Social malaise is deepening as expectations and actual prospects for economic improvement are likely to remain poor for the foreseeable future.

The following is an interview that touches on weighty issues including male chauvinism and racism, but also dives into one woman s unfaltering passion for her profession.

But very few analyses delve beneath the surface of immediate figures and assess the core of Spain s strengths and weaknesses.

When disagreements run as deep as they do on agriculture, there can be no give and take of the kind that allows for successful negotiations.

The Liberal Conservative coalition inherits, by common consent, the worst economic legacy since the war, with a huge hole in the public finances that is starting to look ever deeper as new ministers get a chance to inspect things for themselves.

As the human rights situation deteriorated and the mistrust of the Palestinian population deepened, it was essential for Israel and the Palestinian Authority to take all possible action to build confidence among and across communities, with the two State solution as their goal.