Cursach affair
Hotelier interest in buying Cursach's Mega Park
The Cursach Group is saying it has no interest in selling Mega Park.
Town halls
Palma town hall will not support rapper protest
It had seemed as if the town hall had said that it would support the protest.
Society
Town hall problems with rehousing Son Banya families
Sixteen out of 45 families from Son Banya are eligible for Palma town hall aid.
Religion
Palma town hall clash over Holy Thursday procession
Flags at the town hall will not be at half-mast for the Holy Thursday procession.
Bylaws
Palma illegal street selling not included in new bylaw
The inclusion of a specific ban on illegal street selling has created friction between Podemos and PSOE.
Holiday rentals
Manifesto against more tourist accommodation in Palma
A motion was passed by the town hall in July last year which stated that apartments holiday rentals would not be allowed.
Bylaws
Palma demonstration today against terraces crackdown
"Neighbours, clients, businesspeople and the terraces; there is plenty of room for everyone and everything."
Bylaws
Palma town hall accused of destroying businesses
The terrace war is continuing to rage in Palma and is soon to end up in the courts.
Animal welfare
Palma buses to be used for campaign against pet abandonment
"Love us forever. Do not abandon us".
Bylaws
Town hall in a hurry to agree terraces bylaw
The bylaw will in principle forbid terraces in streets that are under 3.5 metres in width.
Planning
Delays persisting in the issuing of Palma building licences
"The electronic administration is in diapers. We are working with systems from the nineteenth century."
Heritage
Bellver Castle restoration set for this year
The town hall administration has been in office for more than two and a half years, and nothing has yet been done.
Town halls
Town hall tensions threatening Palma's 2018 budget
Thinly disguised difficulties in the relationship between PSOE, Més and Podemos are threatening the budget for 2018.
Animal welfare
Palma horse carriages will not operate during heatwaves
The town hall won't ban horse carriages, but it will not issue new licences and so gradually the carriages will be replaced.
Town halls
Town hall management is bad believe half Palma residents
Forty-nine per cent rated Palma's management as bad; 37% thought it was good.
Transport
Noguera quashes Palma plan for motorcycle parking payment
"Motorcycles will not pay. As long as I am mayor of Palma, such a measure will not apply."
Corruption
Police consider that Rodríguez controlled town hall "criminal machinery"
The National Police have presented the judge with an extraordinary analysis of systematic corruption at Palma town hall.
Construction
Building licence demand causing delays in Palma
Applications for building licences are now higher than before economic crisis, but they are being delayed because of a a lack of personnel.
Holiday rentals
Residents insisting on compliance with Palma rentals ban
Deputy mayor José Hila says that zoning decisions will affect the town hall's approval of an apartment rentals' ban.
Transport
Palma wanting an end to night flights
Palma town hall is making a number of requests about flights, noise and pollution.
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