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.
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.
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"
The failures of La Gola
The latest row speaks yet again to the apparent failures regarding La Gola; failures that have existed for too long.
Pollensa to Lluc: when a road isn’t a road
"The road is in such a bad way that it is almost impassable in part"
Political peace for Pollensa’s Justice of the Peace?
The appointment of Marti Ochogavia first came before a council meeting back in July.
The King of Palma
The series is loosely based on the story of the man who became known for his Bierkönig beer garden - Manfred Meisel.
The inconsistencies of Easter travel
The inconsistencies with policy are obvious, and they have sparked off a good deal of indignation.
A one cent tourist tax special offer
The increasing number of tourists was to famously be highlighted in March 1932.
“We all stand together ...”
The vaccines have been just one element in an unravelling of any pretence of solidarity.
Seventy years later: the Maritime Museum
The museum brought together what was described as a “magnificent collection” of items that were testimony to Mallorca’s maritime history throughout history.
What if November 9 hadn’t happened?
The fourteenth will forever be etched in history because the crisis was made official.
What happens to the city hotels?
The great bet on low-season activity centred on conferences now looks under threat...
Emblematic areas of Puerto Pollensa
The Council of Mallorca is doing the rounds of tourist municipalities in spreading its tourism strategic plan
The one-man village of Buger
Police unions have in the past called for there to be greater equality in salaries paid by town halls.
Lighting up Puerto Alcudia
The Balearic Ports Authority has put out to tender a contract to improve the energy efficiency of street lighting in Puerto Alcudia.
Comment
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.
Andrew Ede 26/03/2021 10:14