December 2019

Former Foreign Minister Josep Borrell and Brexit Minister Steve Barclay in September.EP (EL PAÍS) Britain’s imminent departure from the European Union means that Spain is embarking on a special task: negotiating Gibraltar’s own exit from the European club. In mid-January, the Spanish government and the United Kingdom will begin talks on the British Overseas Territory, […]

It’s breakfast time. On the second floor of a building in one of the most expensive areas of Madrid, a young man opens the door of a luxury apartment that has been seized by the authorities from a drug dealer, and is now being used by a special team from Spain’s internal affairs unit to

Sevda, a Gyspy woman who was once punched in the face while sleeping.Michael Damanti If you have walked through Puerta del Sol square in downtown Madrid, you may have seen them. Among the people dressed up as Super Mario and Mickey Mouse, the cigarette stands and the buskers, they slip in and out of the

The reopening of the Chillida Leku Museum is the perfect excuse to visit San Sebastián – known in Basque as Donostia – in Spain’s northwestern Basque Country. As are the city’s delicious pinxtos, the tapas-like creations that are an art in themselves. Indeed, there are more than enough reasons to visit San Sebastián, a city

A polling station in Priors Dean, in the south of England.Andrew Matthews/PA Wire/dpa They want to stay in the United Kingdom, they point to the contribution of Europeans to British prosperity and they fear Brexit more for its impact on the domestic economy than the possible effect the country’s departure from the European Union could

A television in a bar in Gibraltar shows a commercial for the British election debate.Marcos Moreno Conchita was among the 95.91% of Gibraltarians who voted against Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union in the 2016 referendum. Like her neighbors, she was shocked to find out the following day that the United Kingdom would be leaving

Change is coming to Latin America and Chileans know it.GORAN TOMASEVIC (REUTERS) Here are a few of last week’s headlines: “Sweden’s dominant centrist party reverses its position and announces willingness to work with right-wing nationalists.” “To retain power, [Canadian Prime Minister] Trudeau must learn to work with rivals.” “Israel faces third election in less than

If the weather conditions hold, this ski season promises to be a long one. Autumn snowfalls have meant that resorts are opening early, with Masella in Girona in the northeastern region of Catalonia getting a head start as usual; this year its lifts powered into action on November 13. But despite all the signs of