The Euro Zone
Rewriting history
Nadia Calviño, during her five-year stint as a lead player in the Sánchez Show, has been a relentlessly, in fact suspiciously, optimistic minister
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The Bottom Line
Anti-resolutions
Imagine making a resolution to be a worse person - for some the bad deeds will come naturally
Violeta Niebla | -
Opinion
2023 - high and dry
We were all taught in biology that every living thing needs water and light to survive. Here, on the Costa del Sol, we have plenty of light to go round, but water, essential for residents, tourists, migrants, gardens, industry, crops, livestock, wildlife, forests... is in short supply
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Opinion
A brief mystery of time
Normal people currently don't know if it's a Tuesday or a Friday - a state of affairs which will undoubtedly last until at least the second week of January when things return to something like normal. That's my excuse, anyway... writes Peter Edgerton
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Opinion
Outgoing presidency
As Spain's occupancy of the EU presidency and the year draw to a close, it's a good time to look at what the country has actually achieved in the role
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Opinion
Meeting Marathon
Details about the new EU migration pact apparently remain undecided, despite the insane amount of conferences at which it has been discussed
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Opinion
Present perfect
If we're being brutally honest, we'd probably have to admit that children are just a little bit spoiled these days, aren't they? Too many electronic gadgety gifts and not enough single walnuts and tangerines if you ask me
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Opinion
Choose Merry Christmas
At this time of the year, it is very important to send sincere Christmas greetings to everyone who crosses your path because it is better to live loving everybody than loving only half of the world
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Opinion
Taken for a ride by the scammers
How many of us have not received a message from a contact who is "travelling" and in urgent need of a transfer? Or a text from the post office about an undeliverable package?
Extra Investhome
Royal Park Marks a New Milestone with the Opening of Its Show Apartment
SUR in English
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Opinion
Running on empty
A chap performing a warm up routine reminiscent of Torvill and/or Dean (which was which?) stopped and informed me that Malaga's full and the half-marathon started at the same place, adding – with a sinister grin – 'after that, it's every man for himself'
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Opinion
Empty threats
The phrase 'threat to democracy' is one of the most over-used in contemporary political discourse; so much so, in fact, that it has lost all meaning
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Opinion
Stuck inside of mobile
The Platform For An Adolescence Free Of Mobile Phones (it sounds better in Spanish) is lobbying for even tougher measures i.e. for these devices to be prohibited in schools altogether and, moreover, for it to be illegal for anyone under sixteen to even own one
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Opinion
Teenagers on the loose
As the evening falls, they roam in packs with the intention of drinking, getting high, harassing, beating up some unfortunate and vandalising property
Ignacio Lillo |
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Opinion
Victims of abuse
The Merriam-Webster dictionary's definition of 'gaslighting' runs as follows: "psychological manipulation of a person, usually over an extended period of time, that causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts [or] perception of reality [...]."
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Return to form
When it was first created in 1948, Israel wanted nothing to do with the Franco regime. As a result, Spain forged alliances with Arab countries in the region