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.
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".
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!
Northern Spotlight
No test tourists for Puerto Pollensa
Playa de Palma is the other is the other resort.
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".
The Blog
The race to normality
The Galician government will be proposing a state of alarm exit on Monday.
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.
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.
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?
Viewpoint
Penalising nightlife?
While Phase 3 doesn’t have implications for tourism, might this different treatment signal the approach post-state of alarm?
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.
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!
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".
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.
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."
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?
- Ryanair grounds 12 Spain routes over excessive airport taxes
- Tourists' favourite places in Mallorca in the winter
- Fears that other hotels in Mallorca will be occupied by squatters
- Pay 300,000 euros and the Cala Bona hotel squatters will leave
- Short term rental regulations will cost Spain billions and jobs
Viewpoint
Tourist test farce
What purpose does a week of this plan serve?
Andrew Ede 15/06/2020 18:04