The Urban Planning Subcommittee of Barcelona, which includes the Generalitat and the City Council, has definitively approved the urban modification that will allow the rehabilitation, expansion, and conversion of the Palau Marcet —a protected building where the Comèdia cinema was located— into the new Carmen Thyssen Museum.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday asked Spain for evidence of its alleged involvement in a disinformation campaign that would have caused the migration crisis in the autonomous city of Ceuta, as hinted yesterday by the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez.
If the most-watched comedy of recent years returns, acclaimed by both the public and critics, it is automatically placed on the list of television priorities for this August. It is the sports comedy Ted Lasso, of course, which returns to focus on a women’s soccer team and repeat the play: to entertain and move with the good intentions of coach Lasso.
Seat’s factory in Martorell enters the electric era. The owner of the Seat and Cupra brands started production this Wednesday of the Cupra Raval and Volkswagen ID.Polo models, the first electric vehicles to be manufactured at the Catalan plant, as part of the electrification plan of its German parent company. These compact cars are aimed at the economic segment, with prices around 25,000 euros. The Raval is expected to be a boost for the Spanish company, which has pushed its financial results to the limit due to investment in electrification and tariffs on the Tavascan, an electric vehicle made in China.
El Govern de la Generalitat assures that it will seek “legal measures” to protect the right to housing in Catalonia following the opinion of the Consell de Garanties Estatutàries (CGE) which warns that the regulation agreed upon by the Catalan Executive with the commons violates several legal provisions of the Constitution and the Statute, including the right to private property, freedom of enterprise, and the principle of legal certainty.
The impact of the war in Iran on the energy system has put Europe in front of the mirror. Is it possible to maintain supply on the continent in the face of global-scale disruptions like those experienced in the Strait of Hormuz? The Annual Meeting of the Cercle d’Economia brought together this Tuesday two heavyweights of the sector in Spain, the president of Naturgy, Francisco Reynés, and that of Repsol, Antonio Brufau, to resolve this question and many others. And their answer to this first question is clear: Spain can withstand the “shock,” but only as long as the conflict does not last too long.
Massive Attack is music, but it is also politics. Robert del Nadja, co-founder of the trip-hop group, has positioned himself throughout his career against authoritarianism, war, injustice, and climate vandalism. Now, in its new phase, Massive Attack has…
Los Mossos d’Esquadra have received notice this Friday of the discovery of a corpse in Lloret de Mar (Selva). The body was found in a container, with signs of violence.
Catalunya extends the age limit from 35 to 40 years to access the public loan program of up to 50,000 euros to finance the purchase of a home among young people. This was announced by the president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, at an event in Barcelona this Friday. The change, effective since June 1, shows the difficulty young people have in accessing the real estate market, which forces them to postpone the purchase of their first home more and more. “We want to reach people who have a life project ahead, who have not had time to generate savings,” Illa stated.
Almost all autonomous communities under the common regime are halting the tax cuts they approved in previous years. The years are coming to an end when the prevailing trend was to approve reductions in transferred taxes, such as in the IRPF, inheritance and donations, or wealth tax. The current trend is quite the opposite, warns the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (Airef) in its latest report. The only exception is Madrid, which continues to increase its tax reductions.