Politics
Podemos repeat their demand that Barceló resigns
"We cannot look the other way. We should be demanding that someone takes responsibility for all that has happened."
Majorca
Barceló, Branson, Brexit: last week in Majorca
Tourism minister Biel Barceló was under pressure, there was chaos at the airport and there were arrests because of a fake cancer "cure".
Politics
Podemos threaten government pact if Barceló isn't sacked
"There is a weak point in government and that is him. Therefore, we ask him to step aside."
Politics
PP insist that Barceló should be sacked
The bandages have been applied but a "scalpel" is really needed, says the PP's Marga Prohens of the contracts affair.
Tourism
Legal holiday rentals could be de-registered under new legislation
"If it doesn't meet the regulations, it cannot be registered. If you want to set up a bar, you also have to comply with regulations."
Tourism
Barceló accused of wanting to "give up" sun-and-beach tourism
Barceló said that sun-and-beach tourism brings wealth, but work needs to be done in order to bring more tourists in the winter.
Tourist tax
Government ruling out tourist tax increase next year
Barceló said that the government has never spoken about there being too many tourists.
Tourism
Business and unions against limits on tourist numbers
Environmentalist group GOB accuses the tourism minister and the government of engaging in "outrageous propaganda".
Tourism
Barceló accuses Low Cost of "bad practice"
Barceló said that the redundancy procedure for employees has yet to be started. The Balearic government is insisting that it is commenced in order that employees can receive what is owed to them.
Tourism
Barceló to answer parliament questions on Low Cost Travel
All parties have supported the PP call, with Alvaró Gijón stressing the need for explanations and "solutions to minimise the effects of the bankruptcy".
Tourist tax
Tourist tax comes into force on Friday
"Our message to tourists coming to the Balearics from Friday and paying the tourist tax is 'your vacation, your island, your support'."
Environment
Barceló says again that payment for Blue Flag is not a priority
"The controls (for quality) are always done. It makes no sense to pay a company for something that is always done."
Tourism
"A tourist tax does not mean we don't like or don't want tourists"
Biel Barceló, the tourism minister, talks to the Bulletin about the tourist tax, graffiti, holiday rentals, all-inclusives and winter tourism.
Tourist tax
Tourist tax to be introduced on 1 June
"The tax was a social demand on behalf of a majority of citizens who had voted for change."
Politics
Call for Barceló to resign following independence march
Barceló, the Circulo Balear says, was at the head of a march for “pan-Catalan separatism” in which a banner declared “from autonomy to sovereignty”.
Politics
Armengol proud of change since becoming president
Vice-President Barceló observed that "the force awakens" and proclaimed that "the force be with us".
Palma
Everyone’s “fed up” with the Palacio, says Barceló
“I believe that they don’t want to finish the work in order to have some means of applying pressure."
Tourist tax
Destination of tourist tax will not be known until 2017
“We can’t move on things that are impossible, because the law hasn’t yet been approved.”
Tourist tax
Tourism minister claims UK tour operators consider tourist tax “normal”
Barcelo said yesterday that the majority of the British tour operators and airlines “are quite happy and content” with the tourist tax.
Tourism
The Bulletin prepares for the World Travel Market
The supplement takes as its theme the "new Magalluf".
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Major security alert at Mallorca airport, surprise landing of flights from Morocco and Namibia
- Big changes on the horizon when Britons travel to Mallorca
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Living in a motorhome in Palma: "It'll only get worse"