Finance
Balearic government claims 240 million euros of unpaid road-building investment
Montoro acknowledged that the Balearics have suffered from an underfunding that the system of regional financing has failed to correct.
Banking
Catalan independence would mean exit from the euro zone, says Bank of Spain chief
Uncertainties and tensions over the election are affecting Catalan and other Spanish banks.
Finance
More government debt to pay civil servants' Christmas bonus
These costs are identified in a report accompanying a decree which authorises the payment of just over 25% of the Christmas “bonus.”
Real Mallorca
Nastic 1 - Real Mallorca 0
Mallorca are goalless once more and lose away in Catalonia.
Politics
Spanish banks warn of Catalonia independence risks
Spain’s two main banking lobby groups AEB and CECA, whose members include Santander, BBVA and Barcelona-based Caixabank, warned secession could force lenders to consider leaving the region.
Banking
Smaller Spanish banks up stakes in big spat over ATM charges
Cash withdrawal fees are the latest front, pitting banks against each other as large lenders such as Caixabank announce increased ATM charges for competitors’ customers.
Politics
PM Rajoy says they will battle to the end
Catalonia holds regional elections on September 27 in which separatists are trying to win a majority of representatives in parliament to push their independence drive forward.
Real Mallorca
Mallorca's cup exit shame
Fingers are now being pointed and voices raised against the coach.
Environment
Government calls on oil companies to give up prospecting
Prospecting rejected because of the "irreversible impact that it would have on the environment and on Balearic society".
Real Mallorca
Real Mallorca 0 Huesca 2
Coach Ferrer said before this evening's cup match that the Copa del Rey needed to be taken seriously.
Finance
Madrid and Palma to meet to discuss Balearic financing
Armengol and the regional finance minister, Catalina Cladera, assured the leader of the El Pi party, Jaume Font, that the government plans to spend in a better way.
Refugees
Palma to be a port for receiving refugees
Balearics has asked the EU to review its refugee policies.
Real Mallorca
Mallorca gift Bilbao all three points
Real Mallorca, after a great start, succumbed to a team with nine players aged 20 years or under when Bilbao Athletic won 3-1 at New San Mames on Sunday.
Travel
Palma airport, second for low-cost flights in Spain
Spain is number two in Europe when it comes to low-cost routes.
Politics
Rajoy says “Spain’s reforms have fully paid off...”
Ahead of a two-day visit to Germany Rajoy said that Spain is no longer the “sick man of Europe.”
Taxation
Majorca losing road tax from hire cars
It is unfair that cars use resources on the islands but that taxes are paid to a municipality on the mainland
Police
"British police officers should have a permanent presence in Spain..."
It now looks as if every area in Spain wants British police officers patrolling their streets.
Real Mallorca
Woeful Mallorca lose 2-0 in Madrid
Real Mallorca made a humiliating start to their centennial season by losing 2-0 away at Alcorcon on Saturday night.
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- Non-resident Britons and Americans buying a property in Spain face massive tax bill, PM announces
Comment
Political parties
"The Partido Popular have to learn to listen or otherwise they face defeat..."
Jason Moore10/09/2015 00:00