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    Barney Jopson

    Spain & Portugal correspondent

    Barney Jopson is the FT’s Spain & Portugal correspondent based in Madrid. In a 20-year career at the FT he has previously been Executive News Editor in London and worked as a correspondent in Washington, New York, Nairobi and Tokyo. He began his journalism career writing in Japanese at Nikkei in 2002.

    Barney's work has been recognised with prizes including the Wincott Foundation’s young financial journalist of the year award. He has also won a Society of Publishers in Asia prize and a SABEW Best in Business award in the US. He is a graduate of Cambridge University and speaks Spanish and French as well as Japanese.

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    • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
      Eurozone inflation
      Energy price falls spark drop in German and Spanish inflation

      Headline pressures ease but investors bet ECB will have to raise interest rates in May

    • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
      Europe Express
      Sánchez goes to Beijing to discuss Russia’s war against Ukraine Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Poland’s change of heart on Ukrainian grain

    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      Spanish politics
      Spain’s fix for pension shortfall: make younger people pay

      Faced with an ageing population and ballooning costs, Madrid has opted to raise contributions rather than cut benefits

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      Brexit
      Passport rift between UK and Spain leaves Gibraltar in limbo

      Spain insists its police force must be allowed to do passport checks at British territory’s airport

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      Cellnex Telecom SA
      Hedge fund activist Chris Hohn calls for shake-up of Cellnex board

      Billionaire’s TCI group wants chair and two directors to step down, citing lack of progress over hunt for new chief

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Spanish leader to discuss Ukraine war on Xi visit

      Pedro Sánchez’s visit to China adds momentum to Beijing’s efforts to cast itself as a mediator in conflict

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      News in-depthEnergy crisis
      Surviving winter: how three factories battled through Europe’s energy crisis

      These power-intensive businesses made it through the peak of high prices but many economic challenges remain

    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Explosives shortage threatens EU drive to arm Ukraine

      Scarce gunpowder and TNT supplies delay shift to ‘large-scale war production’, defence industry and officials warn

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Inditex
      Zara owner Inditex keeps door open to Russia return

      Spanish fashion group wants to increase its presence in the lucrative but tough US market

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      Spanish economy
      Spain’s tomato and pork prices pushed up by foreign demand, says Mercadona boss

      Supermarket chain owner reports ‘tensions with suppliers like we’ve never had’

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      News in-depthFerrovial SA
      Rafael del Pino: the billionaire road builder taking his toll in Spain

      Ferrovial chair’s decision to shift head office to the Netherlands has incensed Madrid

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Spanish politics
      Spanish government split as politicians fix flawed sexual consent law

      Socialist PM Pedro Sánchez depends on support of conservative rivals to approve amendment

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Ferrovial SA
      Spain seeks right to stop Ferrovial from moving to the Netherlands

      Infrastructure group says switch needed to facilitate its listing on the New York stock market

    • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
      Spain
      Spain plans to introduce cabinet gender equality law

      Prime minister’s measures will make the country one of the first in Europe to have a legally binding quota

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      European companies
      Ferrovial’s planned move to the Netherlands triggers uproar in Spain

      Spanish deputy prime minister calls infrastructure group’s decision unacceptable

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      News in-depthBrexit
      UK salad shortages not down to Brexit, says Spain

      Minister points to cold weather as data shows value of annual vegetable exports has risen even as volumes have fallen

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      European countries step up delivery of tanks to Ukraine

      Poland says 14 of its Leopard 2A4s will cross the border ‘in a few days’

    • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
      Iberdrola SA
      Iberdrola to fight Spanish windfall tax in courts

      Challenge raises stakes in battle between big energy businesses and Socialist-led government

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      Coronavirus economic impact
      EU bankruptcy filings jump to 8-year high as pandemic aid ends

      Struggling ‘zombie’ companies kept afloat by government support are folding as costs rise

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      Europe Express
      Europe goes to Munich seeking China’s ear on Russia’s war Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter: Barcelona’s cautionary tale of how the pandemic changed perceptions of crime

    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      EU immigration
      Portugal joins clampdown on ‘golden visas’ for wealthy

      Lisbon follows Dublin in scrapping right of non-Europeans to claim residency in return for investment

    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      Spanish politics
      ‘Management of misery’: Madrid leader faces backlash over healthcare spending

      Isabel Díaz Ayuso dismisses street protests as campaign tactics ahead of local elections in spring

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      The Big Read
      How Barcelona lost its way

      Politics has fostered a deep sense of malaise in a city that is one of the most visited in Europe. Street crime is rising and many businesses have left

    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      Andrea Orcel
      Spanish court upholds Orcel’s Santander claim but cuts payout by €8mn

      Bank ordered to pay €43.5mn in compensation for aborted offer but will appeal to Supreme Court

    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      Banco Santander SA
      Santander doubles provisions for bad loans

      Spanish bank remains wary of economic outlook despite benefiting from higher interest rates

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