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
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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
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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
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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?
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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 |
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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
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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
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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...
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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%
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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
Jeremy Blatch |