Hundreds of gyms apply for financial aid
The Consell estimates that around 500 gyms and dance schools will need financial help.
Bank loans hard to come by in Mallorca
"Banks have changed their strategy to prevent their balance sheets from deteriorating with loans that they don't know if they will ever recover.."
A closed bar in Mallorca
Fifteen days more, but the government was "working on a reopening".
Over 100 Covid deaths in the Balearics in January
190 Healthcare Professionals in Ibiza are either infected with coronavirus or have been in close contact with someone who’s tested positive so they’re unable to work.
The bending of curves: the week in Mallorca
The spring-like weather had gone to the health minister's head; there were fifteen more days; and the government's golden boy plummeted.
People walking in a street in Palma, Mallorca
Mallorca still remains at extreme risk.
Mallorca cumulative incidence is down 25%
Ibiza has a cumulative incidence almost six times higher than Mallorca.
Business warning that the Balearics will not have a tourism season
The Spanish government needs to appreciate the serious situation facing the Balearics.
Slow and scaled easing of restrictions, says Balearic government
The extension of restrictions will be until February 13.
Tobacco sales plummet in the Balearic Islands
86.6 million packs of tobacco were sold in the Balearic Islands in 2019.
Balearic Distributors convinced tourism unlikely in 2021
"We can’t see a clear horizon because of all the uncertainties over the vaccination plan, which makes us think, much to our regret, that we won’t have a tourist season in 2021..”
Can Misses Hospital, Ibiza
Pressure is starting to tell in Ibiza.
Covid patients in Ibiza may be transferred to Mallorca
A shortage of health personnel and beds in Ibiza.
Patricia Gómez, Balearic health minister, and Javier Arranz, spokesperson for the regional infectious diseases committee
Patricia Gómez and Javier Arranz.
Mallorca "beginning to bend the curve of the third wave"
The cumulative incidence rate in Mallorca is the best "for a long time".
Covid vaccination deliberately slowed down in Mallorca
"If there comes a time when we don’t have any more vaccines we will have to stop.."
Hoteliers call for ERTE extension until the end of 2021
"We cannot be deluded into thinking that simply having a vaccine will have a champagne bottle effect.."
Hospitality Sector closure making a difference in Mallorca
Infections continue to escalate in Ibiza which had a record accumulated incidence rate of 2,285.79 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 14 days on Monday.
Supermarkets in Mallorca can sell more products
Employers say the current Government restrictions are suffocating and endangering companies and jobs.
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- British tourists will be “tracked” while on holiday in Mallorca
- Mallorca ambassador Sir Bradley Wiggins has “lost” his Mallorca home
- Mallorca restaurants losing clients, tourists tighten their belts
- Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"
Comment
Holiday season
“I think you can safely say that we will be facing another nightmare season...”
Jason Moore26/01/2021 12:17