News of the day 7 August 2015
News / Latest headlines
Puerto Pollensa
Pine tree falls in Puerto Pollensa
A pine tree in Puerto Pollensa's church square (Plaça Miquel Capllonch) yesterday evening fell onto tables at the terrace of the Bar Cultural.
Bullfighting
Protest against Palma bullfight
Some one hundred demonstrators gathered outside Palma's bullring, the Coliseo Balear, yesterday evening.
Accidents
Man killed by Manacor train
A 42-year-old man was killed this morning by a train on the Palma-Manacor route.
Eco-tax
GOB says that eco-tax does not harm tourism
Stats show that tourist spending in Catalonia went up between 2012 and 2013 and then again between 2013 and 2014.
Tourism
Typical passenger numbers at the airport this weekend
Figures for next weekend are estimated to be 161,446 passengers on Saturday, 15 August, slightly fewer than today’s 164,629
Economy
Government 860 million euro debt to be repaid in 2016
860 million includes over 200 million euros of interest, though the total figure is subject to possible change.
News / Comment
Edition of 7 August 2015
Comment
Things not to say in Spain
Yesterday morning I was invited to take part in a live debate on Antenna 3 (Spain’s equivalent of ITV). Every morning after the news they have a current affairs debate programme called Espejo Publico and it is extremely popular.
Humphrey Carter