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Algeria authorises maritime transport of passengers with France and Spain

Algeria authorises maritime transport of passengers with France and Spain
10/14/2021 - Gérard Tur | Transport
ALGERIA/FRANCE/SPAIN. Tuesday October 12, the Algerian Ministry of Transport announces the resumption of the maritime connections operated by the ENTMV between Algeria, France and Spain.
Algeria, Covid, ENTMV, France, national maritime passenger transport company, Spain

Akram Belkaïd: "Distrust of the Algerian regime has not disappeared

Akram Belkaïd: "Distrust of the Algerian regime has not disappeared
10/12/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
ALGERIA. On the sidelines of his virtual intervention at the Entretiens d'Euromed-IHEDN, Thursday 7 October 2021, Le Monde diplomatique journalist Akram Belkaïd deciphers for econostrum.info the current situation in Algeria and gives some perspectives.
Akram Belkaïd, Algeria, Algerian politics, Bouteflika, France, hirak, Israel, Kabylia, Libya, Mali, Mediterranean, Morocco, Niger, Spain, United States

The European Commission wants to spend €1.2 million on former Basque metal workers

The European Commission wants to spend €1.2 million on former Basque metal workers
10/07/2021 - Eric Apim | Industry
SPAIN. Employees made redundant in the metal sector should receive aid from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to find a new job or retrain.
Attica, Centro, Covid-19, economic crisis, EGF, European Commission, European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for redundant workers, Greece, Lanbide, Lisboa, Lisbon, metallurgy, Nicolas Schmit, Norte, Portugal, Spain

Promises, but still no horizon for EU integration of the Western Balkans

Promises, but still no horizon for EU integration of the Western Balkans
10/07/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
WESTERN BALKANS. Financial aid, promises, declarations of love, but still no progress in the accession process of the six Western Balkan countries at the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Brdo.
Albania, Aleksandar Vucic, Athens, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brdo, Brussels, Bulgaria, Covid-19, Croatia, Denmark, Economic and Investment Plan, Economic Forum on Regional Cooperation, Edi Rama, enlargement, enlargement of the European Union, EU, EU Council, European aids, European Commission, European Union, France, Greece, IEP, integration, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Open Balkans, Serbia, Skopje, Slovenia, Sofia, Spain, Turkey, Ursula Von der Leyen, Western Balkans, Western Balkans European Summit, Zagreb

ArcelorMittal obtains €280 million from the EIB to finance its research in Europe

ArcelorMittal obtains €280 million from the EIB to finance its research in Europe
09/28/2021 - Eric Apim | Industry
EUROPEAN UNION. On Monday 27 September 2021, the European Investment Bank (EIB) granted ArcelorMittal a €280 million loan. This envelope will be used "for research and innovation in support of the steel group's decarbonization objectives", as stated in a statement by the institution. "It will help...
ArcelorMittal, Belgium, climate, EIB, EIF, European Commission, European Fund for Strategic Investments, European Investment Bank, European Union, France, greenhouse gas emissions, Greg Ludkovsky, Horizon 2020, industry, InnovFin, Investment Plan for Europe, investments, Luxembourg, R&D, Research and Development, RNE 300, Spain, steel industry

Serma Energy sets up in Spain and will open a test center in Valladolid

Serma Energy sets up in Spain and will open a test center in Valladolid
09/28/2021 - Eric Apim | Services
SPAIN / FRANCE. The French group Serma, specialized in expertise, consulting and testing for electronic technologies, embedded systems and information systems, announces the creation of a subsidiary in Spain, Serma Energy Iberica.
automobile, Belgium, El Gazala Ariana, France, Germany, hybrids, New Aquitaine, Occitania, Pessac, Renault, Rhône-Alpes, Serma, Serma Energy, Serma Energy Iberica, Spain, test centers, Tunis, Tunisia, Valladolid

Algeria closes its airspace to all Moroccan planes

Algeria closes its airspace to all Moroccan planes
09/23/2021 - Eric Apim | Transport
ALGERIA / MOROCCO. The situation is getting tougher between Algeria and Morocco with the closure of Algerian airspace to all Moroccan planes.
Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Algeria, Algerian High Security Council, Covid-19, diplomatic relations between Algeria and Morocco, France, HCS, Morocco, Polisario Front, SADR, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Spain, State, Western Sahara

Blanca Moreno-Dodson: "The move from the World Bank to the UN is a natural evolution for the CMI"

Blanca Moreno-Dodson: "The move from the World Bank to the UN is a natural evolution for the CMI"
09/22/2021 - Interview by Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. The director of the Centre for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), Blanca Moreno-Dodson, tells econostrum.info exclusively about her transition from the World Bank to the United Nations and her new mandate: the implementation of the MDG 17 on partnerships in the Mediterranean. The CMI remains and will remain based in Marseille.
Barcelona, Blanca Moreno-Dodson, Centre for Mediterranean Integration, civil society, climate change, CMI, Emmanuel Macron, Energy and Climate Change Forum, European Investment Bank, Italy, Jean-Yves Le Drian, Madrid, Marseille, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean of the Future, Mediterranean Week, Morocco, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, SDG 17, SDGs, Spain, Sustainable Development Goal, Tour La Marseillaise, Tunisia, Two Shores Dialogue, UN, UN Habitat, Union for the Mediterranean, United Kingdom, United Nations, United Nations Office for Project Services, UNOPS, Villa Walmer, Ville de Marseille, World Bank

Minimum wage boost in France and Spain

Minimum wage boost in France and Spain
09/21/2021 - Gérard Tur | Society / Institutions
FRANCE/SPAIN. France and Spain give a boost to the minimum wage. In gross monthly terms, it will rise to €1,589 in France (1 October) and to €1,125 in Spain (retroactive to 1 September).
Croatia, France, Greece, Israel, minimum wage, Portugal, Spain, Turkey

Forest fires reduce to ashes the incandescent relations between Algeria and Morocco

Forest fires reduce to ashes the incandescent relations between Algeria and Morocco
08/26/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
ALGERIA / MOROCCO. If the relations between Algiers and Rabat were never with the beautiful fixed since the independence of the Cherifian Kingdom, the storm, which smouldered since the beginning of the summer, fuelled by several thunderclaps, ended up causing a diplomatic power cut.
Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Algeria, Donald Trump, Greater Arab Maghreb, Kamal Beljoud, Mohammed VI, Morocco, Omar Hilale, Ramtane Lamamra, relations between Algeria and Morocco, Spain, UN, United States, Western Sahara

Catalan pro-independence activists pardoned by the central government, but not amnestied

Catalan pro-independence activists pardoned by the central government, but not amnestied
06/22/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
SPAIN. The President of the Spanish government has decided to pardon the nine Catalan pro-independence activists in prison since October 2019 for attempted sedition. A first step towards reconciliation.
Barcelona, Basque Country, BGN, Carles Puigdemont, Carme Forcadell, Catalonia, Dolors Bassa, EH Bildu, Fernando López Miras, Galicia, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Joaquin Forn, Jordi Cuixart, Jordi Sánchez, Jordi Turull, Josep Rull, justice, Maddalen Iriarte, Moncloa, Néstor Rego, Oriol Junqueras, Pedro Sánchez, Pere Aragonès, PSOE, Raül Romeva, self-determination of Catalonia, Spain, Òmnium Cultural

Digitalisation of Mediterranean business services boosted by pandemic

Digitalisation of Mediterranean business services boosted by pandemic
06/22/2021 | Talent for a new economy
Digitalisation was already underway in Mediterranean organisations providing services to business. The Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns have reinforced the argument of its urgent necessity. Version française
Amec, Anima, Anima investment Network, Beligh Ben Soltane, business services, digital, Ebsomed, Emmanuel Noutary, France, health crise, Mediterranean, pandemic, Sme, Sonia Fernandez, Spain, TUA, Tunisia, Tunisian investment authority, webinar

EIB and Santander join forces to provide €2bn to companies affected by the crisis

EIB and Santander join forces to provide €2bn to companies affected by the crisis
06/22/2021 - Eric Apim | Services
EU. As part of the European Guarantee Fund, the European Investment Bank and the Spanish bank Santander sign two agreements to open credit lines reserved for the early payment of suppliers.
Austria, Banco Santander, bank, EGF, European Guarantee Fund, European Investment Bank, finance, France, Germany, Italy, José M.Linares, Ricardo Mourinho Félix, SME, Spain

European Commission approves recovery plans for Portugal, Spain and Greece

European Commission approves recovery plans for Portugal, Spain and Greece
06/17/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
EU. Measures against climate change are at the heart of the three recovery and resilience plans for Portugal, Spain and Greece, validated by the European Commission.
climate transition, Covid-19, digital transition, European Commission, FRR, Greece, NextGenerationEU, Paolo Gentiloni, Portugal, Recovery and Resilience Facility, recovery and resilience plans, Spain, Ursula von der Leyen, Valdis Dombrovskis

"Morocco no longer accepts the Spanish position on Western Sahara”

"Morocco no longer accepts the Spanish position on Western Sahara”
06/15/2021 - Interview by Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
SPAIN/MOROCCO. Head of the Geopolitics and Global Security Department at CIDOB, Spain's oldest international relations centre, Eduard Soler is its Mena referent. In an exclusive interview granted to econostrum.info on the occasion of his speech to the members of the Euromed-IHEDN association, he examines the love/hate relationship between Spain and Morocco.
Africa, Algeria, Algiers, Barcelona, Ceuta, China, Cidob, diplomacy of the Kings, Eduard Soler, Euromed-IHEDN, Europe, European Union (EU), France, Islet Leïla, Islet Persil, Madrid, Mediterranean, Melilla, MENA, Morocco, Polisario, Rabat, Russia, Spain, Spain's Mediterranean policy, United States, Western Sahara

Morocco is gradually reopening its air borders

Morocco is gradually reopening its air borders
06/07/2021 - Eric Apim | Services
MOROCCO. The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the "progressive" reopening of air borders to and from Morocco as of Tuesday 15 June 2021 and only for certain countries.
aeroplane, Covid-19, France, Moroccans living abroad, Morocco, MRE, reopening of Moroccan air borders, Sete Genoa, Spain, tourism, WHO, World Health Organisation

European Council endorses the use of a common debt issue

European Council endorses the use of a common debt issue
06/01/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
E.U.. The European Commission will be able to launch the process of issuing a common debt on the own resources of the twenty-seven Member States. A first.
António Costa, Covid-19, European Commission, European Council, European Union (EU), France, Italy, Next Generation EU, NextGenerationEU, pandemic, Portugal, Spain

Spain invests €1.55bn to convert to green hydrogen

Spain invests €1.55bn to convert to green hydrogen
05/25/2021 - Eric Apim | Environment
SPAIN. Spain is to invest €1.55 billion to support the production of green hydrogen and make the country the main European industrial hub for the sector thanks to public-private partnerships.
Castilla y León, Covid-19, Cummins, energy, energy transition, European Green Deal, green economy, hydrogen, Iberdrola, Ignacio Galán, NextGenerationEU, Pedro Sánchez, public-private partnership, renewable energy, renewable energy Spain, Spain, Tom Linebarger

The Ouigo Madrid Barcelona high-speed line kicks off the battle for rail in Spain

The Ouigo Madrid Barcelona high-speed line kicks off the battle for rail in Spain
05/07/2021 - Eric Apim | Transport
SPAIN / FRANCE. The Spanish railway operator Renfe is losing its monopoly with the launch of the high-speed line between Madrid and Barcelona marketed by Ouigo Spain, a subsidiary of Sncf Voyageurs.
Air Nostrum, Andalusia, Barcelona, European Union (EU), France, Germany, Grand Est, Hauts de France, Ilsa, Italy, Lyon, Madrid, Marseille, Montpellier, Ouigo, Ouigo Spain, Paris, rail transport, Renfe, Saragossa, Sncf, Sncf Voyageurs, Spain, Tarragona, Trenitalia, Valencia

Portugal, first Member State to present its recovery plan to the European Commission

Portugal, first Member State to present its recovery plan to the European Commission
04/22/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
PORTUGAL. Lisbon is the first capital of the European Union to officially present its recovery and resilience plan (RRP) to the European Commission, which must validate it.
António Costa, Brussels, Ecofin, Elysée, Emmanuel Macron, European Commission, European Recovery Plan, European Union (EU), France, FTJ, green economy, Horizon Europe, InvestEU, Italy, Lisbon, Madrid, Mariana Viera da Silva, Mario Draghi, NextGenerationEU, Paris, Pedro Sánchez, ReactEU, rescUE, resilience, RRP, Spain, Ursula von der Leyen

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