The CGT trade union on Friday rejected a wage increase offer for employees of the energy giant TotalEnergies SE amid three weeks of strike action that has sparked fuel shortages across the country, says Euronews. CGT says it’s holding out for a 10% increase…

The government of Spain has announced plans to keep Renfe short- and medium-distance train tickets fully subsidized for all of 2023, extending the measure already in place from September to December of this year. The measure, aimed at tackling inflation while…

As the energy crisis deepens in Europe, France is reportedly willing to reconsider its opposition to the proposed MidCat natural gas pipeline across the southern Pyrenees mountain range. According to Tiago Antunes, Portugal’s secretary of state for EU Affairs…

Catalan News Paris Fashion Week (France) saw one of the most impressive moments in its recent history when model Bella Hadid was dressed onsite during Coperni’s SS23 catwalk using spray-paint technology created by the scientist Manel Torres (Catalonia, Spain).…

Costa Brava‘s (Catalonia, Spain, Mediterranean Sea) octopus likely displaced by climate change, study reveals. Biologists from the Alive Foundation and local fishermen found no adult Octopus vulgaris, or common octopus, in the gulfs of Roses and Pals over…

Andalusia has scrapped a “wealth tax” imposed on second homeowners in Spain. This reduces the amount of tax paid by expats on their properties. The new policy is likely to make Andalusia attractive to foreigners wanting a second home in Spain. Among Spain’s…

Ski resorts across Europe are gearing up for their biggest winter season since COVID struck, but soaring energy prices may throw another spanner in the works. Electricity is key to keep resorts ticking, from lighting up chalets to running ski lifts like clockwork.…

Foreign investment across Spain over the first semester of 2022 grew 87.7%, receiving €15,660.3bn this year, up from last year’s €8,344.8bn over the same period. Year-on-year second-quarter growth, on the other hand, was up 70.4% in Spain as foreign investment…

Airbus (Toulouse, Occitania, France) and Exotrail inked an agreement for integration of Spaceware™ – mini thruster, Exotrail’s new 300W to 600W class electric propulsion system, as part of Airbus’ Earth Observation satellite platform portfolio. Exotrail,…

Spain‘s new law will allow visitors to live and work there for up to 3 years. With the rise of remote working, the country is planning to introduce a digital nomad visa that will allow you to stay and work for a maximum of 12 months. This could then be extended…

The governments of Spain and Catalonia support the MidCat pipeline project despite French president Emmanuel Macron’s opposing the infrastructure on Monday. In fact, the pipeline could unite Africa to Europe via Catalonia. Catalan and Spanish politicians…

Barcelona (Spain, Catalonia) weather station recorded average summer temperature 4.4°C higher than mid-20th century mean During the current spell of drought that Catalonia is undergoing, the famous sunken church at the bottom of the Sau reservoir has become…

  This Wednesday the Minister of Finance and Spokesman of Andorra (Pyrenees), Eric Jover, has presented a new issue of commemorative and collector coins: one of them is dedicated to the ten years since the entry into force of the Monetary Agreement between…

Barcelona (Spain, Catalonia) Gallery Weekend opens its doors, for its eighth edition, from September 15 to 18. Among the exhibits to see during the four days, there is one dedicated to Salvador Dalí with around 30 drawings linking the artist to the seaside…

From a circular economy approach, a nasal plug to treat nosebleeds and which displays qualities that surpass those of the best plugs currently available on the market has been developed by the UPV/EHU’s NanoBioCel and BIOMAT groups (University of the Basque…

The president of France, Emmanuel Macron, has called the MidCat gas pipeline project that could unite Africa to Europe via Catalonia “nonsense.” In a press conference on energy measures on Monday afternoon, the leader said there is “no evidence” of a need…

The Minister of Economy and Business of Andorra, Jordi Gallardo, and the Secretary of State for Economy of Andorra, Eric Bartolome, presented this Thursday a bill on measures for the self-employed. The modification consists in equating some of the rights…

Across Spain, the number of jobless workers in the country is 2,924,240. The unemployment increased by 40,428 people compared with July, 1.4% more. Unemployment rose in Catalonia in August for the second month in a row, with 9,554 new jobseekers, 2.8% more…