Catalunya Info - Issue 22

07.31.2012 - 10.01 pm
According to the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, if Catalonia continued contributing to Spain’s fiscal redistribution scheme but it did so to a lesser extent, Catalan public finances would have no deficit and Catalonia’s public debt would be much smaller. The Chamber reminded that Catalonia is giving 8.6% of its GDP each year to the rest of Spain in terms of solidarity, an amount that has no other...
07.25.2012 - 08.07 pm
Catalan Parliament approved on Wednesday the proposal for a new fiscal pact for Catalonia by an overall...
08.03.2012 - 10.21 pm
The Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has announced further budget cuts for 2013 and 2014, totalling...
08.09.2012 - 02.54 pm
Barça beat Manchester United in a penalty shootout in the ‘SuperMatchen’ Trophy in Gothenburg tonight....
08.01.2012 - 08.44 pm
Catalonia’s Executive blames the Spanish Government for not having transferred all this month’s economic...
08.07.2012 - 08.43 pm
The Catalan Government will allow universal access to community health centres, despite the Spanish Government’s...
08.02.2012 - 09.11 pm
Unemployment dropped in July by 784 people, which represents a 0.13% decrease compared to a month ago....
08.09.2012 - 09.14 pm
The Catalan savings bank, which the Bank of Spain intervened in last September, is selling part of its...
08.01.2012 - 07.20 pm
The Catalan airline Vueling, based in Barcelona, increased by 16.2% the number of flights compared to...
07.31.2012 - 05.42 pm
The Catalan pharmaceutical company Grifols, the third world leader in the production of blood plasma...
08.06.2012 - 07.58 pm
The Catalan economy remains in recession and decreased by 1.1% compared to last year. Although tourism...
08.06.2012 - 08.18 pm
It is the first time that the complete remains of an elephant have been found in the Catalan mountain...