Environment
Posidonia information campaign at Calvia beaches
Awareness being increased among beachgoers.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 15-21 July
Another bumper week of fiestas. The fiestas for Saint James (Sant Jaume) start in Alcudia, Calvia and Manacor (among other places). Flotillas, fireworks, correfocs for Virgen del Carmen and for Sant Jaume, Santiago, Spain's patron saint. Grammy award-winning jazz singer Gregory Porter in Port Adriano. Three nights of concerts at Bellver Castle, Palma.
Incident
Young woman crushed to death by large rock
Woman dies by large rock and boyfriend in critical condition.
Investigation
Search for missing five-year-old Calvia boy moves to Germany
Investigators have managed to confirm that the father, who was entitled to shared custody of the child, had been in regular contact with the German mother since they moved off the island.
Police
Searches mounted for missing five-year-old boy from Calvia
Possible case of "parental kidnapping".
Action
Calvia fines its first party boat
Company could be fined as much as 3,000 euros for organising and advertising the boat party.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 8-14 April
One of the island's biggest fairs - Puerto Alcudia's boat show and sepia (cuttlefish) gastronomy event. Other fairs in Calvia and Santa Margalida. Easter processions start - Palm Sunday in Palma. The Balearic Symphony Orchestra with Russian concert pianist Yevgeny Sudbin.
Tourism
Calvia launches its winter tourism programme
Calvia’s European Winter initiative is this year celebrating its 26th anniversary.
Historical memory
Remains of three more Republicans found in Calvia
Twenty-two Republicans are believed to have been buried in the grave in Calvia.
Crime
Calvia record for rape is "shameful"
In relative terms, Calvia has the worst record in the country.
Meliá and Summum have announced the opening of a new four-star superior hotel in Santa Ponsa.
Meliá and Summum have announced the opening of a new four-star superior hotel in Santa Ponsa.
Property
Calvia and Palma property prices at record levels
Property prices per square metre are above what they were pre-recession.
Magalluf
Fourth tourist is fined for Magalluf "balconing"
Fines for "balconing" range from 601 to 1,500 euros.
Award
Calvia flies its blue flags
Calvia Council spent yesterday morning running up its Blue Flags and Q for quality flags over its award winning beaches.
Property
Balearics have the highest demand for rented accommodation
Calvia, says one report, has the second highest prices for rented accommodation in the country.
Hotels
Meliá's new Magalluf hotel to open in July
The hotel and the plaza represent the "last great milestone of a bold project".
Tourism
Calvia getting ready for the tourism season
Fines for anti-social behaviour in Calvia are going up, in some instances by four times.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 19-25 March
Fairs in Calvia and Santa Margalida at the weekend. Easter celebrations start with Palm Sunday processions. The Pasadena Roof Orchestra pays tribute to Glenn Miller in Palma on Sunday.
Environment
Twenty tonnes of waste collected from Calvia beaches last year
The clean-ups will continue this year and will include torrent streams.
- Spain at boiling point over eggs!
- Now there's a proposal for a fifteen-year residency requirement to buy a home in the Balearics
- A Good Friday. Britain's biggest cruise ship heads for Palma for Easter
- The Mallorcan town with the longest name: it contains 21 letters and has a population of 9,227
- Families who were squatting in Alcudia's Bellevue now have nowhere to live