High taxation in Spain hinders households from investing their savings

High taxation in Spain hinders households from investing their savings

The higher taxation borne by investments in Spain compared to other comparable countries penalizes and hinders households from investing their savings. The effective rate borne on various products analyzed – stocks, deposits, funds… – rises to 22.3%, eight points higher than the 14.4% of the European Union, according to a report by the Institute of Economic Studies (IEE) and the Spanish Association of Financial Advisors and Planners (EFPA).

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Messi praises Spain and Barça before the final: “A club that I love and follow”

Messi praises Spain and Barça before the final: “A club that I love and follow”

“It is a huge team, with great players, with skill… a team that I know very well,” praised Leo Messi about his next opponent in the World Cup final this Sunday at Metlife Stadium in New York/New Jersey. The Argentine star analyzed La Roja and did not hide his excitement about facing many of those who were his teammates during his long time at FC Barcelona, a club that he “always loves and follows,” he said in statements to FIFA after being named MVP of the semifinal against England.

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Elderly people scammed by the network of lawyers and notaries will be able to recover their apartments or the value of the properties

Elderly people scammed by the network of lawyers and notaries will be able to recover their apartments or the value of the properties

The Barcelona Court orders that the 128 properties that were taken by a network of lawyers and notaries be returned to their owners or, failing that, the value of the apartment be paid to them. This is established by the ruling issued by the tenth section, which La Vanguardia has accessed and which details in 559 pages how the properties must be returned to the affected individuals.

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The UCO chiefs on Ábalos's role in the corruption plot: “He does the biggest thing”

The UCO chiefs on Ábalos’s role in the corruption plot: “He does the biggest thing”

The heads of the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard went today to ratify all the reports they have prepared regarding the corruption plot that revolved around the former Minister of Transport and PSOE Secretary General José Luis Ábalos. They did not hesitate for a minute. Although businessman Víctor de Aldama was the corruptor, the one who had the money, and the one who, therefore, gave orders, none of this could have happened without Ábalos. “Without the minister, they would not have been able to carry out any of the procedures,” explained Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Balas.

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Christopher Nolan: “It has been a long time since anyone made a film like this, traveling the world, with thousands of actors in the cast”

Christopher Nolan: “It has been a long time since anyone made a film like this, traveling the world, with thousands of actors in the cast”

A mid-July morning on the Moray coast in Scotland, near Inverness: the sky is leaden, the sea rough, and the rain falls horizontally. Christopher Nolan makes his way to the pier in search of his maritime advisor, secretly hoping that this will be the first day of the six-month shoot of The Odyssey when they say to him: “Sorry, not today, the sea is too rough.” However, the vessel they are filming on—a 35-meter wooden ship from Norway—had been built with these conditions in mind. So, although it is clear the experience will be terrible, Nolan is assured it will also be perfectly safe.

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