Holiday rentals
Balearics holiday rentals the most expensive in Spain
Pollensa is the most expensive place for holiday rentals anywhere in Spain.
Fiestas
No lamb for Pollensa Corpus Christi dance
A lamb is not allowed because of the new Balearic "bulls law".
Planning
Permission sought for new ice-cream kiosk in Pollensa
The Gelats Valls kiosk by the Plaça Major in Pollensa town is to be dismantled.
Fiestas
Pollensa celebrates Sant Sebastià
Sebastian is mainly a Palma celebration. Pollensa is one of only a few other places where there are notable celebrations.
Animal welfare
No cockerel for Pollensa's Sant Antoni pine climb
Animal welfare organisations have argued that there is a contravention of the 1992 Balearic law on animal protection.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 7-12 November
The Pollensa Fair features a look back at tourism in the early years of the "boom"; Muro Fair has its how big is your pumpkin competition; Inca's Night of Fire is on Saturday; the Jazz Voyeur Festival makes a welcome return on Friday - the first concert is Andrea Motis & The Joan Chamorro Quartet; and The Furrow Collective, best band in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017, are in Palma on Friday and Sa Pobla on Saturday.
Holiday rentals
Aptur concerned about total rentals ban in Palma
While there's a fear of a total ban in Palma, there are also worries about the effect of the legislation in Pollensa, where there is a high dependence on rentals.
Emergencies
German woman dies after falling from Pollensa villa terrace
The railing of an upper terrace gave way and the woman fell nine metres.
Emergencies
Planes and helicopters for Pollensa fire
The fire in the Molins de Llinas area in Pollensa was declared just before 4pm.
Heritage
Investors express interest in Pollensa Can Morató factory
Can Morató closed at the start of the 1960s. It was once a thriving factory producing rugs for export.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 24-30 July
The climax to the Sant Jaume fiestas on Tuesday - a pyromusical spectacular in Alcudia, demons in Manacor, fireworks in Binissalem and Santanyi. Pollensa's La Patrona starts (Moors and Christians not till 2 August). The triumphal carriage of La Beata (really La Beateta) in Valldemossa on Friday. Arta Sant Salvador starts with demons on Friday night. Inca demons and fireworks on Sunday. And fireworks on Sunday in Playa de Muro as well. S'Arracó night of art on Thursday. George Benson in Port Adriano on Tuesday.
Property
Pollensa accommodation crisis caused by holiday rentals
"We want to know how many properties there are, how many are rented for tourist purposes."
Crime
Five arrests in Pollensa drugs operation
One of those arrested was found with 70,000 euros cash.
Charity
Day Against Domestic Violence: Pollensa, 21 May
The Day Against Domestic Violence takes place in Pollensa's Sant Domingo Cloister - Sunday, 21 May from 10am to 3pm.
Law
Legal action against Pollensa mayor over Valls affair is dropped
It was alleged by the complainants that the town hall had favoured the Valls ice-cream business.
Holiday rentals
Pollensa wanting the all-clear for villas with planning infractions
Pollensa's mayor has been accused of "ideological defection" in supporting rentals which do not fully comply with regulations.
Planning
Court reduces Vila compensation in Pollensa to 300,000 euros
The compensation relates to land declassification under "urgent measures" in 2008.
Corruption
Prosecution investigating "systematic fraud" in Pollensa urban planning
The alleged fraud related to legalising planning infringements is said to run to 169 million euros.
Religion
Pollensa's Monti-sion church is town hall property
Monti-sion was handed over to the town hall at time of the suppression of the Jesuits in the mid-eighteenth century.
Business
Now there's an issue about the ice-cream kiosk in Pollensa
Pollensa town hall is looking into whether the Valls family can continue with this kiosk with all guarantees.
- 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"