Manacor Mayor demands end to lockdown
The number of infections in Sa Torre has dropped from 35 on October 28 to just 2 on Sunday.
Bar terrace in Palma, Mallorca
Smoking on terraces is prohibited in Mallorca.
Call for nationwide terrace smoking ban to prevent virus transmission
The Balearics is one of the regions where there is such a ban.
Vaccine trials authorised in Spain
30,000 volunteers from 9 countries are taking part in the multinational trial.
Christmas lunch in Mallorca
This sort of gathering is not permitted.
Company Christmas meals can have no more than six people
Even if sitting at different tables ...
Carnival in Palma, Mallorca
The Carnival parades will not be going ahead in 2021.
Palma cancels next year's Carnival parades
The Carnival parades would have been in mid-February.
President Francina Armengol of the Balearics
President Armengol highlighted aid for the self-employed.
Balearic government economic measures have been "appropriate"
President Armengol defended the economic response to the pandemic in parliament on Tuesday.
Pharmacy in Palma, Mallorca
Pharmacies will initially each receive twenty self-diagnosis tests.
Covid self-diagnosis tests available from Balearics pharmacies
Supplies limited for now, and a prescription will be needed.
Tens of thousands on the breadline in Mallorca
"The reality is this pandemic has brought a very hard social and economic crisis and it will be a very complicated winter..”
Mallorca gets more costly
"The introduction of PCR travel to Spain may not have the desired effect.."
Fancy living in a hotel in Palma for 6 months?
"It's much more profitable for hotel chains that are looking for alternative business and it's cheaper for guests.."
Internet shopping figures for 2020
In the last decade online shopping has more than doubled in the Balearics which has caused a massive slump in sales in small and medium sized businesses.
Palma Mallorca protest against care home visits
Protesters gathered outside Palma town hall on Monday.
Relatives protest at Mallorca care home visits' regime
Relatives were highlighting the situation at two care homes in particular.
Spanish Government hints at drop in Tourist VAT
Tourist Business Associations have been demanding a super-reduced VAT rate for tourism for years.
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- 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"
- Mallorca needs to remember price is king
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Young leaving Mallorca
"With Christmas looming and no certain future, young Europeans are heading home.."
Humphrey Carter18/11/2020 10:00