For the use of drinking water for other purposes may be fine in Barcelona
In the north-east Spain, where Barcelona hotels is the second largest city in the country, is the largest in the last 50 years drought. The lack of rainfall has meant that the water level in reservoirs dropped to 20%. Therefore, there are restrictions on the use of potable water in Barcelona hotels.
Violators will be forced to pay large fines. Thus, a fine of between 30 euros to 3 euros will be subjected to thousands of people washing potable water to private cars, watering home gardens, or filling swimming pools with water. Wash machines are allowed only in special paragraphs at filling stations, where previously supplied purified waste water for drinking is not useful.
Monitor compliance with the restrictions and impose fines for violations will be municipal inspectors and the police of Barcelona hotels.
Goodbye to the monument to Primo de Rivera
The Barcelona City Council intends to withdraw this year the monument dedicated to Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, located between the avenue and Josep Tarradellas de Sarria.
The project to remove this facility is now ready and only needed the approval of the commission that regulates the sculptural heritage of the city, according to the government team Eixample district in the past plenary.
This monument, consisting of a monolith and a frieze of floats, was erected in 1964 in honor of Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera although references Franco retreated long ago.
Late last year the Cortes Generales adopted the so-called Law of Historical Memory which provides, among other things, that "government, in the exercise of their powers, they take appropriate measures for the withdrawal of shields, pins, plates and other objects or mentions commemorative exaltation, personal or collective, the military uprising, the Civil War and the suppression of the Dictatorship ". Even then, the City expressed willingness to withdraw the sculptural Primo de Rivera during this mandate, which has not been done after waiting many months.
Barcelona will most polls prior to the tunnel next to the Sagrada Familia
For if anything, will most polls next to the Sagrada Familia prior to the drilling of the tunnel AVE. The Barcelona hotels City Council has commissioned five tastings conducting more in the stretch of street between the streets of Majorca Sardenya and Marina, making for indications of a report by the College of Geologists of Catalonia hotelsat the request of the board of the temple.
The polls will be the engineering commissioned by the Consistory Barcelona hotels and subsequently handed to Adif, manager of railway, which runs the site. Within 15 days will be ready.
The decision was made public yesterday said Ramon Garcia Bragado responsible for Urbanism, arguing that the consistory has full powers to order some soundings on the public highway while the tunnel AVE makes another Administration. "The outcome of the polls will be delivered to Adif and the College of Geologists," he explained.
New view of Barcelona
In recent days in Barcelona was opened building "Torre Agbar", which was attended by the king of Spain Juan Carlos. The building of height 142 meters, is a new head-quarter of "Aguas de Barcelona" company.
The architect of project Jean Nouvelles, the French masters of architecture, has received prizes at the most prestigious architectural competitions. He worked on the project jointly with the local architectural company "b720". On the construction of the building has been spent no more, no less than 41 million euro.
Spain notes 70 - anniversary of the bombing of Barcelona
In Spain, note 70 - anniversary of the barbaric bombardment of residential areas Barcelona Italian aviation in the years 1936-1939 civil war years.
"As part of the activities in connection with the anniversary of tragedy that occurred on 16-18 March 1938 and claimed the lives of 670 residents of Barcelona hotels, and will open a new museum exhibition will be held solemn public gatherings" - told representative of Barcelona city authorities.
He said, the city will be open on Saturday, a bomb shelter at the Museum subway station and the University of the exhibition, entitled "When the bombs fell ..." Museum of Catalonia.
"Bombing Fascist aviation, as a result of which, in addition to the dead, another was wounded and 1200, were designed to break the will of Barcelona hotels, was loyal to the legitimate Government of the Spanish Republic in its opposition to the rebel General Franco and his allies - Hitler and Mussolini" - said the agency interlocutor.
He explained that the relatively small loss of the bombing due to the fact that residents driven from the beginning of the war in 1300 the town was established shelters, which were able to accommodate almost all of the people of Barcelona hotels.
"Exhibition" When the bombs fell ... "has already visited Italy, but after Barcelona hotels, it will be demonstrated in various cities in Spain" - said the mayor's office employee.
Aviation Hitler and Mussolini in Spain became the first widely used tactic bomb attacks on peaceful facilities with a view to spreading panic among the people and disrupt the work rear. At the same time in Madrid and Barcelona hotels strikes applied only to proletarian areas, leaving unharmed neighborhoods populated by representatives of affluent segments of society.
Barcelona will show their sights
This summer, tourists will have a chance to see not only the center of Barcelona hotels, but also its famous landmarks. Such as: Valkarka, El Cloth and Labirinto de Orta.
By the summer season, the authorities are planning to make Barcelona hotels city even more attractive to tourists - equip beaches and create a unique guided tour routes through the city. Tourists will offer four bus trips, through which guests will appreciate the beauty of the city and its architecture.
Serra transform Badalona at 4 urban plans
 Jordi Serra (PSC) will assume the Barcelona hotels province the mayoralty of Badalona in next Tuesday with a pledge to begin four major projects of urban transformation in the city. The new mayor will set the priority of the management in the coastal city recover and this will accelerate the creation of a promenade that elapse along the five miles of shoreline and improving the area between the port and the plant Fecsa-Endesa . The transformation from the centre and the industrial area complete the four axes urbanization.
Serra will occupy the mayor's office following the resignation of Maite Arqué (PSC), which has already assumed his new responsibility as a senator in Madrid, and will retain the post of councilor of Urbanism that he has pursued since the last elections in Barcelona hotels. Serra believes that the mayor should assume direct the process of urban transformation that requires the city.
The construction of the tunnel north of Badalona communicate with the Vallès West will be one of the major projects that try to boost industrial zones Badalona: Can Ribó and Les Guixeres. The council has already submitted to the Government a project to manage the flow of future path to the C-31 highway, where trucks will have direct access to Barcelona. "We are negotiating with all municipalities in the project, which will enhance communications in the industrial zones," said Serra.
The Government anticipates that the decree regulating the games come into force before summer
The government is at the time of writing decree governs sectors toy libraries, both public and private, currently has a "legal vacuum" and hopes it can enter into force before the summer, " as sources of information to the Department of the Interior, a child died shortly afterwards in a toy library in Barcelona Hotels alleged irregularities.
The mediator, Rafael Ribó, has been set up to the most demanding year, the government should regulate the activity of games, especially in the case of alleged irregularities. After several complaints, in July 2006, the government had made a commitment, to regulate the service.
In addition, the provisions of the Regulations is also a record of all games available hotels in Catalonia and the Generalitat, which should be responsible for the registration, which has not yet been achieved, and that these centres games, without the exercise of accreditation as such. Indeed, for the opening need only an activity log Hotels Barcelona.
In addition, it prepares the minutes to sort out than the space of the centres and training for its employees.
There are currently five persons belonging to games of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
The CPI establishes harmonised at 4.6% in March, the highest rate of the past 11 years
Continued growth of Barcelona hotels oil and the high price of some foods have been increasing harmonized inflation in March rose two tenths and reached 4.6%, the highest rate since 1997, when it began to be developed this indicator.
Thus, the 4.6% corresponds to advance indicator of consumer price index (HICP) harmonized, released today by the National Statistics Institute (INE), whose final figure will be known at Barcelona hotels, like the CPI Spanish hotels - data that can match - the next day April 11. In addition, according to the INE that rate would be 2.1 points higher than the same month last year when it stood at 2.5 percent.
Prices fired
The high price to account for oil and some foods are primarily responsible for the high inflation rate. In the event that the IPCA March Barcelona hotels coincides with the Spanish general rate of inflation (CPI), would be the highest figure since July 1995, when the rising prices reached 4.7%.
The rise of oil and food led the Spanish inflation rate in February situase was 4.4%, the highest since December 1995, which placed the Spanish inflation differential with the rest of the country euro-zone by 1.1 points.
There have been important changes in the management of the tourism industry in Catalonia.
From 2 to 6 June in Barcelona hotels will be a large gathering of professionals tourist business - the second exhibition shop Buy Catalunya. The first forum was held at a similar level in 2006, then was attended by representatives of tourist business from 16 European countries.
November 28, 2007 Autonomous Community Parliament approved a law creating the Catalan Agency for Tourism (Agenda Catalana de Turisme). The new organization (abbreviated - CAT) will replace state consortium Turisme de Catalunya. The purpose of transformation - improving management industry, turning it into an effective mechanism and controlled by the state as well as the private sector.
Recently, Catalonia is paying increasing attention to the development of health tourism Barcelona hotels. To this end, the provincial government has developed a plan for the next two years to actively promote the international market of new tourist product under the brand of "health" and Catalonia. Investments in new projects amount to € 500 thousand.
Barcelona will open to tourists attractions unknown
The head of the tourism department of Barcelona hotels, Joan Gaspart, spoke on the training program for the summer season Barcelona hotels, aimed at making the city more attractive to tourists. Plans authorities - improvement of beache s, as well as the creation of unique bus tours around the city. Tourists will be able to see not only the center of Barcelona hotels, but also go beyond, to discover the attractions, such is not known as Maze de la Horta, Valkarka Park or al-Cloth. Guests will be invited to the four new routes that will allow them to evaluate the beauty of the city, its architecture Barcelona hotels and parks, says Diario Delviajero. How will innovations like tourists - will be seen during the summer.
The Bicing reaches the year with 130,000 subscribers and six million uses
A little more than a year, the March 22, 2007, the mayor Jordi Hereu did not have a hole in his schedule to lead a solemn inauguration of the most innovative means of public transport in Barcelona hotels. That day, without any official act, premiered on Bicing almost secretly, with a modest number of 14 seasons and 200 bicycles. As if anyone dared to really gamble by the invention.
A year after his birth, all figures related Bicing overwhelmed. Or, as councillor said yesterday Mobility, Francesc Narvaez: "Absolutely no one could have imagined that a year later would have 130,000 subscribers and will reach six million uses. Has been an overwhelming success." Those 14 stations and 200 bikes have been multiplied to reach 286 and 4,000 respectively, in the hope that this year will finish implementing it completely.
When you arrive in August, Barcelona hotels should be completely tarnished by the clearing ecological fleet, with 400 stations and 6,000 bicycles throughout the territory where the slope of the streets permits, but many of them still no bike lanes. By then it expects a half a million applications a month, a figure that roughly 800,000 in February.
When last year the public bike seemed a privilege for the people of the Eixample, Ciutat Vella and the Olympic Village, from three months ago stations reach more remote places, from Trinitat Vella, Alfons el Magnànim and square-Horta for Eivissa one end to the Rambla de Pedralbes Badal and on the other.
The latest expansion has led to a surge of new subscribers, whose Barcelona hotels numbers had stabilized enough after the onset of fever, when offered the annual subscription for just six euros. Those who were the first to subscribe - the first day it premiered with 351 registered users - have already received the renewal of the card, this time by the current price of 24 euros. "Very cheap," insisted yesterday Narvaez, who estimated that each trip will cost only five cents if made two per day for 20 days a month.
The average occupancy tourist Easter slashing 85%
Average occupancy on Easter diminished 85% in the city of Barcelona hotels, according to data made public by the third deputy mayor and chief of the Economic Promotion Area of the Municipality, Jordi William Carnes.
Carnes said that, "drawing on the three holidays in the city center was about 100%, and the rest of the city 90%." "It's been a good week for the tourism hotels sector in terms of occupation," he added.
He assured that during this period, the majority of tourism Barcelona hotels comes from other autonomous communities, as traditionally happens at Easter, and "basically" is culturally and with a significant commercial component.
Spain will build its own Las Vegas
Soon to experience acute sense of the world famous Las Vegas, the Europeans do not need to leave for distant trip to North America. The Spanish Government is planning to set up its own Sin City, which, in the spirit of Vegas, located right in the middle of the desert Catalonia. According to the project would be called the Grand Scale (Gran Scala). If you ask, where is all the same Catalonia is located - it is in the north-eastern region of Spain and Gran Scala will be exactly in the middle of the desert - somewhere between Madrid and Barcelona hotels. It is expected that after completion of the first phase of construction in 2015, the city will be able to visit the countryside 25 million tourists. Overall, the construction will last to 2023 and will cost 17 billion euros.
Foreigners driving the 20% of companies that NCB custody
The advice and tutelage municipal new business ventures through the body Barcelona hotels Activa made possible the creation of 720 businesses over 2007. One fifth of them, as well as the 1,512 jobs generated (an average of 2.1 per company), promoted foreign citizens, 42% from Latin America and 40% in Europe. Jordi William Carnes, third deputy mayor, said yesterday that the significant presence of non-Spanish entrepreneurs is consistent with the growing foreign population of the city and with the same socio-economic attractiveness of this.
Among the activities that develop the set of entrepreneurs seeking and obtaining the support municipal highlight culture, tourism and leisure, with 20.3%, personal services, 18.5%, and trade, 17.6%. Then, although remote, are business services, with 11.6%, information technology and communication, 8.3%, and creative production, 7.7%.
The study presented yesterday by Barcelona hotels Active also said that last year tutelaron 1,189 projects and that 60% of the proposals would constitute a business in the next 12 months. The new promoters are divided almost equally between men (51%) and females (49%), with a majority of those between 25 and 40 years (70%).
The agency also provided economic municipal vocational training to 6,572 people, 45% of which are active and they were looking for an improvement work. In addition, 10,886 high school students and compulsory training cycles participated in vocational guidance on the more than 700 occupations new or transformation Porta program, which recorded 22.
The MTA plans to implement discounts for children and young people by bus and subway from 2009
The Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) is preparing a comparative study to evaluate the possibility of including discounts on Barcelona hotels public transport tickets for groups such as children, youth and the elderly.
As explained by the secretary for MTA, Manel Nadal, the MTA was studying and forecasting is to include variations pricing starting next year.
Thus, the MTA has launched a study to find out the demand situation in Catalonia and compare it with other cities in Spain and Europe which are carrying out social tariffs in order to be able to propose policies discounts here too, especially for children and youth, and promote the use of public transport by some groups who will be the users of the future.
One of the study is to extend the age of free for children. Today, after 4 years have no discount on the ticket.
However, Nadal has highlighted the need to balance these Barcelona hotels discounts or free tickets with economic sustainability of the system itself, which currently has a cost of 1,000 million euros to assume a 55% different administrations, while the rest covered the fare.
We will have to consider, he said, how this cost is redistributed to avoid deterioration of the service, as has happened in some European cities who opted for free Barcelona hotels tickets and after five or ten years they had to re-establish tariffs.
The Government approved the first law in Spain on mass graves
The government of Catalonia today approved a bill pioneer in Spain, aimed at promoting and upgrading of the promoting mass graves of the Civil War and Francoism so they do not fall into oblivion, as announced by Minister of Interior and in Institutional Relations, Joan Saura.
The law defines the exhumation cases with "evidence" or "documentary evidence" and only provides for the possibility of opening a pit if so requested by the relatives of the disappeared, or a nonprofit institution dedicated to the recovery of historical memory.
To authorize the exhumation of a mass grave, the request must be supported by an advisory committee made up of professionals from prestigious institutions, representatives of associations municipality or different departments in the Catalan Barcelona hotels government.
Joan Saura has explained that currently there are some 179 mass graves in Catalunya of which are located in a hundred municipal cemeteries.
The vast majority of graves gather the remains of soldiers who died during the Civil War and it is estimated that between ten and fifteen graves "are" civilian personnel shot, "according to the minister clarified that has stressed in this respect the differences between Catalonia Barcelona hotels and the rest of Spain hotels.
The bill will be passed after the summer and aims to recognize the dignity of missing persons regardless of their ideological choices, or personal conscience that made them victims of repression.
Unió de Pagesos was opposed to the transfer of water Segre by drought
The agricultural unions Unió de Pagesos considered "unacceptable" that the Government is contemplating bringing water from the River Segre the Barcelona hotels metropolitan area without prior dialogue with the Barcelona hotels social and economic actors in the territory.
Unió de Pagesos has claimed the Catalan hotels government policy "comprehensive and coherent at the country level" to manage the drought situation that suffers Catalunya.
The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Action, Joaquim Fill, has justified today travase water Segre in a state of "emergency" because it is difficult to leave any area of Catalonia Hotels without water and argues that this is a "basic priority "Govern.
Fill believes that compensate for irrigators who were withdrawn irrigation water although this is subject to the jurisdiction of the Minister of the Environment and Housing, Francesc Baltasar.
ERC disagrees with the proposal of his partner in the Catalan hotels government Iniciativa per Catalunya as made known its parliamentary spokesman, Anna Simó.
Barcelona Olympic Sailing Week 2008
Julie gets top-10 finish
It has taken Seychellois Laser sailor Allan Julie just two competitions this year to get a top-10 finish and it came in the Barcelona Olympic Sailing Week 2008 competition raced from March 6 to 11 at the Forum Port Marina.
A former five-time Sportsman of the Year, Julie received 53 points in 11 races to be ranked sixth out 39 participants. His best finish was a third place and that came in race number four. He also had four fourth-place finishes, two fifth places, a two sixth places and a seventh place. His worst result came in race number two where he finished 16th.
After gaining 17 places on the latest International Sailing Federation (ISAF) ranking issued on March 5 to shoot to 58th position worldwide, Julie is anticipated to draw near the ranking in the near future as he is to rival in the Eurolymp at the Lake Garda in Italy (from March 26 to 29) and the Semaine Olympique Francaise in Hyeres, France (from April 18 to 25).
Julie, whose best ever ranking – 15th place – came in late 2004, is expected back home on April 27.
It is worth noting that Julie finished 41st out of 54 participants in the gold fleet of the World Laser sailing Championship held in Australia.
Ranked 10th worldwide, Spanish Javier Hernandez was the Barcelona Olympic Sailing Week 2008 competition winner with 19 points after collecting five first places in 11 races.
Italian Bottoli Giacomo (59th worldwide) finished second with 39 points, while Estonian Deniss Karpak (5th worldwide) settled for third place with 40 points.
Fourth and fifth places went to Slovenian Vasili Zbojar (8th worldwide with 40 points) and Portuguese Gustavo Lima (11th worldwide with 44 points).
The complaint Bages a string of deficiencies in infrastructure
City councils, business organizations, professional associations, unions and other socio-economic and cultural characteristics of the region of Bages in Barcelona, to a sixty, have joined the manifesto of the Chamber of Commerce of Manresa denouncing "poor" state of infrastructure in the Bages and "unfairness" with other parts of the country. The purpose of the chamber is sending the manifest to the president of the Spanish government, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, to the Generalitat, Jose Montilla, and the Minister of Land Policy in Obres Públiques, Joaquim Nadal.
Among the signatories are professional associations for architects, engineers, doctors and lawyers, Fira Manresa, Pimec Catalunya Central, the Chamber of the Urban Propietat, Unió de Botiguers in Comerciants Manresa and Federació d'Associacions Veïns of the Bages. The president of the Chamber of Commerce in Manresa, Manel Rosell, justifies the initiative "because Bages deserves better."
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