Nostalgia Factory
Remembering New York before the advance of high street uniformity
Opinion
So long
After years of adding local value to the 'International NYT,' Friday's edition of EL PAÍS in ENGLISH was the last
OPINION
Clash of civilizations?
Russian nationalists would see deep historical betrayal in the forced Europeanization of their Ukrainian brothers
Europe
The impotence of Spanish politics means the problem of Catalan secession will sooner or later end up in the hands of the EU
OPINION
Venetian masquerade
The city is occupied by a silent resistance, which never speaks its name. It consists in ripping off the tourist in a thousand ways
Papers no, rights yes
Immigrants may be detained at the frontier if their situation is illegal, but they are still human beings
Appointment in Samarra
Life is pure chance, a miracle renewed at every moment. I wonder how much of it is left to me, and what's in it
Can Spain be Germany?
While the Spanish economy shrank by close to seven percent between 2008 and 2013, the German economy expanded three percent. How far has Spain come in the government's plan?
The deep state
This is a term that, although originally applied to the case of Turkey, has been catching on in general use to denote the internal workings of a country
Normalizing corruption
The widespread practice is expensive and undermines the trust and confidence with which we ought to be represented. It endangers democracy, and favors a drift toward authoritarian habits
Dirty realism
Universal justice is not only a good idea but a principle that ought to be obligatory
Nothing but the truth
The PP has not learned the lesson about where lying leads a party and now seems to have vowed to deceive its own voters
Lessons of winter
The best lesson of this season in New York comes from another country, from one's other city, where it never gets this cold, indoors or out
Anti-democracy
The Five Star Movement in Italy shows that the paths of fascism are infinite in their variety
Solidarity and taxes
The right is winning the communications battle while the left thinks it is a mere question of adding up who is better off
Rampaging populism
It is worrying to observe how small an electoral price you have to pay for anti-immigrant talk
The past as excuse
Germany should punch its weight and pursue a more active foreign policy
Instants of eternity
Spending time with Proust was to attain an intensity that Céleste could not otherwise have imagined
Cortázar's nightmare
The interview went on for hours. He talked, remembered, laughed; and I hung breathlessly on his every word
Erosion of the monarchy
The Crown now gets about three out of 10 in the opinion polls, when its average used to be 7.5
Oasis of impunity
The government's proposed new legislation on universal justice is a step backward in an area where Spain has been a pioneer
Better off with ETA?
The disappearance of the Basque terrorist group is meaning the loss of the political right's practical whole raison d’être
Art of the impossible
On being elected, the French president promised to restore the dignity of a left-wing that had been bruised by the years of Sarkozy
Trimming off the VAT
Is the 21-percent tax rate really to blame for what is going on in Spain's art market?
Fool or lackey?
It seems that it is ridiculous to speak out, to denounce corruption, abuses, injustices and crimes
The crisis as a pretext
The worst thing about the economic situation that our country is going through is that it serves to subjugate the Spanish people
A metamorphosis
One morning she noticed that she wasn’t praying for the police at the healthcare protests. It was all so strange…
Text me in five miles
With a message on a sign, the state is exhorting you not to despair, telling you that your message can wait a few minutes