Stephen Burgen

Barcelona

Serial immigrant. Writer and journalist. Writes about Spain for The Guardian and Observer. Latest story collection The Jacket https://t.co/tw2hzJ4ykA

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Schools in Spain required to serve fruit, vegetables and fish in fight against obesity

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Stephen Burgen

All schools in Spain will be legally obliged to serve fruit and vegetables as part of their lunches and fish at least once a week under new rules aiming to reduce the amount of fried and fatty food served to children. Hailed by the government as a key plank of the fight against childhood obesity, the new rules brought in by royal decree this week will also compel schools to offer vegetarian and vegan meals.
EU in early talks with US but preparing ‘robust’ tariff countermeasures, says trade chief - as it happened

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Jakub Krupa |Ashifa Kassam |Angela Giuffrida |Stephen Burgen |Jon Henley

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureUS tariffs calculations are ‘nonsense’, German economy minister saysOutgoing German economy minister Robert Habeck is not mincing his words this morning in response to a question on US tariffs and how they were calculated. He says: “The calculations, from my point of view, are nonsense. Even the basis of the calculation is nonsense.
‘Aggressive and arbitrary’ US tariffs need united EU response, says French minister – Europe live | World news | The Guardian

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Jakub Krupa |Stephen Burgen |Jon Henley

French delegate for trade Laurent Saint-Martin says France ‘prefers cooperation to confrontation’ as EU discusses response to tariffs
Thousands in Spain join nationwide march to protest against housing crisis

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Stephen Burgen

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Spain in the latest protest against housing speculation and to demand access to affordable homes. Organisers claim that up to 150,000 joined the protest in Madrid while smaller demonstrations were held in about 40 cities across the country. Protesters from Málaga on the Costa del Sol to Vigo in the Atlantic northwest chanted “end the housing racket” and “landlords are guilty, the government is responsible”.
Former Brazil footballer Dani Alves has rape conviction quashed after appeal

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Stephen Burgen

The former Brazil international Dani Alves has had his conviction for rape overturned on appeal. In February 2024, a court sentenced Alves to a minimum sentence of four years and six months for the rape of a 23-year-old woman in a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022. As he had already spent more than a year on remand, Alves was released under legal supervision shortly afterwards.
Spanish parliament vote on cutting food waste will end ban on wolf hunting

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Stephen Burgen

The Spanish parliament has voted through a measure that will in effect lift the hunting ban on wolves that was imposed in 2021. A coalition led by the conservative People’s party, with the support of the far-right Vox party and Basque and Catalan nationalists, added an amendment to a law aimed at reducing Spain’s estimated 1.2bn kilos of food waste.
Spain’s rewilding of Iberian lynx at risk after lobbying by hunters and farmers

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Stephen Burgen

Only last year it was hailed as a conservation success story: the Iberian lynx, which had been close to extinction, had sprung back to life thanks to a two-decade-long effort to expand the population. Now, however, that progress is at risk after several regional governments in Spain acceded to pressure from farmers and hunters to block the reintroduction of the species into the wild.
Spanish food without tomatoes and chilli? 14th-century cookbook shows you how

2 months ago | msn.com | Stephen Burgen

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Spanish food without tomatoes and chilli? 14th-century cookbook shows you how

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Stephen Burgen

Forget gazpacho, patatas bravas or the tang of paprika in your chorizo. Such dishes may be considered staples of the Mediterranean diet but a new exhibition celebrating Spain’s oldest surviving cookbook suggests medieval Spanish cuisine was nothing like its modern successor.
Luis Rubiales tells court he asked Jenni Hermoso if he could kiss her

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Stephen Burgen

The former Spanish football federation boss Luis Rubiales has told a court that he asked the player Jenni Hermoso if he could kiss her before doing so after the Women’s World Cup victory in 2023. “I am absolutely sure that she gave me her permission,” Rubiales, 47, told the court in Madrid.