News of the day 29 May 2021
News / Latest headlines
The new showroom has over 1,400 m2 of exhibition area specialising in garden furniture and barbecues | Leroy Merlin

Latest headlines

Leroy Merlin opens Naterial, its new concept store, in Palma

This is a new business model promoted by ADEO, the group to which Leroy Merlin belongs, and whose Palma store is the first in the world.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

FRS ferry company debuts in Alcudia

Latest headlines

Spotlight North: FRS ferry company debuts in Alcudia

The FRS ferry will have a positive impact in terms both of the price of tickets and frequency of service.

Andrew Ede

La gola

Latest headlines

Spotlight North: A new roadmap for La Gola

This time, the roadmap might actually lead somewhere and not come to a dead.

Andrew Ede

The Costas, it can seem, have just got it in for Capellans

Latest headlines

Spotlight North: Bar terraces will have to go in Playa de Muro

Muro town hall has made submissions challenging the Costas decision on behalf of the bars.

Andrew Ede

Beach services

Majorca tourism

Spotlight North: Pollensa town hall proudly presents ...

Interested concessionaires have until May 31 to submit their proposals.

Andrew Ede

Auryn live in Alcudia, Mallorca in 2014

Latest headlines

An open letter to Alcudia town hall from a musician and DJ living in Alcudia

This policy was strangling the bar and restaurant economy for years before the pandemic.

Phil Beckett

Queue at Palma's Son Sant Joan Airport

Majorca tourism

Demand for better controls to prevent airport queues

The queue was because several international flights arrived at the same time.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Uber Eats Advert

International

Former footballer Steve McManaman stars in Spanish Uber Eats Advert

Since he retired from football, McManaman has had an highly successful media career as a television commentator.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Illegal apartment blocks in Monport, Andratx.

Latest headlines

Judge delivers ultimatum to Andratx Council

An agreement to draft the demolition project has been given initial approval, but it could be months before it gets final approval and the document is signed off.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Cruise ships in Palma, Mallorca

Majorca tourism

International cruises to restart from June 7

Palma and other ports will therefore be included in itineraries that cover different countries.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Santa Maria PAC, Mallorca.

Latest headlines

Guardia Civil to monitor Balearic Medical Centres

Officers will patrol the health centres and the surrounding areas on a daily basis.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Travelers wait for luggage at an airport

Coronavirus news

Ireland to resume EU, UK and US travel from July 19

Ireland currently has the strictest travel curbs in the EU.

Reuters

Vaccination in Mallorca

Coronavirus news

Under-60s' consent for second jab is the wrong way round

This has to do with under-60s whose first vaccine dose was AstraZeneca.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

At Son Sant Joan Airport in Palma, Mallorca

Majorca tourism

70% of June 2019 flights forecast for Palma Airport next month

In June 2019, 3.8 million passengers passed through Son Sant Joan Airport.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Michael Douglas and family in Palma, Mallorca

Latest headlines

The Darling Celebs of May: the week in Mallorca

Celebrity fever, green-list fever ... another frenzied week in Mallorca. And rain was welcome last Sunday.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

News / Comment
In the Balearics the Partido Popular has been hugely successful, but not anymore

Comment

Viewpoint: Politics

“The Partido Popular will now have to re-invent themselves...”

Jason Moore

The regional health ministry doesn’t, as standard, publish data for imported cases.

Comment

Viewpoint: Imported cases

The regional health ministry doesn’t, as standard, publish data for imported cases.

Andrew Ede

Holiday / Lifestyle
The home-made strawberry ice cream

Lifestyle

The restaurant review: Sóller and lunch at Ca’n Boqueta

The Bulletin's food expert returns to Soller after 12 years to review a classy country restaurant.

Andrew Valente

Esteve Gomila.

Lifestyle

The power of plants and essential oils from Búger

"I've been interested in the world of plants since I was a child, perhaps because my grandparents knew about them, we even ate some of the wild ones.."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Weather / Latest news
Parc Natural de s'Albufera, Mallorca.

Latest news

Mallorca Weather Forecast for May 30

Whatever you're off to the beach or meeting friends for lunch, check the weather before you leave home, by clicking here.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Sport / Real Mallorca
Real Mallorca

Real Mallorca

Fan's view: History-making season comes to an end tomorrow

Monro Bryce's thoughts on RCD Mallorca's final league game - will they be on top?

Monro Bryce

Sport / Other Sports
Vini and Mati with player

Tennis

Inside Sport: Tennis is all about Unity

Why is Mallorca the perfect place to tap into the wealth of tennis talent? The views of James Parrack, former Olympic swimmer.

James Parrack

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