Mallorca mayors say no to early restaurant closing
The proposal by Spain's employment minister, Yolanda Díaz, represents an invasion of municipal powers.
"A nonsense" - Mallorca restaurants' response to minister's proposal for early closing
"If we close our bars and restaurants earlier, tourists won't want to come."
Person of the week: Improved Covid figures and rise of electricity prices
Find out who the Bulletin person of the week and who received the cheer's and boo's and why.
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Yolanda Díaz, Spain’s employment minister
Yolanda Díaz, Spain’s employment minister.
People of the week in Mallorca
Masks; the furlough scheme; and horse-drawn buggies - headliners last week in the Bulletin.
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Mallorca meeting re extension to furlough,
Francina Armengol, Yolanda Díaz and Alfonso Rodríguez in Calvia on Saturday.
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Yolanda Díaz, Spain's employment minister
Yolanda Díaz, Spain's employment minister
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Spain's employment minister, Yolanda Díaz.
Spain's employment minister, Yolanda Díaz, will begin ERTE extension discussions on Friday.
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Spain’s employment minister Yolanda Diaz
Spain’s employment minister Yolanda Diaz .
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President Armengol of the Balearics and the national minister of employment, Yolanda Díaz
Francina Armengol and Yolanda Díaz in Palma on Tuesday.
The Week That Was
Yolanda at the table
The royalty was the national minister of employment, Yolanda Díaz, who only became minister because Pedro Sánchez had to dole out jobs to Podemos-
- 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
Spain's "stupid" minister and tourist nonsense
A nationwide tourist tax; ceilings on numbers of tourists in all destinations. How have these been missed?
Andrew Ede28/03/2024 14:11