Report points to potentially massive pandemic aid fraud in the Balearics
The Public Audit Office has drawn attention to a "total lack of control" in verifying aid requests.
Consignment of medical equipment at Palma Airport during the pandemic
Orders for medical equipment during the state of alarm weren't subject to usual tendering procedures.
Tourists arriving at Palma Airport, Mallorca during the pandemic
Companies in the tourism sector were most affected by the pandemic.
Mallorca companies could incur criminal liability over pandemic aid
Some companies have been found to have duplicated invoices for financial aid requests.
Balearic government demanding repayment of "unjustified" pandemic aid
855 million euros of aid were spent, and the government wants some to be refunded.
Pandemic compensation claims by Mallorcan companies rejected by Spain's Supreme Court
The claims were based on the ruling that the states of alarm were unlawful.
Boost for British tourists in the Balearics, face masks off from Tuesday
The use of face masks is recommended in very busy enclosed spaces.
Balearics detects a slight spike in Covid, dismisses the situation in Germany
Total number of cases since the outbreak of the pandemic in the Balearics stands at 300,301.
Pandemic led to widening financial inequality gap in the Balearics
Average wealth of the richest increased, while risk of poverty rose by over ten per cent.
The number of hospital patients with Covid rises by 7.3 % in the Balearics
Balearic death toll now stands at 1,526.
Balearics monitoring seventh wave of Covid
Covid hospital admissions up 33% on the week in the Balearics.
Wednesday Covid cases in the Balearics
276,152 positive cases since the start of the pandemic.
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