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CASH IN HAND: No envelopes of money handed over, claim PP party leaders

Politicians fiddling while Rome continues to burn

AN ex-treasurer of the Partido Popular (conservative) has stirred things up with his assertions that he paid ‘bonuses’ to the then leaders of the Spanish political party with money from ‘black’ contributions. Of course, the present PP leaders are strenuously denying any such payments in “cash, envelopes, or any other…

Thursday, 07 February 2013 09:00

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Red lights flash as EU high command consider Britain

ONE can imagine the High Command of the EU huddled down as it meets in secret conclave to decide what’s to be done about that turbulent and troublesome United Kingdom. Red lights are flashing, ticker-tapes rattle and messengers scamper to and fro, while a haze of smoke from cigarettes…

Thursday, 17 January 2013 09:00

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Birth rate falls showing Spain's ageing population

ALICANTE and Murcia's birth rate fell in 2011, while the number of deaths rose. That's according to the National Statistics Institute (INE) who have now released data for 2011 and the first half 2012. Specifically, in Murcia, during 2011 a total of 17,408 children were born in the region, representing…

Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:57

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The killer smog that made politicians clean city air up

THERE’S been a lot of reporting lately in the British media concerning the Great Smog of December 1952 which, as a twenty-two year old electrician, I experienced first-hand. Dense fogs had long been London’s particular badge of infamy, but the ‘Great’ version was literally, a killer. Figures vary, depending upon…

Thursday, 27 December 2012 10:00

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Political aims. What are they, really?

PERHAPS I’m over-critical, but it has long appeared to me that many politicians are more interested the power that brings, than in anything else.

Monday, 23 April 2012 10:40

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TSS Earnsaw: 100 years on

PERHAPS the most remembered date in western maritime history is April 15, 1912 when, on her maiden voyage, the huge, luxurious, twin-screw coal-fired liner Titanic struck an ice-berg in the North Atlantic and sank with the loss of more than fifteen hundred passengers and crew.

Friday, 13 April 2012 10:37

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Dark Days

The shortest day and thus the longest night, is almost upon us. It’s ‘goodbye’ to the sunny hours of spring and summer, and ‘hello’ to gloom - especially if you are Athenian.

Wednesday, 16 November 2011 10:06

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Pot-Pourri

I CHOSE ‘Pot-Pourri’ as the title of this piece because in the original French it means ‘rotten pot’ - much like politics and finance.

Friday, 21 October 2011 12:47

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Another history altogether

WHAT exactly is history? Well, I suppose it’s often what’s seen as truth by the victors of battles fought over centuries.

Friday, 30 September 2011 10:38

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Is the Eurozone teetering?

WITH the Libyan conflict monopolising the headlines, wild market fluctuations have been relegated to the financial pages of most newspapers.

Friday, 02 September 2011 11:57

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Poor, sloppy speech

ONE often hears parents complain that their adolescent children seem to talk only in grunts.

Friday, 26 August 2011 11:12

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Cowboy filmmakers

EVERYONE knows of the notorious error in the cinema epic ‘El Cid’, in which, according to popular legend, a jeep appears in the background of one of the more romantic scenes.

Friday, 05 August 2011 10:57

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Euro rescue: lifebelt or dead hand?

EUROZONE Finance Ministers left Brussels after their ‘Summit’, slapping one another’s backs, and breathing sighs of relief that the euro has once again been hauled away from the abyss.

Friday, 29 July 2011 12:33

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Fireworks - I love ‘em

ONE of the things that struck me when I first came to live in Spain was the love affair that the Spanish, have with fireworks – fuegos artificiales – and the way they employ then on every possible - or sometimes impossible - occasion.

Friday, 22 July 2011 11:07

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