Just Stop Oil threat to Mallorca holidays
Just Stop Oil are plotting a summer of disruption at airports in the UK.
British media all set for Mallorca beach protest as pink lilos invade Palma
This Saturday is the build up to a big protest planned for June 16.
Mallorca protest against tourist overcrowding
According to travel agents and tour operators, UK holidaymakers aren’t being completely put off.
Gathering of "Canarias se agota"
The group 'Canarias se agotta' has organised a rally at the gates of Congress to demand a tourist moratorium in the archipelago and the suspension of the hotel facilities 'Cuna del Alma' and 'La Tejita', with the support of groups such as Sumar and Podemos.
Fresh wave of protests against superyachts and the wealthy in the Balearics
“You are kicking us off the island. Your luxury is our crisis”.
Mallorca farmers mount tractor protest, join EU wave of action
Wave of protests being planned across the Balearics.
Mallorca could face food shortages
Farmers in the Balearics may also join the protest.
Spanish farmers' protests against rising costs, green rules, in Girona
Farmers drive their tractors as they protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Girona, Spain, February 6, 2024. REUTERS/Albert Gea
After protests, Spain moves nearer to having a government
Police fired rubber bullets, 24 people were arrested and seven police officers were lightly injured.
Spain PM strikes key deal with Catalan separatists to form government
The proposed amnesty bill sparked several nights of demonstrations and riots this week.
Protests in Palma this week.
Protests in Palma this week.
Tuesday night's protest in Palma.
Tuesday night's protest in Palma.
Tens of thousands protest against possible Catalan amnesty deal
About 50,000 people demonstrate in Catalan capital Barcelona.
Transport
Taxi drivers clash with police in Madrid Uber protest
"We are taxi drivers, not terrorists," chanted protesters when they clashed with National Police.
Transport
Taxi drivers resume airport services after confrontation with "pirates"
There was chaos at the airport as tourists were caught up in the confrontation between taxi drivers and the "microbus" operators.
Environment
Protest doesn't stop Sahara sand being unloaded
Some fifty people took part in a protest at the Dique del Oeste.
Transport
Taxi drivers announce protest action up to Easter
Action includes 24-hour stoppages in Easter week.
Transport
Taxi associations announce a spring of discontent
The taxi strike on 6 March will be a 24-hour one.
Transport
Taxi drivers critical of Armengol for not meeting them
The main outcome of yesterday's meeting was the announcement of further protest action on 6 March.
- 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"
Comment
Mallorca mass tourism protests can stop now
On the whole, the foreign media is not interested in the ins and outs of local politicians; they’ll take what they see and run with it and that is that Mallorca does not want tourists.
Humphrey Carter21/06/2024 12:37