23 Aug 2024 16:02

    Going global?

    Spain's temporary wealth tax, introduced by Pedro Sánchez in late 2022, holds the key to dealing with climate change. That's the conclusion reached by the Tax Justice Network (TJN), writes SUR columnist Mark Nayler

  • 23 Aug 2024 15:58

    Give me a sign

    After suffering some satnav woes, SUR columnist Peter Edgerton's efforts get back on track comprised a series of missed exits and U-turns that lasted for miles, the likes of which were last seen in a 1976 episode of the Wacky Races

  • 16 Aug 2024 13:55

    The Bottom Line opinion

    Rachel Haynes

    Is the weather news?

    "It's August in the south of Spain," say numerous comments on social media when we report on high temperature alerts issued by Spain's state weather agency. "Why are you telling us? It's normal"

  • 16 Aug 2024 13:44

    The Music Maker opinion

    Peter Edgerton / www.peteredgerton.com

    Sleep slidin' away

    Columnist Peter Edgerton had arranged his holiday travel arrangements with a military precision of which Alexander The Great would have been justly proud. And then boom... an email from his airline landed in his inbox

  • 16 Aug 2024 13:38

    The Euro Zone opinion

    Mark Nayler

    Giving back

    In its latest report, released last month, the European Court of Auditors identified Spain as the most ineffective spender of EU money in the bloc and called for repayment of misused or unspent funds

  • 09 Aug 2024 17:13

    The Music Maker opinion

    Peter Edgerton

    It's all in the games

    The summers of our childhood did - to quote the Groover From Vancouver, Bryan Adams - seem to last forever

  • 09 Aug 2024 17:09

    Bottom Line opinion

    Manuel Vilas

    Smartphone

    You're on the beach on holiday, or in the mountains, in front of an amazing landscape full of natural beauty and you have an unstoppable urge to look at your mobile phone

  • 09 Aug 2024 15:33

    The Euro Zone opinion

    Mark Nayler

    Law vs politics

    Puigdemont accuses "Spanish patriotic judges" ("patriotic" is clearly being used as a synonym for "politicised" here) who choose not to apply the amnesty of "non-compliance

  • 02 Aug 2024 14:41

    The Euro Zone opinion

    Mark Nayler

    A hollow victory

    Almost three months later, the much-anticipated "new era", in which Catalan separatists quietly occupy the opposition seats after fourteen years in power, still hasn't begun

  • 02 Aug 2024 14:37

    The Bottom Line opinion

    David Andrews

    Learning from past mistakes

    Recently, I have seen complaints regarding the queues at passport control at Malaga Airport. Nobody likes waiting, but the implication is that there is something specifically wrong with the gateway to the Costa del Sol, writes columnist David Andrews

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