Etiqueta 'Balearic Government'
The PP's Marga Prohens pays careful attention to words of Podemos leader, Alberto Jarabo.

Tourist tax

Podemos: tourist tax is a fraud on the citizenship

Podemos: If there were a vote right now, it would not be a vote for an eco-tax.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter08/02/2016 00:00

One of the many protests Bauzá faced during his time as president.

Economy

Layoffs by the Bauzá government cost 16 million euros

There were 1,620 fewer government employees at the end of the Bauzá administration than at its start.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter16/01/2016 00:00

Catalina Cladera explaining the approval of the budget.

Politics

Budget approval is a sign of government stability

The budget is the “fruit of consensus and of the pact” and of working together with Podemos.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter23/12/2015 00:00

President Armengol with Vice-President Barceló and, in the background, minister for the presidency, Marc Pons (left) and education minister, Martí March.

Politics

Armengol proud of change since becoming president

Vice-President Barceló observed that "the force awakens" and proclaimed that "the force be with us".

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter18/12/2015 00:00

Balearic government taking part in climate change summit

Environment

Balearic government taking part in climate change summit

President Armengol says of the summit in Paris that it should be “the embryo for a new and much more sustainable planet and the pride for future generations”.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter07/12/2015 00:00

Finance minister, Catalina Cladera.

Finance

Government calculating a one-third increase in revenue from fines

The Balearic government anticipates that its citizens will be paying it 33,053 euros per day in the form of fines.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter07/12/2015 00:00

Emotion during the minute's silence.

Terrorism

Paris terror: Solidarity from the Balearics

Voicing her own support for the French people, President Armengol said that terrorists "will not defeat democracy".

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter14/11/2015 00:00

Comment

Robin Hood politics

"In theory it is extremely plausible, but sadly it never works."

Humphrey Carter11/11/2015 00:00

Work on the cabling in Puerto Alcudia prior to its suspension in March.

Northern News Spotlight

Parliament to discuss Alcudia high-voltage cabling

As the period of suspension is almost up, parents have been pressing to have a meeting with President Armengol.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter19/10/2015 00:00

Vice-President Barceló, President Armengol and Finance Minister Cladera at the press announcement of the draft of the tax.

Tourist tax

Tourist tax will cost between fifty cents and two euros

Tourist accommodation charges between 50 cents and 2 euros per person and per day. Children below 14 years exempt. Residents will have to pay in tourist accommodation. If stay is for health reasons it can be reclaimed. Cruise passengers will also pay.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter14/10/2015 00:00

Biel Barceló, when taking office earlier this year.

Tourism

Island councils to take care of tourism promotion from 2017

Barceló said there won't be a repeat of the “chaos” of the last government, as councils refused to accept the responsibility.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter13/10/2015 00:00

President Armengol, characterised as having been “kidnapped by radical partners”.

Politics

PP rubbish government’s one hundred days performance

Prohens denounced the “inconsistency, instability, arrogance and vengefulness” of the government’s early days in office.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter10/10/2015 00:00

The Balearic government wants a flat rate for inter-island flights.

Transport

Madrid dragging its heels over flat-rate tariff and tourist tax talks

A key issue is that the state budgets for 2016 are being drawn up, and the Balearic tariff would need to be included in these.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter10/10/2015 00:00

Armengol calls for a united front

Politics

Armengol calls for a united front

Armengol stressed the importance of there being a clear sense of unity in appealing for greater financial resources from the state.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter09/10/2015 00:00

Social income scheme will cost 20 million euros

Economy

Social income scheme will cost 20 million euros

The social income will ensure that all families in the Balearics are able to cover the cost of basic necessities.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter09/10/2015 00:00

Chamber of Commerce needs support to keep going

Business

Chamber of Commerce needs support to keep going

Roses says that the chamber needs new lines of activity going forward, but for these it requires support.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter05/10/2015 00:00

The ceremony to canonise Fray Junipero was shown on a screen in Petra's parish church.

Latest headlines

The week in the Bulletin: a saint and a tax

A saint, a tax, a government defeat, the past week was one of holiness and distinctly unholy rows, one of them even involving a saint.

Monitor27/09/2015 00:00