News of the day 7 October 2020
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Cala Rajada, Majorca.

Weather

Good Morning from Majorca

It's a lovely sunny day in Majorca with very strong winds in some places. To view the weather across the island in real time from our webcams, click here.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Cómete Mallorca tapa

Gastronomy

Two tapas from the Balearics in national final

A Majorcan and a Minorcan tapa are among the ten finalists.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Pandemic risk traffic lights for Balearics

Coronavirus

Traffic light system for showing daily pandemic risk in the Balearics

A tool which provides key coronavirus data at a glance.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Car accident in Binissalem.

News

Fatal accident near Binissalem

The car went off the road on the MA-13 in the direction of Palma.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Dentix, Palma.

Economy

Dental Group files for bankruptcy

Customers in the Balearic Islands have invested between 12 and 18 million euros in Dentix over the last three years.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Eddie Van Halen.

Entertainment

Iconic Guitar Player dies

In 2015, Rolling Stone magazine named Eddie Van Halen the 8th best guitarist of all time.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Med Ghost Fads Campaign.

Environment

Results of the Med Ghost Fads Campaign

12 expeditions were carried out over 98 days, covering more than 2,500 miles in the waters of Majorca as well as some in the waters of the other Balearic Islands.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Valldemossa, Mallorca

Finance

Valldemossa continues to be Balearics wealthiest municipality

Five Balearic municipalities appear in the top one hundred of Spain's wealthiest municipalities.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Majorca from Minorca.

News

A view from afar

Majorca can be seen from Minorca and from Catalunya when the atmosphere is clean, especially after heavy rains.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Ecolux de Baleària ferry rescue.

News

Drama at sea

“The minute we crashed all the lights on the boat went off and the alarms sounded..”

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Miquel Fluxà is the president of Iberostar

Reflections in September

Keeping it in the family

Disadvantages or not, the family businesses have remained and continue to flourish.

Andrew Ede

Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain.

Economy

Recovery, Transformation & Resilience Plan

The Recovery, Transformation & Resilience Plan contains the Government's strategy to address the coronavirus crisis and the challenges of the next decade.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Carmen Planas, president of the Confederation of Balearic Business Associations

Economy

Urgent plans needed to combat Balearic "unprecedented recession"

The employers confederation believes that the economic shock "will be more persistent than expected".

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Balearic bingo ban.

Entertainment

Government bingo ban

The Government has the power to regulate and authorise traditional bingo games.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Notary in Mallorca

Tourism

Draw made for 'Enjoy the Island' hotel vouchers

A thousand vouchers, each worth 200 euros, have been drawn.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Covid test analysis

Coronavirus

Balearics coronavirus figures for Wednesday

The total number of people being attended to by the health service continues to fall.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Maritime Safety and Guardia Civil craft

Migration

Thirty-eight more migrants detained

There were three boats, two of which were intercepted at sea.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

News / Comment

Viewpoint

The Czechs to the rescue

66,491 visited the Balearic Islands in 2018 and almost 56,000 of them came to Palma.

Andrew Ede

Viewpoint

Economic nightmare

“The business community have slammed the government for their inaction”

Jason Moore

The Museo of Mallorca in Palma

The Blog

Majorca also has museums

Museums are clearly an element of this cultural tourism, a very big element in that there are indeed museums everywhere.

Andrew Ede

Holiday / Lifestyle
Children are back to school

Junior Bulletin

The Academy School news

The children have adapted very well to the new routine and we are so proud of how they are respecting the new rules.

The Academy School

The House system at BIC

Junior Bulletin

News from Baleares International College

The idea behind the House system is that there is a vertical and even split of the children, young and old in each of the four Houses.

Baleares International College

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