Yesterday, the taxi drivers’ associations of Palma called for greater protection after the arrest of three men by the National Police. They were involved in violent attack on a taxi driver. This incident had happened earlier this month. In the last few years, taxi driver safety has become a serious issue. The taxi associations say [...]
Joana Barcelo, a spokesperson to the Balearic government said yesterday that the regional ministries of Transport and Employment had approached the Palma-based airline company Spanair to continue their operations in Majorca. This move had been taken after Spanair came to an agreement with over 1,200 of the staff losing their jobs. Margarita Najera, the Employment [...]
Officially, summer ends on Monday when heavy rainfalls are predicted in some parts of the islands. Heavy showers hit some parts of Minorca and Majorca in the afternoon and temperatures reduced suddenly by 8ºC within four hours. The temperature at 12.30a.m. in Majorca was 30ºC maximum but fell to 21.8ºC by 5pm. This summer had [...]
Guardia Civil are investigating the murder of Laura Gallego, 28, mother of a 2-year old son, at a converted lockup garage in Marratxi that she shared with Hermenegildo Fernandez Salva, her 31-year-old boyfriend. They suspect Salva for the murder. He is a known crack addict having a criminal record and is presently being held in [...]
More than 500 British visitors were struck at different places in the Balearic Islands yesterday, after the XL leisure Group, Britain’s 3rd largest holiday company, following TUI Travel at first place and Thomas Cook at the second, went into administration. This move caused more than 80’000 holiday makers being struck at different destinations. XL leisure [...]
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People from Transylvania, Lugoj, central Romania, came in thousands to attend Iosif Constantin Dragan’s funeral ceremony. Dragan was a billionaire who, according to the reports, had nearly $1.6 billion of wealth which made him the richest man in Romania. He was 91 years old when he passed away in Palma last week. He was mainly [...]
ose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the Prime Minister of Spain will be coming to Palma to attend his second and last summer meeting with the King next week at Marivent Palace. The meeting will take place on next Thursday. This week’s air crash accident is in the top on the agenda for the meeting. The Prime [...]
This year, 42 people died so far in road accidents in the Balearics. This number is 16 less than that of last year. In 2007, the number was 58, which means that the death rate in road accidents has gone down by 27.5 percent. According to the information released by General Traffic Directorate, Palma yesterday, [...]
Most of the projects undertaken by the previous government by Jaume Matas are under scrutiny due to fraud squad auditing. Of them, the most elaborate and expensive one, the Palma metro project was added to this list of fraudulent schemes yesterday. The present government, by Francesc Antich said that they would handover the taking care [...]
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The President of Hungary, László Sólyom was received by the Spanish royal family Monday morning at around 2:10pm at Almudaina Palace, Palma. He was in Spain to attend the one day celebrations dedicated to Hungary on Sunday at International Exhibition going on at Zaragoza. Here, he presided over many official acts. Last May, King Juan [...]
