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.
What's On
Top tip's of events on Majorca this week
Marratxi, Manacor and Palmanyola will hold fairs this weekend. Palma's Auditorium will have a play in English and Mozart's Requiem to be performed.
Spotlight on the North
The lady in red, traditonal bakers, Muro's museum and a play to be performed in Pollensa.
Enjoying Majorca
A Tuesday in March
Balearics Day is on Sunday. It isn’t, therefore, a public holiday.
What's On
Top tip's of events on Majorca this week
Carnival ends, the funfair opens and its the Balearic Day on Sunday.
Enjoying Majorca
Carnival: Bull dung and nettles
In Majorca, Carnival has never been a tourism event.
What's On
Top tips of events in Majorca this week
Festival Jazz Palma continues this week, Carnival is in full swing on the weekend and George Sand Festival.
Events
Seaplanes cup for Puerto Pollensa
From what one can make out, it is in fact a renaming for the Splash-In, designed to give that event added incentive.
News from your area
Spotlight on the North
Complaints in the north, a plan of action for Puerto Pollensa and What's On this weekend and next in the north of the island.
Viewpoint
People of trust?
The position of national government delegate in the Balearics is a political one.
Person of the week
The Helms-Burton Act was passed in 1996 but never acted upon until now.
Northern Spotlight
The language of road signs
Regulations make clear that signs should be in both languages. The local police had also recommended that the signs be amended.
Viewpoint
Lack of accountability
Of course there should be a commission, preferably an independent one.
Viewpoint
Whither culture?
The impression was that the government had either forgotten about culture or had decided to downgrade its importance.
Viewpoint
Crisis absenteeism
Since the “pact” government was formed in June 2015, it hasn’t been consumed by too much crisis, but when it has been, there has been a common element - Més.
Enjoying Majorca
A Pioneer Of Excursions In Majorca
Adrover’s point is that hardly anyone made these sorts of “excursions” at the start of the twentieth century.
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- Mallorca ambassador Sir Bradley Wiggins has “lost” his Mallorca home
- Mallorca restaurants losing clients, tourists tighten their belts
- Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"
- Mallorca needs to remember price is king
Comment
Person of the week
The former mayor of Palma was officially named the new national government delegate in the Balearics.
Andrew Ede 17/02/2020 10:01