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Fracking gives Spain another headache over regional autonomy

Fracking

While Cantabria’s conservatives ban the controversial practice, the cash-strapped central government sees a source of badly needed jobs and investment.

May 30th, 2013 | Posted in Business, Featured, Spain News | Read More »

Valencia cooks up controversy with “bread war”

A Navarro bakery in Quart de Poblet.

The “Ikea of bread” offers a low-cost staple for crisis-hit locals. But is it a blessing or a cynical stunt?

April 24th, 2013 | Posted in Business, Featured, Spain News | Read More »

Beyond their ken?

The Spanish and EU flags.

Spain’s economic problems now form part of such a complex web of cause and effect, action and reaction, that it is getting increasingly difficult for laymen, journalists and politicians alike to get to the core of what is actually happening.

April 22nd, 2013 | Posted in Business, Featured, Iberoblog, Spain News | Read More »

Do EU migration trends put Spain’s health and pensions system at risk?

Ecuadorian immigrants

There is a growing acknowledgement that economic and social impacts of migrant movements are greater than mainstream thought would have us believe.

March 7th, 2013 | Posted in Business, Featured, Spain News | Read More »

The great Portuguese hollowing out

The Tagus river in Lisbon.

With every passing day Portugal has less and less economy left, while fewer and fewer people remain to pay down the debt.

February 25th, 2013 | Posted in Business, Featured, Portugal News | Read More »

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