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Balearics one of the regions with the most smokers
The Balearics have the second lowest percentage of teenage smokers.
How Spain and Mallorca became a hotspot for local and international productions
The Mallorca Files could be back, Love Island about to go to air
Surge in monkeypox cases linked to sauna in Spain
"The Public Health Department will carry out an even more detailed analysis... to control contagion, cut the chains of transmission and try to mitigate the transmission of this virus as much as possible."
British ambassador gives update on British driving licence situation in Spain
"Britain and Spain in talks...."
The British billionaires who own 13 kilometres of Mallorcan coastline
"Some of the biggest landowners on the island...."
A Mallorca garden, one of the star exhibits at the Chelsea flower show
All design elements are handcrafted and sourced from the UK – a testimonial to the appreciation of artisan products on an island.
Warm welcome for Spanish king
Juan Carlos, 84, will not stay in the Zarzuela palace in Madrid, the king's official residence, the statement said.
21 cases of monkeypox in Spain, 14 in Madrid
Spain is assessing different therapeutic options, such as antivirals and vaccines.
Covid figures in the Balearics for Friday
Positivity rate is 14.83 percent for seven days.
New Top Gun star visited Palma
USS Abraham Lincoln visited Palma just after filming on board.
The party for votes
Palma’s nightlife is getting out of control, but is there more to this than meets the eye? Is it political?
Notification of 33 Covid deaths in the past week
Only three of these 33 deaths have been this month.
Party is over in Mallorca
“The local authorities are not messing around. If you are coming here just to get drunk...please go elsewhere...”
Doctor accused of issuing false PCR tests is cleared
The doctor was the subject of a German TV investigation last year.
Woman arrested after leaving her daughter home alone for two weeks
Two people were hired to look after the girl, but this care was only limited.
Spanish student "study trips" generate 30 million euros
One of the main organisers has held a meeting with local authorities to address problems.
Motorhome owners demanding camping spaces
There is to be a protest on Saturday to demand campsites and facilities.
Former king, Juan Carlos, is back in Spain
Juan Carlos will be in Spain for only a few days.
"Provisional seizure" of yacht in Palma
Checks are being made on Russian ownership.
Marratxi squatter charging for the dumping of builders waste
The abandoned finca is believed to belong to a bank.
Mallorca on forest fire alert as temperatures hit record high
Temperatures forecast to hit the 38 degrees Centigade mark.
Covid figures for Thursday in the Balearics
Palma has the highest number of new cases over the past two weeks.
Longer holidays could mean that there is no room at the Mallorca inn place!
There is a speculation that Mallorca could welcome more visitors than it did in 2019, considered a record year.
Why monkeypox cases are spreading in Europe, US
Smallpox was eradicated by vaccination in 1980, and the shot has since been phased out. But it also protects against monkeypox, and so the winding down of vaccination campaigns has led to a jump in monkeypox cases in areas where the disease is endemic, according to Anne Rimoin, an epidemiology professor at UCLA in California.
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