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Giles Tremlett

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Giles Tremlett

Man who almost ‘broke the net’

Did Sven Kamphuis lead mega cyber attacks on the West or is his reputation being inflated by his foes?

Artur Mas must unify Catalans even as they argue about their role as Spaniards.

Catalan president Mas’s electoral win stalls statehood

Catalonia’s latest election brings increased social polarity that could spread beyond politics, writes Giles Tremlett.

Desperate Spanish unable to cope

Age-old tensions have resurfaces as the country buckles under harsh austerity measures.

A government suggestion to cut 50 000 jobs in Spain’s public sector as part of its austerity measures has been met with protests from senior ministers and the public.

Spain slashes spending in bid to head off bailout

Spain has crept closer to a bailout as the government leaked plans to cut pension spending.

Increased unemployment benefit payments are already putting pressure on Spain’s Rajoy’s budget.

More pain in Spain as jobless increase

A rise in Spanish unemployment has added to the woes of PM Mariano Rajoy as he tried to fight off a bailout of the eurozone’s fourth largest economy.

The pain of reining in Spain

Despite the bank bailout, investors believe that the country itself might still have to go begging, writes Giles Tremlett.

With no big policy meetings and few major data releases scheduled this week

Bankia executives jump ship with millions in payouts

A former senior executive at Bankia is to receive a 14-million payoff in a move that will cause controversy beyond the country’s borders.

Profligate regions turn to Madrid

Senior officials in Spain have believed that some areas will have no option but to turn to the central government for bailouts.

So how long will you live?

So how long will you live?

Far from presenting you with a fait accompli, the telomere test’s value may lie in extending your life.

How wartime romance gave birth to the world’s best restaurant

How wartime romance gave birth to the world’s best restaurant

As chef Ferran Adrià closes the doors of Spain’s feted El Bulli for the last time, Giles Tremlett in Roses, Catalonia, traces its intriguing history.

From El Bulli to eBulli

From El Bulli to eBulli

The world’s greatest chef is closing the Spanish restaurant that was his life’s work in order to take what he has learned online

Case gives ‘childbirth’ new meaning

Case gives ‘childbirth’ new meaning

A 10-year-old mother has provoked outrage in Spain, but if she and her family appear happy, why should the rest of us worry?

Spanish media group struggles to survive

For 34 years the giant media group has reaped the benefits of Spain’s transition to democracy. But now it faces a radical overhaul.

Chinese ‘forgery’ goes to the heart of Dali

A Chinese developer has decided to build a replica of the town half-way across the globe in Xiamen Bay, where mainland China looks out towards Taiwan.

Thatcher escapes prosecution for failed Equatorial Guinea coup

Mark Thatcher may never be prosecuted in the UK for his role in the failed coup in Equatorial Guinea, say senior British law enforcement sources.

High and dry?

As cities mushroom at an alarming rate municipal water systems struggle to keep up. Thembelihle Tshabalala investigates.

Digging up a fascist past

They dug up yet another mass grave in Spain recently, this time near the village of Arandiga, 45 miles from Zaragoza. The bones of eight men, all trade unionists, lay where they…

A scoop too far

It was a scoop of truly global proportions. Just a few weeks after al-Qaeda redefined the world news agenda for a generation of journalists by attacking New York and Washington…

Márquez’s happy ending

”Sex is the consolation that you are left with when you do not attain love.” And old man finds that his memories are melancholy and the future has become full of terrible…

Spain takes no chances

Armed police began patrolling Madrid’s underground rail and bus networks last week as the hunt continued for six members of the radical Islamist group behind the previous…