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Antonio Villar: “I am afraid that the pandemic will leave an important mark on the Covid generation”

Antonio Villar: “I am afraid that the pandemic will leave an important mark on the Covid generation”

Antonio Villar (1954) is Professor of Economics at the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville, Doctor of Economics from the University of Alicante and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Oxford. He affirms that this crisis has exposed the health system and structural weaknesses that “will have to be faced.” On the impact on […]

Flamenco fashion reinvents itself to overcome its second year of drought

Flamenco fashion reinvents itself to overcome its second year of drought

Spring is approaching and for the second consecutive year it seems that there will be no fairs or pilgrimages in Andalusia due to the pandemic. A dramatic situation for flamenco fashion and all the crafts that it entails. The sector brings together around 500 companies and firms that have seen their activity stop overnight, with […]

The other pandemic: two and a half years lost in Andalusia in employment due to Covid-19

The other pandemic: two and a half years lost in Andalusia in employment due to Covid-19

Two and a half years lost. That is what the coronavirus pandemic in Andalusia has meant, in terms of employment. And only in year I of the Covid. According to the latest Active Population Survey (EPA) published by the Andalusian Institute of Statistics, the community closed the year 2020 with a 907,200 unemployed, a figure […]

The port of Algeciras exceeds the Covid and moves 107 million tons of goods

The port of Algeciras exceeds the Covid and moves 107 million tons of goods

In the midst of so much bad news, in a scenario in which the Covid devastates practically everything, there is a giant that insists, despite the historical (train) and current (pandemic) obstacles, to show its strength. The port of Algeciras, the first in the national system and the fourth in Europe, has survived the complex […]

The Andalusian Government accuses Sánchez of “paying favors” to his partners with the distribution of European funds

The Andalusian Government accuses Sánchez of “paying favors” to his partners with the distribution of European funds

Andalusia will receive 1,881 million in European funds, which makes it the community that most benefited from the distribution of 10,000 million euros from the European Union (EU) that the Government has just distributed among the autonomous regions. However, the Andalusian Executive of the PP and Citizens is not satisfied because, if the criteria indicated […]

The Huelva-based company Atlantic Copper obtains a quality seal for guaranteeing “responsible production”

The Huelva-based company Atlantic Copper obtains a quality seal for guaranteeing “responsible production”

The Huelva company Atlantic Copper has been recognized with the seal Copper Mark, a new worldwide accreditation that guarantees responsible copper production and the industry’s contribution to the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is the first mining-metallurgical company in the EU to obtain this recognition. This accreditation, also obtained by […]

The Association of Companies of the Port of Seville appoints Augusto Jannone as president

The Association of Companies of the Port of Seville appoints Augusto Jannone as president

The entity strengthens its structure and activity with the creation of the figure of manager, a position that will be held by the journalist Siman Onrubia   ProSevillaPort, Association for the Promotion of Port of Seville, has elected as the new president Augusto Jannone, a businessman dedicated to the wholesale trade of wood and steel […]

Moreno Bonilla highlights the strength of Andalusia even in crisis: “78% of the new self-employed have an Andalusian accent”

Moreno Bonilla highlights the strength of Andalusia even in crisis: “78% of the new self-employed have an Andalusian accent”

Eight out of ten freelancers who have registered during, and despite the coronavirus crisis, are Andalusian, “they have an Andalusian accent”, in the words of the president of the Andalusian Board, Juanma Moreno Bonilla. If to this data is added a record number of agri-food exports of more than 8,500 million euros, in the midst […]

The field and fishing, the last trench in the battle for equality

The field and fishing, the last trench in the battle for equality

One of the last trenches in the objective of labor equality for women and men is in agricultural and fishing work. Thus, although in Andalusia women already account for 30% of the members of the cooperatives agroalimentarias, in the governing councils there are less than 4%. Adoración Blanque, the secretary of Equality of Asaja, points […]

The Government of Susana Díaz incurred in multiple irregularities in public procurement

The Government of Susana Díaz incurred in multiple irregularities in public procurement

The Andalusian Government, during the period of the socialist Susana DÃaz as president, incurred in countless irregularities in public procurement, in which the use of minor contracts or ‘a finger’ proliferated, not always duly justified, thus violating the law. In addition, the network of public companies, foundations and agencies that are part of what is […]