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EU economic recovery plan

NEXT GENERATION EU: After prolonged covid-19 restrictions, a revitalization of the economy is high on the political agenda. The EU's "comeback strategy" is an economic recovery plan with 750 billion euros in grants and loan repayments. Are we heading into a federal era? And what lasting ecological measures can be taken in a fast, goal-focused turnaround operation?
Benjamin Dennis -

Of course, ordinary people can fight corruption!

15MpaRato campaign: The Bankia case is a good example of how ordinary people can ensure that people in power are held accountable for crimes.
Simone Levy -

Juicy fines for coronal fractures in Spain

PENALTY: In Spain, the authorities have the option of imposing hefty fines on citizens who refuse to be vaccinated or oppose restrictions during the pandemic.
Iril Kolle -

Is Spain a terrorist state?

SPAIN: The country receives sharp international criticism for the police and the Civil Guard's extensive use of torture, which is never prosecuted. Regime rebels are imprisoned for trifles. European accusations and objections are ignored.
Marc Molas Carol -

The world is out of step

ESSAY: The world has gone completely off the hook and has been doing it for a long time.
Ole Robert Sunde -

Spain's fascist shadow sites

Spain's Juan Carlos I was without his own property when he became a monarch in 1975. In 2012 his wealth was estimated at 1800 million euros. Where does all the money come from?
Marc Molas Carol -

Heading for a new Northern Ireland?

The battle for Catalonia could be the start of an insoluble conflict. 
joverbobe@gmail.com -

Spain's anarchist roots

Spain's anarchist history can explain why anarchist underground movements are strong in the country. Classic anarchists also inspire alternative social organization.
Truls Lie -

Catalan separatists and anarchists are still fighting

One year after the referendum in Barcelona, ​​100 people are still fighting for a future republic. Ny Tid recently met a leading separatist and asks him why.
Truls Lie -

Rebirth of a "lost" Spanish classic

An indirect but revealing portrait of Spain in a painful transition period.
Neil Young -

A violent solution 

Already weeks before the referendum on Catalonia's secession, Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy began to show muscle. On Catalan National Day 11. in September he declared that he would do "everything" to stop it.
Emma Bakkevik -

Post-Francoic stress syndrome

Nobel laureate Javier Marías writes strongly about Spain in the years following Franco.
Kurt Sweeney -

Rich full-format MODERN TIMES including the supplement Orientering and Modern Times Review comes out quarterly in early March, June, September and December) with international book reviews (non-fiction) and comments / essays. According to the physical newspaper (and PDF), the articles are published regularly online (see the newsletters).

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