Government offices in Sydney, Tokyo and Dakar approved
Catalonia set to have 18 offices in all of the world's inhabited continents
Catalonia set to have 18 offices in all of the world's inhabited continents
Projects with a variety of organizations in Europe and US aim to spread Catalonia's day of books and roses to an international audience
Argentina, Mexico and Tunisia delegations seen by Madrid government as 'harmful' for Spain and part of 'secessionist plan'
Catalonia will open new offices in Argentina, Mexico and Tunisia
Precautionary decision comes weeks after Spain was found to be spying on delegations abroad
Confidential communications between the Catalan government and its delegations abroad intercepted, say TV3 and eldiario.es
Madrid asks Catalan high court to suspend delegations in Berlin, London, and Geneva
Catalonia will have a total of 11 delegations abroad
Price of prime real estate stood at €24 per square meter, some 9% higher than last year
The Catalan Ministry for Business and Knowledge will invest 1.2 MEUR this year to increase Catalonia’s trade and investment office network abroad. In particular, six new centres will be opened in 2017, which will be added to the 36 which are already functioning on each of the five continents. The new offices will be located in Havana, Los Angeles, Tehran, Zagreb, Amsterdam and Nairobi. Thus, Catalan business will be represented in 109 economic regions. “Now Catalonia’s presence in the business field worldwide will be comparable to and even bigger than that of other states”, explained Núria Betriu, Director of Industry of the Catalan Department for Business and Knowledge.
The Catalan Ministry for Foreign Affairs wants to open ten new offices abroad before summer 2017. The aim is to have delegations of the Catalan Government in Denmark, Poland, Switzerland, Croatia, Vatican City, Portugal, Morocco, South Korea, Mexico and Argentina. This will be added to those currently existing in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Austria and the United States. However, the deployment of the plan depends on pro-independence radical left CUP’s support for the draft budget for 2016 presented by the Catalan Government. So far, the anti-capitalists have kept their veto on the bill on account of it being “too autonomic” and “not reflecting” the pro-independence proposal approved by the Parliament on the 9th of November.