Bars and restaurants
Palma increased terrace spaces to be maintained
The town hall envisages the increased spaces applying for as long as there are social distancing measures.
Tourism
Palma tourism promotion campaigns to be launched this month
The tourism promotion focus will be on national and German tourists.
Finance
PP in Palma suspicious of "confiscation" of town hall surpluses
The Partido Popular suspects that the Spanish government wants to appropriate town hall savings.
Bars and restaurants
More requests anticipated for increasing terrace sizes in Palma
More bars and restaurants in Palma will decide to open in de-escalation Phase 2.
Bars and restaurants
Positive talks about Palma's terraces
The restaurants association appreciates a town hall change of attitude regarding terraces.
Infrastructure
Resurfacing work on Palma's Avenidas starts on Monday
The resurfacing will take a couple of weeks.
Town halls
Rejection of Vox Palma proposals for cuts and salary freeze
Vox also wanted cuts to spending on "ideological and non-essential" items.
Bars and restaurants
Parking spaces could be used for increasing Palma terraces
Using parking spaces is made complicated by the likelihood that people will prefer to use cars and not buses.
Bars and restaurants
Palma residents federation against terrace increases
The federation believes that requests to increase terraces are "absurd" and "selfish".
Bars and restaurants
PP wanting Palma terraces' rethink
Bars and restaurants are likely to face further expense because of health requirements.
Retail
Palma scheme for shop and bar discount vouchers
The town hall is to spend half a million euros on the scheme.
Infrastructure
Cala Gamba repair work has started
Repair work to the promenade wall is urgently needed.
State of alarm
Palma town hall to be lit up in thanking children
The Palma town hall building will turn blue on Saturday.
Majorca
Scenarios and staggering: the week in Majorca
There were scenarios for "de-escalation", for tourism, for hotels; businesses in Palma weren't impressed with the town hall, but there were building licences.
Coronavirus
Palma town hall eliminates this year's terrace tax
A second package of measures announced by Palma town hall.
Coronavirus
Palma preparing aid for businesses
There has been town hall aid for residents associations but not for businesses.
Construction
Developers worried that building licences won't be issued
In Palma, only urgent licences are being processed.
Bylaws
Online petition for repealing Palma public way bylaw
The Change.org petition seeks to restore terrace enclosures.
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights
- Living in a motorhome in Palma: "It'll only get worse"
- Watch those prices in Mallorca
Viewpoint
Fixing the cost to rent
"Housing cannot solely be treated as a market asset; it is a product of basic necessity requiring an urgent plan and a long-term strategy for affordable housing."
Andrew Ede03/06/2020 18:01