News of the day 16 April 2021
News / Latest headlines
Business closures in Palma.

Coronavirus news

Thousands of Balearic companies submit debt deferral requests

Under State Subsidy Law, businesses that are not up to date with their payments cannot benefit from any type of aid or subsidy.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Council employees working on the beach in Alcudia.

Latest headlines

A taste of summer in Alcudia

"Last season we made 180,000 euros, whereas in a normal year we would collect two million euros.."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Palma International Boat Show, 2019.

International

Palma International Boat Show dates confirmed

“We are convinced that the Nautical Sector will be the engine of economic diversification for the Islands..”

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Megapark in Playa de Palma, Mallorca

Latest headlines

High Court denies Megapark an activity licence

Megapark in Playa de Palma was originally two separate establishments.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Horse-drawn carriage in Palma, Mallorca

Latest headlines

Mounted police sent report about the poor condition of Palma horses

The Progreso en Verde party is keeping up the pressure to end horse carriages in Palma.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Reyes Maroto, Spain's tourism minister

International

"We will be welcoming tourists back in June," says minister

Vaccination and the digital green certificate are key to tourism reactivation.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Intensive care, Mallorca

Coronavirus news

Balearics coronavirus figures for Friday, 88 new positive cases

The number of new cases has more than doubled compared with Thursday.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Reuben brothers; Mallorca spending.

Latest headlines

Billionare British brothers continue their Mallorca buying spree

"The second plot is 270 hectares close to Andratx also with 3.5km of sea frontage."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Jaume Far, director of the Balearics anti-corruption office

Latest headlines

Vaccination "irregularities" investigation: 1,600 public officials listed

President Armengol is one of the names on the anti-corruption office's list.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

News / Comment

Comment

Spain needs a traffic light

Spain needs to move ahead with plans for its own travel traffic light plan.

Humphrey Carter

Trasmediterránea to reinforce connections with Menorca during the summer

Comment

The lost pride of Spanish transport

The Trasmediterránea being acquired by Italy’s Grimaldi is clearly a very different company to what it was in those early days.

Andrew Ede

The nature of old age and how we now perceive it

Comment

Come on, please don't act your age!

Age related socially driven activities have changed quite considerably over the past twenty to thirty years...

Frank Leavers

Comment

Holiday times

“I admire the optimism of the local authorities but it won’t be a bumper season”

Jason Moore

Holiday / Lifestyle
La Piazzetta

Lifestyle

Where to eat out on Mallorca

Don't know where to go out for a meal? Take a look at our restaurant guide!

Laura Stadler

Save the Med Foundation

Lifestyle

A year that will define all others

This week Save The Med published our 2020 Annual Report.

Marilles foundation

Letters to the editor

Letters to the Editor

A reader gives their opinion about having a pet.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

tourists playa de palma

Lifestyle

Tourism: Lost in transformation and translation

Hoteliers, and indeed the whole of the tourism industry, are agreed that the situation surrounding this summer’s season is highly “volatile”.

Andrew Ede

Mortal Kombat (2021) - Official Red Band Trailer

Lifestyle

Films in English this week in Palma

Films have been updated for this weekend. Check to see what CineCiutat and Festival Park are screening on the big screen.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

group classes

Lifestyle

For better health: The Santa Maria Fitness Club

Health is about being free from illness and injury. My fitness classes walk the line between the two.

Simon Kenion Shears

Inside of the cinema Lumiere

Lifestyle

Rent your own cinema in Palma!

“It has been closed for more than ten years and the ‘For Rent’ sign has been up for quite a while, which has generated a lot of interest, so now we've posted the advert online,"

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Vintage Soller Train, Palma.

Lifestyle

Soller train; 109 years in the fast track

The official inauguration took place on April 16, 1912, with locomotives No. 1 ‘Soller’ and No. 2 ‘Palma’ carrying the inaugural convoy. Locomotive No. 3 ‘Buñola’ was stationed in Soller.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Weather / Latest news
Weather forecast for the Balearic Islands for Saturday April 17

Latest news

Today's weather on Mallorca

Check out the radar of how the storm is approaching the island today and find out what the minimum temperatures were this morning. To find out what the weather is like elsewhere in Mallorca, take a look at our webcams by clicking here.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Sport / Real Mallorca
Martin Valjent's 100th game tomorrow

Real Mallorca

Fan's view: Five players out as Mallorca face Castellon

"I’m expecting a tough and complicated match.”

Monro Bryce

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