Stephen Burgen

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. Published 22 Nov, 2012 12:00am

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 Published 07 Aug, 2012 12:00am

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 Published 02 Jul, 2012 03:01am

Oil disaster trial

NEARLY eight years after an oil tanker broke up off the coast of Galicia with 77,000 tonnes of fuel oil on board, ... Published 10 Jun, 2010 12:00am