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Mark Nayler
The EU and legal experts have expressed concerns that the failure of Spain's two main parties to secure consensus over the renewal of the CGPJ has undermined the independence of the country's judiciary
21 Jun 2024 17:30
Jennie Rhodes
I used to secretly enjoy the look of horror on Spanish doctors' / bankers' / vets' faces when they were suddenly faced with the prospect of having to deal with a foreigner, writes Jennie Rhodes
21 Jun 2024 17:24
Peter Edgerton / www.peteredgerton.com
Columnist Peter Edgerton has been encouraged by friends to sign up to WhatsApp. To help him decide if he should, he's drawn up a list of the pros and cons...
21 Jun 2024 17:07
Fiscal forecasts are revised so frequently throughout the year that they function more as real-time reports rather than informed divination
14 Jun 2024 15:22
Mark Nayler
It might seem self-contradictory to describe a political party as both lacking a manifesto and being 'extreme right' but that is how many Spanish media outlets are choosing to describe the new party that emerged in Spain's EU elections last Sunday, writes columnist Mark Nayler
14 Jun 2024 15:21
Peter Edgerton / www.peteredgerton.com
Why did SUR columnist Peter Edgerton find himself spontaneously clapping down at the pub last week?
14 Jun 2024 15:18
Ignacio Lillo
Marbella is the only town of its size in Spain that has no railway service, writes SUR columnist Ignacio Lillo
07 Jun 2024 13:50
Peter Edgerton / www.peteredgerton.com
An open-air concert I was due to give in Ciudad Jardín in June '23 - June! - was cancelled when it began to rain. With any luck things will go ahead without a hitch this year, writes columnist Peter Edgerton
07 Jun 2024 13:48
Mark Nayler
At a meeting of the European centre-left back in March, Spain's PM Pedro Sánchez, in full save-the-world mode, announced that in the upcoming EU elections "the very soul of Europe is at risk"
07 Jun 2024 13:46
Ignacio Lillo
A flock of Alpine swifts were caught in a downpour and got so wet that some couldn't keep flapping and fell to the ground. Birds were literally raining from the sky, but Laura Muriel, a 28-year-old veterinarian, raced to the rescue
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31 May 2024 15:59
Peter Edgerton / www.peteredgerton.com
Moving to a new place is also a good chance to make a fresh start and to adopt habits you've always envied in other people - but it's the packing and unpacking that's proving a challenge to the human spirit, writes Peter Edgerton
31 May 2024 15:55
Mark Nayler
The loophole PM Sánchez used in signing the arms deal with Volodomir Zelensky in Madrid was by presenting Spain's latest commitment to Ukraine as a Memorandum of Understanding rather than an International Treaty, writes Mark Nayler
31 May 2024 15:51
Jennie Rhodes
Social media keeps reminding me to get ready to vote, which feels like it's rubbing salt into a wound, writes Jennie Rhodes
24 May 2024 14:30
When booking on the Ryanair website, as you click your way through the morass of stuff you don't want – travel insurance, car hire, hotel rooms, penny farthings, ostrich eggs, etc. - you're reminded constantly of how big and heavy your belongings are allowed to be, writes Peter Edgerton
24 May 2024 14:24
Spain's foreign minister, José Albares, claims that this slanging-match has "brought relations between Spain and Argentina to [their] worst moment in our recent history"
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