The Euro Zone opinion

Keeping at arms' length

Spain's PM Pedro Sánchez issued a royal decree permanently banning exports to and imports from Israel of all military equipment this week. Columnist Mark Nayler delves into the detail

Mark Nayler
  • The Music Maker opinion

    Another brick in the fall

    Coming from a land where any tradesman worth his salt expects a homeowner to offer a minimum of five gallons of tea per day to anyone plying their trade on their property, columnist Peter Edgerton assumed it was international law to do so

    Peter Edgerton |
  • The Bottom Line opinion

    'Lol' and an avocado emoji

    There are some WhatsApp conversations that last longer than some relationships, writes columnist Ana Barreales

    Ana Barreales |
  • The Bottom Line - opinion

    Stubbing out smoking

    Along with the possibility of losing regular clientele because of these new laws, this measure could also have a considerable knock-on effect on tourism

    Tony Bryant |
  • The Music Maker - opinion

    Strangers in paradise

    Local village bars are great places to catch the zeitgeist on current affairs and the death of Robert Redford was hot off the press last night

    Peter Edgerton |
  • The Euro Zone - opinion

    Fighting for Catalonia

    In order to fulfil his promise to pass a national budget next year (the first since 2022), Pedro Sánchez is going even further than usual to satisfy Catalan separatists

    Mark Nayler |
  • Where words go to die
    Miguel Tellado. (EFE)

    Opinion

    Where words go to die

    When Spaniards hear the word “fosa", it evokes mass graves filled during and after the Civil War, where ideology and violence buried not only bodies but also memory

    Troy Nahumko |
  • Too little, too late

    No real action is being taken against preventable wildfires in Spain despite tragedies occuring every year, writes Denise Bush

    Denise Bush |
  • Stand and deliver

    Around here Spain's regular postal service can be - how might we put this? - unpredictable. If that wasn't enough, private delivery companies are considerably worse, writes columnist Peter Edgerton

    Peter Edgerton |
  • The Euro Zone - opinion

    Role model?

    Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez's meeting with the UK's prime minister Keir Starmer at Downing Street last week prompted a lot of excited talk in the British press - and comparisons too, writes Mark Nayler

    Mark Nayler |
  • The Bottom Line - opinion

    The polyester gospel

    Stories once held up as proof of Canadian enlightenment now treated like contraband, hidden away from children "for their protection"

    Troy Nahumko |
  • The Music Maker - opinion

    Treasure Iceland

    Such is the atmospheric majesty of the Icelandic landscape, a 2022 survey suggested that nearly half of the population believe in the country's indigenous elves, or Huldufolk (hidden folk) - supernatural beings that live all around in nature

    Peter Edgerton |
  • The Euro Zone - opinion

    Money for nothing

    Is Sánchez right to say, as he did back in April, that the country is no longer the "European exception that left aside those who fall into a situation of vulnerability"?

    Mark Nayler |
  • The Euro Zone opinion

    Show trial

    Begoña Gómez, the wife of Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez, is charged with having personal assistant Cristina Álvarez perform duties related to her job as a director at Madrid's Complutense university, as well as to her responsibilities as the prime minister's wife

    Mark Nayler |
  • The Music Maker opinion

    Playing the percentages

    "Why didn't somebody tell me that years ago?" asks columnist Peter Edgerton about two nuggets of knowledge he has recently come across

    Peter Edgerton |