Place names, Puerto Pollensa and police: the week in Majorca
Catalonia's flag, Palma's name, the airport's name, Paguera's name; these all caused a fuss. The Guardia raided Calvia town hall, and Bulletin reports were being shared in the Puerto Pollensa arguments.
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Puerto Pollensa beach tender is suspended
There has apparently been no confirmation of the new service authorisation from the Costas Authority.
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Town hall responds to Puerto Pollensa criticisms
The original project for the pedestrianisation was "inadequate", the town hall has countered.
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Ex-mayor slams Puerto Pollensa "improvisation"
Cifre says that the ramps should have been paid for by the Council of Majorca.
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Puerto Pollensa disabled road crossings now in place
There are several of them along the initial stretch of the coastal road between the yacht club roundabout and Avenida Paris.
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Puerto Pollensa beaches: now the restaurants are complaining
"We are almost in the middle of May and still there has been no tender. How many months will pass before there are services on the beach?"
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"Chaos" of Puerto Pollensa beach services
The tender for the beach services hasn't yet been raised.
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Puerto Pollensa mobility problems will soon be over
Solutions will be in place within two weeks.
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Puerto Pollensa pavements preventing disabled user accessibility
There is also a very real problem being posed for wheelchair and mobility scooter users as well as parents with push chairs.
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Puerto Pollensa ice-cream kiosk whips up social media storm
A petition rapidly raised over 3,000 signatures to "save" the kiosk.
Tourism
Puerto Pollensa hotels inundated with complaints about pedestrianisation work
"It was planned poorly right from the outset," says the president of the hoteliers' association.
Tourism
31 million euros being invested in Majorca's resorts
The investment is coming from the "bolsa" fund created with revenue for legalising hotel places that needed legalising.
Winter tourism
Puerto Pollensa Open All Year: Meeting tomorrow
Puerto Pollensa was once a popular winter tourism destination with regular winter flights and the resort hopes that the good times will return.
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Businesses protest against Puerto Pollensa pedestrianisation
"Puerto Pollensa has been turned upside down."
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Puerto Pollensa La Gola centre officially reopens
"This is tourism which is respectful of the environment and which encapsulates ministry plans for diversification in tackling the seasonality of tourism."
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Hoteliers want postponement of Puerto Pollensa pedestrianisation work
Hoteliers consider that it would be "irresponsible" for further demolition work to now start.
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La Gola ornithology centre re-opens
The centre had been open between 2010 and 2013 but never consistently.
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Town hall admits delay with Puerto Pollensa pedestrianisation
The town hall now accepts that there are issues with a lack of manpower.
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Puerto Pollensa moorings project is against regulations
It will not receive authorisation unless there is a change to prevailing regulations, and no such change is being envisaged.
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Top Tory donor to open 60 million Pollensa estate to the public
The estate was sold by its previous British owner earlier this year to a top Conservative Party donor James Lupton for an estimated 56 million pounds.
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- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Spanish pensioners stuck at Palma Airport for fourteen hours
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights
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