News of the day 20 June 2020
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Fornalutx, Majorca.

Weather

Good Morning from Majorca

Sunny but windy in some places on Saturday in Majorca but it should stay dry. To view the weather across the island from our webcams, click here.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Reservations soar in Majorca.

Tourism

Hotel reservations are on the up and up

Most of the reservations are for hotels in Playa de Palma, Cala Millor, Alcudia-Can Picafort, Muro, Santanyi, Peguera and Santa Ponsa.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Airport checks, Majorca.

Health

Triple Health Check for Tourists

Tourists arriving in the Balearic Islands must complete a Health Questionnaire, have their temperature checked and undergo a visual inspection.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Doctors are demanding Covid-19 compensation.

Health

Doctors demand compensation for Covid-19 work

The Doctors are demanding a supplement for staff who had close contact with coronavirus patients.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Alcudia is awarded first 'safe beaches' seal in Spain.

Health

First safe beach in Spain is named

Local Police and Lifeguards will monitor the beaches of Alcudia.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Media interest has produced "unprecedented" promotion for the Balearics.

Tourism

Balearics tourism pilot plan has publicity value of 35 million euros

It is calculated that there has been an audience reach of at least 58 million people, most of them in Germany.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

One of the licences is for a building on Calle Romaguera.

Hotels

Soller issues licences for eight interior hotels

During the state of alarm, planning procedures have been quicker.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Prime Minister Sánchez speaking on Saturday.

New normal

Sánchez expresses pride in "what we have achieved together"

"I want to end by thanking you. You have shown understanding and have dealt with the suffering in an exemplary way."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Test tourists looking positively undressed without their masks.

Majorca

Bridges and dynamite: the week in Majorca

Were there air bridges with the UK?; opening the borders had "dynamited" the test tourist plan, while an administrative cock-up also threatened the plan; and nightlife appeared to be facing extinction.

Andrew Ede

Spain's foreign affairs minister, Arancha González Laya.

Tourism

British travellers to Spain will not have to quarantine

Spain's foreign affairs minister had said earlier in the week that UK travellers entering Spain might have to quarantine for 14 days.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Daniel Reilly of JetsGo Holidays.

Tourism

“If I could, I would be operating until Christmas in Majorca”

Interview with Daniel Reilly, former Merseyside police officer/special agent and Managing Director of JetsGo Holidays.

Humphrey Carter

News / Comment

Viewpoint

Historic times

“Winston Churchill has been called a racist and even his statue has been in the spotlight.”

Jason Moore

Holiday / Lifestyle
No procession in Puerto Alcudia

Northern Spotlight

Fiestas, but not as we know them

Find out how the summer fiestas in the north will be this coming week!

Andrew Ede

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Majorca Mallorca

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Collaborations can be easy and fun, and you can make some new contacts doing them as well.

Vicki McLeod

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