The Spanish real estate market collapses!
March 27, 2008
Yesterday Spain’s National Institute for Statistics (Instituto Nacional de Estadística - INE) presented us with some horrifying data - housing sales have fallen by 30% compared to the same period last year! Read more
Tourism in Spain increases once again!
March 27, 2008
Spain received 6,2 million tourists in 2008’s first two months. This information, diffused by the “Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio” shows an increase of 3,9% compared to the same period last year according to the data collected by Frontur . In February solely, 3,3 million tourists visited Spain, 6,5% more than last year. Read more
Spain’s latest attempt to control immigration
March 18, 2008
First groups of 186 Senegalese temporary workers have arrived in Spain - 744 more are expected to join them soon. These temporary workers are employed in the strawberry fields of Huelva for a period of 3 months and receive 36 Euros a day.
Most of these are women between 18 and 40 years of age, and have been chosen from thousands of candidates who expected to benefit from this hire program, launched as an alternative to illegal immigration. Read more
Shame on Spain! Eurovision or Novision?
March 17, 2008
There is a new insurrection in Spain’s music industry with this year’s upcoming Eurovision competition, as the Spaniards have made it their will to choose the ridiculous Rodolfo Chikiliquatre, character from the Comedy Show Buenafuente, to represent Spain in this year’s competition. Read more
Zapaterto wins, Rajoy grows, Llamazares disappears!
March 11, 2008
PSOE, with Zapatero as their leader, wins this year’s elections and establishes the President of our Government for the next 4 years. Read more
Mourinho aims at Spain
March 11, 2008
Jose Mourhino, Chelsea’s ex coach is the world’s best-paid trainer receiving 7.5 million per year. He has assured that he would like to “train in a club of the Spanish League from the beginning of the next season”. Read more
ETA strikes again
March 11, 2008
ETA interrupts the presidential campaign and assassinates an ex town counselor from the PSE
in Mondragón-Arrasate (Guipúzcoa) Friday morning. Read more
FC Barcelona, the world’s most notorious team
March 7, 2008
Manchester United has ceased to be the leading team in broadcast coverage and handed its place to Barcelona’s team FC Barcelona. The main reasons for this increase in popularity come about with the recruitment of Henry, Messi’s definitive reputation and the emergence of Bojan. Read more
Spanish millionaires punished by the real estate market
March 6, 2008
For another consecutive year, the prominent Forbes Magazine presents us with its long awaited “Millionaires List”. It looks like this edition portrays the “brick men” of Spain as being this year’s big losers in this elite club of privileged members. Read more
Are we paying too much for our housing?
March 6, 2008
Housing in Spain is overvalued by 40%, according to a study carried out by the “Observatorio de Coyuntura Económica del Instituto Juan de Mariana”. Spain comes second in this ranking after Monaco! Read more
