News of the day 25 March 2022
News / Latest headlines
Spanish government meeting with the National Road Transport Committee

International

Fuel price reduction but striking hauliers reject agreement

The agreement is with the National Road Transport Committee. Striking truckers aren't represented on this body.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Hotel Formentor in Mallorca is being redeveloped

Latest headlines

Hotel Formentor expansion given government green light

The environment ministry makes certain stipulations but is otherwise satisfied that the project will not have an environmental impact.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Flu vaccination

Latest headlines

Flu cases in the Balearics rise after two years of Covid

Registered cases of flu are more than double what they were last winter.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

EU leaders will discuss on Friday what more they can to do rein in high energy bills.

International

Biden to seal LNG deal as EU grapples with energy crunch

EU leaders will discuss on Friday what more they can to do rein in high energy bills.

Reuters

Magalluf

Latest headlines

Parallel realities, the tourism season, war and Covid

What will the Easter tourist season be like in Mallorca?

Andrew Ede

Companies tend to pass on industrial price rises to customers, fuelling inflation.

Latest headlines

Power costs drive Spanish industrial prices to record high

Companies tend to pass on industrial price rises to customers, fuelling inflation.

Reuters

HM Palma Blanc Hotel in Palma, Mallorca, which is nearing completion.

Latest headlines

Four new hotels for Palma this year

From four-star to grand luxury in the heart of Palma.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Long queues at passport control at Palma airport last month.

Calls for more immigration officers

Flight delays to Mallorca this summer

Non-residents will have to have their passports stamped.

Humphrey Carter

Convoy of Ukrainian refugees in Palma, Mallorca

Latest headlines

Arrival in Palma of largest group of Ukrainian refugees

Seventy refugees, most of whom will be staying with Mallorcan families.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Major drugs trial in Palma, Mallorca

Latest headlines

53 sentenced in Mallorca's largest drugs trial

In April 2018, the Guardia Civil stormed the Son Banya shanty town.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Body was brought ashore by the Guardia Civil.

Latest headlines

Body found floating off Mallorca

Body may have been washed up from Italy.

Humphrey Carter

Consular strike.

Latest headlines

Spanish Foreign Office workers in the UK warn about visa application delays due to indefinite strike

Workers are asking the Spanish government to end years of wage freeze and job insecurity as inflation keeps rising.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

News / Comment
“The local authorities should really consider a car sharing scheme...”

Comment

Comment: In the slow lane

“The local authorities should really consider a car sharing scheme...”

Jason Moore

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Comment

Comment: Get ahead of Putin

NATO is facing its biggest test yet and it needs to be one step ahead of Russia.

Humphrey Carter

Study trip.

Comment

The joke of the study trip and the tides of Arenal and Alcudia

Zero tolerance was the mantra chanted at a recent meeting across the municipal border in Playa de Palma.

Andrew Ede

Ukrainian refugees

Comment

How Quakers put Home Office to shame

Donald Trelford's views on some of the stories of the week.

Donald Trelford

Holiday / Lifestyle
Illes Malgrats. photo: @AdobeStock

Lifestyle

Proposals to improve the El Toro and Els Malgrats marine reserves

Investing in more and better MPAs makes ecological and economic sense. So, what are we waiting for?

Marilles Foundation

What's on / Films
MORBIUS - Final Trailer

Films

Films in English from Friday 25 March

Take a look at the new film starring Jared Leto!

Christina BuchetFrank Leavers

What's on / Coming soon
AMAZING Michael Jackson Tribute from Spain

Coming soon

Things to do in Mallorca Friday and Saturday

Don't know what to do this weekend? - Take a look!

Christina Buchet

Weather / Latest news
Cloudy or overcast skies

Weather

Mallorca Weather Forecast for Friday

You can keep up to date with the weather across the island here.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Rain in Palma, Mallorca

Latest news

Rainfall for the Balearics since October has been above average

There is a rainfall deficit for the whole of Spain, but this has been lowered.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter

Sport / Real Mallorca
Football is a results business and six straight defeats has sadly seen his demise.

Real Mallorca

Luis Garcia Plaza bids an emotional farewell

What do you think will happen with RCD Mallorca?

Monro Bryce

Sport / Other Sports
Bale is in the final year of his contract with Real, after joining them in 2013.

Football

Spanish media launch scathing attack on Bale, calling him a "parasite"

Bale is in the final year of his contract with Real, after joining them in 2013.

Reuters

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