Chechen terrorism has been mostly targeted against Russia. But a year ago in Spain two Chechens and a Turk were arrested for allegedly plotting to attack Gibraltar during the London Summer Olympics. With bombs dropped from paragliders.
Spain has had high-speed trains for years. But connections to the rest of Europe were clunky. Until now.
The World’s Gerry Hadden is among the first passengers to take Spain’s fast train to France - and the rest of Europe.
Today we learned all about Joe Strummer’s connection to Spain.
(Source: theworld.org)
A carrot rebellion is underway at a small Spanish theater in Bescano.
One night, instead of selling tickets for a play, the theater sold… carrots. http://ow.ly/gO0Fr
Sing along with the baffled clients at a Spain unemployment office during an “anti-austerity flashmob” in this video.
For more on the creative ways Spanish citizens are protesting austerity measures, listen to Gerry Hadden’s report here: http://ow.ly/gO4nw
Hands down the biggest story out of Europe in 2012 was the euro-zone economic crisis. There was much talk of the future of the euro currency, of the financial viability of the union itself, of giant bail-outs to struggling governments and of capital flight from banks as risk-averse investors began moving their money to safer havens.
In Spain, in 2012, more than 50,000 families were evicted from their homes when they failed to pay their rent or mortgage. As the year wound down a handful of people committed suicide after learning they would be evicted. Now in Pamplona, a group of experts who help carry out the evictions has said ‘No more!’ Those experts? Locksmiths. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports.
Radical Right in Spain Still Mostly Underground
"The only way we avoided getting thrown out on the street by the bank was to rent out our apartment. Then we moved in with my in-laws."
— Rocio Guerrero, unemployed cook and mother of a four year old boy in Spain
(Source: ow.ly)
More global cartoon reax to Obama’s winning a second term.
(Source: caglecartoons.com)
