Author Archives: Stephen Burgen
22nd November, 2012
Immigration and Catalonian separatism
THE influx of millions of immigrants into Spain over the past decade has transformed parts of Catalonia too, complicating the separatist picture and fanning the uglier side of nationalist rhetoric.
THE influx of millions of immigrants into Spain over the past decade has transformed parts of Catalonia too, complicating the separatist picture and fanning the uglier side of nationalist rhetoric.
7th August, 2012
Spain’s govt said to be purging critics
A GOVERNMENT making a raft of public spending cuts might not be expected to win many friends. But critics of Mariano Rajoy’s right-wing Partido Popular (PP) claim that a series of departures from Spain’s leading state broadcasting organisations are a sign that it will not tolerate any criticism.
A GOVERNMENT making a raft of public spending cuts might not be expected to win many friends. But critics of Mariano Rajoy’s right-wing Partido Popular (PP) claim that a series of departures from Spain’s leading state broadcasting organisations are a sign that it will not tolerate any criticism.
2nd July, 2012
Spain’s culture industry badly hit
AMID all the talk of bailouts and sovereign debt, less attention has been paid to another victim of the financial crisis — the arts. The Spanish culture industry has been hit by a double whammy: first the deep
AMID all the talk of bailouts and sovereign debt, less attention has been paid to another victim of the financial crisis — the arts. The Spanish culture industry has been hit by a double whammy: first the deep
