What's On
Fiestas and events in Majorca on Sunday / Monday
Fireworks in Santa Ponsa as the fiestas come to an end; the final of this summer's Origen Fests at Palma's Son Fusteret Showground; Arta's fair on today.
What's On
Fiestas and events in Majorca on Monday / Tuesday
Fiestas for the Virgin Mary's birthday and for the landing of King James' forces in 1229.
Santa Ponsa and Magalluf workers
A reader respons to the Open Letter regarding Santa Ponsa and Magalluf workers.
Celebrity
International dressage rider visits Santa Ponsa
International dressage rider Ellie McCarthy enjoys Majorca.
Police
British arrests for fifty pound note fakes
The five tourists from the same family have been on holiday in Santa Ponsa.
Magalluf
Magalluf bars fined for breaching noise regulations
Most of the fines are for not closing doors at midnight.
Letters to the Editor
Brexit concerns and the Presidents of the buildings on the North Side of Santa Ponsa Bay meet.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 26 November-2 December
Montuiri's partridge fair with its peculiar partridge decoy competition. The Balearic Symphony Orchestra is at the Palacio de Congresos with leading tenor Celso Albelo. The Alternatilla Jazz season continues with four dates in different parts of the island. The Christmas circus starts in Palma. Christmas markets for the Es Refugi association and in Santa Ponsa - one of them the Weihnachtsmarkt.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 3-9 September
The Santa Ponsa re-enactment of battles in 1229 between King Jaume I's invading forces and the Muslims on Saturday. Demons' correfoc for the Rei en Jaume fiestas on Tuesday. Demons fire running in Costitx and Maria de la Salut on Sunday. Arta's fair is at the weekend, a sure sign that autumn is coming. Highly rated saxophonist Eli Degibri and his quartet at the Alcudia Jazz Festival on Friday.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 27 August-2 September
The famous La Beata procession in Santa Margalida this Sunday; the town has its demons' correfoc on Friday. Sant Joan's demons are out and about in different guises on Tuesday and Wednesday. Santa Ponsa's Rei en Jaume Fiestas start on Thursday. Vilafranca's melon fair and fiestas, including Saturday's melon battle.
Meliá and Summum have announced the opening of a new four-star superior hotel in Santa Ponsa.
Meliá and Summum have announced the opening of a new four-star superior hotel in Santa Ponsa.
Emergencies
Irish teenager critical after Santa Ponsa balcony fall
The 19-year-old fell from the second floor of the Deya Apartments.
Magalluf
Magalluf bars fined for excessive noise
Fifty fines have been issued, most of them in Magalluf and Santa Ponsa.
Infrastructure
Santa Ponsa work dragging on into summer
Large trucks and bulldozers within metres of the beach.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 4-10 June
Selva's "herbs" fair; herbs being a loose translation as myrtle is the main feature.Santa Ponsa celebrates the Andalusian fiestas for the Virgen del Rocío.Three performances in Palma of the Bellini opera "Norma", featuring the Balearic Symphony Orchestra.ANTS club party (Ushuaia Ibiza) at Son Fusteret in Palma on Sunday. Julian Vaughn, a jazz drummer who has played with some of the greats, at the Saratoga Blue Jazz Club in Palma on Thursday.
Football
Global football fever grips Santa Ponsa
The seventh Mallorca Football Tournament got under way in Santa Ponsa yesterday morning.
- Greece and Portugal cash in as Spain says adios to Golden visa
- Pollensa planning for "visual harmony" but the Mercadona supermarket could still go ahead
- Tax cuts in the Balearics but the government is still rolling in tax revenue
- Sick-note Mallorca causing concern
- Calvia home to the most expensive properties in Spain