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News and views about Alcudia and Pollensa in Mallorca plus stuff from Spain and elsewhere that seems relevant or interesting.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

MALLORCA TODAY - Real Mallorca 2 : 1 Atlético Madrid

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Mallorca in fifteenth spot (30 points) before the home game against Atlético in nineth on 36 points. An unremarkable first half with only on...

MALLORCA TODAY - Marineland won't be moving

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A typically lengthy interview for the Sunday papers, this one with the new director of Marineland in which he says that it will not be movin...

MALLORCA TODAY - Public support for Balearics' cuts

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According to an opinion poll conducted on behalf of "Ultima Hora" , a majority of Balearic islanders support the cuts being implem...

MALLORCA TODAY - Sa Pobla to be GM-free

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Some while ago, there were reports of the existence of genetically modified crops in Sa Pobla. Now, the town hall has agreed to make the tow...

MALLORCA TODAY - Weather Alcúdia and Pollensa 18 March 2012

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Some low mist again, the morning feels a bit different, a breeze up and a change on the cards. Local high of 13.5C at 07:30, climbing again ...

The Root Of All Tapas

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Theories as to the origin of the Spanish tapa snack are as varied as the tapa itself. The favoured theory appears to be that of an order by ...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

MALLORCA TODAY - Education language choice from May

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The Balearic Government, reforming teaching languages in the islands' infant and primary and secondary schools, has announced that the p...

MALLORCA TODAY - Opposition criticise Alcúdia taxes

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Former Alcúdia mayor Miquel Llompart, now councillor for the Convèrgencia, has attacked what he describes as the "enormous" increa...

MALLORCA TODAY - "The Perfect Stranger" on release

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The film "The Perfect Stranger", starring Irish actor Colm Meaney and the first feature-length film from Mallorcan director Toni B...

MALLORCA TODAY - Ruling on Can Morató sought

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The old carpet factory in Pollensa, Can Morató, which has been disused since the early 1960s and which has fallen into a poor state, is the ...

MALLORCA TODAY - Weather Alcúdia and Pollensa 17 March 2012

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A touch of mist early on, but the sun is out and it's going to be another fine day. Local top of 12.8C at 08:00, and the high teens the ...

Making Nature Pay For Itself

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Here's a question for you, and you have to be honest when answering. I won't accept any economies with the truth that suggest you ha...
Friday, March 16, 2012

MALLORCA TODAY - Government approves language requirement bill

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The Balearic Government's controversial law that will remove Catalan as a pre-requisite for employment in the public sector has been app...

MALLORCA TODAY - Health co-payment system a possibility in Balearics

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The Balearic Government is not ruling out the possibility of introducing the so-called co-payment system in the public health service whereb...

MALLORCA TODAY - More unions support Balearics' general strike

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The way things work is that unions in various regions have to declare separately if they are going to support protests such as general strik...

MALLORCA TODAY - Orchestra's protest concert

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The Balearics Symphony Orchestra is yet another victim of public-spending cuts. Yesterday a concert by some members of the orchestra was hel...

MALLORCA TODAY - Plan for Balearics' nature parks

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There are ten nature parks and 24 public fincas of a natural type under the control of governmental bodies in the Balearics, and the environ...

MALLORCA TODAY - Puerto Pollensa pedestrianisation returns

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Bad memories of the aborted attempt to pedestrianise the front line in Puerto Pollensa may have been aroused by the news that Pollensa town ...

MALLORCA TODAY - Weather Alcúdia and Pollensa 16 March 2012

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No fog around this morning, so it's all clear, bright and sunny, the temperatures just over 9 degrees at 07:30, heading later towards th...

I Feel So Extraordinary: New Order in Mallorca

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In the back half of 1980 and into 1981, I was not infrequently in Manchester. There were two distinct groups of people I knew. One was centr...
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