Andalusian bird watch
The black redstart
The Andalucía Bird Society recommends looking out for the Phoenicurus ochruros this month
Peter Jones
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The Euro Zone opinion
Fair trade?
What do olive oil, jeans and steel have in common? All three have been the focus of trade disputes between the United States and European Union, especially under President Donald Trump
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The Bottom Line opinion
Europe has a serious problem
We are about to witness a regrettable European disunity in response to the victory of a politician who celebrated Brexit and cheers on Viktor Orbán and Nigel Farage, writes columnist
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The Music Maker opinion
Me, myself, I
While ferreting about on the interweb for pub quiz material I'll get distracted and, instead of identifying Uruguay's second biggest city, will discover that I'm Chandler (from Friends), writes columnist Peter Edgerton
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#WTMLDN 2024
SUR in English marks 40 years at the World Travel Market in London
The first time the English edition of SUR arrived at the WTM, the most important tourism fair alongside the ITB, was in 1984; the following year, it became the first newspaper to have a stand... next to Las Vegas because there was 'no room' in Europe
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The Music Maker opinion
Native tongue
The Spanish word 'prórroga' is so fiendishly difficult to pronounce that columnist Peter Edgerton suspects Beelzebub himself dreamt it up in one of his many idle moments
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The Euro Zone opinion
Falling star
Íñigo Errejón, a star of the Spanish left, resigned from politics last week following an allegation of sexual assault. Columnist Mark Nayler looks into the background of the story...
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The Bottom Line opinion
Equality this All Saints' Day in Spain
If you go to the cemetery today, you'll only see women scrubbing headstones, polishing epitaphs and arranging flowers, writes columnist J. R. Alonso de la Torre
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The Bottom Line opinion
Stranger things have happened...
Columnist Ignacio Lillo ponders the housing crisis engulfing Malaga province
Ignacio Lillo |
Extra Kategora
Kategora Oceanika: a benchmark for flex living and investment on the Costa del Sol
SUR in English
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The Music Maker opinion
Proud wary
Columnist Peter Edgerton was recently chuffed with himself for getting hold of document from the city council offices in record time, before it all went horribly wrong
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The Euro Zone opinion
Food fight
A European Court of Justice (ECJ), ruling on trade ties between the EU and Morocco, will impact upon the labelling of fruit and vegetables
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Opinion
Spain, is it really a country lacking glamour and with beaches full of drunken tourists gorging themselves on cheap beer and sunshine?
Paul Whitelock from Ronda, who has lived in Spain for 16 years, hits back and says he doesn't recognise the "pack of lies" a Spanish columnist recently wrote about his adopted home
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The Euro Zone - opinion
Brothers in arms
Podemos leader Belarra stated that, despite Sánchez's claims not to have sent arms to Israel since last October, his administration has in fact supplied Tel Aviv with 1.27 billion euros' worth of weapons
Mark Nayler |
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Thank you letter
Restored faith in humanity
I recently had cause to be very grateful to Ana, a delivery driver for "La Dieta del Chef" and would like to thank her publicly
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The Bottom Line opinion
It's a matter of glamour
We need to change our aesthetic attitude. It's a matter of glamour. We don't have glamour, like the Italians do.
Manuel Vilas |