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Inside Spain: How to live as long as a Spaniard
In this week’s Inside Spain we look at the habits you can adopt to achieve a life expectancy as long as Spaniards', the highest in the EU for many years now. And we're not just talking about the Mediterranean diet.
Inside Spain: Why do my three-year-old's schoolbooks cost €250?
In this week's Inside Spain, we explore why textbooks and other school materials are so eye-wateringly expensive in a country reputed for its low salaries.
Inside Spain: How locals are calling time on their cities being movie sets
In this week’s edition, we look at how Spain turned into the 'Hollywood of Europe' while locals became extras in their own cities.
Why do people from Madrid have a reputation for being arrogant?
One of the most common stereotypes in Spain is that people from the capital think they’re better than everybody else.
Inside Spain: How to tip like a Spaniard
In this week’s Inside Spain, we look at the latest data on Spaniards’ tipping habits, how much they leave, and what they think of the American model of a tip being suggested by the restaurant.
Could Brits in Spain really lose their benefits if Reform UK wins power?
Nigel Farage’s Reform has pledged to ban foreigners in Britain from receiving benefits if elected. This would include Europeans living in the UK, leading to suggestions that the EU would retaliate with similar measures for Brits residing across the bloc.
Why is Spain's population so poorly distributed?
Spain's population density is a European anomaly, with 90 percent of residents living in just 2.6 percent of the country. Why is it that the cities are so crowded while huge parts of the country's interior are empty?
More baggage chaos and cancelled flights in second week of Barcelona airport strike
Some 3,000 pieces of luggage have been unretrieved and up to 170 flights have been cancelled as the indefinite strike by ground staff at Barcelona airport continues into its second week, with no end in sight yet.
Inside Spain: Is corruption inevitable in the land of the picaresque?
In this week's Inside Spain, we look at why many ordinary Spaniards feel justified to 'cheat the system' in a country where corruption among the political elite is rife.
Inside Spain: The overlooked fight to prevent another pandemic
In this week’s edition, we explain how Spain is continuously fighting on numerous fronts to prevent diseases passed from animals to humans from spreading and leading to another pandemic, as the world hopes for the hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks to end soon.
Inside Spain: The fight to stop family-run shops from closing down
In this week’s Inside Spain, we look at how the country's small neighbourhood stores are struggling to survive against the likes of Amazon, and why this matters so much for the Spanish lifestyle we all appreciate.
Inside Spain: What the UK Embassy says about Brits' residency card renewal
In this week’s Inside Spain, we delve further into the problem of Brits being turned away when trying to renew their residency cards before expiry, what the UK Embassy has to say about it and how Spain isn't the only country struggling with this.
Spain's far right aims to use state funds to buy 'return tickets' for undocumented
Vox leader Santiago Abascal stated on Monday that in the regions where his party governs, public funds earmarked for migration policies will be used to finance "return tickets" and repatriations of undocumented immigrants.
EXPLAINED: Why is Spain called Spain?
You may have never stopped to think about it, but where does Spain - or España - get its name from?
Inside Spain: The unpredictable summer holidays
After 'celebrating' the fact that the Iran War was going to draw more tourists to Spain this summer, uncertainty regarding fuel, flight cancellations and higher overall costs has left Spanish authorities doubting what'll happen to the holiday season.
Inside Spain: It's hard to find a foreigner who supports bullfighting
In this week's Inside Spain, we explore why every time there's news of a bullfighter being killed by a bull, the overwhelming reaction by our foreign readers is one of joy.
'Make Science Great Again': Spain's PM defies Trump with MAGA-style cap
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has posted a video of himself with a red cap reminiscent of that of the 'Make America Great Again' movement, a nudge at Donald Trump at a time when relations between the US and Spain are particularly strained.
Inside Spain: What would it be like with fewer immigrants?
In this week’s Inside Spain we look at how a government report has painted a very dire but real picture of what would happen to Spain if it reduced immigration by a third over the next 50 years.
Inside Spain: Pyrotechnic hooligans and dismantling Brexit
In this week’s Inside Spain, we look at how foreign troublemakers are using "extreme pyrotechnics" at Valencia's Fallas festival, and why the UK and Spain's strengthened business ties could be the start of dismantling Brexit.
Inside Spain: Sánchez didn’t kill the 'British expat dream', Brexit did
In this week's edition we look at how recent articles in the British press claiming Spain is directly targeting UK retirees and dashing their hopes of owning a Spanish holiday home have failed to focus on the elephant in the room.
Inside Spain: Will a right-wing government go easy on foreign homebuyers?
In this week’s Inside Spain we look at why the potential return to power in 2027 of Spain’s conservatives could thwart a supertax for foreign buyers and other dissuasive measures aimed at non-residents.
Inside Spain: Does Japan have the solution to Spaniards' longevity problem?
In this week’s edition we explain why Spain is looking at Japan's healthcare system as an example of what to do when your country has the highest life expectancy in the world.
Inside Spain: The struggle to save up and the darkest January in 30 years
In this week’s Inside Spain we look at why more than half of Spaniards end the month with less than €50 in all their bank accounts, and how the darkest January in thirty years in mainland Spain has put a damper on the Spanish lifestyle.