28% of businesses in the state register losses in 2009
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).
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Passengers at Barcelona airport grow while secondary airports in Reus and Girona suffer
The number of travellers at the Barcelona airport grew by 2.2% during the first semester of 2010, registering more than 13 million passengers despite the volcanic ash crisis.
The 1st research centre on food technology in Africa created with the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona's collaboration
The UAB and Angola?s Universidade José Eduardo dos Santos have reached an agreement to build the first research and technological centre of the African continent focused on the agri-food sector, which aims to foster the Angolan and Sub-Saharan industry.
The Academy of Catalan Cinema pays homage to prized films
The 2nd summer festival for Catalan cinema has just wrapped. The festival is organised by the Academy of Catalan Cinema with the aim of paying homage to the Catalan films that have won awards in international film festivals.
Barça supports demonstration against the Constitutional Court?s ruling that cuts the Catalan Statute
FC Barcelona?s president, Sandro Rossell, met with organisation leaders of the July 10th protest with the motto ?We are a nation. We decide?.
Catalan groups cover the Beatles in a special tribute to the Liverpool band
Twenty musicians sing Catalan versions of some of the most famous Beatles? songs in the compilation album 'Sumbarí Pop'. The album is an initiative of the music journal 'Enderrock'.
New parking gadget to find available spaces in the works
A group of investigators at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have created a device that sends information about the nearest available parking space through the Internet.
Catalonia limits time to create business enterprising to 48 hours
The bureaucracy that comes with starting a company in Catalonia has been reduced from almost a month to just two days, according to the Minister for Innovation, Universities and Business.
The construction sector in Catalonia is still on the edge despite an expected timid recovery in Europe
The lack of public construction contracts will affect the building sector and make for an unlikely recovery in the industry, according to the Institute for Construction Technologies of Catalonia.
A group at the University of Girona wins the European competition of robotic submarines
A student group at the University of Girona has placed first in a European wide competition of robotic submarines. The robotic submarine they built has various capacities, including being able to pass through doors and follow walls.
Caixa Catalunya leads three-way merger of Catalan savings banks
Three Catalan saving banks have merged into a single lender that will close up to 395 branches around Spain. The result of the merger is still without a name.
Catalonia a leader in Research and Development programmes
Six out of every ten European scholarships for R+D programmes assigned to the Spanish state are allocated in Catalonia, who leads investigation in the field.
Gas connection decision between Catalonia and France to be made this year
Catalonia is the territory with the largest consumption of gas within the Spanish state, with 19% of the total
Catalonia could better fight corruption with a Freedom of Information Act
Access to public institution information could help citizens and journalists in Catalonia to prevent political corruption and false accounting in public finances in a similar fashion as in the UK.
The secrets behind the Catalan contribution to the Shanghai Expo 2010 presented in Barcelona
An exhibition in Barcelona shows through a series of photographs the building designed by Catalan-based architect Benedetta Tagliabue to represent the Spanish state in Shanghai.