Thursday’s rage has turned into euphoria this Friday in Ciutat Meridiana, one of the neighborhoods hardest hit by evictions and poverty in Barcelona. The jubilation erupted when Ruth retrieved the hand keys of an operator sent by BBVA, the day after being evicted with her three young children, two hours after the curfew by the […]
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Union rejection of the urban redevelopment of the Gallina Blanca factory in Barcelona
 The historic Gallina Blanca factory in Sant Joan Despà (Barcelona) closed its doors last March so that its land is occupied by Agroalimen, the multinational holding company that moves its headquarters and that of its subsidiaries GBFoods and Affinity Petcare to the municipality. The City Council ensures that the urban reform, endorsed yesterday mostly by […]
The pandemic triggers the shopping basket in the supermarket by almost 3%
 The pandemic has triggered the prices of basic food products in supermarkets. In fact, the shopping cart type (includes fresh, packaged, hygiene and drugstore) 2.8% more expensive compared to last year, according to the annual study of supermarkets carried out by the Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU). According to this analysis, the months of […]
Tourism is entrusted to the communities to “save Christmas and get to Easter”
 The fact that the Government wants to extend the declaration of the state of alarm until May to curb the second wave of the pandemic throws more uncertainty about the Christmas tourist campaign and even Easter. The sector believes that what worries the most is the announcement of the deadline because it deters international tourists. […]
Tax freeze in Catalan municipalities due to the coronavirus crisis
 The health emergency situation due to the coronavirus has forced Catalan municipalities to take drastic measures. In general, the local administration bets on Catalua for freezing rates and taxes in 2021. The Barcelona’s town hall It plans to freeze all municipal taxes next year with the exception of the terrace tax, which will maintain the […]
Madrid, Catalonia and the islands concentrated 60% of the tourist fall in the last quarter
The big capitals and the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands they will concentrate the tourist fall in the next quarter, the period remaining to close a year of historic declines for the sector. These are not the busiest months, but traditionally there is a lot of business activity and, moreover, the Canary Islands […]
The tourist hole worsens: 106,000 million will be lost and Spain falls back to activity levels of the 90s
The tourist hole will exceed 100,000 million euros in 2020, 7,500 million more than expected in August, and it will mean that tourism activity this year will have fallen to levels of 25 years ago. The pandemic has brought Spain back to a 1995 scenario. Forecasts for the sector worsen with each passing quarter […]
Barcelona freezes taxes and will stop entering 60 million euros
The health emergency situation due to the coronavirus has forced the Barcelona City Council to take extreme measures. Looking ahead to next year, they will freeze all municipal taxes, except the terrace tax, which maintains the 75% reduction, although the Consistory estimates that the decision represents between 60 and 70 million less than the […]
Hospitality is stirring in Catalonia against the grievance of the Generalitat in the coronavirus crisis
The outrage has stirred the hospitality in Catalonia by the hill that the Generalitat imposes for 15 days, which could be more if the contagions by coronavirus remain unremitted. Owners and employees of bars and restaurants have taken to the streets to show that they feel aggrieved for being the only sector to which the […]
Mobilization against the urbanization of an old factory in L’Hospitalet
The struggle of the residents of Sant Josep refers to other historical mobilizations in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona) that seemed utopian but ended up working. Sant Josep is a popular neighborhood in the second Catalan town in number of inhabitants, one of the cities with the highest population density in Europe. A place where the […]
