Tag: Barcelona

The legal vacuum allows cannabis clubs to avoid closure due to the coronavirus in Catalonia

The legal vacuum allows cannabis clubs to avoid closure due to the coronavirus in Catalonia

On the same stretch of street in the district of Eixample of Barcelona There are two bars and a gym affected by the bolts in Catalonia before the second wave of the coronavirus. There is also a place without a label and with a bell at the entrance. Is he Dragon club, one of about […]

The Faurecia strike could affect Seat’s production in Martorell

The Faurecia strike could affect Seat’s production in Martorell

The five-day strike raised by the works council of the auxiliary automotive company Faurecia in the factory of Open (Barcelona) -from November 23 to 27- aims to protest against the employment regulation file (ERE) that affects 160 of the 308 workers at the plant. However, if it does occur, the stoppage could also affect production […]

Obstacles, delays and coercion leave poor neighbors out of the register in Catalonia

Obstacles, delays and coercion leave poor neighbors out of the register in Catalonia

Ahmed he goes to bed some nights in a car. You must do it when there is no free mattress in houses of acquaintances in Badalona, where it arrived four months ago. Earn “500, 400 or 300 euros per month” handing out orders and it is not enough for the “200 or 300 euros” that, […]

They demand that the tram reaches one of the strategic industrial areas of Catalonia after 20 years

They demand that the tram reaches one of the strategic industrial areas of Catalonia after 20 years

The El Pla industrial estate, located in the municipal areas of Sant Feliu de Llobregat and Molins de Rei, offers attractive legal advantages to attract companies to a space located next to the A2 highway, just 15 kilometers from Barcelona, ​​the port and from the airport. However, employers, workers and trade unions miss that the […]

The Government’s rescue of SMEs and the self-employed: more time to request and return ICO credits

The Government’s rescue of SMEs and the self-employed: more time to request and return ICO credits

The Third Vice President and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calvià ± o, said this Saturday that the Government is working to approve in the Council of Ministers next Tuesday measures that improve the solvency of companies, such as extensions of the grace period and amortization of the guarantees of the Official […]

Ada Colau ugly to the Government its management of the pandemic: “You cannot play with people’s lives”

Ada Colau ugly to the Government its management of the pandemic: “You cannot play with people’s lives”

  The restrictions imposed by the Generalitat to stop the transmission of coronavirus not only have against various economic sectors but are also beginning to exhaust the patience of the Barcelona City Council. Despite the fact that above all she guaranteed “institutional loyalty”, the mayor of Barcelona Ada Colau has regretted the way in which […]

Rebel mayors mobilize to get an extra 8,400 million in the 2021 Budgets

Rebel mayors mobilize to get an extra 8,400 million in the 2021 Budgets

  The rebel mayors charge again. The 31 municipalities that managed to twist the arm of the Government are now preparing two amendments to the General State Budgets to demand an extra 8,411 million euros to avoid the bankruptcy of many consistories. This is revealed to EL MUNDO by sources of the group of mayors […]

El Prat airport, in its lowest hours due to the coronavirus crisis

El Prat airport, in its lowest hours due to the coronavirus crisis

The airport of Barcelona it has run out of flights to the United States for the first time in 40 years. The airline Level, belonging to the group IAG, was the last to suspend its route to New York. At the beginning of last March, the three main US airlines canceled all connections to or […]

Catalan administrations’ non-payments to social entities soar during the coronavirus pandemic

Catalan administrations’ non-payments to social entities soar during the coronavirus pandemic

The employers of the entities that watch over the vulnerable population warn that the public administrations now owe them 62% more for work rendered and pending subsidies than at the beginning of the pandemic. The Confederation of the Third Sector calculates that the amounts to be paid to associations and companies that cover public services […]

The #QuieroCorredor movement observes “slow progress” in the Mediterranean axis

The #QuieroCorredor movement observes “slow progress” in the Mediterranean axis

The construction of the Mediterranean Corridor continues its course with “slow progress” and some important “milestones” in the last year such as the launch of the AVE Granada-Antequera, the placement of the third lane between Castellón and Alicante -which allows AVE trains to circulate between both cities- and the start-up of the Vandellós bypass in […]