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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10668
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) spain

Social subsidies slashed in Catalonia

Brussels, 01/08/2012 (Agence Europe) - The Catalonia region of Spain is facing cash-flow problems. The government of the autonomous region announced on Monday 30 July 2012 that it will not be paying the usual subsidies in July to hospitals, old people's homes and similar organisations. The news comes a week after Catalonia announced that it is looking into requesting a bailout (see EUROPE 10662).

Hospitals, school, old people's homes and children's centres are unhappy about having to do...