Fracking gives Spain another headache over regional autonomy

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


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

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

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.

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

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