Summary of the most important news that eitb.eus will publish today.
These are the topics that will be central main headlines from this Monday, October 21, 2024:
– EITB data: Industry: The industrial sector accounts for 23.9% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), that is to say the annual wealth generated in the Basque Autonomous Community (CAV), while in Navarre this percentage rises to 32%, according to the latest EITB industry data. . Therefore, the weight of the Basque industry within its economy is greater than that of the European industry in the total GDP of the EU (20.6%) and that of the Spanish industry in the GDP of the State (16.6%). One in five employees works in industry, while a total of 280,000 people are employed in the BAC and Navarra.
– War in Gaza: The Israeli army continues its offensive in the Gaza Strip and has killed at least 87 people in recent hours, according to the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry. These are in addition to almost 500 deaths in the north of the enclave alone in the past two weeks. The citizens’ initiative Gernika-Palestine has called for mobilizations in towns and cities of the Basque Country this Monday, under the slogan ‘Stop Genocide’.
– Deportation controversy in Italy: The Italian government is pushing ahead with its plan to transfer migrants to the two detention centers built by the transalpine country in Albania, despite the legal setback. In this context, the government of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will adopt a legal decree in the Council of Ministers this Monday to try to protect its deportation plan from Justice.
Source: EITB
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