Sport
Tim Henman to play in Palma tournament next month
Carlos Moya, Pat Cash, Henri Leconte and Sergi Bruguera are also taking part.
Refugees
Podemos wants Palma to become a refuge city
The refugee crisis requires an “urgent response”.
Fisheries
Palma’s fishermen want to sell their fish
"The first ones who have to live from fishing are the fishermen. We want to sell fish."
Eco-tax
Palma wants to expand Can Pere Antoni beach with eco-tax cash
“But in the short to medium term we will be able to roll out projects that will help to shape the future of the waterfront”.
Noise
Protection against Palma bar noise called for
The town hall has not yet decided whether to accede to the request for special noise protection.
Palacio de Congresos
Public control of Palma convention centre proposed
"It is worth 60 million euros. This is the cost of the work and the land. Selling it for 40 million means it is 20 million cheaper. The politicians decide, but I’m talking maths."
Letters to the Editor
Son Espases has updated its out-patients departments by introducing a new system which the majority of you will not be familiar with.
Animal welfare
Summer increase in animals taken in by Son Reus
The animal protection centre in Son Reus has experienced, as every year, an increase in the number of animals it admits during the summer.
Animal welfare
Blood tests for Palma’s horses
"The municipal vets are, in the meantime, carrying out three inspections a day, three days a week."
Should the bar and restaurant terraces be removed from Born in Palma?
Terraces
Alternatives for Born terraces being considered
The problem along the Born is not one of overcrowding but of ensuring “emblematic spaces” are kept for the people of the city.
Yachting
Seamanship distinction
Last night, the Copa del Rey regatta recognised the crucial work that is done not only by the Maritime Rescue services and the Air Force but by all seafarers.
Bullfighting
Protest against Palma bullfight
Some one hundred demonstrators gathered outside Palma's bullring, the Coliseo Balear, yesterday evening.
Nautical
Mega yachts in Palma
Dwarfing the Copa del Rey regatta fleet were two of the world’s largest private yachts yesterday.
Real Mallorca
City of Palma Cup match next week
City of Palma game will be played either next Tuesday 11 or Wednesday, 12 August.
Royals on a shopping spree in Palma
Shoppers in the centre of Palma were given a pleasant surprise yesterday.
- 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"
Winter flights
Cracking winter flights
Yesterday, the Balearic government announced its intention to set to work on opening up more winter air routes between the Balearics and the principal European tourism markets.
Humphrey Carter03/08/2015 00:00