Culture
Majorca’s Hitchcock of pop art is rocking the world
Yacht skipper and artist David Badia Ferrer has had a sudden impact on the global art scene.
Transport
Taxi drivers critical of Armengol for not meeting them
The main outcome of yesterday's meeting was the announcement of further protest action on 6 March.
Transport
Taxi-driver protests have less impact than had been predicted
The regional director-general for transport believes that, given the number of passengers using the airport, there will be no "disaster" for taxi drivers.
Society
ESRA Central District AGM appoints new committee
Members elected and welcomed what was a new team to guide the district to new heights.
Transport
Parliament wants to restore Majorca's former railway network
The development of the old network reached a peak in the first half of the last century.
Weather
Weather compensation claims exceed eight million euros
The highest amount being claimed out of a total of 8,473,397 euros is one of almost 2.5 million by Manacor.
Agriculture
All-party support for olive ebola measures
A policy of containment is better than one of large-scale elimination of trees.
Transport
Taxi drivers consider government proposals to be "inadequate"
The taxi drivers' protest march next Wednesday will start from the transport ministry.
Tourism
Majorcan hotel price hikes driving tourists elsewehere
Majorca hoteliers have increased rates by as much as eight per cent this year.
Weather
Mountain roads closed again because of snow
Large amounts of snow fell in mountain areas this morning and as a direct result roads were closed.
Agriculture
Four months before Brussels checks on olive ebola plan
The Balearic policy is one of containment rather than more comprehensive eradication of trees.
Environment
Aquifers up to almost two-thirds capacity
Aquifer capacity in Majorca is 24% greater than this time last year.
Weather
Almost three hundred emergency incidents because of high winds
245 of the incidents that had been reported by midday were in Majorca, with more than a third having been in Palma.
Weather
Over forty incidents because of high winds
Two youths needed rescuing after having been swept into the sea by waves in Santa Ponsa.
Majorca
Where is the centre of Majorca?
In Lloret there is a 1.7 metre high stone that marks the central spot.
Agriculture
Guardia increasing controls to prevent spread of olive ebola
There are calls for the Balearics to be "sacrificed" and for trees to be eliminated in order to prevent the spread of olive ebola to the mainland.
Weather
January rainfall records shattered in parts of Majorca
The wettest place in Majorca was Lluc, where 424 litres were recorded: a huge amount but not a record for January.
Entertainment
The BachCycle 2017 presents five concerts dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach
The work of Johann Sebastian Bach is coming to the Balearics in a series of concerts that comprise the BachCycle.
Agriculture
Insufficient resources to fight olive ebola
The services of the Guardia Civil are being offered in the fight against the spread of the "xylella fastidiosa" plague.
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