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Ignacio Lillo

Summer's almost over, so it's back to the fight

For yet another year, we Malagueños must continue the fight and demand our rightful dues as the fastest-growing region in Spain, alongside Madrid. And once again, we must do it from the ground up, from civil society, writes columnist Ignacio Lillo

  • 20 Sep 2024 10:54

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    Mark Nayler

    Energy saver

    Spain's minister for the ecological transition, Teresa Ribera, was named as the EU's next energy commissioner this week. But not everyone was happy, writes columnist Mark Nayler

  • 20 Sep 2024 10:51

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    Peter Edgerton / www.peteredgerton.com

    It's not cricket

    Peter Edgerton recollects, "the more we dived into the idiosyncrasies of spin bowling grips, bouncers, beamers and shining one half of the ball on your pants - trying in vain as we went to translate everything into some vague approximation of Spanish - the more we found ourselves bent over double, helpless with wheezing laughter"

  • 13 Sep 2024 15:25

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    Peter Edgerton / www.peteredgerton.com

    Left on the shelf

    It all seemed a bit far-fetched, but as you may have read over the past couple of weeks, the TikTok generation are apparently heading to Mercadona stores in pursuit of romance. SUR columnist Peter Edgerton decided to hotfoot it down to his local supermarket to investigate

  • 13 Sep 2024 15:17

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    David Andrews

    Crying wolf

    After the tragic killing of Mateo in Toledo, columnist David Andrews argues that the recent racist attacks, slurs and misinformation on social media in Spain are intentioned and orchestrated

  • 13 Sep 2024 15:10

    The Euro Zone opinion

    Mark Nayler

    Compare and contrast

    Belgium is to Puigdemont what Spain is to González, writes columnist Mark Nayler

  • 06 Sep 2024 17:09

    The Euro Zone opinion

    Mark Nayler

    Broken trust

    The state of Spanish politics is so bad, and public trust in its protagonists so low, that a quarter of young Spanish men would now prefer an authoritarian regime to democracy 'in some circumstances', writes Mark Nayler

  • 06 Sep 2024 17:07

    The Music Maker opinion

    Peter Edgerton / www.peteredgerton.com

    Much obliged, I'm sure

    If we want to make children happier, we need to encourage them to learn their times tables, to be able to conjugate French verbs correctly and, most importantly, to press 'delete' on all (anti) social media applications, suggests columnist Peter Edgerton

  • 30 Aug 2024 13:11

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    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

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  • 30 Aug 2024 13:08

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    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

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