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Andrew Ede
Andrew Ede

Background in business publishing. Started an online blog about Mallorca in 2005, which went daily in 2007, covering culture, environment, history, politics, tourism and more. Became a regular contributor to the Bulletin in 2010 before joining the staff a few years later.

Enjoying Majorca

Spring 1820: Abolition in Majorca

Late spring in Majorca two hundred years ago was marked by a major public health crisis but also by significant abolition.

Andrew Ede 16/06/2020 00:10

Viewpoint

Tourist test farce

What purpose does a week of this plan serve?

Andrew Ede 15/06/2020 18:04

The Week That Was

The warring sisters of Congress

Irene has become hugely popular with the media, especially the broadcast media, as she is "good copy".

Andrew Ede 15/06/2020 13:52

Viewpoint

Person of the week, boos and cheers

Find out who is this week's Bulletin person of the week and who received the three cheers and a big boo!

Andrew Ede 14/06/2020 00:10

Northern Spotlight

No test tourists for Puerto Pollensa

Playa de Palma is the other is the other resort.

Andrew Ede 13/06/2020 09:06

The Week In Tourism

The politics of air bridges and quarantine

Spain now prefers there to be a Europe-wide approach, a Spanish foreign affairs ministry source seemingly having said that this was the case but adding that if there isn't such a travel deal, Spain "will establish its own criteria".

Andrew Ede 12/06/2020 12:38

The Blog

The race to normality

The Galician government will be proposing a state of alarm exit on Monday.

Andrew Ede 12/06/2020 12:32

The Blog

Four point nine two feet

The new normal is soon to be with us.

Andrew Ede 11/06/2020 00:10

Viewpoint

It’s not the flag that matters

The town hall reckons that the Q Quality system “corresponds more” with its objectives and its system of beach management.

Andrew Ede 10/06/2020 17:51

The Blog

The bar is world heritage

Among the contributions of bars to Spain's history, so the website tells us, is that the Spanish Constitution was drafted by debating it in a bar.

Andrew Ede 10/06/2020 13:03

The Blog

When there's nothing to report: Magalluf

What's going on here? Might it have something to do with the fact that there's no scope at present for the normal Magalluf reports?

Andrew Ede 09/06/2020 00:49

Viewpoint

Penalising nightlife?

While Phase 3 doesn’t have implications for tourism, might this different treatment signal the approach post-state of alarm?

Andrew Ede 09/06/2020 00:10

Enjoying Majorca

The peace of Pollensa: Miquel Bota Totxo

On Sunday was the one-hundredth anniversary of his birth. He was born in Pollensa and he died in Pollensa in 2005.

Andrew Ede 09/06/2020 00:10

The Week That Was

The birth of the Judge

"I was already a politician and you were not born."

Andrew Ede 08/06/2020 00:10

Viewpoint

Person of the week, boos and cheers

Find out who is this week's Bulletin person of the week and who received the three cheers and a big boo!

Andrew Ede 07/06/2020 00:10

Northern Spotlight

Alcudia - two million euros for the "restart plan"

The mayor wished to highlight the fact that the town hall was "united in restoring normality".

Andrew Ede 06/06/2020 10:45

The Week in Tourism

The government’s “relaunch of tourism” plan

Tourism may not have been foremost in the government’s thinking in the early days of the crisis, but it has increasingly been pushed up the agenda.

Andrew Ede 05/06/2020 00:10

The Blog

The battles of the de-escalation

De-escalation battle lines are being drawn.

Andrew Ede 04/06/2020 00:10

Viewpoint

Fixing the cost to rent

"Housing cannot solely be treated as a market asset; it is a product of basic necessity requiring an urgent plan and a long-term strategy for affordable housing."

Andrew Ede 03/06/2020 18:01

The Blog

Forget the crisis, it's the politics

How well do you think the opposition both to the Spanish government and the Balearic government has been managing the crisis?

Andrew Ede 03/06/2020 00:41