Employment
Over 50,000 working days lost by the government
Every person employed by the government had an average of fifteen days off sick.
Animal welfare
Government will respect legality in bullfighting legislation
"It is one thing to talk about animal protection, but quite another to pursue a legal nonsense."
Animal welfare
Court annuls Catalonia bullfighting ban
The court's decision does have an impact on proposed Balearic legislation to ban bullfighting.
Politics
Bauzá seeking support to become national tourism minister
Ex-Balearic president José Ramón Bauzá is being put forward as a possible national tourism minister.
Tourist tax
Government ruling out tourist tax increase next year
Barceló said that the government has never spoken about there being too many tourists.
Animal welfare
New proposal to make bullfighting impossible
The parties of government are considering a way round a judgement which might mean that bullfighting cannot be banned in the Balearics.
Energy
Balearic renewable energy supply one of the lowest in Spain
The target of meeting the European Union's aim of at least 20% renewable energy by 2020 is still a very long way off.
Property
Evictions planned for social housing rent defaulters
Unpaid rent for the government's apartments is put at 3.7 million euros.
Tourism
Tourism ministry inundated with holiday home registrations
There were more in the first nine months of this year (10,367) than in the whole of 2015 (8,030).
Tourist tax
Tourist tax may rise in 2017
Each of the three parties in the government "pact" - PSOE, Més and Podemos - is said to be in favour of increasing the tourist tax rate.
Education
Balearics education - the worst in Europe
The Balearics is at the very bottom of an index of education that covers all other Spanish regions and all EU countries.
Animal welfare
Palma bullfight fine; bullfighting ban may be unlawful
Victoria, King Felipe's niece, was still only fifteen when she attended a bullfight with her mother and older brother.
Tax
Balearic government split over environmental taxes
PSOE is said to favour increasing the tourist tax next year. Tourism minister Barceló is not so sure.
Society
Més against putting the clocks back
"It is logical, rational and natural to extract the maximum benefit from a resource as precious as the sun."
Politics
Balearic parties react to Sánchez resignation
Armengol insisted that the party must maintain its "no" to the investiture of Mariano Rajoy as prime minister.
Property
Property market continues to be led by the Balearics
Salaries are deemed inadequate in the Balearics for the purchase of the average home. Foreign buyers are the ones helping to keep the market buoyant.
Crime
Over 15% of Balearic companies lose data through cyber attacks
"It is the user who opens the door to the cybercriminals and sets in motion the capture of information."
Tourism
Britons took over Majorca in August
The British won the Balearic tourism battle with the Germans in August but only just.
Tourism
Inter-island holidays for seniors being revived
From 1997 to 2011, over 130,000 people took advantage of the inter-island holidays.
Weather
Researchers find that Majorca's summer has lengthened
May-June temperatures in the Balearics have gone up far more than global averages.
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