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      <title><![CDATA[The National Court confirms the fines for two consultancies of the cartel that manipulated public tenders throughout the State, also in the Balearic Islands]]></title>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:28:24 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The companies Regio Plus Consulting and Hidria will have to pay 33,744 and 11,979 euros for their participation in a scheme that coordinated bids in dozens of tenders, among them one from Calvià 2000 in 2016]]></subtitle>
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