News of the day 25 February 2021
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Police Officers in Cala Major.

Latest headlines

Cala Major man may have been dead for 4-5 years

"It is very sad that no one noticed Bernat Mesquida Barceló was missing for more than five years.."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Fabrika, Palma.

Latest headlines

Bars, Restaurants & Cafés in Mallorca to close at 17.15

"The Police will be carrying out inspections and not only will they be very attentive, they will take action.."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Majorca wants British tourists,

Latest headlines

Super summer sale on Mallorca holidays

"Seven nights self catering basis at a bargain rate...."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Teachers to be vaccinated in March in Mallorca.

International

AstraZeneca delivery problems could derail Mallorca's vaccination programme

The coronavirus restrictions in the Balearic Islands will be reviewed in the run-up to the Easter holidays.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

sa Pobla potatoes.

Latest headlines

Britain will have Mallorcan potatoes after all

"We will have to carry out some controls with a stricter certification and go through customs, but we are looking forward to seeing what the new situation will be like.."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

EU rules protecting personal data during police investigations

International

Spain fined 15 million euros for skipping EU rules on data protection

Spain missed the May 2018 deadline to transpose the EU rules into national law.

Reuters

Old Palma prison.

Latest headlines

Row over Palma's Centre for Art & Creation

"Model de Ciutat is working intensely to approve the definitive modification of the General Plan in the first half of this year.."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Vials of Pfizer's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine

Coronavirus news

Fraudsters offer 400 million 'ghost' COVID vaccines in EU

Most of the shots offered to EU governments by traders were purportedly the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Reuters

Calvia Coast, Mallorca.

Latest headlines

Mallorca Weather Forecast for Friday

The sun's out in Mallorca bringing a top temperature of 19 degrees and low-moderate winds to some places. To find out what the weather is like in other parts of Mallorca, click here.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Holidays on Mallorca.

Latest headlines

British government ministers slammed over comments on summer holidays

"It’s a pity the home secretary wishes to return to the days of ministers contradicting each other....."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

pouring beer

International

Drinking at home, buying online set to linger for beer

Brewers need pubs and restaurants to reopen to restore margins as the revenue generated from them is in many countries higher than for beer sold in stores.

Reuters

Rubbish containers set ablaze in Palma, Mallorca

Latest headlines

Arrested for setting fire to rubbish containers

Two containers were set ablaze on the Avenida Joan Miró in Palma.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

German chancellor, Angela Merkel

International

Merkel announces that EU vaccine passport will be launched for the summer

Angela Merkel said that the vaccine passport system will be a "complementary" option to allow safe travel.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

News / Comment

Comment

Vaccine Catch-22

All this uncertain talk of vaccine passports is confusing would be travellers.

Humphrey Carter

Comment

Summer season

“Greece does appear to be making the right moves about holidays...”

Jason Moore

Covid fashion

Comment

What not to wear in a pandemic - but you will anyway!

Our columnist Frank Leavers gives his thoughts on the strange fashion of these semi-lockdown times.

Frank Leavers

Holiday / Lifestyle
With a smoked salmon topping it soon became the favourite Jewish way of eating a bagel

Lifestyle

The return of the bagel

Bagels were a bit of a mystery for most British people until the early 1990s when there was a surge in their popularity all over the world.

Andrew Valente

We are all unique

Lifestyle

All in good time

The medical and psychological professions have worked hard to help us with developmental milestones.

Julie Waller

Nadia Calviño

Lifestyle

Direct aid for business is no longer optional; it is essential

Where Spain is concerned, the harm was appreciated way back during the first weeks of the crisis last spring.

Andrew Ede

La Lonja in Palma

Lifestyle

Palma Fish Market: a meeting point for science and fishermen

The number of sharks and rays in the Balearic Sea has gone down dramatically over the past decades as in the rest of the Mediterranean.

Marilles Foundation

Sport / Other Sports
Spain's Rafael Nadal in action during his quarter final match against Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas

Tennis

Nadal pulls out of Rotterdam Open with back issue

The 20-time Grand Slam winner has been struggling with a back issue since the build-up to the Australian Open.

Reuters

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