It’s Still Really Hard to Build a Mosque in Europe
Like a prayer? European governments’ considerable image problems can now add the unfortunate case of Lleida, an agricultural…
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Europe Is On Strike — Like Postwar America
It’s been awhile Four European countries — Italy, Spain, Greece and Portugal — held coordinated general strikes today,…
Social Sciences Fact Check: Romney’s Debate Dig at Spain
Lavish Spanish spending. Feeds six. Here’s a quick fact-check on Mitt Romney’s mid-debate comment last night, that the…
Today in Dubious Trends: Are Spaniards Really Resorting to Eating Garbage?
Yesterday, a prominently placed story in the New York Times claimed that Spain’s economy has gotten so bad,…
Angry Spanish Now Dancing in Bank Lobbies, Are Good At It
Since last spring, a Seville-based performance group calling itself Flo6x8 has been sending trained dancers into the lobbies…
Letter from Spain: Inside The Maternity Ward
At Barcelona Maternity, obstetric nurses are considered the backbone of one of Spain's most beloved institutions. Today they are weathering longer shifts and dramatic cutbacks. How austerity is about much more than money.