Employment
The Balearics outperforms national employment market
Unemployment in the Balearics for the third quarter was down by 13.6% (14,000).
Tourism
Almost a quarter of all tourists to Spain came to the Balearics in September
In September, there were 7.2 million tourists, which was up by 2.2% over 2014, with the UK providing the most.
Police
Government plans reform of local police organisation
The system of taking on interim officers to add to the full-time forces has provoked “high instability and insecurity among the officers.”
Legislation
Law will approve exhumation of Civil War graves
This is a law that deals specifically with the graves of the some 2,000 people in the Balearics who disappeared during the Civil War.
Tourist tax
Villa rental businesses fear tourist tax will be unfair
“There are a number of social realities that have to be looked at, but all properties have to abide by the same rules so that there isn’t any unfair competition.”
Tourist tax
Barceló says tourist tax priority will be the environment
Maria José Ribas, a Partido Popular parliamentary deputy, asked the government to rethink its intentions.
Environment
Overcrowding in the Balearics: a top environmental worry
As to those who should solve these environmental problems, almost a half of respondents said that politicians should be responsible.
Tourist tax
Government to begin round of eco-tax talks
The ultimate aim is to obtain the maximum level of consensus within the tourism industry over the tax.
Transport
Calls to stop privatising Balearic airports
The Balearic Socialist Party today announced that it intends to table a motion in parliament to halt the privatisation of local airports.
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Welfare
Balearic poverty risk falls more than elsewhere in Spain
The rate was 23.8% in 2014, which is the lowest for five years.
Tourist tax
Over two million euros tourist tax revenue anticipated from cruise ships
The government has yet to establish what will be the minimum stay in Balearic ports.
Tourist tax
“For them, a tourist is not a friend, he or she is someone who is a nuisance”
Partido Popular opposition group slam the tourist tax.
Society
Divorce rate in the Balearics higher than the national average
In the whole of Spain, demands for divorce grew by 2.3% compared with 2014.
Tourist tax
Mixed reaction to the introduction of the controversial new levy
“If large Balearic hotel chains can be distributed worldwide and be in countries, 80% of which have some form of tax, why do they object in their homeland?”
Tourism
More than one million cruise ship passengers
The Balearic contribution of passenger numbers of ship arrivals was in the region of one-third of August’s total for the whole of Spain.
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.
Weather
Mediterranean storms will become more intense
Medicanes are a rare type of cyclone with similarities to that in the tropics.
Politics
Growing sentiment in favour of reduced regional autonomy
This wave of centralisation sentiment is also reflected in responses to questions regarding identity.
Animal welfare
Bullfighting ban moves closer
This will be done despite the central government having declared bullfights to be in the “cultural interest of Spain”.
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