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.
Spotlight North: Safe beaches in Alcudia
Spain’s Institute for Touristic Quality was handing out its flags for beaches earlier this week
Spotlight North: No Blue Flag but a Black Flag for Puerto Pollensa
Ecologistas en Acción have just awarded the Albercutx beach in Puerto Pollensa one of its 48 annual Black Flags
Spotlight North: Enjoy Pollensa with more limited Formentor access
They are also demanding an improvement to the bus service.
Spotlight North: The Pollentia finca is finally bought
Where will the three million for the development be coming from?
Viewpoint: Waiting for the data is no defence
What would the health situation be like, “if we all did the same”?
The Blog: The courts are testing positive for Covid
Do we now face possible repeats of the fiasco? What do you think?
The week in tourism: Watch list, bookings and the Delta variant
This week has been dominated by Spanish students and the arrival of British green-listed tourists.
Viewpoint: Martyrs at the gates of dawn
This whole business raises a fundamental question for Mallorca.
The Blog: Losing control, confusion and the stable door
Is the Balearic government losing control of the situation? - What do you think?
The Blog: The Spanish students - it’s a scandal
The whole affair seriously threatens regular tourism in Mallorca...
Enjoy Mallorca: Ten years of the Tramuntana World Heritage Site
Has the Unesco declaration made any real difference?
Spotlight North: Patron saints and wine
The programme for Pollensa’s La Patrona fiestas has been announced by the town hall.
Spotlight North: The Pollensa Festival - sixty editions later
Philip Newman, a British violinist is attributed with having been the festival’s founder.
Spotlight North: Puerto Pollensa - a different wastewater spill
For a time on Thursday the Albercuix beach in Puerto Pollensa needed to be closed.
Spotlight North: Hotel Formentor and the inevitable opposition
Pollensa town hall earlier this week granted the licence for redevelopment at the hotel.
The Blog: Sacked for refusing to be vaccinated
Do people have the right to refuse vaccination if there are legitimate reasons? What do you think?
The week in tourism: Here comes summer ... and they’re thinking of shutting the bars
What about the other tourists, those who aren’t drunk?
The Blog: Hairy Saint John in the cultural interest
Meet the Mallorcan dancer who managed to offend a prominent member of the Spanish royal family.
The Blog: The missed opportunity of hotel conversion
Is this how the Balearic government would see hotel conversion working?
Majorca tourism
Viewpoint: Policing Magalluf
Over the years, there have been plenty of calls for more police in Magalluf.
Andrew Ede 06/07/2021 10:51