30 Barcelona bars and restaurants fined
December 14, 2006
46% of the premises over 100 square meters are prohibiting smoking. The rest, well the rest are in the grey zone since the 1st of September when the New anti-smoking law came into effect. Read more
Tourism in Spain 2006
October 15, 2006
33,3 million tourists came to Spain between January and July. Catalonia wellcomes almost 9 million visitors. The number of tourists that visited Spain throughout the first seven months of 2006 rose by 5.3% compared to the same period last year, with a total of 33.3 million visitors. Just in July Spain had 7,7 million tourists, which represent an increase of 3% compared with the same month last year, according to the data given by the Survey of Tourist Movements in Border, Frontur. Read more
Barcelona, best place to live in Europe
October 15, 2006
On four consecutive years European senior executives have pointed at Barcelona as top European city for quality of life. At the same time, the Catalan capital rises up in the ranking to break into the top five and is now on the 4th place to locate a business. Read more
The mother who swopped her children for a place in the sun
October 9, 2006
Murilyn Hutchinson treasures her snapshots from this year’s summer holiday in Spain. They show her laughing on the beach with her children Chloe and Jay, splashing in the surf and tucking into paella at local restaurants. Read more
Spain Finance & Business Review
October 9, 2006
The European Central Bank increased interest rates by a quarter point yesterday as expected, making it the fifth increase in under a year. Base rate now stands at 3.25%, and yet another increase is expected in forthcoming months. The current rate is the highest it has been for the past three and a half years. Read more
