Mallorca politics
Francina Armengol, with Biel Barcelo and Pilar Costa in June of 2017.
Majorca
Majorca Person Of The Year
Barceló, Cursach, Miralles, Nadal or Picornell? The poll at the top of the next column is open; you decide.
The five from the top: Biel Barceló, Tolo Cursach, Joan Miralles, Rafa Nadal and Baltasar Picornell.
The five from the top: Biel Barceló, Tolo Cursach, Joan Miralles, Rafa Nadal and Baltasar Picornell.
Politics
Biel Barceló: Disappointment and sadness
Biel Barceló believes that Bel Busquets will take to the job of tourism minister "perfectly".
Majorca
Resignation, research, rentals: the week in Majorca
Biel Barceló resigned, corruption cases came to a close, Airbnb was facing a fine, and research in the Balearics was supposedly getting a boost.
Politics
Barceló foreign trip creates new government crisis
Biel Barceló's trip to the Dominican Republic last week was paid for by Globalia, and he is accused of having violated the government's ethical code.
Politics
Armengol defends Barceló and tourism policies
Marga Prohens (PP) on the tourist tax: "You want tourists' money, but without tourists this will be impossible."
Politics
"Disastrous" Barceló should go, say the PP
The PP are demanding that Barceló goes. Podemos are saying that his resignation is "not an objective in itself".
Politics
Barceló insists that he will not resign
Biel Barceló: "The president has constantly backed me in all the decisions I have had to make."
Tourism
Barceló says again: there can't be more summer tourism growth
Biel Barceló was defending tourism policies while at the same time facing a censure motion.
Majorca
Tourist tax projects and health scare: the week in Majorca
Catalonia was generating concerns for the Balearics, at least one mayor was unhappy about tourist tax project decisions, Biel Barceló had continuing problems, Thomas Cook launched a new airline. And were tour operators being advised against Palmanova or not?
Majorca
Catalonia, contracts resignation, false claims: the week in Majorca
Y Viva España rang out, the tourism minister was doing good work, a Liverpool court handed out significant sentences, and there were yet more illegal immigrants.
Tourism
Biel Barceló: "We're doing very good work"
Limiting tourist places and the rentals' moratorium hadn't been included in the agreements for change with Podemos.
Majorca
Independence week in Majorca
Catalonia, some of it, was wanting independence; Més took a view on Balearic independence and also found the legal system taking an interest in party members; the tourism minister was not entirely reassuring; Monarch went under; the rural world was having a spat; and Majorca contributed to a Nobel Prize.
Tourism
"Our relations with the British are better than ever"
Tourism minister Biel Barceló spoke to Jason Moore and Humphrey Carter last week about so-called anti-tourism, the tourist tax and the government's sustainable tourism plans.
Tourism
Barceló escapes censure as Armengol defends tourism
"You will not find anyone in our government who is criminalising tourism. I will not fuel the controversy over tourism."
Tourismphobia
Barceló criticised for having stirred up "tourismphobia"
The travel agencies federation believes that statements by certain politicians have been a cause of the recent spate of anti-tourism protests.
Holiday rentals
PP demands Barceló's resignation because of rentals' "nonsense"
While the PP is calling for Barceló's head, the tourism minister has apologised for the holiday rentals' nonsense.
Majorca
Resignation call and road tragedy: the week in Majorca
Tourism minister Biel Barceló was still under pressure, the secretary-of-state for tourism flew in, as did the British ambassador, and there was the tragic death of a cyclist.
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- First day of operation and Spain's new traveller registration system crashes
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- Laura Hamilton: “I’ve always loved Mallorca, I just wished I’d bought here earlier...”