Business
Balearics the national leader for hotel investment
The report indicates that total hotel investment in Spain in 2014 was valued at 1,100 million euros.
Animal rights
EU puts an end to bullfighting subsidies in animal rights victory
MEPs approved an amendment that EU money “should not be used for the financing of lethal bullfighting activities”.
Tourism
Business tourism up 9%; worth nearly €4.4 billion
Spain received a total of 4.31 million business tourists last year or 6.6% of the total, representing a 6% increase over 2013.
Education
Spanish schools have introduced chess class to boost maths learning
“It really increases your mental capacity. I have improved a lot,” said Alvaro, at a chess group in his school north of Madrid.
Banking
CaixaBank Q3 profit up 26 per cent to 288 million euros
The profit fell short of an average forecast of 307 million.
Terrorism
Death knell sounds for ETA four years after end of Spain violence
“Outside of jails, there is no more ETA.”
Real Mallorca
Mallorca come back from two down to draw
Mallorca would have deserved all three points.
Welfare
Balearic poverty risk falls more than elsewhere in Spain
The rate was 23.8% in 2014, which is the lowest for five years.
Society
Divorce rate in the Balearics higher than the national average
In the whole of Spain, demands for divorce grew by 2.3% compared with 2014.
Economy
Spanish budget may break EU guidelines
Spain has left behind recession and is now growing at one of the fastest rates in the euro zone, according to official figures.
European Union
Cameron’s EU referendum unsettles some British expatriates in the Spanish sun
"What would happen to a lot of people like myself who haven’t got a home in England?"
Economy
Economic recovery helps mainland tourism to Balearics
Soria describes the summer’s tourism as having been “extraordinary” with “millions of consumers”.
Spain
Armengol attends Spain National Day event
Catalan and Basque leaders failed to attend the big event in Madrid.
Real Mallorca
Onwards and upwards as Mallorca win 1-0
Real Mallorca hauled themselves off the bottom of the Spanish second division with a well-earned 1-0 win.
Tourism
Spain promotes shopping tourism to prolong season
Deputy prime minister calls for a boost in shopping tourism to end the "seasonal nature" of the sector.
Tourism
Britons behind best summer for a decade
“Our message to all of the parties battling to win the general election is that the tourist industry needs stability to continue growing.”
Military
Palma's key role in NATO exercise
The Royal Navy flagship HMS Bulwark is currently not far off the coast of the Balearics.
Finance
Balearics the focus of international hotel investment
The final tally for 2015 is expected to be over 1,600 million, the value in 2006 that was then a record.
Politics
Spain’s general election set for 20 December
Podemos, which wants to loosen the grip of austerity introduced by Rajoy’s government, is running in third place.
Economy
Fears over the state of the Spanish economy after Catalan vote
“Spain’s long-term success depends on maintaining both economic and political equilibrium.”
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