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17.06.2013 - 01.40 pm Catalonia's infamous N-II road off limits to heavy load lorries after 17-year controversy Poor road conditions and a high rate of traffic accidents have led the Catalan Government to approve a strict circulation restriction for four axle...	14.06.2013 - 05.51 pm Barcelona Chamber of Commerce accuses the Spanish Government of owing €4 billion for investments in Catalonia According to the current legislation, the Spanish Government has to invest 18.9% of its total transport infrastructure budget in Catalonia between...	12.06.2013 - 10.06 pm David Cameron: "let the people decide" and do not "ignore questions of nationality, independence, identity" The British Prime Minister David Cameron answered a question referring to Scotland’s self-determination process and he indirectly compared it to...	10.06.2013 - 09.51 pm Brussels' main think-tank CEPS recommends that Spain and Catalonia name "an external mediator" In an interview with ACN, the Head of the EU Foreign Policy Unit of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Steven Blockmans argued that “the...
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...	23.05.2013 - 10.20 pm The Constitutional Court temporarily allows the Catalan tax on bank deposits but still halts the drug prescription fee The Spanish Constitutional Court has lifted the temporary suspension of the Catalan Government’s tax on total bank deposits while it is waiting to...	21.05.2013 - 10.42 pm Catalonia contributed with 8.5% of its GDP to infrastructures and services in the rest of Spain in 2010 On Tuesday, the Catalan Government posted the so-called fiscal balances for 2010, showing the difference between the money paid by Catalans in taxes...	16.05.2013 - 10.16 pm The Spanish Government's Delegate in Catalonia pays tribute to Hitler's soldiers María de los Llanos de Luna, from the People’s Party (PP), gave a diploma to a brotherhood of the ‘Divisón Azul’, a division of Spanish volunteers...
16.05.2013 - 09.09 pm The Catalan Government ended the first quarter of 2013 with a deficit of 0.21% Between January and March, the Catalan Government had a budget deficit of €411 million, representing 0.21% of Catalonia’s GDP. The definitive deficit...	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,...	08.05.2013 - 10.47 pm The Spanish Constitutional Court temporarily suspends the Catalan Parliament's Declaration of Sovereignty The Catalan Parliament replies by approving the creation of a parliamentary commission on Catalonia’s right to self-determination with 79.3% of yes...
03.05.2013 - 10.53 pm 33.7% of Catalan citizens support independence according to a Spanish Government survey The CIS – the Spanish Government’s public opinion survey institute – has indicated that 55.1% of Catalans would like a Catalan state, either...	26.04.2013 - 04.57 pm 'Keep Calm and Speak Catalan', a poster of passive resistance The poster ‘Keep Calm and Speak Catalan’ was created by Josep Maria Ganyet, expert in digital communication, in order to protest against the draft...	23.04.2013 - 06.03 pm The Catalan Government attracted 37% more foreign investment in 2012 than in the previous year 47 foreign investment industrial projects, bringing in €331.88 million, landed in Catalonia last year through ‘Invest in Catalonia’, a programme from...	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...