A study from Barcelona?s Chamber of Commerce has detected 11,000 companies that could export their products and services but have not done so yet. In addition, 8,000 companies already do it but are not in a consolidated position.
The Catalan GDP is expected to fall 0.3% in 2010 but grow 0.9% in 2011, according to a study from the savings bank Caixa de Catalunya, Tarragona i Manresa. Exportation, especially in the industry sector, will be the key factor behind the recovery.
Independent and avant-garde fashion designs are currently being showcased at the 6th edition of Barcelona?s 080 Fashion Fair. 2010?s fair brings 10% more exhibitors than last year.
The wine cellar ?Mas Blanch i Jové? is obtaining worldwide recognition for both its quality products and innovative projects. The cellar has recently begun a project entitled ?The Vineyard of Artists,? for artists to pay homage to the world of wine.
Newspapers such as ?The Financial Times?, the ?Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung? and ?Le Monde?, online portals such as ?The New York Times?, ?The Washington Post? and the ?BBC World?, and TV News such as ?Euronews? and ?France 24? have all covered it
The Catalan Government will invest 19 million and the Spanish Government 21 million in the renovation works of 10 cities in Catalonia.
It is the 6th month in a row that the sales of houses and flats have grown in Catalonia. 30% more flats have been sold in relation to last year, confirming the recovery of the market.
The meeting will be held next week. Both politicians will discuss the recent sentence of the Spanish Constitutional Court, which has trimmed the Catalan Statute of Autonomy. Saturday?s demonstration will be on the table.
A university study from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona concludes that the intensity of hurricanes will never be possible to predict with an accuracy of 100%. The study has been published in the prestigious journal ?Nature Physics?.
The plan started 2 years ago to foster quality employment. More than 160,000 people have benefited from the programme, although only 10,000 found a quality job.
More than a million people have protested against the Spanish Constitutional Court¡s decision to trim Catalonia?s Autonomy. Today's demonstration is the largest in the history for greater self-government and against Spanish centralism.
The details of the sentence on the Catalan Statute of Autonomy have finally been released today through an 881-page document. On Monday the 28th of June, the Constitutional Court decided to trim the ?Catalan Constitution?, which is currently enforced
The Catalan fashion designer has participated in ?Berlin Fashion Week?. Custo Dalmau has showcased his 2011 Spring-Summer collection of his brand Custo Barcelona. He states that having used the city?s name has helped him considerably.
With a helicopter, ENDESA is checking the entire Girona province?s medium tension electric network and has found 50 weak points so far. This operation is being pursued to prevent damage from past collapses of the electrical network, especially in the Cost
The number of companies with losses in the Spanish state grew during the second year of the recession, according to the Spanish Business and Treasury Association (Asset).