News of the day 25 January 2021
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Mallorca.

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Mallorca Weather Forecast for Monday

It's wet and very, very windy in Mallorca today with a high of 17 degrees. To keep up with the weather all over the island via our webcams click here.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Room Mate Ángel, Ibiza Town.

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Designer Hotel Chain opening in Ibiza

"It’s a dream for me to finally have a hotel in Ibiza.."

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Covid test.

Coronavirus news

Spanish woman who 'died' of COVID returned 10 days later

"I could not believe it. I was crying, after the death of my wife...."

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Palma, Mallorca.

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Calls for immediate, urgent changes to Balearic Housing Law

Podemos is determined to make banks and investment funds comply with the law.

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La Seu, Palma, Mallorca.

International

Palma Cathedral Week of Prayer & Christian Unity

If you missed the liturgy and would like to see it, log on to YouTube.com and enter: Liturgy January 24, 2021 in the search box.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Yacht Serene seen in Puerto Alcudia

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The super-yacht with the Leonardo da Vinci painting drops anchor in Puerto Alcudia

"In 2015, while vacationing in the south of France, Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia bought the vessel for appr..."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

British vaccine woes.

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Why has AstraZeneca cut supplies of their vaccine to the European Union?

"The Anglo-Swedish drugmaker has received an up-front payment of 336 million euros ($409 million) from the EU..."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

The Balearic government

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Only one minister's approval rating has risen during the pandemic

The health minister, Patricia Gómez, has the highest rating among Balearic ministers.

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Es Trenc, Mallorca.

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Clamp down on dogs and horses on the dunes of Es Trenc

Es Trenc is slap bang in the middle of a Nature Reserve that’s home to nearly 200 species of birds, including flamingos, and storks.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Rocks to prevent motor home parking in Llucmajor, Mallorca

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Llucmajor blocks access to motor homes

Large rocks have been positioned in areas by the sea.

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Whether you’re starting a business or trying to save your own one, you need to be able to trade online

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Mark McCormick Northern Ireland: An Entrepreneurial Spirt and Entrepreneurial Soul

To pull out of this spiral, the only way forward is for businesses to become more creative, inventive, entrepreneurial.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Archivist Bernat Font at Ca ses Monges, Mallorca.

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Archive documents show that history repeats itself in Mallorca

"Almost all of the documentation was recovered (after the 2018 floods) but it took a lot of intense work by a team of experts..”

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Intensive care, Mallorca

Coronavirus news

Balearics coronavirus figures for Monday

Only urgent tests are carried out in Ibiza on a Sunday.

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Rodrigo Romero of Podemos in Palma

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Podemos wanting to know if there has been vaccination queue-jumping

Podemos in Palma want to make sure that there haven't been examples like those in other regions.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

The priceless Da Vinci painting.

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What is worth more....the superyacht or the fittings?

"The yacht was sold for 500 million and the painting is worth 450 million......"

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Spain's Health Minister Salvador Illa

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Spain's health minister quits amid pandemic to run for regional Catalan election

Salvador Illa will leave his job on Tuesday to run for elections scheduled in Catalonia on Feb. 14

Reuters

Microsoft's Bill Gates

International

Billionaires thriving as poor suffer in widening COVID-19 divide

The pandemic marks a "pivotal" point which has exposed economic disparities and built support for "transformative" policies, Oxfam said.

Reuters

Balearic government meeting with business and union leaders

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Negueruela says there must be tourism activity this summer

The tourism minister didn't want to set a date for the start of the tourism season.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Employees of French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen work on the new engine

International

Death of diesel looms as carmakers accelerate to electric future

The transition from diesel is particularly marked in Europe, where sales of diesel vehicles made up at least 50% of the total as recently as 2015.

Reuters

Travel recommendations.

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European Commission sets out Covid travel guidelines

Passengers can choose between refund or rerouting for cancelled tickets.

Sebastià Taltavull, the Bishop of Mallorca

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Bishop of Mallorca has been vaccinated

Sebastià Taltavull isn't a resident or worker at the Sant Pere i Sant Bernat residence.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

News / Comment

Comment

Light at the end of the tunnel?

“There could be light at the end of the tunnel with the number of cases on the island dropping....”

Jason Moore

Holiday / Lifestyle
The Mallorca Files | Max & Miranda | Gravity

Mallorca Files

Interview with showrunner and lead writer Dan Sefton

"I think Mallorca deserves a big bounce back in 2021. It’s a lovely place to go.”

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Queen’s College nursery children have great time learning about winter

Community

Winter Wonderland - Queen’s College nursery children have great time learning about winter

One of their favourite Ice Castle activities is to become an arctic explorer and sketch what they can see in their make-believe space.

Queen's College

Catalan-style mussel soup

Lifestyle

Cold comfort for change...

"If you follow these basic rules, your care will be repaid with clear-looking, healthy broths with flavours that are true and clean."

Marc Fosh

Walking

Lifestyle

Step by Step: The Power of Walking

Ideally, walking at least 30 minutes a day can do everything to improve your health.

Vicki McLeod

HOPE Trailer | TIFF 2019

Lifestyle

Films in English and Norwegian in Palma

Find out what films are playing in English, Norwegian and Swedish this week in Palma. Films will be updated on Friday January 29.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Sport / Real Mallorca
An airborne Abdon Prats celebrates his seventh goal in ten games

Real Mallorca

Mallorca level at the top after 1-3 win in Madrid

"In 20 minutes all the doubts generated since the end of 2020 were quickly dispersed."

Monro Bryce

Sport / Other Sports
La Liga Atletico Madrid vs Valencia

Football

Soccer-La Liga talking points

The weekend in Spanish football

Reuters

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