Yesterday, Marratxi Council announced two day mourning for a passenger who died due to the air crash. He was a Portol resident The Balearic government had held a five minutes’ silence for all those who passed away in the accident.The pilot and the copilot, both of whom lived in Palma, also passed away in the [...]
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More than 145 passengers were killed yesterday when a Spanish plane taking tourists and visitors to Canary Islands crashed. This incident occurred at Madrid airport near Terminal Four. Huge amount of smoke was noticed from the debris of JK5022 which was a MD-82 jet and its destination was Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Police had blocked [...]
“Ecologists in Action” which is an environmental organisation currently on a tour inform people throughout the country about the ill effects of climate change, shall take their message to Cala Millor and Sant Llorenç in Mallorca this weekend. In collaboration with a similar organization in Balearics, the “GOB,” they staged a presentation to the press [...]
Yesterday, during a Press conference, Vicens Thomas, The Minister for Health and Consumer Affairs, confirmed that from January to June, over one million people (1’045’207) possessing national health cards were treated at the hospitals in the Balearics. He also maintained that this figure is rising each year because of the increasing population in the Islands. [...]
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The amount of garbage collected from the beaches of Balearic Islands has reduced drastically. This July, the amount of waste material collected turned out to be 78.68% less than that in July 2007. Yesterday, an Environmental Ministry report confirmed that 55’925 kilos of litter was collected in July this year, while in July last year [...]
Yesterday, in Artà, The Mallorca Green Party and Verds Esquerra’s United Left coalition raised a protest against the high levels of damage inflicted upon Es Canons, which is a protected area of natural interest, by a lot of vehicles visiting this area. The Greens said that they had sent repeated complaints regarding this issue to [...]
Check-in and baggage handling staff at the Gatwick airport and the Stansted airport might be going on a 24-hour strike on Monday, a bank holiday. This staff handles many charter flights and low cost flights to the airports of Balearic. Due to this, nearly 400’000 British holidaymakers, most of them flying out to the Balearics [...]
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Business Information — Santa Ponsa There are always a choice of bars for sale and businesses for sale in Santa Ponsa, the concentration of business in this area always ensures that. The summer season is normally very busy with the chance of some Winter trade as there are many ex pats living in the area [...]
Business Information — S’Illot There are a selection of businesses normally for sale in the resort of S’Illot. These can range from British owned bars to Spanish restaurants and the occasional shop. S’Illot itself is a quieter resort although has grown in recent years to meet its neighbour Cala Bona. This has created additional business [...]
Business Information — Soller Businesses for sale in Soller are very few and far between. It is a major day trip destination due to the Soller railway and the interest in the twon that this train brings. Occasionally you may find a small bar for sale either in the town or in the Port Of [...]
