Noticias de March, 2008

Real Betis rallies to beat Barcelona 3-2 with two goals from Edu

Im ashamed by this result," Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard said.
| FC Barcelona surrendered a two-goal lead in a 3-2 loss at Real Betis on Saturday that dropped it into third place in the Spanish league after Villarreal beat Atletico Madrid 3-0.

Betis striker Edu Schmidt scored twice as Barcelona conceded three goals in 15 minutes in the second half.

Villarreal improved to 59 points behind two goals from Nihat Kahveci and another by Santiago Cazorla. Real Madrid, which plays...

Friday afternoon question: Will Ronaldinho leave Barcelona?

latest player to leave the Nou Camp by the back door? | Is Ronaldinho about to become the latest player to leave the Nou Camp by the back door?Marca and the rest of the Madrid-based media seem convinced of it, meaning we could be about to see the former World Player of the Year following the well trodden path of such luminaries as Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Romario, Juan Roman Riquelme, Luis Figo, Hristo Stoichkov, Bernd Schuster and Maradona.

All of these players underwent the transformation from...

2008 Catalonia Construction Pace Slows

The decline impacts both already constructed homes | As home sales fell 27% in January 2007 to 2008, Spanish National Statistics Institute reports total lending to potential and would-be home buyers also dropped by 28%. In Catalonia and the Balearic Islands sales plummeted by a reported 40%. The decline impacts both already constructed homes and also those new home sales fell 15% on average.



In the recent past, new Mediterranean estates would be sold in mere days will now take up to......

A TRIP TO THE 19TH CENTURY

Uefa to investigate sectarian chants by Celtic fans

Catalan city indulging in offensive chanting, one of them being pro-IRA singing |Celtic are bracing themselves for potential embarrassment at the hands of Uefa after European football?s governing body announced yesterday that it was looking into allegations of ?sectarian or offensive chanting? by a section of the club?s support at the recent Champions League match in Barcelona.

Footage has been presented to Uefa, alleging to show a number of Celtic supporters in the Catalan city indulging...

BiCiNg in Zahlen

1 Jahr wird das BiCiNg morgen
1,5 Jahre hält ein Fahrrad durch
3 Kilometer misst die durchnittliche Wegstrecke
5 Minuten ist die durchschnittliche Wartezeit am BiCiNg-Stand
6 Euro betrug die Gebühr im letzten Jahr
8 mal mehr Benutzer als Fahrräder gibt es
17 Minuten dauert die durchschnittliche Reise
24 Euro beträgt die Jahresgebühr zur Zeit
30 km neue Radwege sollen noch vor dem [...]

Catalan Food: White Sausages and Spring BBQs

Fast Food in Barcelona: KFC at Las Ramblas

Barcelona Home Sales Fall

Home sales in Spain fell 27 percent in January compared to a year ago | Home sales in Spain fell 27 percent in January compared to a year ago, the government reported Wednesday, releasing more bad news from the countrys once-booming real estate sector.

The National Statistics Institute said the number of mortgages granted in January also plummeted -- by nearly 26 percent compared to January of 2007, in the biggest such drop since 2004.

Fueled by rock-bottom interest rates, the construction......

Catalonia Spain?s Second Most Popular Tourist Destination

Catalonia received 1.4 million overseas arrivals in the first two months of 2008

|Catalonia received 1.4 million overseas arrivals in the first two months of 2008.



The country of Spain received 6.2 million overseas visitors in the first two months of this year, an increase of 3.9 percent over the same period a year earlier, according to figures released yesterday by the Industry, Tourism and Trade Ministry. In February alone, arrivals were up 6.4 percent at 3.3 million.

The Canary......
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