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Like every year brasilian football player Ronaldo and french retired football player Zinedine Zidane have invited some of the world’s best known footballers and other famous sports people to join them in the fifth “Match against Poverty: Ronaldo and friends vs. Zidane and friends” on Monday November 19th 2007 at 7 PM, at the newly renovated stadium of La Rosaleda in Málaga. As Goodwill Ambassadors for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), friends and football legends Ronaldo and Zidane and teams will face up to each other at mobilizing the public in the fight against poverty and to raise funds for projects in Asia, Africa and South America. The match will be broadcast by many television stations around the world. Ronaldo and Zidane have been the driving force behind the Match Against Poverty since 2003. Read more »

On 4th of November the last round in the 2007 Motorbike Grand Prix Championships is to be held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia. The circuit is 30 minutes west of the city of Valencia and there are expected to be up to 150,000 spectators to watch the five-time World Champion Valentino Rossi trying to reclaim his title from Nicky Hayden on the four kilometre anti clockwise circuit. This race in Valencia means sun, fun and a lot of racing. So don´t miss the last Moto GP in Valencia, either direct or at least on TV. The race starts at 1:15 PM. Read more »

Yesterday was the big opening of the new Ikea store in Malaga and more than 18,000 people made their way to the new store. The set up traffic plans worked well to keep the traffic moving on the local motorway and the traffic was better than everybody thought. Some people took advantage of an extra bus services laid on. The company is more than happy with their first day. They sold 16 complete kitchens and about 5,000 people signed up for the “Ikea Family” card. The first person who walked into the new IKEA store was Lufti Zeton Gómez from Málaga. He waited outside the Ikea stote for 12 and a half hours. But for this he was given a 300 € cheque by the shop managers. This Ikea store is the eleventh on the peninsula. Experts estimate that the new Ikea store will absorb nearly 30% of the furniture market in Málaga. It is expected to attract more than 1.5 million visitors in its first year, with a turnover of around 101 million € forecast for its third year of opening. Nationally the company will turn over more than 1 billion € this year. The whole store near Plaza Mayor cost the company 65 million €, with a sales area covering 20,000 square metres on two floors, and customer car parking for 2,400 vehicles.

As I read in the Sur in English newspaper 25,000 candidates send their curriculum for jobs in the new Ikea shop in Malaga which is scheduled to open on October 30th. And in the end the new Ikea shop will bring more than 500 new jobs for the Malaga area. Approximately 15,000 visitors are expected on inauguration day and up to 18,000 on the first saturday after it. In total the new store expects to attract more than two million shoppers in the next year. As far as the opening of a second Ikea store in the province of Malaga is concerned Marbella would be the perfect location for it, or Estepona. But at first we have to wait for the first store to open. Maybe the next store will open its doors in Granada or Jerez.

Now I got more informations about the Feria de Nerja on October 8th – 13th and I can tell you when the concerts on the Nerja fair are. The town spends 403,000 euros for six days of party and they think of an income of about 182,000 euros.

Wednesday, October 10th
- 00:00h Kiko y Shara (Caseta Municipal)
Thursday, October 11th
- 00:00h Antonio Carmona (Caseta Municipal)
Friday, October 12th
- 00:00h Manuel Orta (Caseta Municipal)
Saturday, October 13th (Día del niño – childrens day)
- 13:00h María Figueroa (Caseta Municipal)
- 00:00h La Unión (Caseta Municipal)