THE INFORMER NEWS BLOG

February 16, 2012

Making the news headlines in Barcelona today are the following stories:

LA VANGUARDIA (Castilian / Catalan)

Ratings agency Moody's has downgraded the status of Catalunya to just above 'junk bond' - other Spanish autonomous communities have also been revised, including Madrid and Andalucia; The autonomous communities have differences of up to €3,500 in the income tax they apply to residents; Barcelona city council gives €30 million to new mobile phone foundation, Fundació Barcelona Mobile World Capital.

EL PERIODICO (Castilian / Catalan)

Warnings issued regarding impact of planned public transport strike during this month's mobile phone congress; FC Regal Barcelona starts its campaign to win third basketball Copa del Rey in a row; Company will start selling cheap T-10 tickets once more, having made changes to its system to ensure the legality of its initiative.

EL PUNT-AVUI (Catalan)

The governing Partido Popular wants to recover project to build train tunnel through the Pyrenees, despite it being shelved by the EU in favour of Mediterranean route; Ferry runs aground between Ibiza and Formentera.

February 16, 2012

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