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Pioneering Canadian/French joint project aims to build recycling centre in Tarragona region for €250m

Chemical sector makes up 43% share of whole Spanish market

Personalized versions of “La Mona de Pasqua” can cost between 20 and 100 euros

80,000 passengers expected in coming months, in what is set to be best yet for port

The International Olympic Committee asked the Spanish government twice about the issue, and is still waiting for a response

8% increase in goods traffic, making it best figure in last ten years

More than 2 million visitors to city in 2017, 11% more than previous year

Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart were sent to prison on October 16, and various towns throughout Catalonia have held demonstrations to demand their release

Estate agency believes more consumers will opt for use of cryptocurrency in everyday transactions

Officers take the Reus local officials to police station to await Thursday morning court appearance

5 million kilos of product produced under Siurana denomination instead of a possible 6 million due to late rains

The officers living in the boat since September will be relocated to Catalan hotels

The high speed railway line that connects Girona to Barcelona registered 1.01 million travelers throughout 2016. That is the same volume of passengers that went from Catalonia’s capital city to Tarragona over the last nine years according to statistics provided by Renfe, the Spanish train operator. Barcelona is not only connected to Girona and Tarragona; Avant trains also travel to Lleida. This route has also been a great success in 2016, used by 4.03 million passengers. Altogether 10.7 million people have traveled from the four Catalan provincial capitals since 2008. 2016 was the most successful year with 2.05 million travelers.

Ferrari Land, Europe's first theme park in Europe entirely dedicated to the Ferrari, will open its doors this Friday. Located next to Port Aventura, in Vila-Seca, a town in the southern Catalan region of Tarragona, Ferrari Land represents a €100 million investment, occupies 70,000 m2, and includes 11 rides and attractions. The most popular is the ‘Red Force’, Europe’s largest and fastest roller-coaster. In fact, it is a vertical accelerator which goes from 0 to 180 km/h in five seconds, simulating the acceleration of a Formula 1 race car. More than 250 media from all over the world attended the inauguration this Thursday, including Ferrari’s founder son, Pietro Ferrari. With this new attraction, Port Aventura World, which includes Port Aventura and the adjacent Caribbean World water park, is set to boost the Vila-Seca area and turn Port Aventura World into a leading family destination.

Swedish multinational company IKEA will set up its distribution centre for online purchases in Valls, 15 kilometres north of Tarragona. The centre will not only supply the whole of the Spanish State but also Portugal and the South of France. Ikea aims to buy a 50,000 m² smallholding located next to the ‘DC 1 – Distribution centre’ which the company already has in the same industrial park. Thus, the two Ikea centres in Valls will be located in a strategic enclave, nearly at the intersection of the main highways AP7 and AP2 and equally close to Tarragona’s port. Ikea will pay 2.8 MEUR for the plot to Incasòl, the Catalan Government's subsidiary that manages public land throughout Catalonia. The new distribution centre is expected to employ more than 100 workers.