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When a whole country discovered it could star in a movie without ever going to the casting
⎯ 🔥❤️2Some countries make world headlines for discovering vaccines, winning World Cups, or sending rockets into space. And then there is Andorra, which woke up one fine day in 2015 to discover that it was apparently a key piece in an international financial plot worthy of a movie where it is always raining and everyone talks very seriously in front of screens with red graphs. There are normal days. Quie…
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The Great Modern Tragedy: Letting Others Live
Humanity has reached a spectacular level of evolution. Before, people survived by hunting mammoths; now we survive by ignoring problems while scrolling on our phones at three in the morning. We live in extraordinary times. The planet is heating up, rents seem designed for billionaires, working eight hours no longer guarantees making it to the end of the month, and anxiety has practically become a …
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“Every file hides something. Even that which never existed.”
⎯ 😮1Chapter 1: The File The file appeared on a Monday. No one knew who left it there. First thing in the morning, when Yara arrived at the office, it was already on her desk. Tucked between pending reports, cold coffees, and poorly stuck adhesive notes. A gray binder. No department name. No reference number. Only one word written on the cover: “Vany” Yara looked at it for a few seconds before sittin…
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Andorra's Tower Debate: Concrete Cascades and Empty Promises
⎯ ❤️👏🔥3The debate over towers in Andorra is starting to look like a game of institutional padel: everyone passes the ball, no one wants to hold onto it, and in the end, the public pays for the court. The most impressive thing isn't that nobody is sure if they actually want these towers. It's the fact that they've been going up for years while the institutions keep talking as if they had just spotted them…
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Andorra's Nationality Reform
⎯ 👏1Andorra has approved its new nationality reform, proving once again that the country maintains a very mature relationship with immigration: "Come, work, hang in there... and then we'll wing it." The Government claims the new law seeks "more reasonable criteria." And indeed: after decades of demanding what was practically a spiritual mission to obtain a passport, the system is now evolving toward s…
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Everything Under Control (or Almost): An Exciting New Era
⎯ 👏2In Andorra, it seems we have decided to bet on a bold model: less theory, more emotion, and especially, a strong commitment to youth, freshness, and above all, that very modern concept of "learning as we go" and giving an innovative concept a try: learning on the job! The recruitment process for judges and prosecutors is full of candidates, which is always comforting and reassuring; someone asks a…
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"Premium" clients... but only in their demands
⎯ ❤️1In the fascinating world of administrative agencies, there is a universal law that not even science has managed to fully explain: the less a client pays, the higher they set the bar. It is not a criticism; it is almost a natural phenomenon. Like gravity. Or like how there is always a missing piece of paper on the day you are in the biggest rush. Let's get back to our protagonists. We have the "all…
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"An Agreement with More Chapters than a TV Series"
⎯ ❤️1The EU Agreement continues to move forward steadily at that characteristic speed: not fast enough to cause nerves, yet not slow enough to suggest it’s stalled. A perfect, almost artistic balance. It begins with a brilliant, stroke-of-genius idea: the "mixed agreement." Without a doubt, this is one of the process's crowning jewels—a term so precise, refined, and technical that no one dares admit th…
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“In the end, renting is complicated… but buying is like the game telling you: ‘Come back when you reach expert level’"
⎯ ❤️1The news headline “Without apartments, there is no supply” (“Diari Bon Dia”, Monday, April 20, 2026. No. 5,537) is one of those phrases that leave you either thinking… or laughing, depending on the day. It’s like saying that without bread, there is no sandwich! Thank you for the information; everything is much clearer now. But let's get to the point: it’s not just that apartments in Andorra are ex…
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Serious problem: successful people living normal lives in the mountains.
⎯ 👏1Andorra has mountains, snow, calm… and, apparently, another inexhaustible natural resource: the curious ability to turn personal decisions into what feel like debates of state, and the capacity to outrage half the internet when someone with a camera decides to settle down there. Especially if that decision involves a camera, a YouTube channel, and a bit of quality of life. Because, apparently, the…
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“60 Million and One Minor Detail: It Has to Be Repaid”
⎯ 🤔1Andorra enters the "big leagues"... with 60 million under its arm (and a slight sense of vertigo). There are news stories... and then there are those that make half the country raise an eyebrow. This is one of the latter. As it turns out, the European Investment Bank has granted its first loan to the Principality of Andorra. No less than 60 million euros! Yes, you read that right: credit. A loan. …
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Over Coffee and a Law
⎯ 👏2There are some topics in Andorra that crop up everywhere: in debates, at family dinners, and even waiting in line at the supermarket. One of these is the agreement with the European Union. It is a bit like that big match where everyone has an opinion, even if some don't know exactly who we are playing against. On paper, it looks promising. Being closer to the European Union means better opportunit…
