News of the day 16 March 2023
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Find out which ships are in port today

There are no cruise ships scheduled to visit Palma today

Cathy Caliz

Luxury property in Mallorca

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Prices of holiday homes in Mallorca have shot up

The highest prices are in Andratx and Calvia.

Andrew Ede

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Madeleine McCann: the Mallorca mystery

"The child and two women had disappeared..."

Jason Moore

A beer price war could be brewing.

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Balearics could lose the battle of beer prices

The Balearics authorities will certainly want to avoid a beer price war.

Humphrey Carter

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The moment a U.S. drone was intercepted by a Russian fighter: see video

The video, which is about 40 seconds long, has been edited by the U.S. military for length but shows events in a sequential order, the Pentagon said

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

A host of green events are going to be taking place.

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Mallorca gears up for eMallorca Experience Week

Green energy event puts Mallorca on the map.

Russian super yacht Nord off Puerto Portals.

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Mallorca billionaire visitor gets a lecture from Putin

Russian super yachts and their owners have stayed away from Mallorca since war broke out.

Humphrey Carter

Rafael Nadal, a volunteer for the clean-up in Sant Llorenç, Mallorca after the devastating floods in October 2018

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A street to be named after Rafael Nadal

Sant Llorenç is recognising Rafael Nadal's support following the 2018 tragedy.

Andrew Ede

Guardia Civil GEAS divers in action.

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Navy divers deactivate German torpedo off Mallorca

German G7 torpedo was dealth with by the Navy’s countermine divers unit.

News / Comment
British tourists in Punta Ballena

Comment

Changing statements

“There is a case of certain statements recording tourism being lost in translation...”

Jason Moore

Toni Nadal, Rafa Nadal’s former coach and uncle, has joined a Partido Popular ‘think tank’

Comment

English bashing

It’s not just British tourists heading to Spain who are getting a hard time, so too is the English language.

Humphrey Carter

Hotels being converted into Social Housing

Comment

Powerless in the face of Mallorca’s greatest challenge

The Balearics are overpopulated, and the islands, moreover, are ill-equipped to confront this greatest challenge.

Andrew Ede

Gary Lineker to return presenting after reaching an agreement

Comment

Football Fiasco

The TV presenter’s tweet had compared the rhetoric of the Conservatives’ immigration policy to the language of Nazis.

Anna Nicholas

A woman bored at her shop

Comment

Boring? Who me... Never!

It seems that being certifiably boring is about as bad as it can get if you wish to insult a chap who is not in the first flush of youth.

Frank Leavers

Holiday / Lifestyle
Every year Calvia gets ready for their annual Saint Patrick Day celebrations

Lifestyle

The Patrick who controlled Mallorca

Patrick Lawless became Patricio Laules y Briaen, a servant of the King of Spain.

Andrew Ede

Holiday / Travelling
Passengers at Palma Son Sant Joan Airport, Mallorca

Travelling

Fears that Balearic residents' travel discount could be scrapped

A change could see a fixed discount for each route being adopted instead.

Andrew Ede

Holiday / Attractions
Weather / Temperatures
Puerto Pollensa, Mallorca

Temperatures

Friday's weather in Mallorca

The weather in Mallorca for St. Patrick's Day.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

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