Bartending

The biggest sign when you enter Lledó, Spain, population 120, is for the village’s one bar.

Spain’s small-town bars get a boost with proposed subsidies

The beating heart of village life in Spain is the local bar, and many of these establishments need urgent life support. Spanish politicians have voted to offer the watering holes public subsidies. Their reasoning: bars serve much more than beer.

Rural Irish leaders pushing to loosen country’s drunken driving laws, citing lost pub sales

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Bartenders From Around the World Gather in New Orleans

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Dusseldorf bans beer bikes

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Economy forces British pubs to close

The rocky global economy is hitting Britain where it really hurts — its pubs. Nearly 60 traditional pubs are closing every month. The World’s Laura Lynch reports from London.