Meritxell Mir

Merixell Mir has been reporting on international affairs, politics, energy issues and the arts from the United States, Spain and Switzerland for the past 10 years. Her work has appeared in El Mundo, the New York Sun, Europa Press, AVUI, VJMovement.com, El Diario/La Prensa, Time Out and the Village Voice. Primarily working in print, Mir also reports for broadcast and digital media. She received an MS in journalism from Columbia University in New York City and speaks English, Spanish and German.

The World

Switzerland: Imprisoned for “loose morals”

August 2, 2016Agence France-Presse

The Swiss are aghast at their history of morality incarcerations.

Spain’s stolen baby scandal

August 1, 2016Lifestyle

Switzerland’s extreme-right poised for historic win in Sunday elections

August 1, 2016Agence France-Presse

Did a Spanish nun steal thousands of newborns?

July 31, 2016Lifestyle

Huevos de austeridad

July 31, 2016Business, Economics and Jobs

Spain’s miners resort to ‘guerrilla war’ over austerity

July 31, 2016Agence France-Presse

Outrage mounts over a government spending billions to rescue banks, while coal towns go broke from premature subsidy cuts.

Gambling with the future: Spaniards weigh EuroVegas

July 31, 2016Business, Economics and Jobs

Meteoric unemployment is propelling a bid by US casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, but critics say Spain stands a lot to lose.

Spain: Austerity cuts are prompting medical “apartheid”

July 31, 2016Business, Economics and Jobs

Doctors rebel against rules forbidding public healthcare workers from treating illegal immigrants.

Spaniards battle against banks

July 31, 2016Business, Economics and Jobs

Outraged by a series of suicides, people in crisis-stricken Spain are fighting a wave of evictions they say is tearing their country apart.

Drive-in sex: Coming to a (Swiss) corner near you

July 30, 2016Lifestyle

Switzerland takes an unusual step to control prostitution and help sex workers.