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The new Tresponts tunnel, on the C-14 road, was opened on last Friday. The project includes a 1.3km tunnel by the Segre River and associated connecting roads. The project cost was about 35 million euros.
Local limestone hills around Tres Ponts are a favourite venue for rock climbers.
The C-14 runs from La Seu …
MoreThe rate of change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) keeps breaking records. Last year’s heavy price drops and the current worldwide supplies crisis increased Spain’s November CPI up to 5.6% on 2020.
The figures are according to data published by the National Statistics Institute (INE).
The increase was further pushed by the rise in the price …
MoreThe protocol for access to ski resorts for the coming season, which provides in particular for the wearing of a mask and social distancing, has been validated by the government of France, Domaines skiables de France (DSF) reported on Monday.
Applicable to the 250 French ski resorts for the 2021-2022 season, this protocol makes it compulsory …
MoreThe Spanish Congress has approved the 2022 budget. If the spending bill does not undergo any changes in the upper house they will be definitively approved, but if any changes are introduced they will have to return to Congress to be ratified before 31 December.
One of the largest hurdles the Spanish government had to overcome …
MoreIntense snow in the Pyrenees during the week sees activity return after tough 2020-2021 season.
Most ski resorts in Catalonia opened this weekend, earlier than expected, benefiting from the intense snowstorm that affected the Catalan Pyrenees between Tuesday and Thursday.
Activity usually returns to the Catalan slopes coinciding with the December 6 and December 8 bank holidays, …
MoreThe Catalan Speed Skating Federation (FECAPA) and the Andorran Speed Skating Federation (FAP) have signed an agreement to jointly create a high-performance technical center. It will be designed for players in the Youth, Teens and Children categories.
The technical center will be set up at the Poliesportiu pavilions in La Seu d’Urgell and the Estadio Comunal …
MoreThe Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the UB, Ramon Alemany, and Mercedes Ayuso, professor of Statistics, have presented the Indicator of quality of dignified and sustainable life of the elderly (SDG-IVDS65+). An index that groups eleven Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in eight domains to obtain a complete view of the quality …
MoreResearchers from Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC), in collaboration with the University of Cordoba, recently published a study where they develop protocols that optimize the use of a technique capable of analysing, at the molecular level, substances present in the aroma of food, managing to differentiate samples of ham from Iberian pigs fed with …
MoreThe public transport fares in Catalonia will remain the same in 2022, as the Catalan government and Barcelona’s metropolitan area transport authority (ATM) have decided to not increase prices for a second year in a row.
The measure was announced by the Catalan vice president, Jordi Puigneró, after visiting the COP26.
“The fight against climate change needs …
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France, Sweden and Ireland have joined a Denmark and Costa Rica-led alliance of countries committed to ending future oil and gas production within their borders.
Portugal, California and New Zealand stopped shy of that pledge, but committed to “significant concrete steps” to curb oil and gas production. Italy, the European Union’s second biggest …
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