Via Cintura - Palma, Mallorca
Will the lower speed limit reduce jams?
Palma has issued seventy street performer licences
Licences are currently being renewed; there have been 53 requests for renewal.
Via Cintura lower speed limit in effect from midnight on Sunday
There has been a good deal of opposition to the lower speed limit.
A near deserted shopping street in Palma, Mallorca
The lack of tourism was one reason for the drop in retail sales.
Palma EMT bus information systems
New EMT information systems.
New Palma bus information systems to be installed this year
Information panels, card recharging ... the whole system is being updated.
Gesa building in Palma, Mallorca
Agreement has finally been reached for the future of the Gesa building.
Endesa and Palma town hall sign agreement for the Gesa building
The agreement brings a decade of litigation to an end.
Palma, Mallorca
Property sales were down for most of 2020.
Portaloo in Palma, Mallorca
A portaloo on the Calle Menorca.
Portaloos for Palma municipal workers
Workers can't use bars in order to go to the loo.
Defendant in court in Palma, Mallorca
The defendant received a fine of 360 euros.
Electric scooter user fined for knocking down an 80-year-old
The prosecution had initially called for a four-month sentence.
A temporary terrace in Palma, Mallorca
The Petit Comité bar had two platforms.
Hospitality sector baffled by Palma town hall's terraces' decisions
Proprietors removed their terraces, only to discover that they could have kept them.
Water fountains being installed in Palma, Mallorca
The water fountain in Plaça Santa Pagesa was installed last week.
Filtered drinking water fountains being installed in Palma
A way of reducing the amount of single-use plastic bottles.
Traffic in Palma, Mallorca
There was less traffic in 2020 because of the pandemic.
Palma's air pollution was down a third in 2020
The pandemic undoubtedly helped with reducing nitrogen dioxide levels.
Protest against bar and restaurant closure in Mallorca
Palma town hall says that protests can cause more infections.
- Another body found by a Mallorca beach
- As the town hall announces 21 million euros investment, Playa de Palma residents denounce drugs and homelessness
- The growing problem in the Balearics of the illegal marketing of second homes as tourist accommodation
- Balearic government plans big increase in tax on cruise ship passengers and even a cash levy on hire cars
- Sunday weather in Mallorca - Feeling some effect from Storm Jana