Real Mallorca
Onwards and upwards as Mallorca win 1-0
Real Mallorca hauled themselves off the bottom of the Spanish second division with a well-earned 1-0 win.
Tourism
Spain promotes shopping tourism to prolong season
Deputy prime minister calls for a boost in shopping tourism to end the "seasonal nature" of the sector.
Tourism
Britons behind best summer for a decade
“Our message to all of the parties battling to win the general election is that the tourist industry needs stability to continue growing.”
Military
Palma's key role in NATO exercise
The Royal Navy flagship HMS Bulwark is currently not far off the coast of the Balearics.
Finance
Balearics the focus of international hotel investment
The final tally for 2015 is expected to be over 1,600 million, the value in 2006 that was then a record.
Politics
Spain’s general election set for 20 December
Podemos, which wants to loosen the grip of austerity introduced by Rajoy’s government, is running in third place.
Economy
Fears over the state of the Spanish economy after Catalan vote
“Spain’s long-term success depends on maintaining both economic and political equilibrium.”
Finance
Balearic government claims 240 million euros of unpaid road-building investment
Montoro acknowledged that the Balearics have suffered from an underfunding that the system of regional financing has failed to correct.
Banking
Catalan independence would mean exit from the euro zone, says Bank of Spain chief
Uncertainties and tensions over the election are affecting Catalan and other Spanish banks.
Finance
More government debt to pay civil servants' Christmas bonus
These costs are identified in a report accompanying a decree which authorises the payment of just over 25% of the Christmas “bonus.”
Real Mallorca
Nastic 1 - Real Mallorca 0
Mallorca are goalless once more and lose away in Catalonia.
Politics
Spanish banks warn of Catalonia independence risks
Spain’s two main banking lobby groups AEB and CECA, whose members include Santander, BBVA and Barcelona-based Caixabank, warned secession could force lenders to consider leaving the region.
Banking
Smaller Spanish banks up stakes in big spat over ATM charges
Cash withdrawal fees are the latest front, pitting banks against each other as large lenders such as Caixabank announce increased ATM charges for competitors’ customers.
Politics
PM Rajoy says they will battle to the end
Catalonia holds regional elections on September 27 in which separatists are trying to win a majority of representatives in parliament to push their independence drive forward.
Real Mallorca
Mallorca's cup exit shame
Fingers are now being pointed and voices raised against the coach.
Environment
Government calls on oil companies to give up prospecting
Prospecting rejected because of the "irreversible impact that it would have on the environment and on Balearic society".
Real Mallorca
Real Mallorca 0 Huesca 2
Coach Ferrer said before this evening's cup match that the Copa del Rey needed to be taken seriously.
Political parties
"The Partido Popular have to learn to listen or otherwise they face defeat..."
Finance
Madrid and Palma to meet to discuss Balearic financing
Armengol and the regional finance minister, Catalina Cladera, assured the leader of the El Pi party, Jaume Font, that the government plans to spend in a better way.
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights
- Living in a motorhome in Palma: "It'll only get worse"
- Watch those prices in Mallorca
Comment
Catalan stalemate
“It was a stalemate in the Catalan poll; no overall winner and no overall loser”
Jason Moore28/09/2015 00:00