Are the Covid restrictions harsher in Mallorca than elsewhere?
Several Communities in Spain have started implementing the same restrictions as the Balearic Islands.
Call for unity at mass demonstration in Palma on Friday
The economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has caused exceptional hardship in the Hospitality Sector.
Coronavirus
Doctors call for 15 day lockdown in Mallorca
"11 people have died from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours...."
A very different Sant Sebastià Festival in Palma
Several groups are organising online events on Wednesday to keep the Sant Sebastià celebrations alive.
Javier Arranz, spokesperson for the Balearic infectious diseases committee
Javier Arranz, spokesperson for the Balearic infectious diseases committee.
Balearics health spokesperson supports earlier curfew
Javier Arranz prefers a curfew ahead of "tougher measures".
Call for mass demonstration in Palma on Friday
The organisers insist the protest will go ahead whether the Government approves it or not.
More panic buying in Mallorca than during full lockdown
The supermarkets are asking the Government to do something to stop people hoarding food when there’s no justification for it.
President Francina Armengol of the Balearics
President Armengol, speaking on Friday.
Balearic aid for business of over 100 million euros
President Armengol said that the government was "aware of the pain" caused by the latest measures.
The Balearic committee for reactivation
Friday meeting of the Balearic committee for reactivation.
Aid of 1,500 euros a month for Mallorca hospitality
More details of the aid package to be announced.
Tobacconists allowed to open 7 days a week
The new rules on who people are allowed to socialise with have caused confusion in Mallorca.
Remove Palma parking space terraces or be fined!
"These platforms can cost 1,000 euros and removing them within a few days is very complicated..”
Aid announcement for businesses expected on Friday
"The tension is real and we have to be able to show the workers that we're with them.."
The big Mallorca shutdown
While bars and cafés may be able to ride out the new storm, the outlook for restaurants is very grim.
Protest against gym closures in Palma
Various people from the world of sport and members of Associations such as Baleares Acción joined the demonstration.
Mallorca's Covid restrictions cause ructions in Government
President Armengol and Health Minister Patricia Gómez are urging everyone to make one last effort to try to curb contagion.
Protest against bar and restaurant closure in Mallorca
Palma town hall says that protests can cause more infections.
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Sunloungers set ablaze in Alcudia
- Spanish pensioners stuck at Palma Airport for fourteen hours
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights
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A nude on a beach in January? plus - a murmuration of starlings and missing hand-sanitisers!
Our Columnist Frank Leavers gives his views about strange things started happening since the semi-lockdown.
Frank Leavers19/01/2021 16:53