News of the day 29 January 2019
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Employment
Balearic employment increase in 2018 the highest in Spain
The increase of almost seven per cent meant over 35,000 more people in work.
Environment
Increase in hoopoe bird population
The hoopoe, the "puput", is one of Majorca's most distinctive birds.
Bylaws
Palma waiting for legal opinion on electric scooters
The town hall believes scooter companies contravene the public way bylaw.
Finance
Government spending over four million a year on rent
The most costly building - at almost two million euros - is the Balearic School of Public Administration.
News / Comment
Edition of 29 January 2019
Comment
Taxing times
“Scrapping the tourist tax would leave a nasty black hole in the budget...”
Jason Moore