29-Jul-21: 'Ban on evictions of vulnerable households and nightly curfew both extended'Your browser does not support the video element<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-c5667e29-7fff-3676-410f-d532d9e091e5"><span>The ban on evictions of vulnerable households, put in place at the beginning of the pandemic, will be extended until the end of October. The nightly curfew has also been extended - in this case, for another week. </span></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span>The Spanish government has again prolonged the ban on some evictions, as well as the moratorium on rent if the landlord is classified as a large property owner or a public institution. Meanwhile, the Catalan government will keep the nightly curfew on 162 towns until August 6 after getting court approval today. </span><span>Residents of Figueres and Amposta will now have to stay at home between 1 and 6 am, while the measure will no longer apply to Sitges and Igualada, among others. </span></p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-32d71971-7fff-836e-a9a8-bf1912472b9f"><span>The Catalan vice president has come under fire for attending a lunch in France with 20 others and posing in a photo with no distancing and without face masks. He defended that the conditions complied with local measures in force, but others have criticized that he acted in a way that would breach the restrictions his own government are setting.</span></span></p> <p><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-9b87f47e-7fff-af6c-783e-bea103325cc2"><span>The unemployment rate has fallen to 12%, with now nearly 480,000 people without work. Compared to twelve months ago, Catalonia has created almost 190,000 more jobs. The improvement comes in tandem with the lifting of the state of alarm and re-opening of the economy and society. </span><span>Despite this, jobless figures are still far from pre-pandemic levels. </span></span></span></p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-e40e2455-7fff-f339-4bd4-7d0c1481d8a9"><span>Pop star Shakira is one step closer to sitting in the dock for allegedly evading taxes while residing in Catalonia. A judge accuses her of defrauding more than 14 million euros through offshore funds from 2012 to 2014. </span><span>While the Colombian singer eventually paid her debt, she’s still accused of six fiscal crimes.</span></span></p> / ACNshareACNFirst published: July 29, 2021 07:06 PM