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Carrie Underwood announces Gospel album release
When Carrie Underwood turned 38, she said she wants to give a gift to her fans, the release of a song from her upcoming album, “My Savior.”
It’s an old standard loaded with Biblical truth: “Nothing but the Blood of Jesus,” CBN News reported on March 12.
The country and western and pop star announced the release on Instagram, where she also shared some of the behind-the-scenes thinking about how to approach the old hymn.
“For as long as I can remember I have wanted to record an album of my favorite gospel hymns, and after #MyGift felt like the perfect time to make it happen. It’s called #MySavior and it will be here March 26, just in time for Easter!” says Underwood on her Facebook page.
“‘Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus’ is my birthday gift to YOU! Thanks to Bear Rinehart of NEED TO BREATHE for harmonizing with me!”
“Nothing But the Blood of Jesus” was originally composed in the mid-1870s by Robert Lowry, but Underwood shared a country twist to the classic hymn.
In a behind-the-scenes video about her rendition of the song, Underwood said the original song is “very kind of lopey,” so she wanted to “kind of mess with it … really kind of put some tempo behind it, and wanted to add these harmonies on it.”
It’s a simple rendition, like she said in her post, with an updated touch, but one that still echoes the eternal truth that’s stirred the hearts of Christians for 2,000 years, said CBN.
The country queen posted a kind of b-day haiku along with a picture of her smiling face, Billboard reported.
She tweeted, “I am not 38 years old. I am not 38 years young. I am 38 years strong. 38 years accomplished. 38 years happy! 38 years amazing!!! I am 38 years blessed…thank you, Lord, for all the trips around the sun!”
China will respond to European Union sanctions
The EU is planning punitive measures for anti-Uyghur repression in Xinjiang. In April, it will also approve sanctions against China for violating the “one country, two systems” principle in Hong Kong. The Chinese admit that US restrictions are hurting. The EU and China are also split over the South China Sea and Taiwan.
Brussels (AsiaNews) – China has warned the European Union against proposed sanctions for its human rights violations in Xinjiang.Despite the recent signing of a major bilateral investment agreement, the gap between China and Europe appear to be widening, as Europeans express concerns over the situation in Hong Kong and Chinese pressures on Taiwan and the South China Sea.
China’s ambassador to the EU Zhang Ming spoke threateningly about Xinjiang yesterday during an online debate organised by the European Policy Centre.
On 22 March, EU foreign ministers are expected to approve sanctions against four senior Chinese officials and one entity because of China’s repression against Uyghurs and other Turkic groups in Xinjiang, which the indigenous population calls East Turkestan.
According to expert data, backed by the United Nations, more than a million Muslims in the region have been arbitrarily held in concentration camps.
Recent press revelations have documented the existence of labour camps in the Chinese-held autonomous region, where hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs, Kazakhs and Kyrgyz have been forced to work, especially picking cotton.
According to some scholars, the Chinese government is also conducting a campaign of forced sterilisations to control the growth of the Uyghur population.
China has denied all accusations, claiming that the camps in Xinjiang are vocational centres set up as part of a plan to reduce poverty and fight against terrorism and separatism.
Ambassador Zhang said the deradicalisation centres for Muslims are no different from those that exist in the United States, France and Britain.
China is afraid of sanctions, an instrument often criticised. Last week, its foreign ministry admitted that US restrictions, especially the ban on cotton imports, are hurting Xinjiang’s economy. The problem with European sanctions is that they are probably too weak.
Meanwhile, many European countries are reconsidering their approach towards China. Lithuania wants, for example, to promote cooperation with Beijing on the basis of respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
Lithuanian authorities are also concerned about the future of Hong Kong. In April, the EU is set to take steps to punish Beijing’s decision to change the electoral law of the former British colony.
The move by China’s government is considered by the Union to be contrary to the principle of “one country, two systems”, which should guarantee Hong Kong some political and economic autonomy from the mainland.
NATO too has called on the EU and the US to act together to stop China’s aggressive policy around the world.
France recently sent some ships to East Asia, which will twice cross the South China Sea, 90 per cent of which is claimed by China
Germany and the United Kingdom plan to do the same this year, with the UK sending one of its two new air carriers.
In the European Parliament, several Members are also calling for support for Taiwan, seen as a virtuous example of democracy. For communist China, the island is a rebel province, to be retaken by force if necessary.
According to French media, Chinese Ambassador to France Lu Shaye last month warned Senator Alain Richard against visiting Taiwan this summer.
In a scathing letter, Lu dismisses the trip as a violation of the “one China principle” and a “wrong” signal of support for Taiwanese independence. Some members of the French Senate have promised a “clear response” to the Chinese envoy’s attacks.
Chinese diplomats have acted the same way in other cases; for example, Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřibin was attacked for twinning his city with Taipei.
Health experts give green light to Janssen COVID jab, allay clotting concerns
In a virtual press conference from Geneva, SAGE hailed the one-dose Janssen shot – produced by a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary – as a safe and lifesaving addition to the three other vaccines it has already approved for use: Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca.
The expert panel also noted that clotting episodes – also known as hypercoagulable events – were a symptom of COVID-19, amid the suspension of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine by several European countries, pending scientific review.
‘These are lifesaving products’
“The world is in a place where there is insufficient supply to meet the requirements of people who need to be vaccinated; clearly, any of these vaccines are lifesaving products”, said Dr. Kate O’Brien, Director, Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at the World Health Organization (WHO).
She insisted that the vaccines “need to be used as quickly as we can get them deployed. People can have confidence in their safety and efficacy and in the quality of the manufacture of the products.”
During trials for the Janssen vaccine involving nearly 44,000 people, 10 of the 22,000 people who received the blank dose developed a blood clot – or thrombo-embolic events – while 14 of the remaining 22,000 who were inoculated, developed a clot.
“This is about the same”, for both groups said Dr Annelies Wilder-Smith, SAGE Technical Advisor. “There’s a slight imbalance, but it’s still not statistically significant,”
No evidence clots related to vaccines
“As for the vaccine itself, we have not seen it in a trial, there’s no reason to think and no biological causability as far we understand now, that the vaccine could cause thrombo-embolic events itself. However, we have to be open for new events, and we have to take it seriously.”
Dr Wilder-Smith explained that those recruited for vaccine testing were intentionally chosen because they were people who were “at high risk” of developing blood clots.
“COVID really pre-disposes patients to a hypercoagulable state where indeed many of the deaths that we see in the severe cases are due to thrombo-embolic events”, Dr Wilder-Smith said, ahead of an expected announcement by the European Medical Agency (EMA) on the issue on Thursday.
In a statement released on Wednesday specifically adressing the AstraZenica suspension by some European nations, the agency said it was “good practice” to investigate the possible linkages, that the benefits of the vaccine “outweigh its risks” and WHO “recommends that vaccinations continue.”
Infections heading up
The development comes amid a rise in new cases of coronavirus infection worldwide, increasing by 10 per cent in the past week, to more than three million new reported cases.
WHO reported on Wednesday that after peaking in early January 2021 – when there were just under five million cases a week – new cases then declined to around 2.5 million in the week commencing 15 February 2021.
But the past three weeks have seen cases increasing again.
This week, the Americas and Europe continue to account for more than 80 per cent of new cases and new deaths, with rises in new cases in all regions – apart from Africa, where they remained the same as last week.
As of 17 March 2021, there have been 120,164,106 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 2,660,422 deaths, reported to WHO.
More than 363,000,000 vaccine doses have been administered globally.
The decision of the Court of Ghent against Jehovah’s Witnesses is dangerous for the Catholic Church
The decision of the Court of Ghent against Jehovah’s Witnesses is dangerous for the Catholic Church
Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers
Catholic priests in Belgium and all other countries are forbidden from blessing same-sex couples and are at risk of being prosecuted for discriminating against homosexuals, as a consequence of a judgment issued yesterday by the Court of Ghent against Jehovah’s Witnesses.
On 16 March, the First Instance Court of Ghent condemned the Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (CCJW) to a fine of 12,000 EUR on the ground that their teachings about the social distancing of their members from excluded members and other ex-members amount to discrimination and incitement to hatred.
The Catholic Church and the ban on the blessing of homosexual couples
In the last few days, in a message approved by Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic Church announced it cannot bless same-sex marriages regardless of how stable or positive the couples’ relationship may be. That statement came in response to recent questions whether the church should reflect the increasing social and notably legal acceptance of same-sex unions.
“Does the Church have the power to give the blessing to unions of persons of the same sex?” the question asked, to which the response was “Negative.” The Vatican added that that marriage should be limited to a union between a man and a woman, and that same-sex marriage is not part of God’s plan for family and raising children.
Explaining this decision in a lengthy note, the Holy See referred to same-sex unions as a “choice” and described them as sinful.
“The blessing of homosexual unions cannot be considered licit,” the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, wrote in the statement.
God “does not and cannot bless sin,” the statement added.
This doctrine stated and to be strictly implemented by the clergy was fixed by the Catholic Church in Rome on the basis of its interpretation of the Bible.
Catholic priests in Belgium and all other countries are therefore forbidden from blessing same-sex couples and are at risk of being prosecuted for discrimination against homosexuals and incitement to hatred.
The Jehovah’s Witnesses’ case
On 16 February, a trial started against the Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (CCJW) at the criminal court of Ghent (East Flanders) on the alleged grounds of discrimination and incitement to hatred with a particular focus on their shunning (ostracization) practice in cases of disfellowshipping (exclusion) and disassociation (voluntary resignation).
A former Jehovah’s Witness who had voluntarily left the movement in 2011, filed a criminal complaint against the CCJW in 2015, and managed to have it supported by over a dozen more former Jehovah’s Witnesses.
According to the internal religious practice of Jehovah’s Witnesses, when the elders of a local congregation exclude a member or are notified about a voluntary resignation, they make a short neutral public announcement which states: “[Name of person] is no longer one of Jehovah’s Witnesses”. The CCJW is not involved in the making of that neutral announcement but is notified about the decision.
In their conclusions provided to the Court before the trial, they said that they do not segregate excluded or resigning members as these can always attend their religious services. They also point out that baptized Jehovah’s Witnesses who no longer actively associate with fellow believers, are not shunned.
Clarifying the relations between Jehovah’s Witnesses and disfellowshipped or disassociated family members, they say: “In the immediate household, although the ‘religious ties’ the expelled or disassociated person had with his family change, … blood ties remain. The marriage relationship and normal family affections and dealings continue.” In other words, normal family affection and association continues.
In addition, the CCJW had provided the Court with nine statements of individuals who had been excluded and who had since been reinstated as Jehovah’s Witnesses. In their testimonies, they explained how they had been fairly treated by congregation elders, family, and others in the congregation when they were excluded.
The social distancing doctrine stated and practiced by Jehovah’s Witnesses in Belgium and all other countries was fixed by their Central College in the United States on the basis of their interpretation of the Bible.
The CCJW considers it is not legally responsible for the intra-familial relations between its members and former members, as it is an individual choice.
Conclusion
Are we on the way to put in the dock the Bible, the interpretation and the implementation of its doctrines fixed by the highest religious authorities and powers in the name of interpretations and implementation of human rights fixed by national judicial powers? If so, this would be a pandora box that would affect other religions and other holy scriptures.
Coronavirus passes proposed by European Union to travel freely by summer
Coronavirus passes proposed by European Union to allow its 450 million residents to travel freely across the bloc by summer
The European Commission foresees the creation of certificates aimed at facilitating travel between the 27 EU member nations. The plan is set to be discussed during a summit of EU leaders next week.
The topic of vaccine certificates has been under discussion for weeks in the EU, where it proved to be divisive. The travel industry and southern European countries with tourism-dependent economies like Greece and Spain have pushed for the quick introduction of a program that would help eliminate quarantines and testing requirements for tourists.
But several other EU members, including France, argued that it would be premature and discriminatory to introduce such passes since a large majority of EU citizens haven’t had access to vaccines so far.
To secure the participation of all member countries, the commission proposed delivering free “Digital Green Certificates” to EU residents who can prove they have been vaccinated against COVID-19, but also to those who have tested negative for the virus or can prove they recovered from it.
Towards a renewed partnership between Africa and the EU
The European Parliament believes that the challenges faced by EU and Africa should be seized as opportunities.
Africa and the EU must establish a new partnership as equals, focusing on people’s needs and adjusting to the needs of a post-Covid world.
African and European societies face common issues and shared challenges, such as the coronavirus pandemic and climate change, creating the need for closer and more equitable collaboration.
On 25 March, MEPs will vote on Parliament’s proposals for a new EU-Africa strategy laying the foundation for a partnership that reflects the interests of both sides and gives African countries the means to achieve sustainable development.
Read more on EU-Africa relations
Human development at the heart of future strategy
Africa is home to the youngest population in the world, with about one million Africans entering the job market every month. However, more than 390 million people are living below the poverty line, while less than 10% of 18-24 year olds are enrolled in some form of post secondary education or training.
Investing in people is therefore seen as a key pillar of the upcoming EU-Africa strategy, announced by the European Commission in March, with priority given to the fight against inequality, young people and the empowerment of women.
Chrysoula Zacharopoulou (Renew Europe, France), who wrote the Parliament’s proposals, emphasises the need to ensure access to quality education and provide young people, especially women and girls, with the necessary skills to access the job market.
Decent working conditions are seen as key to providing prospects to the rapidly growing population. This goes hand in hand with inclusive social protection systems, measures against child and forced labour and a transition from the informal to the formal economy. The informal sector makes up nearly 86% of all employment in Africa.
The new strategy should also improve health care and strengthen national health systems, making them more resilient to future crises. MEPs want to step up EU-Africa collaboration on health research and innovation to boost local production of equipment and medicine.
Reducing Africa’s dependence on imports
The EU-Africa relationship “must move beyond the donor-recipient relationship”, according to the Parliament report, emphasising the importance of supporting Africa’s domestic production through sustainable investment.
It also proposes boosting intra-African trade through the continental free trade area, investment in transport infrastructure and better access to global markets.
Public-private partnerships and funding small and medium enterprises are considered essential, as these smaller firms represent 95% of businesses in Africa and the private sector is expected to be decisive in the post-Covid recovery.
All agreements should be compatible with human rights, labour and environmental standards and in line with UN Sustainable Development Goals, said the report.
The report also calls on international lenders, such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, to do more to relieve the debt burdens of African countries, which have been exacerbated by the pandemic.
Partners for a green and digital transition
Africa bears the least responsibility for climate change, but it is bearing the brunt of its impact: in 2019, nearly 16.6 million Africans were affected by extreme weather events, 195% more than in 2018.
The report urges a transition to a clean and circular economy through investment in sustainable transport, green infrastructure and renewable energy. It also stresses the need to protect Africa’s unique biodiversity and indigenous communities, as well as ensuring fair and sustainable exploitation of raw materials, which account for 49% of EU imports from Africa.
A partnership on sustainable agriculture should be at the centre of EU-Africa relations, say MEPs, in order to develop environment-friendly farming practices, strengthen the resilience of farmers and address food system failures, aggravated by the closure of borders due to the Covid crisis.
The digital transformation will play a key role in the modernisation of the farm sector, but also education, employment, health and people’s participation in political decision-making.
A migration policy based on solidarity and shared responsibility
Since 2015, the EU and African countries have developed a joint approach to managing migration flows, which has led to a reduction in irregular migration and improved cooperation on the fight against migrant smuggling. Yet significant challenges remain. Sub-Saharan Africa hosts more than a quarter of the world’s refugees and Mediterranean crossings continue to cause loss of life and fuel criminal networks.
MEPs stress that the new EU-Africa partnership must put the dignity of refugees and migrants at its heart, addressing migration as a shared responsibility between European countries of destination and the African countries of origin. They also emphasise the need to tackle the root causes of displacement, guarantee fair asylum procedures and establish a migration policy that would create opportunities for skilled and unskilled workers.
South Asia: Sharp rise in child, maternal deaths due to COVID-19-induced disruptions
Disruptions in health services due to COVID-19 “may have contributed to an additional 239,000 child and maternal deaths in South Asia” – UN report
In a new report, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said that the impact also included sharp drops in the number of young children treated for severe acute malnutrition as well as in childhood immunizations.
According to George Laryea-Adjei, UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, the fall-off of these critical services has had a devastating impact on the health and nutrition of the poorest and most vulnerable families.
“It is absolutely vital that these services are fully restored for children and mothers who are in desperate need of them, and that everything possible is done to ensure that people feel safe to use them”, he stressed.
The region also suffered increased levels of unemployment, poverty and food insecurity due to the pandemic, further undermining public health, the report said
Millions of girls unlikely to ever return to school
The report – which covered Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka – also found that about 420 million children were out of school due to the pandemic and its related control measures.
It warned that 4.5 million girls are likely to never return to school, and are at particular risk due to deteriorating access to sexual and reproductive health and information services.
“Given the cultural and social context of South Asia, the suspension of these services is deepening inequalities and is likely to lead to an increase in the number of maternal and neonatal deaths”, Bjorn Andersson, UNFPA Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific said.
“There are also likely to be an additional 3.5 million unintended pregnancies in this region”, Mr. Andersson warned.
Wider impact of COVID-19 also included increased risk of child marriage and stunting – impaired growth and development due to poor nutrition and health.
UNICEF-WHO-UNFPA report
Wider impact of COVID-19 on children and mothers in South Asia.
Prioritize essential health services
The UN agencies called for prioritizing essential health services for pregnant women, adolescents and young infants, as well as strengthening supply chains for the delivery of vaccines and other essential childhood medicines.
Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, underlined that maintaining essential health services is vital for the region’s COVID-19 response strategy “as disruption would only increase the risk of deaths from preventable causes”.
The report also called for ensuring uninterrupted and improved health services for all, helping vulnerable populations address health needs, and stepping up of key COVID-19 prevention measures.
It also urged cash transfer programmes to support the poorest families.
the largest impact venture capital fund for startups in Spain is supported by Ship2B Ventures, EIF and Banco Sabadell
- The BSocial Impact Fund, which already reached EUR 38 million in its second closing, is supported by Ship2B Ventures, the European Union and the EIF under the EFSI Equity social impact pilot as well as by Banco Sabadell.
- The objective of the fund is to invest in social enterprises that aim to improve the life of vulnerable groups, improve access to education and mitigate the effects of climate change.
- The fund is also supported by AXIS, Repsol Impacto Social, Fundación Anesvad, and leading families in the business environment such as Puig, Elias, Castelló, Knuth, Pont and Ângela Impact Economy, and by leading entrepreneurs such as the founders of Holaluz, Privalia, Socialpoint, SocialCar, Trovit, Cooltra and Glovo.
Ship2B Ventures, a venture capital management firm specialized in impact investing based in Barcelona, together with the European Union and European Investment Fund (EIF), under the EFSI Equity social impact pilot, and Banco Sabadell back the launch of the BSocial Impact Fund, an impact venture capital fund that already reached EUR 38 million in its second closing and aims to exceed EUR 45 million.
The new fund will be the largest impact venture capital fund for startups in Spain and it will focus on seed and early-stage social enterprises, targeting startups that aim to tackle three major challenges: improve the quality of life of vulnerable groups (e.g. the elderly, people with disabilities or with chronic illness), fight climate change and eradicate education skill gaps. With this transaction, the European Union and the EIF support social entrepreneurship and social impact investors, aiming to develop and scale up the European social impact ecosystem.
The fund is also supported by other institutional investors such as AXIS-venture capital subsidiary of Grupo ICO-, Repsol Impacto Social and Fundación Anesvad, by leading families such as Puig, Elias, Castelló, Knuth, Pont, Ângela Impact Economy as well as by successful entrepreneurs such as the founders of Holaluz, Privalia, Socialpoint, SocialCar, Trovit, Cooltra and Glovo.
Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, said: “Thanks to the support of the Investment Plan and of the European Investment Fund, the Spanish BSocial impact fund will invest in early-stage social businesses. The new fund will be the largest impact venture capital fund for startups in Spain and address some of the main challenges of our times: increasing the quality of life for vulnerable people, mitigating the effects of climate change, and improving access to education for all.”
Maite Fibla y Xavier Pont, co-founders and managing partners of Ship2B Ventures, stated: “The attractiveness of the fund’s investment thesis among investors and institutions has pushed us near the EUR 40 million in our second closing. Looking at our commitments pipeline, we estimate a final closing above EUR 45 million”. “In the coming years we will invest in 20 highly innovative startups with extraordinary teams that respond to our challenges while providing strong financial returns for our investors.”
Alain Godard, EIF Chief Executive, also added: “We are proud to continue supporting one of the most recognised impact actors in the Spanish ecosystem to consolidate their social impact activity and continue playing a key role in developing the market. EIF´s collaboration since 2016 has proven fundamental for the General Partners to develop their investing activities; which together with the Foundation’s accelerator programmes, provide a value-added proposition for social entrepreneurs in the first stages of development. The fund´s three main challenges address three key priorities for the EIF.”
Raúl Rodríguez, director of BS Capital, added “impact investing is key for the future. Sabadell and its Foundation have a close relationship with Ship2B, so we were eager to be part of the BSocial Impact Fund and seek a social return through its investments. We decided to become an anchor investor and sponsor it from the very beginning.”
Leading investors, entrepreneurs and experts join Ship2B Ventures
Ship2B Ventures was founded by Maite Fibla and Xavier Pont and has a team of five professionals with expertise in investments, social and environmental impact, and health. Daniel Sánchez, partner of Nauta Capital, will be the non-executive chairperson of Ship2B Ventures. Further support will be provided by renowned experts from the venture capital industry such as Lluís Seguí (Miura Private Equity), Carles Florensa (Business Angel), and Cristina Marsal (Sandman Capital); leading entrepreneurs such as José Manuel Villanueva and Lucas Carné (Privalia), Carlota Pi, Oriol Vila and Ferran Nogué (Holaluz), Iñaki Ecenarro (Trovit), Horacio Martos and Andrés Bou (Social Point), Oscar Pierre (Glovo), Mar Alarcon and Francesc Queralt (Social Car), and Timo Buetefisch (Cooltra); and leading sectorial experts such as Jaime del Barrio (EY and Asociación de Salud Digital), Consuelo Crespo (UNICEF España y Oxfam), Concha Oliu (BStartup), and Ainhoa Grandes and Clara Navarro (Ship2B Foundation).
The team has been investing in social and environmental impact startups for more than eight years through the Ship2B Foundation. It manages two investment vehicles, Impact Equity BF, and Equity4Good, which are co-invested by the European Investment Fund with Impact Equity BF. The total AUM of these investment vehicles is 4.5 million euros, invested across 23 impact startups such as Qida, Psious, ADmit Therapeutics and Fiction Express. The firm has already executed its first exit (Koiki).
About Ship2B Ventures
Ship2B Ventures a venture capital firm that invests in the best impact startups. As impact investors they seek to generate triple profitability: economic, social and environmental. Ship2B Ventures combine the best of the venture capital world with the impact world, maximizing the financial profitability of their investments with a clear intention to generate, manage and measure their impact.
About European Investment Fund
The European Investment Fund (EIF) is part of the European Investment Bank Group. Its central mission is to support Europe‘s micro, small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) by helping them to access finance. EIF designs and develops venture and growth capital, guarantees and microfinance instruments which specifically target this market segment. In this role, EIF fosters EU objectives in support of innovation, research and development, entrepreneurship, growth, and employment.
About the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) Equity social impact pilot
EFSI Equity is a facility managed by the European Investment Fund (EIF) that provides equity investments to or alongside financial intermediaries focusing on the areas of early stage, growth stage and expansion financing. Through the EFSI Equity social impact pilot, the European Union and EIF support social entrepreneurship and social impact investors, aiming to develop and scale up the European social impact ecosystem.
About Banco Sabadell
With a history stretching back 139 years, Banco Sabadell is Spain’s fourth largest banking group and one of the best capitalised Spanish financial institutions. Banco Sabadell has assets in excess of 230 billion euros, a network of more than 2,000 branches and has earned the trust of 12 million customers. Banco Sabadell has gone through a historic period of growth in the last decade, demonstrating its strength and its international footprint, as well as expanding into Mexico and the United Kingdom.
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