The Bottom Line

Get thy own house in order

The bleak housing situation for young professionals on the Costa del Sol has reached the point where people feel they need to uproot their lives from friends and family and move 400km away comments contributor Neil Hesketh

Neil Hesketh

The Music Maker

Game of cards

Columnist Peter Edgerton finds himself coiled like a viper in a midnight battle of wits against the Spanish bureaucracy’s digital gatekeepers

Peter Edgerton

The Euro Zone

Cooking the books

Columnist Mark Nayler looks at how Spain's misuse of EU recovery funds came under the spotlight

Mark Nayler

Food and drink

Free tapas?

The rule book about living in Spain has a chapter referring to Spanish bars, with a prominent subsection headed Tapas

Andrew J. Linn
  • Sánchez criticises EU for talking about rearmament
    President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, participated on Thursday in the European summit in Brussels. (Reuters)

    Sánchez criticises EU for talking about rearmament

    “It’s a term I don’t like at all,” he said, while defending the union’s role as a soft power at the leaders’ summit in Brussels

    Olatz Hernández |
  • King checks in on Fallas fiesta in Dana hit area
    The King of Spain talking to two women in traditional costume. (EFE)

    King checks in on Fallas fiesta in Dana hit area

    His latest visit on Wednesday this week - this time without Queen Letizia - coincided with Valencia's famous Fallas celebrations

    Pablo Alcaraz |
  • Foolish predictions
    El Metropolitano, home to Atlético Madrid. (EFE)

    A look at La Liga

    Foolish predictions

    Real Madrid to win the Champions League, Barça for Spanish league champions and Atlético for the Spanish Cup

    Rob Palmer, commentator ESPN |