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

Saturday, April 14, 2012

MALLORCA TODAY - British tour operators cut air capacity to the Balearics

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The two major British tour operators, TUI and Thomas Cook, have announced a reduction in air passenger capacity of 8% to the Balearics and t...

MALLORCA TODAY - More participants at Alcúdia's boat show

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The boat show in Puerto Alcúdia over the weekend of 21-22 April will have a greater number of businesses from the nautical sector participat...

MALLORCA TODAY - Hotel Formentor redevelopment given the go-ahead

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The Council of Mallorca has finally and definitively approved the redevelopment of the Hotel Formentor near Puerto Pollensa. The approval ha...

MALLORCA TODAY - Weather Alcúdia and Pollensa 14 April 2012

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All change this morning. The sun's out, a breeze is up but there is little cloud. A local best of 14.8 C at 08:30. Mainly sunny through ...

Vidimus Killed The Wannabe Radio Star

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In my university days I had some small experience of radio. It consisted of twice being interviewed, once of being a presenter as part of a ...
Friday, April 13, 2012

MALLORCA TODAY - Unions demand 3% higher wages from hotels and restaurants

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The negotiations between unions and businesses that are threatening to cause disruption to the tourism season if they don't go the way t...

MALLORCA TODAY - Can Picafort bike lane eliminated

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Santa Margalida town hall has initiated work to eliminate the cycle lane along the promenade in Can Picafort. The town hall has insisted tha...

MALLORCA TODAY - Sa Pobla potatoes cannot meet demand

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The cold weather in February which caused a loss of the new potato crop has also meant that Sa Pobla's producers are unable to meet expo...

MALLORCA TODAY - Racing Santander 0 : 3 Real Mallorca

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A 3-0 win away at Santander for Mallorca that puts them on 40 points in 12th position in La Liga, twelve clear of Zaragoza in 18th. With six...

MALLORCA TODAY - Weather Alcúdia and Pollensa 13 April 2012

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Raining all night and raining still and continuing to rain through some of the day. Quite breezy and a top of just under 13 C at 07:45, stru...

Coasting Along To A New Coasts Law

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You may have noticed that coasts and beaches have been washing over the news a fair bit recently. The Balearics tourism ministry, totally br...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

MALLORCA TODAY - Vueling to introduce Palma-Moscow route

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A direct air route between Palma and Moscow is to operate three times a week this summer. Vueling will provide the first direct air link wit...

MALLORCA TODAY - Cerdà denies UM website funding

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One of the corruption investigations that has taken something of a back seat over the past months is that of the caso Voltor, which is looki...

MALLORCA TODAY - Santa Margalida demands inspection of Son Real

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The mayor of Santa Margalida, Miguel Cifre, has demanded that the director of the Son Real finca, Jorge Campos, allows town hall's inspe...

MALLORCA TODAY - Tobacconist robbery in Sa Pobla

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The Guardia Civil are hunting for two hooded men who stole money from a tobacconist in Sa Pobla on Tuesday evening, having threatened the sh...

MALLORCA TODAY - Weather Alcúdia and Pollensa 12 April 2012

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A bright enough start, albeit that there is some cloud lurking around, threatening the forecast change to rain later in the day. 11.3 C the ...

Welcome To The Hotel Mallorca

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Two months ago I wrote a piece entitled "Burying The Hatchet". I concluded by suggesting that the hatchet could, despite having be...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

MALLORCA TODAY - Balearics looks to fishing tourism

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It may come as a surprise but there is no law governing fishing in the Balearics (it is the only regional authority to apparently not have o...

MALLORCA TODAY - Complementary offer slams Balearics' tourism law

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The complementary offer (bars, restaurants, nightclubs etc.) has criticised once again the changes to the Balearics' tourism law that wi...

MALLORCA TODAY - Incentives for hotels to open in winter called for

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The boss of Air Berlin in Spain and Portugal, Alvaro Middelmann, has called on the regional government to introduce incentives to allow hote...
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