Tales for Tapas: On the move
Continental shifts, Eurovision diplomacy and well-heeled lawyers.

A comic opera taking on Spain’s economic crisis offers a rousing alternative to mass demonstrations.

Defeat in the Copa del Rey final confirms that the reputation of the departing Real Madrid coach has suffered over the last three years. But Spain and he were never meant for one another.

An economy minister’s upbeat outburst; Germany’s banking downer; and money for young talent.

The greater the stubbornness of Spain’s centralists, the greater the determination of those who wish to build a free and full statehood.

The two teams meet on Friday in the final of the Copa del Rey. For Atlético, it’s a chance to break a 14-year jinx, for Mourinho’s team it’s a chance to salvage something from a poor season.