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 [...]
Yesterday, Macia Blazquez, The president of ecological watchdog of the Balearics, GOB, challenged Francesc Triay, the head of APB, Balearic Ports Authority, to let the people of Majorca decide on how the Palma port should be extended and developed. He also blamed the APB for not revealing their future plans for the port. Macia Blazquez [...]
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Yesterday, Macia Blazquez, the president of ecological watchdog of the Balearics, GOB, challenged Francesc Triay, the head of APB, Balearic Ports Authority, to let the people of Majorca decide on how the Palma port should be extended and developed. He also blamed the APB for not revealing their future plans for the port. Macia Blazquez [...]
Stansted, Gatwick and Manchester airport staff cancelled two 24-hour strikes which were to be staged next week. According to the British Travel Agents’ Association, nearly two million British people would go on holiday this weekend and these strikes would have caused lot of disturbance. Also, they predict that today and tomorrow are going to be [...]
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The small and medium size businesses association, in Majorca, revealed yesterday that the tourists are spending arguably less this year. The food and beverages section of this organization reported that the cafés, bars and restaurants situated in the tourist areas around the coastline said that the trade was 20 to 30 % less this July [...]
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The Railway Museum at Soller will exhibit the designs of Joan Miró, a Catalan born artist and sculptor of 20h century, on sailcloth, today. It will be conducted along with a photo exhibition in memory of his works and life. During the nineteen seventies, Mallorca had a great influence on Mirós work and a nearly [...]
We are working on behalf of clients who currently run several Indian Restaurants in the UK and are wishing to expand into Majorca. They are looking for at least 2 locations currently trading as non Indian Restaurants with view to convert the businesses during the Winter of 2008 with a view to opening early 2009.
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Last week thirty members of the staff of Emaya (The municipal water management and street cleaning company of Palma) attended training sessions on handling new cleaning machinery that will be installed next month onwards. Cristina Cerdó, President of Emaya, visited those staff members yesterday. The president stated that this new machinery is more advanced and [...]
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, [...]
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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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