News of the day 1 December 2020
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Palma, Mallorca.

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Mallorca Weather Forecast for Tuesday

It's partly sunny, partly cloudy in Mallorca today with scattered showers in some places. Check the five day forecast on the Balearic Islands. To keep up with the weather all over the island via our webcams click here.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Es Trenc

Photo of the Day

The most famous and most iconic beach in Mallorca

This is Mallorca's most emblematic beach and one of the main contenders for the best beach in the Balearic Islands.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

The Osborne bull in Mallorca

Latest headlines

Business warning of damage from ban on billboard advertising

Authorisation for outdoor advertising of this type will be needed from island councils.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Son Sant Joan Airport, Palma

Latest headlines

Be careful if you're leaving Mallorca for Christmas!

Photographs were published over the weekend showing large crowds of people in the streets of some Spanish cities.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Topshop, UK.

Latest headlines

13,000 jobs at risk as UK Fashion Group collapses

“In the face of the most difficult trading conditions we have ever experienced, the obstacles we encountered were far too severe.."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Several people walk along the beach wearing face masks

International

Canary Islands see tourism improving next year but not to what it should be

The chain of seven islands is popular especially during the winter.

Reuters

'Black Friday' travel.

International

Mallorca package holidays a top choice on 'Black Friday'

Hotel chains and Airlines did a roaring trade on 'Black Friday' with sales way above forecasts.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

A passenger stands in an almost empty check-in area at Gatwick Airport

Latest headlines

Britons could have passport vaccine stamps

IATA is in the latter stages of preparing a digital travel pass.

Humphrey Carter

Water consumption.

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Balearics participating in water conservation project

The project has a consortium of nine participants from Catalonia, Occitania and the Balearic Islands.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

El Corte Inglés nativity scene from 2019

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El Corte Inglés nativity scene in Palma

Every afternoon there will be a puppet show and Pitiflú will sing children's songs.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Puerto Portals, Mallorca.

Latest headlines

Concrete slabs thrown into the sea in Puerto Portals

"We still want to impose ourselves on the sea. We didn't learn anything..”

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Patricia Guasp, Balearic parliamentary spokesperson for Ciudadanos

Latest headlines

Ciudadanos demand that Balearic taxes are not raised

This follows a proposal for fiscal harmonisation in the state budget.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Iago Negueruela, Economic Model, Tourism & Labour Minister.

Latest headlines

QR System being finalised for bars & restaurants in Mallorca

Ministers questioned how the system will work if customers don't have the necessary technology.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Dog-assisted therapy session at Escola Iris in Sant Vicenc dels Horts

International

Wagging tails therapy dog cheers Spanish special-needs kids during COVID

His students have become more responsive and collaborative, with faster reactions.

Reuters

Regional president Isabel Diaz Ayuso at the new hospital Isabel Zendal

International

Madrid region inaugurates COVID-19 hospital, unions protest lack of staff

"Nothing will be solved," nursing union SATSE said in a statement, calling the new hospital a vanity project.

Reuters

Balearic parliament

Coronavirus news

Armengol "convinced" there will be PCR tests for domestic travellers

The Balearic government has been calling for travellers from the mainland to present negative PCR tests.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Migrants detained in Mallorca

Latest headlines

Migrant route from Algeria has become "permanent"

The Balearic government has no jurisdiction over border controls.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Palma town hall, Mallorca

Coronavirus news

Balearics coronavirus figures for Tuesday

Cases rise again in Palma, Inca, Sa Pobla, Soller and fifteen other Mallorcan municipalities.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

News / Comment
Olivia Colman, from the series "The Crown"

Comment

My Column

The Crown sorts out fact from fiction about the lives and conduct of the Royal Family and the greatest football player the world has ever seen.

Donald Trelford

Comment

'The Crown'

“A reminder that The Crown is a work of fiction and not very good fiction..”

Jason Moore

Comment

Mallorca’s brave traders

"The resorts may be closed but some souvenir stores are not giving up just yet.."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

University Education problems.

Comment

Time for a rethink regarding University Education?

Access to university was considered essential for the development of young people, but today it shows the deficiencies.

Frank Leavers

Holiday / Lifestyle
The EHIC card, about to be obsolete

Community

Prepare for the worst: no need to hope for the best

If you have been relying on your European Health Insurance Card you might want to consider other options as UK leaves the EU.

Vicki McLeod

Salmon Wellington

Lifestyle

Have a stress free Christmas with Salmon Wellington

Christmas is getting closer, Chef Marc Fosh shares a recipe that requires little effort to cook and doesn’t leave you ready to burst as you flit from one long feast to the next.

Marc Fosh

An Autumnal Soller plaza

Lifestyle

Soller Valley is getting ready for Christmas

This Christmas programme is not announced yet but expect music and carols as life goes on in the Soller Valley.

Shirley Roberts

Good turnout at the Blue nest in Port Adriano

Lifestyle

Good Deeds

A study implies that petrol cars under 50,000 miles are more environmentally friendly than an electric car with the same mileage.

Robert Klevehagen

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