News of the day 27 February 2022
News / Latest headlines
Lewis Hamilton and Luna Fluxá bump fists at Mercedes HQ

Latest headlines

The Anglo-Mallorcan set to become F1’s first female world champion

Interview with Lisa Cross, mother of Luna Fluxá, the eleven-year-old girl who is on Mercedes junior team.

Humphrey Carter

Military vehicles in Kyiv.

International

Oil depot hit amid fears of aerial blitz of Kyiv

Russian banks are being cut off from the Swift international payment system.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Car showroom in Mallorca

Latest headlines

Growth in Balearics secondhand car market

Three-quarters of all cars sold in the Balearics in 2021 were secondhand.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Queue for Covid testing in Palma, Mallorca

Coronavirus news

As Covid indicators fall, vaccination slows right down

The test rate is less than half of what it was a month ago; the number of Covid patients in ICU exactly a half.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

News / Comment
Vladimir Putin

Comment

Mallorca's person of the week: Vladimir Putin

Plus - cheers for Balearic tourism competitiveness and boos for drought.

Monitor

Refugees fleeing from Ukraine arrive in Hungary

Comment

When sanctions suck

"Ukraine has justifiably grabbed every news headline."

Anna Nicholas

The crew, at the top, smiling, but possibly secretly hating me

Comment

Give the gift of hope and dignity this Easter

Vicki McLeod on homelessness, women in business and more ...

Vicki McLeod

Holiday / Lifestyle
From left Sata - head chef, Hannes and Stani owners of Cuina i Vi in Algaida.

Community

From IT tech to traditional and healthy food business

This week in Nordic Spotlight: Two people who ended up in Mallorca opening a little take-away food place in Algaida.

Jessika Ekman

Green is considered to be the most nutritious

Lifestyle

White, green…or purple?

Michelin-star chef Marc Fosh on the wonders of asparagus.

Marc Fosh

What's on / Coming soon
Day of the Balearic Islands

Coming soon

What's On today (28 February)

Don't forget today Sa Rueta (children's carnival) takes place throughout Palma.

Christina Buchet

Sport / Other Sports
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