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09/01/2015
Athletic wins the Super Cup after 31 years without a title
The red-and-whites managed to clinch the Spanish Super Cup on August 17 after beating Barcelona 4-0 in the first leg at San Mamés and drawing the return leg at the Camp Nou. Consequently, the lions have won their first title for three decades.
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09/01/2015
The Biscayan company Ingeteam strengthens its global presence with the opening of two new subsidiaries in Romania and The Philippines
In Romania, the company is focusing its activity on the wind power sector, more specifically in the maintenance of wind farms, due to the enormous potential for development of this country in the renewable energy market. Romania has installed wind power of more than 3 GW in and more than 500 MW in solar power. With its introduction into the country, Ingeteam provides operational and maintenance services for nearly 400 MW, which represents 12% of the country's total installed power. For this reason, the company has decided to open a new subsidiary in the country with headquarters in Bucharest and plans to add 35 people between 2015 and 2016.
NEWS
09/01/2015
Sener gets the consultancy contract for a high speed section in California
Sener will carry out the conceptual design engineering and analysis of the alternatives to identify the optimum solution for a 72 kilometre stretch of the high-speed project between the station of Palmdale, to the north, and the station at Burbank Airport, to the south. In addition, it will prepare the documentation for the invitation to tender for design and construction contracts.
NEWS
09/01/2015
Gamesa progresses in India with a new contract for the supply of 250 MW to Orange
Gamesa confirmed its presence in India by signing a new contract 1 for the supply of 250 MW to Orange, one of the major Indian promoters and independent operators (IPP).
NEWS
12/29/2014
Confebask expects the Basque economy to grow by 1.9% in 2015, driven by industry, and to create 17,000 jobs
The Basque Employers‘ Confederation Confebask expects the Basque economy to grow by 1.9% in 2015, driven mainly by industry, where 2.5% growth is forecast. This increase in GDP will result in net job creation to the tune of 17,000 jobs, 7,000 more than those envisaged for this year. This will bring unemployment down to 13.5%, one point lower than in 2014. However, Confebask Chairman Miguel Angel Lujua admits that the quality of the jobs created will not be as high as in the years before the crisis.
NEWS
12/28/2014
Basque Country plays Catalonia in centenary match
The Basque and Catalan football teams ended the year with a match at the new San Mamés stadium in Bilbao, which opened just a year ago. This match marked the centenary of the first match between these two teams on 3 January 1915, which took place at the old San Mamés, which also stood for a century before being demolished.
NEWS
12/19/2014
UK startup Ve Interactive opens software hub in Bilbao with 60 programmers
UK startup Ve Interactive, a web conversion tool developer, has opened a software hub in Bilbao. 20 programmers are already working there, and by the end of March their number will have risen to 60. The decision to set up in the Basque Country is linked to the high cost of IT technicians in London, where the firm is based, and with the fact that its Chief Technology Officer, Raúl Martínez Valdueza, comes originally from Bilbao.
NEWS
12/19/2014
Urkullu & Rousset present the 2014-2020 strategic plan for Aquitaine and the Basque Country to “give more weight” to them in the EU
Basque Premier Iñigo Urkullu and Alain Rousset, President of the Aquitaine Regional Council, have presented the 2014-2020 Strategic Plan for the Aquitania-Basque Country Euro-region. This plan sets the main lines and priorities for cross-border co-operation for the coming years and seeks to “give more weight” to the region in the EU. The presentation took place in Hendaye, where the headquarters of the Euro-region are based, and was attended by a delegation from the Basque Government headed by the Premier and also comprising the Basque Government Minister for the Environment and Territorial Policy, Ana Oregi.
NEWS
12/18/2014
Rail link to port of Bilbao is to be star project in Spain for Juncker Plan
Improvements to the rail link to the port of Bilbao comprise the main project on the list submitted by Spain for European funding under the Juncker Plan. This plan (also known as the Juncker Fund) is an initiative put forward by the President of the European Commission to mobilise €300 billion in funding for strategic transport, energy and telecommunications projects. This does not, however, mean that the EU will be providing the entire funding directly: €16 billion will come from the EU budget and €5 billion from the European Investment Bank. These two organisations are to act as a lever for setting the scheme in motion. The rest will take the form of borrowing (up to €60 billion) and private investment (to make up the total of €300 billion).
NEWS
12/18/2014
Tubos Reunidos invests €30 million in Araba plant
Araba-based Tubos Reunidos has partnered Marubeni-Itochu Tubulars Europe (MITE), a subsidiary of the Japanese firm Marubeni-Itochu Steel, to set up a new plant in Araba. This will entail investment of €30 million, the company announced yesterday.
NEWS
12/18/2014
CAF to supply trams to Saint-Étienne
The city of Saint-Étienne, capital of France’s Loire Department has selected CAF to supply 16 trams for its tramway network. The contract is worth around €42 million, and the first units are expected to be delivered in the spring of 2016.
NEWS
12/18/2014
Good prospects for Navarre
The economy of Navarre is gradually but steadily improving. Savings bank Laboral Kutxa forecasts growth of 2.1% in the coming year, 3 tenths more than reported in September. This figure could also increase “certainly by another 3 tenths if nothing goes seriously wrong on a world scale and oil prices remain low” over a long period.
