Tourism
PP attacks town hall inaction over Palma graffiti
The PP is demanding the graffiti be cleaned off because of the “poisonous” image of Palma that it conveys.
Transport
Son Sant Joan commercial activity at record levels
At present, there are some 20,000 square metres of commercial space in the terminal building.
Tennis
Murray gets ready for Madrid in Majorca
Britain’s world number two tennis player, Andrew Murray, has spent the past few days training with world number eleven, the Canadian, Milos Raonic and his coach, Majorca former world number one, Carlos Moya, at the Palma Sport & Tennis Club in the city centre.
Health
Roundtable on cancer genetics
Natasha Hall, the Majorca-based British artist, is a "cancer survivor" and will be one of those taking part in a roundtable on Wednesday, 27 April in the Es Baluard Aljub Hall.
Terrorism
Government plays down terrorist and graffiti negative publicity
Pilar Costa spoke of the need for calmness and for trust in the security forces in light of the arrest of the IS suspect, Mohammed Harrak.
Society
British Embassy confirms new consular appointments in the Balearics
Lucy Gorman takes over as Vice-Consul from long-serving Gillian Brion, who retired last month.
Police
IS suspect was speeding up military training
Mohammed Harrak refused to make a statement claiming it was a "big misunderstanding".
Police
Fines for Santa Catalina "tardeo" street drinking
The so-called "tardeo" more often than not appears to result in unacceptable behaviour because of alcohol.
Police
Palma IS suspect had links to terrorists in Syria
The suspect has been named as 26-year-old Mohammed Harrak.
Gastronomy
Bindi, the secret of spices in its dishes
The Indian delicacies that Bindi prepares are with spices, such as ginger, which have benefits for health, aid the digestion and possess anti-cancer properties.
Palma
Palma ruling parties should pay for Feixina monument demolition
The 170,000 euros cost for the demolition could be met almost in totality from the 50,000 euros annual contributions to political parties from the town hall.
Tourism
Maiden visit of new P&O flagship Britannia snubbed
No official welcome for the cruise liner on Saturday, the Balearics Ports Authority is too busy.
Palma
Cathedral waiting on permission to activate security cameras
In light of this week’s reports of anti-tourist graffiti in the area, the matter might be said to have assumed rather more significance.
Joint bid for Palacio hotel and congress centre
The rental of both is to be included in the same bidding process.
Transport
EasyJet announces its first seasonal base in Palma
EasyJet has flown more than 17 million passengers to and from Palma since its operations began in 1997.
Palma
Police ordered to hunt down anti-tourist graffiti artists
The graffiti includes messages such as "tourist go home, refugee welcome".
Palma
Employees sacked because of Palma car park theft
Trablisa dismissed the employees after becoming aware of discrepancies with parking tickets.
Society
Awareness campaign for victims of war
Continuing until Sunday, MSF is highlighting and explaining the struggles of people who have been affected by war.
Palma
Speed limits being cut on Palma roads
The town hall's programme includes a strategy for calming traffic through an initial measure for reducing speed where this is necessary.
- 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"