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The Euro Zone opinion

Power corrupts

Over the last year or so, it has started to seem as if the world of Spanish football might be almost as murky as the country's politics, writes Mark Naylor

  • The Music Maker

    Identity crisis

    These days a lanyard is more often used to give an air of dubious self-importance to those who might otherwise spend their days going largely unnoticed, writes Peter Edgerton

    Peter Edgerton |
  • The Bottom Line opinion

    Keeping women

    Do men still think that we women only work because we have nobody to look after us?, asks Jennie Rhodes

    Jennie Rhodes |
  • The Bottom Line opinion

    Water: a luxury not even the mega rich can acquire

    The rich and famous don't deserve water any more than the rest of us, writes Jennie Rhodes, after the high-end property sector of Marbella, Estepona and Benahavís said it was worried about the effect the drought will have on sales and rentals if it is not resolved

    Jennie Rhodes |
  • The Music Maker

    Gone south

    Olive oil, tapas, desert and forest - a few of the reasons to celebrate Andalucía

    Peter Edgerton |
  • The Euro Zone opinion

    Show us the money

    The EU Commission is concerned about potential misuse of the emergency Covid funds it gave to Spain

    Mark Nayler |
  • The Bottom Line opinion

    The next stop

    Malaga is still far from having the West-East and Centre-North metro network that suits its size and dynamism, writes Ignacio Lillo

    Ignacio Lillo |
  • The Music Maker

    Basket case

    I've tried to watch a professional game of basketball on the TV. It's difficult to escape the conclusion that, of the forty-eight minutes that a match lasts, only the last three are of much use, writes Peter Edgerton

    Peter Edgerton |
  • The Euro Zone

    Three's a crowd

    Spain's dilemma can be stated very simply: it can't please Morocco without riling Algeria, and vice versa

    Mark Nayler |
  • The Euro Zone opinion

    No size fits all

    Protesting farmers have drawn the EU's attention to the fact that its greenhouse emissions and carbon reduction targets just aren't working on the ground - literally

    Mark Nayler |
  • The Music Maker opinion

    Identity crisis

    That piece of plastic that has been sitting next to the supermarket points card that I've never once used for the last seven years? Gone? How? Why? Who? Where?

    Peter Edgerton |
  • The Bottom Line opinion

    Marvels made in Spain

    The fruit and vegetables grown in Spain are among the greatest triumphs of man on this earth, writes Manuel Vilas

    Manuel Vilas |
  • The Bottom Line opinion

    Water that doesn't fall from heaven

    For it to really do some good, it would have to rain for at least a month, and that, unfortunately, is not on the horizon

    Ignacio Lillo |
  • The Euro Zone opinion

    Border control

    According to Spanish officials, some of the 200 million euros earmarked for Mauritania will be used to bolster its border-control authorities

    Mark Nayler |
  • Opinion

    To use 'tú' or not to use 'tú'

    The perennial bug bear in Spanish of choosing 'usted' (formal) or 'tú' (informal) when addressing somebody directly rears its utterly confusing head with disturbing regularity

    Peter Edgerton |