The Euro Zone
No change
Spain still has a "serious problem" with corruption, according to Transparency International's latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI), released this week
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The Music Maker
The plastic Oh No! band
Leafing idly through the Spanish newspapers the other day, I stumbled across an astonishing statistic - approximately 40% of Spain's population has undergone some kind of "medicinal aesthetic treatment", writes columnist Peter Edgerton
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The Bottom Line
Hollow aspirations
In Malaga, we can't aspire to be part of the technology of the future with a transport mobility system that is stuck in the past...
Ignacio Lillo | -
The Bottom Line
Water planning in Spain
Since 1980, the average available water in Spain has decreased by 12% and projections indicate that by 2050 there may be a further decrease of between 14% and, even an unthinkable, 40%
Fergal Macerlean | -
The Euro Zone
Practically impossible
Along with the EU, the UK, US and UN all claim that a dual-state arrangement is the most viable option for peace in the Middle East. The trouble is that neither of the protagonists supports the idea
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The Music Maker
The future's bright
A recent study has shown that a group of little children - aged from three to seven - were easily able to outwit the best technology has to offer in many problem-solving tasks
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Investments
Costs matter!
In the investing world, fees should not be overlooked - they can eat into your returns, writes Jeremy Blatch
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The Music Maker
Doing your homework
Peter Edgerton has had mixed results with online instructional videos, successfully managing to repair a washing machine door and a toilet cistern. But there have been some DIY disasters...
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The Euro Zone
A sound investment
Foreign investors have become so accustomed to governmental deadlocks and zombie administrations in Spain that they simply don't notice them anymore, writes Mark Nayler
Extra Investhome
Royal Park Marks a New Milestone with the Opening of Its Show Apartment
SUR in English
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The Bottom Line
Is democracy dying?
British citizens are now able to register to vote in UK general and by-elections. Of course, this comes eight years too late for those who were unable to vote in the 2016 Brexit referendum
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The Bottom Line opinion
Clear runway to the future
The excellent planning by Aena for Malaga Airport should be news in itself. On the Costa del Sol, things normally only get done when the pressure becomes unbearable and they become obsolete shortly after their inauguration, requiring demands for expansion
Ignacio Lillo | -
The Euro Zone opinion
Please come home
The reason for the mass corporate exodus in the first place was political uncertainty caused by Catalan separatists, why would these businesses come back if there is still a possibility of more of the same in the near or medium-term future?
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The Music Maker
A pronounced accent
It's fascinating how people from different cultures find particular words in foreign languages difficult - no, impossible - to pronounce. This is mine... writes Peter Edgerton
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The Bigger Picture
An alternative to the ‘casino’ of stocks and commodities
Buying something for much less than it is worth and waiting patiently for it to be worth much more many years later, whilst receiving a passive income in the form of dividends, is an increasingly foreign concept to many
Jeremy Blatch | -
The Music Maker
I predict a diet
The mysteries of 2024: politics, film, sport and tourists in Calle Larios