Environment
Manacor cracking down on the dumping of junk
The municipality of Manacor has a serious problem with the accumulation of bulky items of rubbish being left in the streets.
Anniversary
Commemorations for Majorca's flood victims
"The roads were impassable, the phones were down, there was no electricity. It was a very difficult situation. We did everything that we could."
Incident
Father arrested for driving into his daughter
The girl hadn't wished to denounce her father, but witness statements led the police to arrest him.
Event
Majorca to stage European Hot Air Balloons Championship
Event takes place between October 22 and 27.
Courts
Mother seeks damages for baby death
The ten-month-old girl was left in a car in Manacor on 10 August.
Crime
Manacor bag-snatcher confesses to robberies
María Ruiz Sánchez, 61, died from head injuries suffered as a result of one of the robberies.
Police
Robbery with violence results in homicide
A woman died as a result of a violent bag-snatching incident.
Crime
Four in prison after dismantling of cocaine trafficking gang
The cocaine was being smuggled into Majorca from Colombia via Madrid.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 16-22 July
Fiestas all over the island. Virgen del Carmen concludes on Monday except in Porto Cristo, where the fiestas go on until Sunday (correfoc and fireworks). Sant Jaume in Alcudia, Manacor, Santanyi and elsewhere (demons in Calvia village on Saturday). Santa Margalida in various places. La Beata starts in Valldemossa and Vilafranca. In Port Adriano, tenor José Carreras on Saturday. Santa Eugenia has its performing arts weekend - circus acts, dance and music.
Services
Manacor rubbish strike is suspended
The strike is on hold while further negotiations take place.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 30 May-3 June
Corpus Christi procession in Palma and the traditional dance of the eagles and Sant Joan Pelós in Pollensa on Sunday.Lloseta Shoes Fair at the weekend; also the Arta Beer Festival and more for the Manacor Fairs and Fiestas.Sa Pobla celebrates potatoes with its gastronomy fair.Dirty Dancing continues at Palma Auditorium.
Infrastructure
Old Majorica site to become a "grand park"
The site of the old factory in Manacor has had to be decontaminated.
Majorca
Manacor is Majorca's "ugliest" town
A tournament was held by the online satirical publication Foc i Fum to find Majorca's ugliest town.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 11-17 September
The Binissalem grape battle and the Bunyola underwear race on Saturday. Palmanova tourist day with fireworks on Friday. Demons' correfoc fire-run in Pina, Algaida for the fair on Saturday. Manacor's fair from Friday to Sunday. Puerto Soller's Fira de la Mar on Sunday. And a mega DJ Holi fest in Alcudia on Sunday.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 29 May-4 June
Manacor's second weekend of its spring fairs, with cossier dancers on Sunday. Lloseta has its shoes fair. It's Arta's beer festival on Friday evening and all Saturday. Sa Pobla goes gastronomic with potatoes. British pianist James Rhodes is in Palma on Sunday. Ricky Martin at Palma Arena on Wednesday is sold out.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 22-28 May
Can Picafort's nautical fair and seafood gastronomy this weekend. Cossier folk dancers in Alaro and Manacor, a prehistory fair in Arta, ecological fair in Puigpunyent, the orange fair in Soller, the Posidonia Festival in Deya on Saturday, and the Palma book fair in the Passeig Born starts on Friday. Cala d'Or jazz over the weekend.
Transport
Vehicle "saturation" moves to other coves in Manacor
The town hall has now banned parking on the rural lane to Caló des Serral as well.
Historical memory
Call for Civil War graves exhumation in Manacor
"They knew what they were doing. Killing people, killing rights, killing liberties, killing the country."
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