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.
Spanish sailing cup in Puerto Pollensa
Covid restrictions set a maximum number of registrations for the cup.
Albufera recovering after the devastating fire
In late September last year, the fire in Albufera affected 480 hectares.
Pollensa town hall goes to Minorca
On Wednesday, Pollensa’s mayor Tomeu Cifre plus various others from the town hall headed off to Ciutadella.
Muro unanimous in seeking to save Ses Casetes des Capellans
The proposal by the parties at the town hall is that there be a straight line twenty metres from the sea to mark the public-maritime domain.
Alcudia’s circus festival returns at the end of April
The acts are highly original, and they often combine theatre and dance with clowns and circus routines of a traditional style.
Feminising Pollensa’s street names
A commission of historians, politicians and technical advisors is to be set up in order to propose changes to the names of streets.
Useless, pitiful: the masks on beaches debacle
The health minister, Carolina Darias, said that “a long time had passed” since the processing of the new normality law had begun last summer.
A horse is a horse, of course of course
The Horse Roundabout is so distinctive, such a landmark that it has made it into maps.
Sports tourism for all in Alcudia
The aim is nevertheless to boost local tourism through sports programmes in the off-season.
SOS Tourism on wheels in Pollensa and Alcudia
Thirty cyclists pressing the claim for vaccination and proactivity to rescue not just cycling and sport but the entire tourism sector.
The inadequate shower of Pollensa
This shower and changing room formed part of the case that was brought against Emser for wrongful dismissal on account of sex discrimination.
Joan March would have ensured everyone was vaccinated
March, often referred to as Franco’s banker, is an illustrious son of Santa Margalida.
Easter tourism: there was no invitation
Nowhere in any of this was there a suggestion that Mallorca was flinging the doors open to German tourists at Easter.
Palma and the streets of shame
The most celebrated, or infamous if you prefer, of the street names to go is the Joan March Avenue.
Bastille Day and vaccination liberty
The EU, by contrast, sat on its hands and allowed the free market to run its course.
Pay increases - but how and when?
The ERTE furlough scheme would have become more costly had pay increases gone through.
From a smuggler’s bride to Ballermann: German film in Mallorca
The German connection with Mallorca in the first decades of the twentieth century is less known than those of the British, the Americans and the French.
VIP tourists: will they have been tested?
Do Spanish government ministers travel to Mallorca carrying proof of a negative PCR test 72 hours in advance of their missions?
Cuttlefish is off!: Alcudia’s sepia fair
"The fishermen intend switching to lobster as soon as the season for this starts on April 1"
Comment
Mid-Covid and responsible tourism
For Tui, the imperative to restart operations as quickly and as early as possible has been as great as it is for any other business.
Andrew Ede 30/03/2021 09:56