It may only be Real Madrid’s second defeat of the season, but their 0-1 loss to Osasuna could be a significant one as Barcelona are now seven points clear at the top of La Liga.
Málaga hit rock bottom
The Blue and Whites are now propping up La Liga after converting an early lead into a defeat against visiting Zaragoza.
Euribor closes at 1.545%
The twelve-month Euribor, the indicator most widely used for calculating mortgage rates, closes January 2011 at 1.545, the highest monthly rate since June 2009. This will make average mortgages more expensive by €20 per month compared to one year ago.
Positive tourism figures
According to a Tourist Spending Survey (Egatur) commissioned by the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, tourist spending in Spain was up by 2% in 2010, the first positive figures since 2007.
Demand for investigation into ‘stolen babies’
More than two hundred people turned up on Thursday at the State Attorney General’s Office to request the opening of a criminal investigation into the so-called ‘stolen babies’, denouncing the existence of some 300,000 such cases in Spain.
Proposed new capital requirements for banks
Under new measures designed to increase market confidence in the shaky financial system in Spain, the Government proposes to take a stake in any banks or savings banks that violate new capital requirements.
Real Madrid 1-0 Mallorca
Real Madrid remain four points behind Barcelona in La Liga after scraping through against Mallorca 1-0 on Sunday evening, Benzema getting the only goal of the match after about an hour.
Nerja keep up their winning ways
The top two, San Pedro and Nerja, both won on Sunday so the gap between them in the Primera Andaluza Grupo 3 stays at four points. Nerja beat Recreativo Bailén 1-2 and San Pedro overcame local rivals Atletico Marbelli 0-4.
Cold front sweeps through Spain
The cold front sweeping across Spain has brought snow to some mountainous areas of Sevilla, Málaga, Granada, Jaén, Huelva and Almeria provinces and heavy winds in the Straits of Gibraltar have been causing difficulties for ferries, especially the high-speed type.
When on holiday in Spain
Everyone was tired but I thought, if I do a streak round the tennis court, it will make the lads laugh and get everyone up for a night out. Obviously, if I’d realised there was a glass door on that tennis court, I’d have opened it first.