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Spain to crack down on corrupt politicians after spate of scandals

Spain is to crack down on corrupt MPs and mayors after a spate of scandals that have shaken the already frail public faith in the country’s political establishment. Obligatory prison sentences will be proposed for public servants convicted of ...

From GRAHAM KEELEY IN MADRID, Times Online,  10 Mar 2010
Related Topics: Transparency International

Braving the cold on Costa Brava no laughing matter for Tom Sharpe

It’s the sort of decline in standards that would have enraged Skullion. Tom Sharpe, the author and creator of the traditionalist Cambridge porter and the Wilt series of novels, has taken aim at the Spanish authorities and their inability to deal with ...

From GRAHAM KEELEY, MADRID, Times Online,  10 Mar 2010
Related Topics: Tom Sharpe

Qué? Help on way for British expats struggling to go native in Spain

When Charles Johnston ventured from his flat on the Costa del Sol to visit Madrid he soon found himself in hot water. When he ran a bath Mr Johnston was surprised to discover the tap marked C was for hot — caliente — rather than cold water. In contrast, ...

From GRAHAM KEELEY, MADRID, Times Online,  9 Mar 2010
Related Topics: Charles Johnston,  Karen O

M&S wrong to desert Continent, says Rose

Marks & Spencer was wrong to close its stores in Western Europe, the company’s outgoing chairman and chief executive has acknowledged. Sir Stuart Rose, who will be replaced in May by Marc Bolland, the former chief executive of Wm Morrison, said that ...

From GRAHAM KEELEY IN MADRID, Times Online,  1 Mar 2010
Related Topics: Marks & Spencer

Eta 'leader' Ibon Gogeascoetxea arrested in France

The alleged leader of Eta was arrested in northern France today, dealing a major blow to the depleted Basque separatist organisation. Ibon Gogeascoetxea was detained along with two other senior Eta members near Cahan, a small town in Normandy. ...

From GRAHAM KEELEY, MADRID, Times Online,  28 Feb 2010

Basque moderate Rufi Etxeberria calls for end to Eta’s 40-year war

The political wing of Eta yesterday announced plans for the terrorist organisation to lay down its arms and begin peace talks. Rufi Etxeberria, a separatist leader, made the statement in an interview with the Basque-language newspaper Berria. It was ...

From GRAHAM KEELEY, MADRID, Times Online,  21 Feb 2010
Related Topics: Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Joan Laporta: Barcelona are not interested in signing Cesc Fabregas

Barcelona have denied that they are planning to make a move for Cesc Fabregas, the Arsenal captain. In an interview with The Times, Joan Laporta, the Barcelona president, claims that he is not tempted to bring the Spain midfield player back to the ...

From GRAHAM KEELEY, Times Online,  18 Feb 2010
Related Topics: Joan Laporta,  FC Barcelona,  Cesc Fàbregas,  Arsenal Football Club,  Bayern Munich

Spanish reality TV in trouble again after long-lost father abuses his daughter

When he contacted a popular Spanish reality TV show, he seemed like a normal father who was desperate to get back in touch with the two daughters he had not seen for nearly 40 years. By chance, one of his daughters saw him on the programme and the two ...

From GRAHAM KEELEY IN MADRID, Times Online,  11 Feb 2010

Teenage matador Jairo Miguel Sánchez Alonso ready to take on six bulls

Parents of teenage boys usually worry that their sons are drinking or dabbling in drugs. Celia Moreno, however, will today be watching anxiously as her 16-year-old son steps into a ring to face six muscle-bound half-tonne bulls. Jairo Miguel Sánchez ...

From GRAHAM KEELEY IN MADRID, Times Online,  5 Feb 2010

Ferran Adrià puts his El Bulli revolution on hold

The world’s most exclusive restaurant will never be the same again. When Ferran Adrià, the creative culinary mastermind behind El Bulli, announced that he was to close his gastronomic paradise for 2012/13 it sent shockwaves through the long, long ...

From GRAHAM KEELEY IN BARCELONA, Times Online,  1 Feb 2010
Related Topics: El Bulli

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