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Spanish people have an in-built reflex which obliges them to check if everything has been paid or not before they leave any bar or restaurant

  • 03 Nov 2023 17:49

    A fine balance

    At a summit of EU leaders in Brussels last week, Sánchez endorsed the bloc's renewed call for a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine

  • 03 Nov 2023 17:48

    Opinion

    Juan Carlos Viloria

    Turbulent times

    The phrase has become the catch-all term in the reports on Leonor's investiture and the imminent one of Sánchez

  • 27 Oct 2023 14:32

    Ask me no questions

    The carefully choreographed spectacle didn't fool everyone: one incredulous viewer commented beneath the YouTube video of Tuesday's performance, "Do you think you're kidding us? That we're stupid? That we swallow anything?"

  • 27 Oct 2023 14:30

    Plumbing the depths

    This is why I never do home repairs - my efforts invariably make things a lot worse before they get better, if, in fact, they get better at all

  • 27 Oct 2023 14:29

    Opinion

    Ignacio Lillo

    Landlords are not NGOs

    After the new housing law there appears not be a single flat available for rent in Spain; and if there is one, the price is so shameful that it makes even the person who rents it out blush

  • 20 Oct 2023 16:07

    War of words

    The Israeli embassy in Madrid said that "certain elements within the Spanish government have chosen to align themselves with [...] Isis-style terrorism". Without naming Belarra and Garzón specifically, it said that their remarks were "absolutely immoral"

  • 20 Oct 2023 16:05

    Opinion

    Violeta Niebla

    Keep it down

    Noise regulations and advice in the form of an index finger on closed lips also makes me laugh when they turn a blind eye to a minute of fireworks that sound like bombs are raining down on our heads

  • 20 Oct 2023 16:04

    Eat to the beat

    I wasn't aware of the high regard with which eating is held in these parts and how two o'clock is a revered hour when, whatever you're doing and wherever you are, you must stop for lunch

  • 13 Oct 2023 17:08

    A poor response

    Pedro Sánchez called for "harmony, coexistence, peace" and a "rejection of war" - a boringly tepid statement that could be construed as condemnation of Hamas's attack, Israel's retaliation, or both

  • 13 Oct 2023 17:08

    Ignacio Lillo

    For Malaga's greater good

    Decisions must be taken to prevent the Malaga metropolitan area collapsing - it's already late

  • 13 Oct 2023 17:08

    The gig economy

    Performers very often lack that intuitive understanding that, when it comes to a live performance, the audience is more important than they are

  • 06 Oct 2023 18:21

    Time to act

    The effectiveness of this largely-untested forum is open to doubt, especially given its failure to ease tensions over the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict

  • 06 Oct 2023 18:20

    Rebel without applause

    In the olden days playing the renegade was a cinch - you got a tattoo, smoked a bit of weed and strutted around burbling on about the system and how everyone except you was a sheep

  • 06 Oct 2023 18:20

    Opinion

    David Andrews

    Digging deeper

    The video of the Spanish cricket team during the playing of the national anthem, some of them with their hands on their hearts, has been watched by nearly six million people and, while many comments have been positive, the quantity of insults has meant that numerous media outlets have taken up the story

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