Dance festival in Marbella

Dance Festival, which began May 3 in Marbella continues, and today, May 5, offers its viewers to enjoy two performances - at the Theatre of Marbella (Teatro Ciudad de Marbella) at 20:30 and at 21:30 in the open air cafe terraces "La Polaca".
In the main theater will be presented to Marbella Shakespearean play "Midsummer Night's Dream", which participants are students of the Municipal Conservatory of Music and Dance. Choreography and staging based on the work of George Balanchine Kayyaya Hens and Paola Destro (Cayaya Hens & Paola Diestro).
And the cycle of "Old Town, the heart of the Dance" on the terraces «La Polaca» will be presented to the individual dances performed by Vanessa Aibar and Manuel Roldan (Vanesa Aibar & Manuel Roldan) common title of "Dancing Under the Stars", which can be seen from the area of ​​the central market (calle Jacinto Benavente, Marbella)
On Friday, May 6 at 13:30 and 20:00 in the framework of the festival cycle of the "Old City, the heart of the Dance", in the heart of downtown on the square de la Iglesia Ntra. Sra. de la Encarnacion will play "A mitad de Camino", delivered in the style of Andalusian mannerism choreographer and dancer Manuel Cañadas (Manuel Ca? adas)
The festival of Dance on May 7 at the Theater of Marbella, a concert of the National Dance Company (Compania Nacional de Danza), which since 1999 has involved the formation of ballet companies and preparing them for professional careers. The evening performances will be presented to three teams in the formulation of Nacho Duato (Nacho Duato)

Annual fair in Marbella

Annual fair in Marbella

 If you are in Marbella in July and really want to know the city and its inhabitants, the easiest way to do this at the Fair. Fairs are traditional for Andalusia. Every town and village in this region hold their local fair. This  tradition has its roots in the Middle Ages, when the villagers gathered together to share home-made products and fruits from their land. Nowadays, nothing is more congenial Andalusia than fair.

 Fair in Marbella is usually held in July. During the entire fair week, all shops and offices close at 12 pm, and the Old City is filled with crowds of Spaniards and tourists wishing to miss a couple of cups in the local bars.

 The atmosphere in the city at this time is truly amazing. On some streets it is simply impossible to break through the crowd, the narrow streets turn into a series of makeshift bars that offer beer, various wines and spirits, plus the best meals you've ever tasted. Around the Old Town is spread out amplifiers traditional and popular Spanish music and Flamenco.

 Yes, it's madness and chaos, but it is absolutely real.

 By the evening of a holiday is moved slightly east, to the venue of fairs, which is located to the north-west of the industrial zone of Marbella. From 7 pm, you can have fun the whole family. The area is filled with tents with a variety of snacks and drinks. But unfortunately, most of the tents - private, and they allowed only by invitation.

 Nevertheless, there is a tent city and is open to all comers. At the entrance to the fair can buy tickets to all the entertainment in the evening, including the so-called "Big Dance" or the «Gran Bailes», where hundreds of people dancing to the music "Orkestas - local musical groups. Fair in Marbella, has also attracted a lot of popular singers who perform throughout the holiday week.

 So, if you is reduced to be in Marbella in July, be sure to take part in this festival. Experiences you have enough for a lifetime.

The bull fighting in Spain

Each country has its own things which distinguish it from the others. One of the things which distinguish Spain from other countries is its culture.

Today we’re going to talk about the bull riding and fighting in Spain. 

The Bull riding has annual competitions, held for seven to ten days. For this piece of time there is everyday bull riding and fighting.  The parties start in December and spread out through the rest of the following year. Must be mentioned, that the bull rides, are really close to the rodeos in US.

The bull riders win their living by traveling from a country to country and form a district to a district. Actually the first price is a large amount of money. The rodeo itself starts when the rider yells the Spanish word for door – puerta. Then there is a guy who opens the door to the arena where both the rider and the raided animal fight against each other in epic battle. The longest that stays over the bull wins the prize. Of course there are several other things which must be mentioned. There are judges which can vote for the bull riders and change the final outcome. The pleasure is found when watching the fighter trying to survive after he’s dropped from the bull. There are places where the bull fights are real show like for example in Marbella.You can take a room into a 5 star hotel in Marbella.

Another interesting thing which can be seen in Marbella is the Guanacastean parties. Basically this is a bull outrun. They leash young bulls to the streets of Marbella and the main thing is to outrun the bulls whithout being tramped, horned or whatever…

Trial project for Arab investment in Marbella

"Marbella" is not among the best teams in Spain. Even it's far from the most popular. But from a few months' it is the gateway through which Arab investments enter in Spanish football. This happened immediately after the visit of Obama family  for their holiday in Marbella.

Until recently, the interest of powerful funds in the Middle East looked primarily at the English Premier League. One reason is the structure of the leading Spanish clubs like Real (Madrid) and Barcelona, ​​which are owned by their fans. But not all teams in Spain are. Many of them are private and probably hiding their own untapped potential.

What fish caught Qatari Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani, who gained control of the club in June, will become clear in the future. And its success will become clear whether the La Liga can be as attractive as teams from the Premier League.

The fact that Spain is appealing to Arab investors, confirms the autumn, when FC Barcelona signed a sponsorship contract with Qatar FOUNDATION.

In Spain, Marbella has a special structure of the mass of supporters. It passes the "English club" for many British and Irish who have houses on the Spanish coast vacation and who spend a significant part of the year the heat off the coast of the Mediterranean.

While many Britons remain uninterested to Spanish football and continue to monitor the Premier League on TV, "Marbella" this is the opportunity for avid fans to be part of the emotional end game. Depending on the opponent to 3000 British fans travel to sixth-largest Spanish city with 534,000 residents to watch live matches.

In 1999, fans even founded an international fan club in Marbella. Currently, he collected thousands of fans and the members attending games with organized tours. While Real Madrid and Barcelona to remain relatively popular, local fans are proud of international support.

After paying 36 million euros for control of the club and clear debts, Sheikh Abdullah promised to build a new 65-thousandth stadium site this La Rosaleda, which currently are ideal capacity of almost 29,000 spectators. In the last year the team attracted an average of 17,000 visitors. "Our goal is to help "Marbella" to make the necessary steps to consolidate its presence in La Liga and to increase satisfaction and hopes of the fans", announced in June by the team of the new owner.

Like the people who invest massively in clubs in Britain, Sheikh immediately took the lead popular names. In November it attracted Chilean coach Manuel Pellegrini, who made Villarreal regular participant in European tournaments and who spent last year at the head of Real (Madrid).

For the last two transfer period the team took 20 players, seven of them just this month. Brazilian striker Julio Baptista of Roma was greeted by 4000 fans. Besides him in the team came from Martin Demichelis Bayern Munich midfielder and former Juventus Enzo Maresca.

Despite these efforts, the present of "Marbella" is not pink - after the defeat of Valencia with a 3:4 team remained close to the relegation zone. But with the new owner could make the situation changes. "We plan for the long term, not as Manchester City for example. We're trying to build trust. There are players who are not doing their job, but right now we want to build a winning mentality and it is much more important than attracting superstars which will unbalance the club financially, "said CEO Abdullah Gubn.

However, he admitted that the budget for salaries has increased by 50% in the last few months to 24 million.

Although Marbella was founded in 1933, and the team's stadium hosted the World Cup matches in 1982, the club began to plunge in the early 90's. In 1995 Tersera A game which is the fourth level of Spanish football, where games are visited an average of 350 spectators. For five years the team was able to return to La Liga, once saved from relegation in 2006 and, since then, but overall it is an integral part of Spanish football elite. Analysts recognize that the present plan A for release of "Marbella" leg is not luck. But there's always Plan B is available in style Manchester City.

Carla Suarez-Navarro semifinalist in Marbella

Marbella. Spanish tennis player Carla Suarez-Navarro became the first semifinalist in the tournament in Marbella (holiday rentals Marbella), said RIA Novosti. In the quarter-placed eighth game of the tournament she bet Germany's Tatjana Malek with a score of 4:6, 6:1, 6:2. On the semi-final, Suarez Navarro will meet the winner of the pair Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) in Maria Jose Martinez-Sanchez (Spain). Prize pool is 220 thousand dollars.

Moody's lowered the rating of Spain

International ratings agency Moody's lowered the assessment of Spain with a notch to Aa1 Aa2 to, AFP reported, as the prospect of a country's credit rating is negative.
The decision came on the eve of a meeting of EU finance ministers, expected as a "global response to the crisis with the European sovereign debt.
Rating agency's reasons for its decision with the statement that plans for rescuing the banking sector in Spain will cost more than anticipated and additional debt load her In their project for the restructuring of banks will cost between 40 and 50 billion.
Moody's expressed concern about the capacity of Madrid to improve its finances amid poor economic outlook in the short and medium term.
From the rating agency warned that it is possible to revise the assessment of Spain to the decrease in the future.

Spain frozed the Gaddafi properties

Spain joined the countries that have frozen the accounts and assets of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his entourage, according to Agence France-Presse. 

In particular, the decision affected seven thousand acres of land in the resort area of Costa del Sol in Andalusia, which were bought by the Lybian leader in 1995. It's not reportet how the posession is being used. Details on the accounts of al-Qadhafi in Spain are not given. Previously reported that the U.S. had frozen the account of Libyan leader for $ 30 billion. 

The decision to lock the accounts of Gaddafi was taken due to the suppression of riots and the ensuing civil war in Libya. Previously, the resolution of such sanctions, as well as a ban on the sale of Libyan arms, took the European Union and the UN Security Council.
In addition to the United States and Spain on blocking the assets of Libyan leader and his entourage had already declared the UK, where Gaddafi and his family were kept about 900 million pounds (1.46 billion dollars), said The Guardian. Willingness to support sanctions also expressed the Netherlands, Germany and Austria. 

Riots in Libya began in mid-February, during their suppression has been killed more than two thousand people. Part of the country is under the control of the revolutionaries. In early March, loyal to Gadhafi troops began an active attack on the opposition-controlled city, some of them were carried out the bombing.