Image of a Glovo delivery rider driving without visibility on the Llucmajor motorway towards Son Sant Joan Airport in Palma
Image of a Glovo delivery rider driving without visibility on the Llucmajor motorway towards Son Sant Joan Airport in Palma. Translation of the video grab: "What is this? Is he crazy?"
Dangerous lack of taxis in Palma
I would not expect, especially in this heat, to have to be queuing, waiting, fighting and panicking for a taxi.
Tourism
Spanish minister says land borders to open, prompts confusion
Frontiers with France and Portugal have been shut to most people since Spain went into lockdown.
Politics
Balearics and Canaries summit to consider relations with Madrid
The Canaries have a special regime for tax measures which the Balearics do not.
Corruption
Duran insists that the PP is not a corrupt party
"These matters don't affect a party, they affect a significant part of the institutional structure of the town hall."
Transport
Coach operators concerned about foreign competitors
The FEBT is planning to take the matter up next week with the regional government’s commission for “intrusion”.
Environment
Traffic reduction part of Palma’s plan for tackling climate change
A change in transport use will be one of the measures to be adopted, Noguera saying that the effects of climate change are already evident and also concerning.
Palma
Quarter of a million to go on expansion of Bicipalma scheme
With the expansion there will be 650 places for bikes at the various stations for the at present 1,638 users of the service.
Palma
Opposition on Palma city council warns of travel chaos
“Let’s hope it will be ok and that everything is programmed so that the local police and the department of transport can ensure that there isn’t chaos.”
Transport
Increase in Palma public transport use
Both bus and metro use were up in Palma, the former having increased by 2.7% and the underground by a mere 0.2%.
Comment
Overcrowded but not due to tourists
The island is overcrowded but the massive increase in the resident population is partly to blame. It is not just tourists.
Jason Moore11/04/2025 09:07