News of the day 16 July 2020
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Palma Coastline, Majorca.

Weather

Good Morning from Majorca

Cloudy, wet and windy in Majorca on Thursday with occasional sunshine in some places. To view the weather across the island from our webcams, click here.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

4 new Covid-19 outbreaks in the Balearics this week.

Health

4 new Covid-19 outbreaks in a week

There are now 12 coronavirus outbreaks in the Balearics with 63 people infected and 122 others either under surveillance or in isolation.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Green flags flying again.

Beaches

Green flags flying again in Palma

There were red flags at Can Pere Antoni and Ciutat Jardí beaches because of wastewater spills.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Playa de Palma, Majorca

News

Mixed reaction to hotspot closures in Majorca

Opposition parties say these measures are testament to the failure of the anti-Tourism Decree.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

King Felipe at the tribute to victims of coronavirus.

Coronavirus

King Felipe pays tribute to the victims of the pandemic

The King stressed that there is a moral obligation to respect the dignity of the deceased.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Guillem Cifre de Colonya Building, Palma.

Health

UIB Administrator tests positive for Covid-19

The Administrator who is infected with coronavirus did not have direct contact with the students.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Carrer Punta Ballena, Magalluf.

Tourism

The new restrictions in Magalluf and Playa de Palma

The Majorca Daily Bulletin answers your questions about the closures in Magalluf and Playa de Palma.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Information about speed cameras in Majorca.

Traffic

Speed camera locations are published

There are fourteen fixed and eighteen mobile cameras in Majorca.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Weekend Weather.

Weather

Weekend Weather forecast

Most of Majorca will be overcast this weekend with scattered showers and occasional sunshine. To view the weather across the island from our webcams, click here.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Mallorca Weather

Weather

All you need to know about the weather in Majorca

Now we have some weak precipitation in Mallorca.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Alcudia, where the town hall has almost 90 million euros sitting in a bank.

Finance

Town halls object to making loans to the Spanish government

The national finance ministry is proposing that town halls lend the government money from the surpluses they have in banks.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Bars in Magalluf are having to close.

Magalluf

Two more Magalluf streets are closed

Calvia town hall asked for a wider application of the closure order.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

The government is to be sued for damages.

Business

Magalluf and Playa de Palma businesses to sue the government

Businesses that have "nothing to do with so-called tourism of excesses" are affected by the government's order.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

News / Comment
Son Sant Joan airport in Palma

The Blog

Rethinking the added millions

Four to six million more people per year. If normal service resumes, is this what Majorca wants?

Andrew Ede

Holiday / Lifestyle
Wearing masks in Palma

Out & About

Masking the Situation

Admittedly, every aspect of our lives has changed irrefutably, and we all yearn for a miracle return to how things were before.

Peter Clover

The salmon was the best ever and worth a 10

The restaurant review

Another four 10S at the same place

Top marks at a Japanese restaurant in Palma.

Andrew Valente

Palma Dry Tomatoe

Food & Wine

Sun-dried tomatoes are great on flavour

The Italians were the first to dry tomatoes in the sun and as it is such an easy and efficient way of preserving them until the next summer’s crop, the custom of sun-dried tomatoes soon spread throughout the Mediterranean.

Andrew Valente

Sport / Real Mallorca
Reina and Raíllo down after a clash against Granada.

Football

Real Mallorca are relegated

Real Mallorca 1 - Granada 2.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Sport / Other Sports
Juergen Klopp

Football

Public have the wrong idea of footballers, says FIFPRO

Football players have done an incredible number of iniciatives during the COVID19 pancemic.

Reuters

Real Madrid

Football

Real Madrid braced for restrained title celebrations

Real Madrid's fans will celebrate La liga's Trophy from Home

Reuters

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