News of the day 4 December 2015
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Fairs and fiestas
Christmas fairs, markets, events for the holiday weekend
Though Monday and Tuesday next week are both public holidays (for Constitution Day and Immaculate Conception), Christmas fairs and markets will be in full swing.
Palma
Mayor does not want deadlines, he wants completion
On Thursday, Acciona set out a revised plan to complete the work on the centre and hotel. It is now looking at 24 February next year.
Tourism
Tourists flooding into Palma for the bank holiday break
From today until Wednesday next week the airport can anticipate some 170,000 passengers.
Animal welfare
Owner who beat horse to death is released
The judge who sentenced him described the “appalling death” of Sorky das Pont as “an aberration in the twenty-first century”.
Tourism
Tourism cash boost in Calvia
Significant increase in public funding for beaches, tourism, sporting events and the police proposed.
News / Comment
Edition of 4 December 2015
Comment
European defence
“Germany and Britain have joined the campaign, others haven’t ...”
Jason Moore