LEADER BITES

Climate crisis, neglect threatening the country's saffron crop

Spain was once the largest saffron producer in the world, producing 140 tonnes grown on 13,000 hectares of land per year. Today, only 140 hectares of land are estimated to be used for saffron production. funny the things you remember. One area in which short forms are useful is the realm of education, which is still popular in some countries. You may think you know who wrote Pride & Prejudice, or Macbeth, but I have both titles in paperback on a shelf and the name on the cover of each is the same.

My editions are the work of my sadly departed friend Margaret Tarner, who in her time was one of the first female undergraduates at Oxford.

Look on Amazon and you will see she also wrote Dracula and Bleak House and several other masterpieces, with some help from the original authors of course.

I suppose this rambling you are reading now -- and brave of you to persevere, incidentally --could be described as short-form rambling, except for the fact that such content is supposed to be snappy and to the point, designed to be "snackable", like so much else these days.

Think of me as your short-order chef, and I hope I haven't given you indigestion. Don't worry, it should disappear shortly.

Attacks

Bomb

The biggest problem facing the saffron industry in Spain is that it has never been fully scaled up, professionalized or mechanized, unlike other agricultural sectors.

A74-year-old man was arrested for allegedly sending letters containing explosive materials to various targets including the Spanish Presidency of the Government, the Ukrainian legations in Madrid and Barcelona, the Ministry of Defense, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid, government offices, a European Union satellite company and the US embassy.

Spain records its highest population

Spain has reached its highest population ever recorded, with 47,475,420 people registered in the country as of January 1, 2022, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

This represents an increase of 90,313 inhabitants compared to the previous year, or 0.19% more.

INE attributes the recovery from the decrease in population in 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic deaths.

Eurostar trains run partly empty due to processing time of British passports

Eurostar trains are running with empty seats due to border police not being able to process British passports quickly enough.

On average, 350 out of 900 seats are left unsold on the first services between London, Paris and Brussels, despite high demand.

This is because British passports now have to be stamped separately due to Brexit, with passengers being asked to arrive an hour before departure.

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