Society
Red Cross providing basic assistance in Palma centre this Christmas
The Cruz Roja (Red Cross) will be running its campaign "City Volunteers" from 21 December to 5 January.
Tourism
Palma takes off as city destination for Europeans
“Eighty-five per cent of existing housing stock - a total of 48 hotels - is of the highest category."
Transport
Palma bus strike is called off
Stoppages were due to have started on Monday and were then due to have escalated into an indefinite strike.
Health
Second rapid intervention health unit for Palma
With the addition of this unit, strain on medical staff at health centres is lifted.
Tourism
The first and only Joan Miró hotel to open in Palma
To be called the Hotel Joan Miró Museum, it will open in February.
Tourism
Tourists just keep on coming
Most of Palma’s hotels were fully booked over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Tourism
Proposals sought for Palma’s low-season tourism promotion
Anyone or any organisation meeting requirements set out by the Palma 365 Foundation can present up to a maximum of three proposals.
Society
Twenty per cent of Palma residents are foreign
Palma will be recognising International Migrants Day on 18 December.
Military
UK to join European air chiefs at summit in Formentor
As a complement to the conference, an air show at Son Sant Joan in Palma is being planned.
Tourism
Tourists flooding into Palma for the bank holiday break
From today until Wednesday next week the airport can anticipate some 170,000 passengers.
Palma
Mayor does not want deadlines, he wants completion
On Thursday, Acciona set out a revised plan to complete the work on the centre and hotel. It is now looking at 24 February next year.
Charity
Charity Christmas market in Palma
On Friday, 11 December, at The Boat House on Palma’s Paseo Maritimo (opposite the Auditorium), all will be able to visit the boutique Christmas market and have the chance to indulge in some Christmas shopping.
Palma
Palma retailers upset at lack of Christmas lights on streets
Bernat Coll, president of the Pimeco association that represents small to medium-sized retailers, has criticised the absence of lights in several key shopping areas of the city.
Fairs and fiestas
Traders indignant at delay to Palma’s Christmas markets
Until this year, it had been usual for the market to be up and running in the last week of November, but the tender competition for putting the stalls in place had to be called off and a new one launched; hence the delay.
Royal Family
Gardens of Marivent Palace to open to the public
The King had recommended that the proposal be studied in order to ensure that there were no pitfalls and that the best arrangement possible be considered with the government.
Military
US warship bound to strike ISIS in Palma
Motto - “First To Conquer” - and this will be her second deployment to the Mediterranean to provide air support to operations in the Middle East.
Palma
Born terraces’ vote will take place between 9 and 16 December
The first question in the consultation will be: do you want terraces on the Born, yes or no?
Palma
Crunch convention centre talks on Monday
Acciona has been called to attend a meeting on Monday in order to explain, at first hand, what is happening with the work and what it thinks it is doing.
Retail
Black Friday fever grips Palma
Palma’s retail sector as a whole has reported that Black Friday has lived up to its billing with a marked increase in business.
Fairs and fiestas
Christmas lights go on in Palma Friday evening
Christmas lights are expected to be switched on at 7.30pm.
- 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"