Nautical
Boadicea and Lauren L at Palma's Club de Mar
Palma’s Club de Mar has never handled so many super and mega yachts in a season for decades; if indeed ever.
Entertainment
Simply Red return to Majorca
"It’s not really surprising that electronic music and DJs will dominate if there are fewer places for bands to record..."
Royal family
Marivent gardens will now open in February
The gardens will be closed for two weeks over the Easter period and between 15 July and 15 September:
Tourism
Cruise numbers down for the first half of the year
The half-yearly figures for cruise-ship passenger traffic show a decrease of more than four per cent.
Nautical
Looking for a $50 million nautical expedition?
Turmoil is currently in the Club de Mar is Palma and is apparently up for sale for around $48.5 million.
Society
Almost 50% of Palma's districts have populations above recommended level
For a Mediterranean city, the threshold is set at no more than 120 inhabitants per hectare (10,000 square metres). Forty-two of the neighbourhoods exceed this level.
Transport
No increase in Palma taxi-drivers' hours of working
Palma's transport councillor Joan Ferrer had already pretty much ruled out an increase in hours and he has now confirmed this.
Palma
Traders' association adds its criticism of Palma's rubbish collection
Residents and traders are faced on a daily basis with a lack of cleanliness and deficiencies in rubbish collection.
Palma
Court rules a suspension in Palacio de Congresos tender process
Hotusa was ruled out of the tender process following the opening of the first envelopes on 3 August.
Health
Cargo ferries ruining the lives of Porto Pi residents
They operate all night with their engines on and the holds open for ventilation. Instructions are given by megaphones.
Society
Street sellers in Palma forming a union
The ongoing battle with the police and racist abuse and assaults are reasons why the street sellers are in the process of organising themselves.
Nautical
A yacht fit for a queen
The forty-third largest private yacht afloat, the Queen Miri, today moored up in the Club de Mar.
Palma
Another zone to tackle Palma anti-social behaviour
Violations carry the prospect of fines between 1,500 and 3,000 euros, and notices informing the public are now appearing in different parts of the city.
Property
Town hall says Pueblo Español conversion has to be in the general interest
Matthias Kühn believes that the development is a logical way out of problems that the Pueblo Español poses for local residents, who have complained of noise from events.
Nautical
Russian billionaire's yacht sails into Palma
Another super yacht, this time the Alfa Nero, sailed into Palma today.
Environment
Environmentalists seeking limits to Palma's cruise ships
Calls for a consideration of limits to cruise ships have come from other sources, including the tourism minister Biel Barceló.
Property
Kühn wants to turn Pueblo Español into residences
This would represent a unique estate, given that it is made up of imitations of emblematic buildings on the Spanish mainland.
Environment
Cruise ship pollution levels to be studied
The study of pollution levels will be at all five of the state ports in the Balearics.
Retailing
Town hall says no to Port Mayurqa shopping complex
The Port Mayurqa plan "does not fit into the government's business model".
Retailing
UK shopping centre giant has plans for Palma centre
Intu, which owns or part-owns eighteen shopping centres in the UK, has plans for a theme park and leisure centre in Palma.
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- British tourists will be “tracked” while on holiday in Mallorca
- 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"