While tourists are fascinated by natural landscapes that evoke film fantasy planets, no less fascinating is the democratic culture of the society that inhabits it.

Surprisingly, both Spaniards and Icelanders discover that many features of our character are common to both.

Although Iceland is not a member of the EU, it represents a useful example of the alternatives to austerity that countries have at their disposal in response to the financial crisis.

Icelanders remember with a certain bittersweet taste the period between the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009.

When I visited Reykjavik in October 2008 to offer the assistance of the IMF, the situation in the country was critical.

The drastic changes in the Icelandic economy, produced in a short period of time, seem a singular phenomenon.

Was the crisis in Iceland really a peaceful and exemplary revolution for Europe? Although each country has its own idiosyncrasy and the formula that is good for one country, for another it does not work.

Public media are absolutely necessary.

Catalonia, as has been usual in recent years, has starred in these three hundred and sixty-five days.

The CCMA, a corporation that brings together TV3, Catalonia Radio and the respective Digital Media, during the tripartite governments endured an attempt to rationalize its structure.

Could we say that the regime constructed by Jordi Pujol in Catalonia, and still untouched, is a neo-fascist, totalitarian, authoritarian or xenophobic regime?

Throughout history, protectionism has often gone hand-in-hand with nationalism.

Many countries are currently liberalising trade through bilateral and regional free trade agreements.