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.
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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.