Finance
Balearics and Catalonia join forces for fairer funding
Armengol said that the Balearic government has had enough of being "mistreated" by Madrid.
Transport
National support for Balearic inter-island flat-rate air tariff
The meeting represented "very positive news" and a "significant change" on behalf of the ministry of development.
Property
March home sales up by a quarter in the Balearics
Sales in the Balearics, relative to every 100,000 inhabitiants, were the second highest in the country.
Tourism
Balearics is Europe's favourite summer destination
The most economic of the four islands, reveals Trip Advisor, is Majorca.
Environment
Barceló says again that payment for Blue Flag is not a priority
"The controls (for quality) are always done. It makes no sense to pay a company for something that is always done."
Property
British dominated the foreign property market last year
In the Balearics, the increase in the level of foreign purchasing was 22.3%, well above the national figure.
Health
Balearics has lowest rate of obesity
The rate of obesity in the Balearics is under half that of some Spanish regions.
Beaches
Row breaks out over loss of Blue Flags
As three of the lost flags are in Palma, there has been a call for the censure of the Emaya services agency, the councillor Neus Truyol.
Transport
Ministry denies limits will be imposed on residents’ flight discounts
The ministry adds that it would not raise proposals of this kind when it is acting in caretaker fashion.
Tourism
British visitors boost tourist spending in the Balearics
In March alone, the total spend by foreign tourists rose by 39% over March last year, giving a figure of 380 million euros.
Beaches
Balearics loses 12 Blue Flags this year
Gone are three in Palma as well as Camp de Mar in Andratx.
Society
Almost 60% of foreign residents speak Catalan
The Balearics is the region in which there is the highest percentage of people who say they understand Catalan.
Employment
Employment returning to pre-recession levels
Proof of this lies with the fact that the earlier tourism season has increased the number of employees who have "fijo discontinuo" contracts on the employment register.
Nautical
Twenty per cent surge in demand for moorings in the Balearics
Booking a berth for July and August is more or less impossible in the Balearics and that is leading to the lengthening of the nautical season.
Environment
The season of increased fire risk is about to start
With the tourism season officially starting on 1 May, so also does the season for increased fire risk.
Tax
Finance ministry has found over 20,000 undeclared Balearic properties
The type of fraud varies. Almost 30% are new buildings.
Property
Over 35% of home purchases in 2015 were by foreigners
By country market, 34% were German and just over 22% were British purchasers.
Fishing
Approval for fishing tourism in the Balearics given
The new source of revenue for fishermen is expected to mean an improvement to their working conditions.
Animal welfare
Parliament takes first step towards bullfighting ban
The parliamentary procedure can now move forward to ultimate approval.
Transport
Limit to the number of hire cars being proposed
The party argues that traffic congestion has been mainly caused by the number of hire cars.
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