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Category Archives: Spain
Manufacturing output plummets in Eurozone
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. 5 November 2012 Manufacturing in the 17-state Eurozone fell for the eighth month in a row … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Economics, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain
Tagged Keynsianism
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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
Posted in Greece, Politics, Portugal, Spain, UK
Tagged Bob Crow, Ed Miliband, Mao Zedong, Mark Serwotka, Occupy, Oxbridge Boat Race, Trenton Oldfield, TUC
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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
Technical note (Barcelona)
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Posted in Spain
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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
Posted in Europe, Greece, Spain
Tagged Alexis Tsipras, Felipe González, Rena Doulou, Syriza, Yiannis Dragasakis
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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
Posted in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Spain, UK
Tagged Buckingham Palace, Diamond Jubilee, Elizabeth II, Gibraltar, Queen Sofia, Windsor Castle
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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
Posted in Europe, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain
Tagged Holy Roman Empire, Naopleon, Third Reich
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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
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
Posted in Economics, Scotland, Spain
Tagged Pliny, protection of birds, Shetland Isles, Sierra de Guadarrama, Tacitus, Ultima Thule, wind farm
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