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The Euro Zone
Out of control
The protesters resent having their home cities overrun, year-round, by visitors, and for being priced out of local housing markets by holiday rentals. Opinion piece by Mark Nayler
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Art and culture opinion
Ethereal encounters
American mainstreamer Aaron Johnson surfs on our cosmic roots
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The Bottom Line opinion
Nothing changes
Progress in women's rights around the world comes up against racism, inequality and the same old issues, writes Rosa Belmonte
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The Music Maker opinion
Pints make prizes
I have a somewhat fractious relationship with the Swedish monolith [IKEA]: so fractious, in fact, that I swore blind I would never return after my one-and-only visit about fifteen years ago which left me feeling like the Minotaur in the underground labyrinth at Kyssos, writes Peter Edgerton
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The Euro Zone opinion
What's the forecast?
Currently headed by Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva, the IMF changes its fiscal predictions so often - a slight increase here, a tiny decrease there - that they have limited practical value, and are usually only of interest to economists, politicians and journalists writes Mark Nayler
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The Euro Zone opinion
Struggling for recognition
Spain hopes to lead the EU to official recognition of Palestine, something for which the bloc's parliament first called in 2014, writes Mark Nayler
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The Music Maker opinion
The prince of whales
It would be such a thrill if studying whale song brought us to a deeper understanding of mother nature in general and the oceans in particular, writes Peter Edgerton
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The Bottom Line opinion
Golden Visas
At the peak of the Euro crisis Spain's conservative prime minister Mariano Rajoy introduced the Golden Visa programme so that non-EU citizens could acquire Spanish residency by making substantial investments in real estate, businesses or government bonds
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The Euro Zone opinion
Hands off hospitality
There aren't many laws covering bar and restaurant opening hours and the sale of alcohol in Spain, which is why the country has one of the most open, vibrant and (perhaps paradoxically) least drunken nightlife scenes in Europe, writes Mark Nayler
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The Music Maker opinion
These foolish things
When it happens in a film, you think 'What on earth does that bloke think he's doing?' When it happens to you in real life you think, 'I know, I'll do what that bloke did in that film', writes Peter Edgerton
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The Bottom Line opinion
Holy Week washout in Malaga: A sign from the heavens?
The faithful were disappointed that the most important week in Andalucía's calendar was all but cancelled, but nobody could deny that this year seeing the rain was more important than watching the processions
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The Bottom Line opinion
Still special
Whether or not you're very devout or religious - which almost seems irrelevant this week - Semana Santa in Malaga and other towns and cities in southern Spain is a big deal, writes Rachel Haynes
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The Music Maker opinion
Smarty pants
Electronic gadgets claiming to be smart are, almost unfailingly, quite the opposite - writes Peter Edgerton
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The Euro Zone opinion
Lying low
Luis Rubiales, the spectacularly fallen former president of the Spanish Football Federation. has plenty in common with the ex-king: as Juan Carlos was back in 2020, he is at the centre of a corruption probe into alleged kickbacks and money-laundering
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The Bottom Line opinion
Let's see if they get it
I was at an environmental forum with a group of students who were probably around 18 years old. The thing is, at one point they were asked to give their opinion on what had been discussed, and their responses left me dumbfounded, writes Ignacio Lillo
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