Felip Puig

04.06.2013 - 09.18 pm Registered unemployment in Catalonia dropped by 2.26% in May compared to April By the end of last month, 14,829 fewer people were registered at the Catalan Public Employment Service, which leaves the total number of registered...	30.04.2013 - 09.10 pm Seat, Nissan, Ficosa, Gestamp and Doga back up the creation of an automation cluster in Catalonia The President of the Catalan Government announced the initiative which will aim to develop an industry and knowledge cluster of the automation sector...	26.04.2013 - 05.19 pm Russian tourism could increase by 10% in the Costa Daurada thanks to a new orthodox church The Friends of Russia Foundation is planning to build an orthodox church on the Costa Daurada, the southern coast of Catalonia. The new temple would...	23.04.2013 - 06.03 pm The Catalan Government attracted 37% more foreign investment in 2012 than in the previous year 47 foreign investment industrial projects, bringing in €331.88 million, landed in Catalonia last year through ‘Invest in Catalonia’, a programme from...
19.04.2013 - 09.32 pm Barcelona to host an international United Nations congress on tourism in large cities in 2014 The announcement coincides with the kick off of Catalonia’s International Tourism Fair (SITC), which takes place in Barcelona from the 19th to the...	20.03.2013 - 03.31 pm Booking.com to open a customer support centre that will create 250 new jobs in Barcelona Booking.com is a Dutch hotel and accommodation booking company. Leader in its sector, it has decided to open in Barcelona one of its 5 customer...	04.02.2013 - 10.12 pm Nissan will assemble its new saloon car model in Barcelona After having reached an agreement on the measures to increase competitiveness with the trade unions last week, the Japanese multinational car...	29.01.2013 - 09.36 pm Nissan confirms that Barcelona is in the race to build its new sedan car again After having ruled out Barcelona because unions refused to sign Nissan’s final offer of modifying working conditions and reducing salaries in order...
28.01.2013 - 09.28 pm Trade unions make a last attempt to attract Nissan’s new car model to Barcelona by proposing their own cost reduction plan After Nissan’s announcement that Barcelona would not build its new car model, the Catalan Government and the trade unions have been trying to...	27.12.2012 - 10.04 pm A more political Catalan Government takes office with half of the ministers to continue in the same position The President of the Catalan Government has formed a new Cabinet with more political weight controlled by some of the people closest to him, such as...	08.08.2012 - 06.42 pm Catalonia on alert for high forest fire risks due to African heat wave It is expected that the heat wave will last from Thursday to Saturday and that temperatures will climb to at least 34ºC throughout Catalonia. The...	24.07.2012 - 07.03 pm Alt Empordà fires "reasonably stable" after conditions for tackling the blaze improve Catalan interior minister Felip Puig said that weather conditions have improved for dealing with the fires in the Alt Empordà region, saying this...
03.05.2012 - 07.24 pm Spain’s Director of Public Prosecutions urges not to make legal changes on urban violence in the heat of the moment The Spanish boss of public prosecutors, Eduardo Torres-Dulce, says it is crucial to analyse if current procedural tools are enough to guarantee...	23.04.2012 - 07.48 pm Schengen to be suspended for the ECB summit in Barcelona and 6,500 policemen to be deployed The Spanish Government has taken this measure for the European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council that will be held in Barcelona from May 2nd to...	11.04.2012 - 08.07 pm The police would act against Rasquera’s cannabis plantation Rasquera, with less than one-thousand residents and located in southern Catalonia, approved on April 10th planting cannabis as part of their local...	16.06.2011 - 09.48 pm The office of public prosecution to investigate violent acts against Catalan MPs The Catalan Parliament will also file a formal complaint regarding the violent protests that took place last Wednesday in Barcelona. Protesters tried...