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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.
Inside Spain: End of supermarket small talk and Alicante housing scandal
In this week’s edition of Inside Spain we look at how Mercadona is trialling a new system which spells changes in the ways Spaniards shop, and how an Alicante' public housing complex meant for low-income families has been bought up by the city's elite.
Why do Spaniards eat so late?
Ernest Hemingway famously said that Spaniards “delay the day”, and when it comes to eating, this is certainly applicable.
Inside Spain: Train crash exposes hidden good and bad side of tragedy
In this week’s Inside Spain, we look at how the reaction by locals in the village where Sunday’s deadly train crash took place speaks volumes about how Spaniards react in times of crisis. Unfortunately, there are others looking to profit from tragedy.
Q&A: What we know about the cause of Spain's deadly train collision
The high speed train crash in southern Spain that left at least 39 people dead on Sunday evening has been described as "very strange". Transport authorities are under pressure to explain how it happened.
'Damaging': Hoteliers urge Spain to fix long queues for EES checks at airports
Hoteliers and tourism bosses are calling for more police and fully functioning passport control machines at Spanish airports to fix the problem of long waits for Brits and other non-EU tourists since the rollout of the EU’s new Entry Exit System.
Inside Spain: Former PM accused of sexual assault and first cracks in €60 travel pass
In this week's Inside Spain, we look at how sexual assault scandals involving minors and Spanish politicians are becoming all too common, and why Spain's new €60 countrywide travel pass already has its doubters.
Inside Spain: A country of singletons, old mums and frozen eggs
In this week's Inside Spain, we look at how attitudes towards relationships, marriage and childbearing are changing quickly in a country where "structural infertility" is rife.
Inside Spain: Don't say 'Charo' and is the V-16 light a money-making racket?
In this week’s Inside Spain, we look at why the Spanish government doesn't want people to write the woman's name "Charo" online, and how many drivers in Spain are questioning why they have to spend €50 on the new mandatory V-16 light.
Why are the Basque Country and Catalonia richer than the rest of Spain?
The Basque Country and Catalonia are two of Spain’s wealthiest regions according to pretty much every indicator. What’s behind their success?