The Euro Zone opinion
A glowing report
All three of the major credit rating agencies - Standard and Poor's (S&P), Moody's and Fitch - have upped their scores for Spain recently, writes columnist Mark Nayler
Mark Nayler
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The Music Maker opinion
Generalise an hour
When you've lived in a foreign country for a good while, you can sometimes feel entitled to indulge in sweeping commentaries on the state of the nation and/or its people, writes columnist Peter Edgerton
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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
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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
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The Bottom Line opinion
'Lol' and an avocado emoji
There are some WhatsApp conversations that last longer than some relationships, writes columnist Ana Barreales
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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
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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
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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
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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 |
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Too little, too late
No real action is being taken against preventable wildfires in Spain despite tragedies occuring every year, writes Denise Bush
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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
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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
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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 |
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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
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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 |