Madrid - Spain's main opposition conservative People's Party (PP) was embroiled in corruption allegations Tuesday, as the party's leadership sought the resignation of one of the accused.
Arturo Gonzalez Panero, Mayor of Boadilla del Monte, near Madrid, is suspected of having bought properties in Miami with illicit money, and has come under increasing pressure to step down.
Four businessmen are in already in custody, and more than 30 other people under investigation, for bribery, influence-peddling and money-laundering in Madrid, Valencia and other locations.
Madrid - Klaas-Jan Huntelaar's agent denied Monday the Dutchman would like to leave Real Madrid barely two months after joining the club, although he admitted the forward was not happy in his current situation.
"The lad has never said he wants to leave Real Madrid. I spoke to him and I firmly deny those rumours. He has never spoken about that. He wants to play and he wants to do so at Real Madrid," agent Arnold Oosterveer said in an interview with the Italian website Calciomercato.
Madrid - Klaas-Jan Huntelaar's agent denied Monday the Dutchman would like to leave Real Madrid barely two months after joining the club, although he admitted the forward was not happy in his current situation.
"The lad has never said he wants to leave Real Madrid. I spoke to him and I firmly deny those rumours. He has never spoken about that. He wants to play and he wants to do so at Real Madrid," agent Arnold Oosterveer said in an interview with the Italian website Calciomercato.
Madrid/Barcelona - Samuel Eto'o is a millionaire, he scores goals for Barcelona without blinking, and he still does not look happy.
That is what happens when such a big ego plays for a club who wanted to sell him barely four months ago, and when he has to share a changing-room with the acclaimed Lionel Messi.
Eto'o, 27, is the goalscorer of the day in Europe. On Sunday he scored two goals in Barcelona's 3-1 win against Sporting Gijon, and he has scored a most impressive 21 goals in 22 games in Spain's La Liga. There is no one like him in the continent's major leagues.
Madrid - Spain on Monday offered Iran help in normalizing its international relations after the election of Barack Obama as US president, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release.
Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos held talks with Ali Larijani, chairman of the Iranian parliament, during a visit by an Iranian parliamentary delegation to Madrid.
Moratinos and Larijani discussed a "new phase" in relations with the United States, according to the communique.
Madrid - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Monday began her first official visit to Spain amid expectations that she would try to reduce tension over the expropriation of the airline Aerolineas Argentinas from the Spanish tourism group Marsans.
King Juan Carlos welcomed Fernandez, who then received the keys to Madrid from mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon.
Fernandez was also scheduled to meet Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and to give a speech to parliament during her two- day visit.