Category Archives: Spain

Manufacturing output plummets in Eurozone

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A damp squib

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  21 October 2012 The little dog barked, but the caravan continued on regardless.       … Continue reading

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Europe isn’t working

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  3 October 2012 The number of people out of work in the 27-state European Union (EU) … Continue reading

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Teacher that drones on

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Technical note (Barcelona)

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Felipe González

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.   Athens, 10 June 2012 WE DREAMED A DREAM We conclude our reports from Greece with a … Continue reading

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Royal feast for royal tyrants

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.   18 May 2012 UK SOVEREIGN LAYS ON JUNKET FOR SEVEN TYRANTS Kings and queens from around … Continue reading

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Crooked timber

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  17 May 2012 We  reprint below the substance of an article by commentator Simon Jenkins in … Continue reading

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Age: drachma 3000 years, euro 10

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.   8 May 2012 Two leftwing political parties in two different European countries have garnered unprecedented popular … Continue reading

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Ultima Thule

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.   11 April 2012 WINDS OF CHANGE The Shetland Islands – the northernmost part of Scotland and … Continue reading

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