Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 22-28 April
Pancaritat pilgrimages, the biggest of them being Palma's Angel Sunday; Carabassamba Festival of percussion and samba in Muro; Puerto Alcudia Street Food Festival; Palma Boat Show starts; Sant Jordi fiestas in Colonia Sant Jordi; Beer Palma in Parc de la Mar; Donizetti's The Elixir of Love at the Teatre Principal.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 8-14 April
One of the island's biggest fairs - Puerto Alcudia's boat show and sepia (cuttlefish) gastronomy event. Other fairs in Calvia and Santa Margalida. Easter processions start - Palm Sunday in Palma. The Balearic Symphony Orchestra with Russian concert pianist Yevgeny Sudbin.
Infrastructure
Alcudia port redevelopment scheme is scrapped
Alcudia town hall had objected to the "excessive" impact of the plan.
Nautical
Alcudia has highest growth among state ports
Alcudia's passenger numbers grew 32% in 2018. Palma had 17% growth.
Infrastructure
Licence processing for Alcudia port cement storage
The town hall had initially been opposed to the storage facility.
Infrastructure
Agreement on Alcudia port area remodelling
Almost 900,000 euros are to be spent in Puerto Alcudia.
Fiestas
Fiestas in Majorca: 25 June-1 July
Sant Pere (San Pedro, Saint Peter) Fiestas in Andratx, Buger, Colonia Sant Pere, Esporles, Puerto Alcudia, Puerto Pollensa and Puerto Soller, where there is the International Xeremiers (pipers) Festival. Marratxi has its fiestas for the patron Sant Marçal, and Campanet for Sant Victoria. Arenal's Sant Cristòfol has a demons' correfoc on Friday.
Police
Preventive measures for Alcudia end of school year party
5,000 or more youngsters descend on Puerto Alcudia for the party.
Heritage
Location of Alcudia Roman port wall discovered
The site is not far from the Horse Roundabout and on land that has been earmarked for hotel development.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 23-29 April
The Palma Boat Show starts on Friday. Sant Joan's fair on Sunday. Street food in Puerto Alcudia. First events for Sineu's famous fair get under way - the fair itself, 700 years old this year, isn't until 5 May.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 9-15 April
Puerto Alcudia's sepia (cuttlefish) gastronomy fair and boat show from Friday evening. An Andalusian Feria de Abril in Pollensa also starts on Friday. The Six Day Series track cycling final at Palma Arena on Saturday.
Police
Sixteen-year-old girl dead in Puerto Alcudia
The Guardia Civil believe that she may have fallen from the fourth storey of a building on the street.
Environment
Natural marine lake wanted for Alcudia
Climate change and human pressure are said to be damaging the beach and marine life in Puerto Alcudia.
Infrastructure
Over two million euros for projects in Puerto Alcudia
The tourism infrastructure projects are for the C. Teodor Canet and Carretera Arta.
Environment
Alcudia port cement plant given authorisation
Environmentalists GOB and local pressure group, Salvem el Moll, object to the plan for the cement plant.
Emergencies
Ferry fire left 38 vehicles burned out
Rough seas yesterday caused a delay to the arrival in Alcudia of an Algerie Ferries replacement ship.
Emergencies
Fire emergency forces ferry to dock in Alcudia
An Algerie Ferries ship with 470 passengers and 137 crew on board had to dock in Alcudia last night.
Nautical
New nautical training centre for Alcudia
The training centre should open in the first quarter of 2019.
Majorca
What's on in Majorca: 19-25 June
The fiestas really crank up now. The feast day for Sant Joan is Saturday. There is Palma's Nit de Foc with ten demons' gangs on the Friday night. Deya's correfoc is on Sunday. Sant Pere fiestas start in Puerto Alcudia on Thursday; Sant Marçal in Marratxi on Friday. The Hairy Johns are out in Felanitx, Sant Joan and Sant Llorenç on Saturday. For World Music Day (Wednesday) there are two major free, open-air events in Palma. Tinie Tempah is in Magalluf on Tuesday.
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