News of the day 15 December 2020
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Mallorca Weather for Wednesday

It's warm and sunny in Mallorca today with light-moderate winds and highs of 20 degrees in some places. To keep up with the weather all over the island via our webcams click here.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Healthcare workers performing PCR tests.

Coronavirus news

Balearic Islands has highest incidence rate in Spain

46 people were hospitalised with coronavirus in the last seven days, 26 in the last 24 hours and 7 were admitted to the ICU.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Night Life Sector protest in Palma.

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Palma's Restaurant Sector devastated by new restrictions

“Many restaurants will be forced to close because they don’t have terraces..”

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Polígono de Son Morro, Palma.

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New Amazon base in Palma

The Government says it’s committed to promoting the digitalisation of small businesses to boost competitiveness.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Christmas lights in Palma

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Christmas in Mallorca: What you can and can’t do under the new restrictions

If you have doubts on what you can do and can not do over Christmas find out here.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

FEHM-OET video-conference.

International

Tourists forecast to return to Mallorca in 2021

“Expensive PCR tests and complicated paperwork is putting tourists off coming to Spain.."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

'Axioma' Superyacht.

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Yacht Maintenance Sector booming in Palma

The combination of experience, tradition, prestige and high quality work on offer in Palma attracts the best customers in the world.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Marc Fosh is extremely pleased to have maintained his Michelin Star

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Marc Fosh maintains his Michelin Star, two new stars shine in Mallorca

Marc Fosh is the first British Chef to have ever won the Michelin Star in Spain on two occasions.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Bottles of cava

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Spain's cava takes milder pandemic punch than expected

"We had prepared for the worst but our sector has been able to resist a bit better than we thought thanks to exports."

Reuters

Spanish ski resort La Masella re-opens

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Skiers hit slopes in Catalonia after COVID-19 restrictions are eased

Skiing has become a contentious issue across Europe this winter.

Reuters

El Corte Inglés, Palma.

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Capacity Controllers on duty at Palma store

The temperature of all El Corte Inglés employees is checked every day.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Hotel Formentor sold.

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Hotel group linked to Bill Gates buys Hotel Formentor

"20 million upgrade plan has been approved by the Pollensa Council..."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Testing in Ibiza

Coronavirus news

Balearics coronavirus figures for Tuesday

Increases in active cases in 26 of Mallorca's 53 municipalities since Monday.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Bar terrace in Palma, Mallorca

International

Hospitality industry doesn't see a recovery until the end of 2021

Hospitality turnover fell more in the Balearics than in any other region.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Artist Joan Bennàssar by Lluc Monastery, Mallorca

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Refuges of love in Lluc

Artist Joan Bennàssar's latest exhibition is by Lluc Monastery.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Es Canons In Arta. Mallorca

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Students recruited for public finca conservation work

Es Canons, bought with tourist tax revenue, is one of the fincas.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

News / Comment

Comment

Serious situation

“New measures introduced by government show how serious the situation is...”

Jason Moore

Comment

The double whammy

"Britons at home and overseas are facing a daunting end of year with Covid and Brexit.."

Humphrey Carter

Sa Pobla lockdown

Comment

Mobility, lockdowns and tardiness

The health authorities maintained that there was no need for a perimeter lockdown of Sa Pobla in the style of Manacor.

Andrew Ede

Holiday / Lifestyle
Braised Lamb shanks with star anise

Lifestyle

Braised Lamb shanks with star anise & sweet potato

Marc Fosh shares the recipe of the perfect Braised Lamb for impressing your guests this Christmas.

Marc Fosh

In Spain, this support is being provided by three organisations

Community

Residency support for UK Nationals in Spain

The coverage provided by the organisations has now been extended to cover the whole of Spain.

British Embassy Madrid

BIC students beach

Community

Outdoors learning at BIC, sant Agustí

Part of our philosophy is for our children to spend as much time outdoors as possible and enjoy the nature of the island.

BIC

Damp December

Lifestyle

Soller Valley alternative Christmas

The countdown to Christmas begins with a semi-lockdown and big problems with the PCR testing needed to get home.

Shirley Roberts

Only a phone call away

Community

Age in Spain launches Friendline

Age in Spain is launching Friendline a new, free telephone friendship service to connect older people living in Spain with volunteers, through a weekly phone call …

Age in Spain

Flower power Citroen 2CV

Lifestyle

The Grand Finale

Michelin also designed a radical new radial tyre specifically for the 2CV.

Robert Klevehagen

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