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 […]
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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 rise of motorhomes: an alternative engine for tourism in the face of the coronavirus crisis
 The motorhome and adapted van industry has seen a boom for years, as shown by the 9,000 new registrations of this type of vehicle made in 2019 in Spain -with Catalonia at the top, with 2,300-, compared to 1,500 in 2014. However, beyond the exponential growth of the sector, with the arrival of Covid-19 […]
The Catalan administrations do not sanction the lack of social rents that stop evictions
Elsa Gabriela Garcia he found the floor bricked up when he returned from the hospital. Had come to pay 200 euros per month for a room at home, located in the neighborhood of Meridian City, the one that declares less income in Barcelona. She was able to afford the room until sickness incapacitated her. Several […]
Tension in the Government due to the collapse in the system of aid to the self-employed due to the coronavirus
The Minister of the Presidency and spokesperson for the Catalan Government, Meritxell Budo, has today apologized for the collapse of the platform to request the help of 2,000 euros for 10,000 self-employed workers against the coronavirus crisis and has assured that the Generalitat plans to expand it: “We regret that it has not worked as […]
UBE stabilizes results and fights the virus with an investment of 49 million euros
The Japanese chemical company UBE Corporation Europe, based in Castellón, look optimistically to the future despite the pandemic global coronavirus health. The president of UBE, Bruno de BiÚvre, stated on Tuesday that the company maintains intact its investment plan, which includes a 60 million euros for the 2019-2020 triennium of those that remain to be […]
The collapse of the ‘riders’ platforms aggravates the damage to the hospitality industry due to restrictions in Catalonia
 Part of the Catalan restaurants try to survive the closure decreed by the Generalitat by cooking takeaway dishes. However, hoteliers and entities consulted warn that they have encountered two inconveniences that have increased the loss of customers, extended in itself by the prohibition of serving inside the premises for three weeks due to the […]
Girona is postulated as a destination to attract European night trains
Increased commitment to preserving the environment, added to the liberation of passenger transport by train in Europe -Next December-, has generated the recovery of an old and romantic way of traveling alternative to the plane: the night train, a growing market in the rest of the continent and to which Girona it intends to join […]
Spain intensifies economic diplomacy in search of investments
The epidemiological reality that Spain is experiencing due to the coronavirus pandemic added to the deterioration of the economic situation have had and still have an important impact on the image and reputation of Spain abroad. Damage that can be significant and have a major impact on the accounts. That is why Spanish diplomacy has […]
They again forgive the Generalitat a debt of the IBI of the Barcelona Olympic Channel ’92, whose management is investigated by a judge
The Castelldefels Town Hall (Barcelona) has once again condoned the Govern a debt of Real Estate Tax (IBI) for the Canal OlaÂmpico, located in the coastal town. The Generalitat is the owner of the facility built for the Barcelona Olympic Games, but it still has not been transferred to the local administration 28 years later. […]