Etiqueta 'Balearics'
Passengers at Palma's Son Sant Joan airport.

Transport

Air Berlin hub closure will mean 600,000 fewer passengers

The airports authority Aena calculates that the 600,000 passengers who had been passing through the Air Berlin hub represent 1.2% of total passenger numbers at Son Sant Joan.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter06/01/2016 00:00

Demand is greatest for moorings in Colonia Sant Jordi.

Nautical

Over 4,000 people on the waiting list for a mooring in the Balearics

The government is attempting to “debug” this waiting list and is confident that in 2016 the nineteen ports in all will find their lists being revised.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter05/01/2016 00:00

The Secretary of State for Employment, Juan Pablo Riesgo.

Economy

Unemployment falls by almost 10% in the Balearics

Registered unemployment in the Balearics fell last year to 75,784 unemployed.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter05/01/2016 00:00

Equality and employment, key issues for Armengol

Politics

Equality and employment, key issues for Armengol

“We must work so that young people find work, so that older people can return to work."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter01/01/2016 00:00

First baby of the year arrived at ten past midnight

Society

First baby of the year arrived at ten past midnight

Mohamed Bouvah, whose parents are Moroccan, weighed in at 3,520 grams (seven pounds, twelve ounces).

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter01/01/2016 00:00

New Year’s Eve knife attack in Palma

Crime

New Year’s Eve knife attack in Palma

The emergency service number took 912 calls over New Year’s Eve from 8pm until 8am.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter01/01/2016 00:00

Cruise holidays are forecast to prove increasingly popular with British holidaymakers.

Tourism

British dominate tourism market

British holidaymakers have traditionally proven to be resilient travellers and it is likely that this will continue in 2016.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter30/12/2015 00:00

Britons snapping up Balearic bargains

Tourism

Britons snapping up Balearic bargains

“As soon as the turkey was wolfed down, the all-out frenzy of 2016 holiday booking began”

Humphrey Carter28/12/2015 00:00

Winner Imanes Naamane celebrates as she holds a placard showing the first prize winning number, 79140.

Society

El Gordo lottery brings respite from political worries, Balearic winners

This year’s biggest winner of the top prize was in the coastal tourist town of Roquetas de Mar in the southern region of Almeria.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter22/12/2015 00:00

Queues for last-minute lottery ticket buying.

Society

Balearics crosses its fingers for the big El Gordo lottery draw

Long lines formed as people hoped to buy a winning share in El Gordo, which will hand out 2.24 billion euros.

Humphrey Carter21/12/2015 00:00

A successful election for the PP's Mateo Isern, but his party lost a great deal of support.

Election 20D

Podemos becomes the second political force in the Balearics

PSOE, which had been the second force in terms of percentage of the vote, saw its position slip to third behind Podemos. Its worst performance ever in the Balearics.

Andrew Ede21/12/2015 00:00

Pablo Iglesias of Podemos - the real winner of the election?

Election 20D

Partido Popular wins, but uncertainty is total

PP loses a third of seats in Congress. Rajoy intends to form a government though. PSOE loses seats, but the result is not as catastrophic as had been predicted. The C's perform less well than opinion polls had suggested. Podemos emerges as the third force. PP wins in the Balearics - three seats, but these are two fewer than in 2011.

Andrew Ede20/12/2015 00:00

Investment tax incentives proposed for the Balearics

Economy

Investment tax incentives proposed for the Balearics

These incentives would correspond to the establishment of a business investment zone in the Balearics similar to that which exists in the Canaries.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter19/12/2015 00:00

Palma, a mobile speed radar.

Police

Balearics one of five Tráfico targets because of accident rate

The Balearics is one of five parts of Spain in which Tráfico has launched specific measures against road accidents.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter17/12/2015 00:00

Most foreign schoolchildren in the Balearics are from Europe

Education

Most foreign schoolchildren in the Balearics are from Europe

Of the 23,852 pupils from outside Spain during the 2014-2015 school year, 7,914 were European.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter16/12/2015 00:00

The Balearics Girls XV.

Rugby

Fantastic fourth place for Balearics Girls XV

In their first national competition the Balearics Girls XV gained a well-earned fourth place in Cordoba over the weekend.

Lynda Demangeat16/12/2015 00:00

Fewer eligible voters in the Balearics for Sunday's election

Politics

Fewer eligible voters in the Balearics for Sunday's election

A total of 726,264 people in the Balearics will be eligible to vote in Sunday's general election.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter16/12/2015 00:00

Local sentiment regarding the use of the revenue from the tax favours environmental conservation.

Tourist tax

80% of Bulletin readers say no to the tourist tax

What was noticeable about the poll was that initially the rejection of the tax was over 90% but gradually the number in favour increased.

Andrew Ede13/12/2015 00:00

Senastiá Sanso and Joan Groizard in Paris this week.

Environment

Balearics consider climate change proposals insufficient

The Balearic representatives, Sebastià Sansó and Joan Groizard, have signed a joint declaration with counterparts from Valencia and Navarre on climate change.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter12/12/2015 00:00