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Health
Covid-19 restrictions reinstated on the Peninsula
“A maximum of 6 people will be allowed to gather in a group, capacity in shopping centres and hotels will be reduced to 50% and bars must close at 23:00,” said Minister Illa.
Health
Covid-19 test results in less than 20 minutes
Samples to be taken from 700 people at health centres across Majorca for a Ministry of Health study.
Crime
High-end yachts allegedly used to traffick drugs
Police: "This organisation used Majorca as a logistics point where they rested or waited for instructions to distribute the drugs to the rest of the world."
News
Hypermarket ordered to pay compensation for fall
Carrefour has denied responsibility for the accident and is reportedly considering launching an appeal against the sentence.
Economy
Good news for Sollerics?
Since 2012 the City Council has had to approve an economic adjustment plan which legally prevented the lowering of the IBI.
Crime
Father & son fined for visiting vet
Adrián insists he showed the Guardia Civil proof that they had permission to go to the vet.
Fairs and fiestas
Sant Antoni 2021 celebrations suspended
sa Pobla Municipal sources say they haven’t even considered the possibility of suspending their Sant Antoni celebrations.
Crime
Motorbike rider heavily criticised
A helmet is mandatory for all motorbike riders and passengers and not wearing on could be fined 200 euros.
Coronavirus
Balearics coronavirus figures for Thursday
The positive test rate is once more below the five per cent target.
Town halls
Town halls can use budget surpluses "without limits"
In the Balearics, town halls have something around 600 million euros of budget surplus cash.
Property
Price of homes fell in the Balearics in the third quarter
While there was a nationwide increase in prices, the Balearics experienced a drop.
Coronavirus
Son Gotleu restrictions to be lifted on Saturday
The positive test rate in the health area has come down to 3.6%.
Tourism
Taking the glamour out of tourism
Call it ERTE or furlough, we have become familiar with arcane detail of employment law.
Tourism
Tourist apartment occupancy in August was just 35%
So-called "extra-hotel accommodation" was affected by greatly reduced bookings just like hotels were.
Viewpoint
An impartial judiciary
The European Commission's latest report into the Rule of Law in EU member contains eleven pages on Spain.
Heritage
Feixina monument and the politicisation of heritage
It isn't a case of preservation for preservation's sake.
Frank Talking
Do you ever get bored of being you?
What we all need is an occasional break-from-ourselves.
Politics
Catalonia and the ribbons of rupture
On Monday, the Supreme Court upheld the eighteen-month disqualification from public office of Quim Torra, the president of Catalonia.
Viewpoint
And the survey says!
"I was surprised how quickly men and women can realign their working day to the home environment if that is what is expected of them..."
Frank Leavers