Housing: the Catalunya laboratory

Housing: the Catalunya laboratory

In the last decade, Catalonia has become one of the main laboratories for housing regulation in Spain. The puzzle of the housing emergency has left behind a trail of measures promoted by the administrations to protect the most vulnerable households, expand the stock of social housing, or contain rents amid the unstoppable rise in prices, while new rules have been introduced to define who is a major holder or to limit the use of seasonal contracts. The latest of these laws promoted by the Generalitat, against the “speculative purchase” of properties, did not pass the examination of the Consell de Garanties Estatutàries this summer. The Catalan government has committed to modifying the regulation, which has been strongly criticized by employers’ associations and real estate sector entities, as they consider it will worsen the supply crisis. While property owners warn that overregulation has generated even more legal uncertainty, the movement for the right to decent housing alerts to the loopholes in these regulations.

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Israel launched attacks against Iran from secret bases installed in Azerbaijan

Israel launched attacks against Iran from secret bases installed in Azerbaijan

The Israeli military deployment during the war with Iran was not limited to its own borders. According to a CNN exclusive, Tel Aviv covertly deployed troops and intelligence equipment in southern Azerbaijan. According to sources cited by the American media, the soldiers were mobilized near the Iranian border, less than 100 kilometers from the Persian city of Tabriz, which was heavily bombed during the month and a half of conflict.

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Back to work after the DANA: Néstor's second chance

Back to work after the DANA: Néstor’s second chance

The impact of the DANA of October 29 is measured not only in mud but also in unprecedented economic paralysis. According to reports from the Valencia Chamber of Commerce and the Generalitat, the disaster affected more than 54,000 companies and put the livelihood of over 190,000 workers at risk due to ERTEs, reduced working hours, and layoffs. With nearly 10,000 shops and local businesses devastated, the reconstruction of the ground zero area demands a specialized workforce that the current market cannot supply.

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The Government does not plan to transfer migrants to the Peninsula despite the unrest they cause in Ceuta

The Government does not plan to transfer migrants to the Peninsula despite the unrest they cause in Ceuta

The people of Ceuta, who, filling the void left by public administrations, have voluntarily taken charge of welcoming people who crossed irregularly into the autonomous city, have exploded. Days go by, about twenty already, but the authorities still have not provided a decent (and safe) space for thousands of immigrants who continue to be exposed to the elements, despite the Government’s promise to deploy “immediately” four centers with 1,500 beds. “If there is no solution now, the volunteers will not take care of anyone else,” warned Hafida Mustafa yesterday, a resident of the Príncipe neighborhood who has been guarding the sports court for more than a week, which became the refuge for girls and adolescents who arrived alone in the city, in a situation of enormous vulnerability to sexual violence, exploitation, or trafficking. Patience is running out on the streets, with neighbors feeling tired and insecure and immigrants living in inhumane conditions, while the new spaces have yet to be enabled. Nor do they have an opening date.

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Illa and Junqueras sign the budget agreement tomorrow at the Palau de la Generalitat

Illa and Junqueras sign the budget agreement tomorrow at the Palau de la Generalitat

El Govern and Esquerra Republicana have reached an agreement for the 2026 budgets. After two months of negotiations, socialists and republicans have reached a pact by which Catalunya will have its first accounts since 2023. To stage this understanding, the president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, and the leader of ERC, Oriol Junqueras, will sign the pact tomorrow at 8 a.m. in the Palau de la Generalitat.

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Tech stocks suffer in the stock market amid fears over AI advancement

Tech stocks suffer in the stock market amid fears over AI advancement

Calls to halt the advance of artificial intelligence from within the sector itself due to fears that AI could end humanity and OpenAI’s decision – owner of ChatGPT – to postpone its IPO are resulting in stock market declines in the sector this Monday. Technology companies in Europe, the U.S., and Asia are heading for a day of trading in the red, from SoftBank to Nvidia, including ASML, amid fears of a slowdown in business for the main players and their suppliers.

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