Troy Nahumko
The float test: Spain's politics of minimum viable talent
It's not raw xenophobia; many newcomers are Latin American, share the language and integrate fast. What they don't share is the party culture, writes columnist Troy Nahumko
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Troy Nahumko
It's not raw xenophobia; many newcomers are Latin American, share the language and integrate fast. What they don't share is the party culture, writes columnist Troy Nahumko
30 May 2025 14:14
Mark Nayler
The EU's General Affairs Council (GAC) rejected Spain's request to have Catalan, Basque and Galician recognised as the bloc's 25th, 26th and 27th languages
30 May 2025 14:13
Peter Edgerton
To be fair, saying 'piña' (pineapple) rather than 'pino' (pine wood) isn't the greatest faux-pas in the history of international communications but it has to be one of the funniest, writes columnist Peter Edgerton
23 May 2025 11:16
Ignacio Lillo
No matter how secure we may feel in our lives - our jobs, families and friends - none of us is immune to a twist of fate that could leave us sleeping on an airport bench overnight
23 May 2025 11:13
Mark Nayler
It could be argued that the poster implied that Sánchez himself is corrupt, and there is no evidence to suggest that that's true
23 May 2025 11:09
Peter Edgerton
Mr Goodge has just legged it all the way across Australia in a record time of thirty-five days. My 8km jaunt came to look just a little less impressive, not to say ridiculously wimpy
16 May 2025 12:35
David Andrews
The general consensus is that the youth of today has gone to the dogs (sic.) But are the harbingers of the end of the world bringing down their wrath on the right people?
16 May 2025 12:34
Peter Edgerton
On the one hand, there are those who see AI as the advent of a spectacular future for humankind while, on the other, the more cautious among us warn of cataclysmic consequences
16 May 2025 12:34
Mark Nayler
In the letter, the representatives expressed their anger at not being warned about heavy rainfall and at being "completely abandoned" by the Spanish authorities during and immediately after the disaster
09 May 2025 12:03
Georgina Oliver
Picasso's place of birth (Malaga, 1881) rings in the spring/summer season with a trilogy of bright-hued exhibitions that bring an extra splash of artistic modernity to the city
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09 May 2025 11:59
Troy Nahumko
I left Canada the summer I finished high school. What I didn't know was that Canadians, like the British at the time, who had lived abroad for a period of time lost their right to vote, writes columnist Troy Nahumko
09 May 2025 11:55
Peter Edgerton
It can be so simultaneously humbling and invigorating when life slaps us briskly about the chops if we get too far above ourselves, writes columnist Peter Edgerton
09 May 2025 11:53
Mark Nayler
The pro-atomic faction argues that Spain needs more nuclear energy in its system, to guarantee supply when less predictable sources such as wind and solar fail, writes columnist Mark Nayler
02 May 2025 11:40
Mark Nayler
By claiming that Sánchez is hiding the 'truth' about what caused the blackout, Abascal presumably refers to the prime minister's denial that it was caused by an increased reliance on renewable energy
02 May 2025 11:33
Ignacio Lillo
When something like this suddenly happens, our delusions of grandeur - of being a rich, first-world, civilised, European, "cool" country - vanish at the speed of light
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