Artur Mas

13.06.2013 - 09.15 pm Clothing company Desigual unveils its new world headquarters on Barcelona’s seafront The new facilities are the second longest building in the Catalan capital, as it is 186 metres long. Desigual’s new headquarters are located on prime...	11.06.2013 - 10.16 pm The President of the Catalan Government aims to stay in office regardless of the self-determination vote Artur Mas, President of the Catalan Government, presented the Government Plan for 2013-2016 on Tuesday, emphasising that he aims to complete the four...	03.06.2013 - 09.38 pm Catalonia will have its own representatives in UNESCO separate from the Spanish delegation in specific issues The agreement was previously discussed with the Spanish Executive and it respects the Catalan Government’s external action power as described in...	24.05.2013 - 09.01 pm Norway’s former PM Gro H. Brundtland and Pakistani school girl Malala Yousafzai awarded the ‘Premi Internacional Catalunya’ Both women have been awarded Catalonia’s most prestigious prize for “their determination and courage in the defence of human rights”. Malala...
13.05.2013 - 08.43 pm The Catalan and Spanish Governments confirm that no specific deficit target has been agreed on yet During the weekend, the Spanish Finance Minister, Cristóbal Montoro, stated that the Catalan Government’s deficit for 2013 will not be above 2%. The...	10.05.2013 - 09.08 pm The Spanish and Catalan Governments hold several high-level bilateral meetings in Barcelona on the same day On the occasion of the kick-off of the 2013 Barcelona International Motor Show, the Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, and 3 ministers (Finance,...	06.05.2013 - 11.28 pm The political summit for Catalonia's right to self-determination decided to include civil society However, the participating political parties could not agree on a plan to organise a self-determination vote: some would like to combine the...	30.04.2013 - 09.10 pm Seat, Nissan, Ficosa, Gestamp and Doga back up the creation of an automation cluster in Catalonia The President of the Catalan Government announced the initiative which will aim to develop an industry and knowledge cluster of the automation sector...
22.04.2013 - 10.16 pm The Catalan President states in Brussels that the EU views Catalonia's self-determination "with great respect" In an official visit to Brussels where the President of the Catalan Government, Artur Mas, met with three Commissioners, he recognised that the...	22.04.2013 - 09.02 pm The Catalan Government is considering the implementation of a tax on empty flats to be paid by the owning companies The new tax would not affect individual citizens neither would it be implemented in areas without housing demand. The tax aims to put apartments and...	18.04.2013 - 06.47 pm Barcelona Port’s new hydrocarbon terminal is unveiled Tradebe’s new terminal for petrochemical products has 29 tanks for storing bulk liquids, with a total capacity of 450,000 cubic metres. The new...	09.04.2013 - 10.05 pm The Spanish Socialist Party backs a constitutional reform but rejects allowing Catalonia’s self-determination vote The leader of the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE), Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, and the President of the Catalan Government, Artur Mas, secretly met on...
05.04.2013 - 10.27 pm A world-leading centre in human evolution unveils new facilities in Tarragona The Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES) is one of the 3 centres with the highest scientific production...	03.04.2013 - 10.20 pm The Catalan President insists on talking to the Spanish Government about the self-determination claims Artur Mas, the President of the Catalan Government and leader of the Centre-Right Catalan Nationalist Coalition (CiU), is sceptical about the Spanish...	27.03.2013 - 07.29 pm The Spanish Prime Minister and the Catalan President secretly met and agreed to relax the deficit targets According to Catalan and Spanish Government sources, the Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, and the President of the Catalan Executive, Artur Mas...	19.03.2013 - 09.57 pm The 'number 3' of the governing Centre-Right Catalan Nationalist Coalition (CiU) is indicted for influence peddling The Supreme Court of Catalonia (TSJC) has indicted Oriol Pujol, who is the ‘number three’ of the CiU – who run the Catalan Government – over a case...