MALLORCA TODAY - Government will have to pay Pollensa landowner 1.6 million compensation

A ruling by the Balearics Supreme Court will mean that the regional government will have to pay a landowner in the Vilar area of Pollensa 1.6 million euros by way of compensation for land that was declassified under measures in 2008 and which could not be developed. This is the first ruling that affects land across Mallorca, compensation claims for which are said to run to astronomical sums (the report linked to here puts the total at over 700 million!).

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MALLORCA TODAY - Porto Cristo bridge must be demolished by 26 September

The Balearic Supreme Court, which had already ordered that the Riuet bridge in Porto Cristo be demolished but which bowed to representations that it should not occur during the tourism season, has decreed today that it must be demolished no later than 26 September.