The businesswoman's foundation will donate one of Europe's most advanced research facilities to the city. The centre, which will cost 15 million euro, will provide work space for the researchers from the IDIBAPS, the research institute created jointly by Barcelona's Hospital Clinic and Spain's Higher Council for Scient...

Esther Koplowitz today completed the acquisition of Ibersuizas Holdings' stake in B-1998, which is the largest shareholder in Fomento Construcciones y Contratas (FCC); it owns 52.483%. The agreement to sell was reached on 24 December 2007.

The capital stock of B-1998 is now owned by Esther Koplowitz (83.92%), Simante, r...

The total backlog is worth 700 million euro. The Romanian Roads Authority has awarded FCC a 37-million-euro, 20-month contract to widen and resurface the Timisoara-Lugoj section of National Highway NR6.

The project calls for the resurfacing of 52.2 kilometres of highway, and widening it to 10 meters with two 3.5-metre l...