Is it wise for Spain to goad Donald Trump?
Spain’s refusal to allow the United States to use its military bases at Morón de la Frontera (Seville) and Rota…
Why Iran is applauding Spain
Spain has refused outright to support the United States and Israel’s military operation against Iran. The move has been applauded by…
Growing up with thieves, murderers and heroin addicts
Aged ten, Jonathan Tepper was manning phones and scheduling deliveries at his parents’ drug rehabilitation centre in San Blas, Madrid – ‘a rescue shop within a yard of hell’
Don’t expect England to learn anything from their Ashes drubbing
England’s cricketers have just lost the final Test match in Sydney. So the five-match series, a dead rubber ever since…
The diminutive dictator who ruled Spain with an iron fist
Fifty years after Franco’s death, Giles Tremlett assesses the generalisimo’s bloodstained legacy
England’s Ashes Test triumph is long overdue
England have just won the fourth Test match against Australia by four wickets. In a bizarre, low-scoring game at Melbourne…
The Bazball experiment has failed
England’s cricketers have lost the Ashes, after being defeated in the third Test match in Adelaide by 82 runs. The…
Most of the England cricket team should be dropped
England’s cricketers have just crashed to a second humiliating defeat against Australia, leaving them 2-0 down in the five-match series.…
Spain’s post-Franco democracy is on the rocks
‘Fine weather in Malaga’ proclaimed the banner headline of a Spanish newspaper in 1974 – that was the day’s big…
Spain’s wildfires have exposed the inadequacy of its politicians
Since early August, Spain has been reeling from its worst forest fires in decades. Exact estimates vary but so far…
Spain won’t escape Trump’s wrath for its Nato rebellion
At yesterday’s Nato summit in The Hague, all but one of the 32 leaders agreed to increase their defence spending…
Spain’s Pedro Sanchez won’t limp on for long
Ahead of next week’s Nato summit in The Hague, Spain’s socialist prime minister has refused to increase his country’s defence…
The post-Brexit Gibraltar deal is going down badly in Spain
Conservative and Reform politicians have denounced this week’s post-Brexit Gibraltar deal as a betrayal. ‘Gibraltar is British, and given Labour’s…
Will Gibraltar get in the way of Starmer’s EU reset?
For years, the UK, Spain, Gibraltar and the European Union have been negotiating, on and off, to resolve the complex issue…
Spain needs time to recover from its power outage chaos
By six o’clock this morning, electricity had been restored to 99 per cent of Spain. Restoring people’s sense of security…
Spain’s defence spending boost pleases nobody
Just a week after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Spain to spend more on defence, the country’s socialist prime…
Why Spain is cosying up to China
‘You’ll be cutting your own throat,’ US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned countries thinking of aligning with China. The remarks…
How Spain is trying to dodge spending more on defence
Spain’s defence spending, at a mere 1.28 per cent of its GDP, lags behind all other Nato members. While most…
Luis Rubiales and Spain’s war on machismo
Luis Rubiales kissed player Jenni Hermoso on the lips during the medal ceremony after Spain won the Women’s World Cup…
What Luis Rubiales’s trial will reveal
The trial of Luis Rubiales, former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, starts in Madrid on Monday. After Spain…
Spain’s expat tax won’t last long
‘There are only two families in the world, as a grandmother of mine used to say: the haves and the…
The solution to Spain’s problems
It’s not often that a country can solve a serious, endemic problem quickly, easily and at no expense at all.…
Spain won’t forgive and forget over Valencia’s deadly floods
The head of the Valencia regional government has just attempted an impossible task – justifying his administration’s conduct before, during…
Trump’s triumph has infuriated the Spanish left
‘Everybody’s lost but me,’ mutters a teenage Indiana Jones emerging from a cave in the middle of the desert to…
Heads will roll after Spain’s flooding catastrophe
Spain’s King and Queen were pelted with mud yesterday when they visited Paiporta, epicentre of the flood disaster zone in…
