Spanish News and Blogs

A good background from the BBC on the amnesties, the shadow economy and this blog´s backstory.

Today in El Pais: the state of Madrid is receiving the most federal funds for integrating immigrants. Followed by Cataluña.

An important note on Spanish society in transition. How this interacts with immigration, given that many immigrants now are in fact Catholics (far more devout than the Spaniards themselves) or Muslims, is a wide-open question.

7 european countries are intensifying cooperation in the "fight" (notably, not "war") against terrorism.

Not directly related to immigration ... (or? I´ve always wondered how the constant presence of ETA may impact impressions of Spaniards with regards to terrorism). This just a few days after a car-bomb in Madrid, and one woman confessed yesterday that, despite all struggles with immigration and unemployment, ETA is "lo peor" (the worst thing) about Spain.

Much also on the conference in Berlin on collective (shameful) memory in Spain and Germany.

Another blogger in Spain, good links to other blogs.