Typically Spanish Features - Editorial/Opinion


Another windy day in Spain
Strong winds or just hot air in new technology

Mariano Rajoy and his party poopers
For those of us accustomed to the vast poll swings and open talk of leadership challenges in U.K. politics, things in Spain seem to go at a far slower speed

Welcome to the new design of the Typically Spanish website
We’ve been working hard over the past six months in an effort to move the site forward, and are happy to launch the changes on our tenth anniversary online

Zapatero's slimline governmentvideo
A dramatic cabinet reshuffle as recession bites means José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is staking his future on these decisions

EDITORIAL - Has she no common sense?
The Minister for the Environment wants to impose a twenty year old law on the Chiringuito beach restaurants, and take them off the beach

EDITORIAL - Rajoy needs to centre
A good performance by party leader Mariano Rajoy on television this week is simply not enough

CIA flights and computer crimes
EDITORIAL COMMENT - How can you prove that something existed when all traces have been erased and you didn’t know what was there in the first place?

A new look cabinet heralds the new political legislature in Spain
Indications are that the next four years of politics in Spain are going to be somewhat different than the last four, not least because the state of the economy will dominate for a time.


José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero 0, Fernando Torres 1video
The Spanish Prime Minister needs to make some changes if he wants to occupy a greater space on the world stage

Lessons need to be learned, right now
The Mari Luz tragedy has highlighted, all too dramatically, what can go wrong in the justice system here in Spain.

The Stinking Price of Petrol
Petrol prices in Spain continue to rise, despite the falling dollar against the euro

The Shadow of Aznar
José María Aznar is the reason why Mariano Rajoy has decided not to resign as leader of the Partido Popular