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

Friday, September 14, 2012

The Rubbish Dump Of Europe

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On the scale of rubbish ideas, the one by which Europe's rubbish will be shipped into Puerto Alcúdia for incineration at Son Reus in Pal...
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Thursday, September 13, 2012

MALLORCA TODAY - Opposition to Europe's rubbish being brought into Alcúdia's port

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Unity among political parties, in Alcúdia at least. PSOE, supported by the party's island secretary-general, and the Partido Popular, in...

MALLORCA TODAY - Real Mallorca is haemorrhaging fans

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Sid Lowe of "The Guardian" once famously (or infamously) said that Real Mallorca had no fans (a joke that the po-faced fans that ...

MALLORCA TODAY - Weather Alcúdia and Pollensa 13 September 2012

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Forecast was pretty much spot-on, though it was late evening before the rain and storm arrived. Heavy downpours but nothing that unusual, ra...

The Un-Complementary Sector

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Back in February I wrote about the hatchet having been buried in a war between Mallorca's hoteliers and the complementary sector. The tw...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

MALLORCA TODAY - Millions bring Barcelona to a standstill in independence protest

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Two million say the organisers. 1.5 million say the Mossos police. 600,000 say the National Police. Choose which one, but whichever it is, t...

MALLORCA TODAY - Alcúdia's financial situation shown on town hall website

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Alcúdia town hall, with a surplus of 11 million euros, has set out an analysis of its financial situation since 2007 on the municipality...

MALLORCA TODAY - Weather Alcúdia and Pollensa 12 September 2012

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24 the area high at 7.45, which is on the warm side, some mist early on but due to be fine until later when, and to reiterate yesterday'...

Adios, Mariano

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Mariano Rajoy would never stand for a question about cocktails. He would never place himself in a position of potential lampooning by a Paxm...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

MALLORCA TODAY - Weather Alcúdia and Pollensa 11 September 2012

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A 21.6 and humid high at 7.45am. A fair amount of light cloud but plenty of sun today with temperatures up to 30 or over. The rain for Thurs...

One Hundred Years Of Multitude

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The population of Mallorca has grown by 240% over the last 100 years. Such growth is not in the least bit surprising but what requires some ...
Monday, September 10, 2012

MALLORCA TODAY - Pollensa beach services co-ordinator contract denounced

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Nothing runs smoothly with the management of Pollensa's beaches. The Alternativa per Pollença has now complained about the contract for ...

MALLORCA TODAY - More criticism of illegal beach selling in Muro

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The Convergència has added its voice to those of others who have complained about the high levels of illegal beach selling on the beaches of...

MALLORCA TODAY - Weather Alcúdia and Pollensa 10 September 2012

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Just like yesterday. Between 18 and 21 locally at 8am. Staying up around the 30 mark today, but likely to fall a bit later in the week. Othe...

Viva Eurovegas!

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Sheldon Adelson is an extraordinarily wealthy man. Self-made, "Forbes" magazine ranked him as the sixteenth richest person in the...
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Sunday, September 09, 2012

MALLORCA TODAY - At least 50 deliberate fires on the Balearics this summer

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The figure could rise as the causes of some fires are still being investigated, but the number of cases of known deliberate fires on the Bal...

MALLORCA TODAY - Politicians join swim in protest at military base access

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The swim to the limit to civilian access in front of Puerto Pollensa's military base, arranged as a means of protest against the base be...

MALLORCA TODAY - Weather Alcúdia and Pollensa 9 September 2012

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19 degrees at 8am on another hazy, slightly misty morn. The weather seems stuck for the time being, producing days with plenty of hazy sun, ...

Los Kinks: Mallorca and sixties pop

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Francesc Vicens can't be accused of not being eclectic in his musical interests. Two years ago, the views of this Mallorcan musicologist...
Saturday, September 08, 2012

MALLORCA TODAY - Pop music in Mallorca in the sixties

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Seemingly in Catalan, a new book entitled "Paradise of Love or the Imagined Island" sounds interesting nevertheless, as it looks a...
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