Ten people died on the roads in Spain over the weekend, one of those occurring in Andalucia. Three other people suffered serious injuries and a further three had minor injuries.
August tourism stats
A total of 7.64 million foreign tourists visited Spain during August, up 9.4% on 2010 and the highest monthly number of all time.
Summer is almost over
It may come as a surprise to a lot of people but, taking Spain as a whole, the summer of 2011 was the fourth coldest so far this century after 2002, 2007 and 2008. Summer officially ends at 11:05 on Friday and the weather is expected to change and become more unsettled from the middle of next week.
Divorce rate up in 2010
The number of divorces increased by 4.7% in 2010 while separations decreased by 5.6% according to the National Institute for Statistics (INE).
Levante 1-0 Real Madrid
Twelve yellow and one red card were dished out during the encounter between Real Madrid and Levante, Real’s Khedira getting his marching orders for a second bookable offence.
Wins for Barcelona and Málaga
Barcelona are up to second in La Liga pending Sunday’s games after just scraping past Osasuna on Saturday evening, 8-0 the scoreline.
Regional debt
Andalucia’s debt grew by 18% during the second quarter of 2011 and now stands at €13.545 million according to the Bank of Spain.
Wins for Real and Valencia, draws for Barcelona and Sevilla
Barcelona looked to be well on the way to victory against Real Sociedad after Xavi and Favrigas put them two goals ahead within the first ten minutes, but Real fought back to earn a 2-2 draw, Agirretxe and Griezmann the scorers.
Deficit in Andalucia is 1.49% of GDP
In the first half of 2011, Andalucia has registered a deficit of 1.49% of GDP putting it in sixth place in the list of communities showing a negative balance.
Political figures are not badly off
The financial situations of the two major presidential candidates, Rubalcaba (PSOE) and Rajoy (PP), are described as ‘not bad’ according to the declaration of assets made public by the Congress of Deputies.