News of the day 12 May 2018
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The Balearics have led the way in the property market recovery.

Property

Recovery in property sales led by the Balearics

The sale of second homes showed a particularly high increase in 2017.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Transport minister Marc Pons presenting the metro project.

Transport

Metro extension due to be operational in 2020

The government believes that the extension will make an "important" contribution to cutting the use of private vehicles.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Professor Barry Barish.

Science

Nobel Prize winner to present the enigmas of the universe

Barry Barish, awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics, will be speaking in Palma on 21 June.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Anne Scott of Girl Gone International.

Society

From pulling pints to pulling women together

Interview with Palma-based founder of the world’s largest female expatriate community Anne Scott, originally from Glasgow.

Humphrey Carter

Maria Salom (left) and Biel Company (second right) hold different views over Catalan.

Politics

Partido Popular councillors rebel against Catalan grants legal challenge

The intervention of Madrid in the form of the state attorney and Maria Salom has caused consternation within PP circles in the Balearics.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Police have staged operations against prostitution and found links to human trafficking.

Crime

Palma arrest for the trafficking of Nigerian women

The human trafficking of women from Nigeria is a problem that the Spanish authorities are all too well aware of.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

News / Comment

Comment

Doubling the tourist tax

Doubling the rate of the tourist tax was a step too far.

Jason Moore

Sport / Real Mallorca
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