Politics
Balearic ministers' pay to be frozen in 2016
This block on a salary rise will mean that they will get less than had been earmarked in the budget for 2016.
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.
Tourism
Tourism cash boost in Calvia
Significant increase in public funding for beaches, tourism, sporting events and the police proposed.
Son Servera
Son Servera increases tourism budget
The tourism budget will increase to 14%, with emphasis on, for instance, continuing with the initiative to make Cala Bona accessible to those with reduced mobility.
Police corruption and Balearic budget: the week in the Bulletin
It was police week in The Bulletin. Police for all the wrong reasons. And the Balearic budget for 2016 was announced; it will be the highest ever.
Finance
2016 budget will be the Balearics highest ever
Represents “a turn to the left” which “will redistribute wealth and diminish inequalities”.
Economy
Spanish budget may break EU guidelines
Spain has left behind recession and is now growing at one of the fastest rates in the euro zone, according to official figures.
Finance
Tourist tax to be included in 2016 budget
The government has included the tourist (or eco) tax in its budget forecast, even though it has yet to be decided when and how it will be implemented.
Politics
Armengol to demand a higher deficit ceiling
"Outrageous" that the Balearic budget for 2016 should have a deficit ceiling of 0.3%.
Tax
Higher earners to pay more income tax in 2016
"The tax increase is likely to apply to individuals earning 65,000 euros or more."
Environment
Balearic firefighting budget up in 2015
Andalusia, for example, has over four million hectares of forest, while the Balearic Islands between them have just 223,000.
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