News from El Punt Avui

Costa Brava safe from new building, for now

The Urban Planning Commission of Girona announced a moratorium on construction along the 200km coastline of the Costa Brava, within 500m of the seaside, yesterday. The ruling will last a year, and be extendable...

Unjustifiable arrests spiral

greece

Tsipras calls his own motion of confidence

The Greek Parliament had to decide, last night, whether it was going to renew support for the prime minister, the left-wing leader Alexis Tsipras, in a motion of confidence he called for himself after...

united states

One third of UN staff have been sexually harassed

One in three United Nations workers have been sexually harassed over the last two years according to a report from the UN’s New York headquarters (based on a survey carried out by Deloitte). Only 30,364...

spain

Public prosecutor dismisses nose blowing case

The Madrid office of the public prosecutor has requested that the accusations against e comedian Dani Mateo be dismissed. He was accused of flag desecration and hate crimes after a Spanish police union...

society

Healthcare workers strike called for February 18-22

SPAIN

Prisoners accuse State of criminalising political dialogue

international

Gbagbo acquitted of crimes against humanity

The former president of the Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, who stood accused of crimes against humanity for the deaths of some 3,000 people in post-election protests, yesterday became the first former chief...

Barça on lookout for new striker in winter market

Barça are urgently looking for a striker to cover the gap left by Munir’s departure for in Sevilla. Ernesto Valverde insisted at the last press conference against Eibar that a new signing was a real...

business

Prices rose 1.4% in Catalonia during 2018

The consumer price index (CPI) closed 2018 with an increase of 1.4% in Catalonia, according to data published by the Spanish Institute of Statistics (INE) yesterday. In Spain, the figure was 1.2% year-on-year,...