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Sanit-Gobain staff committee call indefinite strike against glass division closure
Workers protest will see the N-340 highway cut as they hope to avoid over 120 job losses
Business
Union weighs in on Glovo row following death of unregistered rider
Business
UPS to set up Southern Europe operation center in Barcelona and create 400 jobs
Shipping multinational DHS will also invest €7.5 million in new facility near the Catalan capital
Business
Gas Natural firm changes name to Naturgy
Business
Abertis to invest in Argentina €223 million
Argentinian government guarantees the leading Catalan road management multinational a license extension until 2030
Business
Alibaba may install its Southern Europe hub in Catalonia
Business
Gas Natural Fenosa invests €85 million in its first power generation project in Brazil
Business
Some 2,500 employees of Chinese company Tiens visit Barcelona to solidify business with the region
Business
EC investigating possible illegal state aid to mining company Iberpotash
Culture
The David Campos Ballet says farewell due to the economic crisis after a 25 year-trajectory
The David Campos Ballet company, famous for combining classical ballet with contemporary dance, is the latest victim of the crisis that is asphyxiating cultural projects and, in particular, those related to classical dance. On Sunday, the company created and directed by David Campos performed its last show on stage, after 25 years of work at an international level, a representation of ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ in Terrassa, Greater Barcelona. The ballet director lamented that dance is “the last echelon of culture” in this country, despite it being “an active genre” that fills up theatres with rejuvenated audiences.
Business
Japanese Omron establishes new centre of industrial automation in Barcelona
The Asian multinational company sets up its fourth centre of industrial automation in the Catalan capital, where it has invested up to one million euros. This has created 20 highly-qualified new jobs. The Catalan minister for Business and Jobs, Francesc Xavier Mena, unveiled the centre in an event on Friday. “We have succeeded in attracting Omron to Catalonia”, he said.
Business
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.