News of the day 6 February 2017
News / Latest headlines
Transport
Soller train discount to stop because it is discriminatory
The European Union believes that resident discounts amount to unequal treatment of people from other countries.
Weather
Almost three hundred emergency incidents because of high winds
245 of the incidents that had been reported by midday were in Majorca, with more than a third having been in Palma.
Property
Government selling prime Palma real estate
The two floors are valued together at almost four million euros.
Transport
Soller tunnel will be free from 1 September
15.4 million euros have been offered by way of compensation. If this is not acceptable, the courts could become involved.
Transport
Under 5% of Soller train tickets are bought by residents
More than 1.5 million tickets were sold in 2016, 95.4% of them to non-residents.
Sport / Real Mallorca
Real Mallorca
Worrying times as Mallorca in bottom four
Real Mallorca fell back into La Segunda's bottom four after going down 2-1 to Oviedo on Sunday lunchtime.