The residential property deals in the Bulgarian capital Sofia have witnessed price falls of 10% in the first quarter of this year in line with the general steep contraction of the market over the last two years, data of a realtor shows. Price levels of residential property in Sofia stood on average at about ERU 830 per square meter in the first quarter of 2011, down from EUR 930 in  [ Read More ]

MALAGA City will hold five major events which will inject some €7m to the local economy. The head of the Convention Bureau, Francisco Quereda, announced at the AC Malaga Palacio Hotel recently that five conventions will be held in the city between May and November, which are expected to be attended by 7,000 professionals. Four of them are medicine related and the other is for library and documentation specialists. All will  [ Read More ]

It will take a long time for the real estate market in southern Spain to recover from the bursting of the bubble, although the good news is that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Developers and estate agents are now optimistically clinging to a lifeline that has come from abroad. The storm of the financial crisis has relented for the British, Germans, Scandinavians or Russians who are  [ Read More ]

The first quarter (Q1) of 2011 saw European commercial real estate transactions hit €26.7 billion as the investment market builds further momentum, according to the latest data by CB Richard Ellis (CBRE). The Q1 2011 activity constitutes a 26% increase in investment turnover compared to the same period last year and is a higher quarterly total than any of the first three quarters of 2010. The Q1 2011 activity did  [ Read More ]

London – Morocco is among the best destinations for British investors in 2010, British company “Property Venture” reported on Monday. “Poland, Spain, Morocco, Cyprus, Bulgaria, and Montenegro boast attractive possibilities”, director of the British company Louise Reynolds said. “Property Venture”, an overseas property agency that assists people interested in property investment, underlined that the closeness to the UK, the economy’s steadiness and the property market’s soundness are among the advantages  [ Read More ]

British holidaymakers would be far better off financially if they went on holiday in Bulgaria rather than Brighton – on the south coast of England – according to a survey by Tesco Travel Money, even once the cost of flights is factored into the overall price. The survey includes the costs of accommodation, car hire, meals and expenses but not air fares. The survey reveals that a week in Sofia  [ Read More ]

EL T?CNICO DEL BAR?A DESCARTA JUGAR CON SUPLENTESSERGI FONT. Barcelona 08/04/11 – 13:56. Pep Guardiola habl? sobre todo del Real Madrid en la rueda de prensa previa al partido del Almer?a. “Al Bernab?u no se puede ir nunca de broma”, dijo sobre la posibilidad de jugar con suplentes dentro de una semana. Tambi?n lanz? un mensaje sobre el ambiente: “Hay que tener cuidado con lo que se dice, vamos a  [ Read More ]

Two days after announcing that he will not be running for office again in next year’s elections, Prime Minister Jos? Luis Rodr?guez Zapatero told the Federal Executive Committee of his Socialist Party on Monday that he had decided to make this early announcement for several reasons. The first is that he wanted to give his replacement – who will be elected in primaries due to be held in July –  [ Read More ]

Obtaining the personal details of a resident of Spain has never been easier. For the cost of 210 euros, anybody in the country can buy an access code to a database containing the personal information of 36 million people in the country. The electoral roll and municipal registers are both sources of great value to debt-collection companies in times of financial crisis, when arrears spike. Locating debtors is one of  [ Read More ]

The Spanish research vessel Hesperides left a Sydney port on Friday to search for radioactivity from the Fukushima nuclear plant in the middle of the Pacific. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, head researcher Carlos Duarte said the ship will monitor for the spread of radioisotopes, such as Celsium-137, which can be fatal to humans. The Spanish vessel, which is halfway through a seven-month voyage of the globe as part  [ Read More ]