The measure seeks to address the growing national housing crisis, which is particularly acute in touristic cities such as Barcelona.
The plan reflects a global trend of cities beginning to combat the effects of mass tourism on local life.
The decision grants the Catalan city’s authorities the power to regulate tourist flats in their municipalities.
Barcelona has not granted new licences since 2014, when it froze supply at 9,600 units, although some subsequent cases are pending court decisions.
Jaume Collboni, the city’s mayor, described the measures as “a turning point” in tackling the problem of access to housing, especially for young people.
Meanwhile the deputy mayor, Laia Bonet, stated that the five-year period before the licences expire will act as a form of compensation for landlords.
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“Far-right ties” as in the man is an actual fucking neo-nazi who was also a member of a fucking neo-nazi organization, and who committed actual fucking neo-nazi attacks 10 years prior.
He should be deported to Pluto in cardboard box. I find it to be a gross failure of our justice system that he’s alive.
12-year-old Finnish victim with a foreign background sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries
and:
stabbed the 12-year-old victim from behind several times. After that he tried to go after a minor who was in the company of the other victim of stabbing
Far-right ties, violence, cowardice and racism go together really well.
I’m truly sorry for the child and their friend - and their respective families. I hope they recover from this - and that the fascist terrorist gets what he deserves.
If China wants to be taken seriously on the world stage, they need to start participating in these kinds of missions. Real world powers do things that benefit the world, not just themselves.
In theory I can understand the idea that increasing shipping and insurance costs will put pressure on international support for Israel but it’s pretty clear at this point they’re wrong.
Especially if they’re also attacking American and British ships. No way are the U.S. and the U.K. going to change their allegiances over people trying to sink their ships if they’re near Yemen.
I think it is a bit early for that assessment. In the same wake you could argue that sanctions on Russia are useless, because Russia is still fighting in Ukraine.
The UK and the US struck 13 Houthi targets in several locations in Yemen on Thursday in response to a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, three US officials said.
Also struck were eight uncrewed aerial vehicles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen that were determined to present a threat to coalition forces.
The Houthis released footage they said showed the aircraft being targeted with a surface-to-air missile in a desert region of Yemen’s central Marib province.
Also earlier this week, missile attacks twice damaged a Marshall Islands-flagged, Greek-owned ship in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen.
The US also has been carrying out almost daily strikes to take out Houthi targets, including incoming missiles and drones aimed at ships, as well as weapons that were prepared to launch.
In recent months, the Houthis have stepped up attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, demanding that Israel end the war in Gaza, which has killed more than 36,000 Palestinians.
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According to the German newspaper TAZ, judges in the Thuringia district of Gera share close ties with AfD politicians, both locally and nationally, quoting statistics of judges deciding in favour of asylum seekers in single-digit percentages. The judges have denied having any right-wing-leaning biases.
It is, alas, basically impossible to nail judges for perversion of justice based on statistics because you have to prove at least reckless intent. Add to that judicial independence and the possibility to do anything are very limited, I think at most stuff like re-distributing judges among districts to even out statistics would be constitutionally viable. Giving a general directive to state attorneys to appeal sentences which seem too harsh or lenient is also an idea, and push come to shove those appeals could be done by a special task force.
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