Palma is getting ready to host the second nautical-themed film festival Val Maremostra which this year features a vast international selection of films. The second addition of the international festival will commence on Saturday May…
Cyclists in Palma are still none the wiser about which the city council continues to tinker with while the police mount a crackdown. Palma local police are closing down on cyclist that fail to comply…
Palma City Council is going to vote in favour of a motion to put the controversial convention centre and hotel up for sale as separate properties. As a local newspaper commented ” that’s a big…
Palma de Mallorca – a 16th century religious tapestry which police suspect was stolen by one of Europe’s most prolific art thieves from a cathedral in Spain in 1979 has been returned to the country…
Reproduced is a letter to a local newspaper complaining about their car hire experience in Mallorca. “My husband logged onto a car hire website and booked a car, the total cost was just over 140…
Palma tourism officials have announced they will be modifying the planning laws so that private investment projects can be fast tracked in a bid to get the local economy moving again. For example, four new…
Madrid – as the Spanish Parliament debated a proposed new law to declare bullfighting a cultural heritage, an Ipsos MORI public opinion poll commissioned by the Humane Society International reveals that the majority of Spaniards…
The island’s luxury hotel sector brings in 314 million euros per year and generates 2,200 jobs according to the results of a study carried out by the Mallorca Hotel Federation which was presented yesterday. And…
In a few weeks, the dome of the steeple of Palma Cathedral will need to be dismounted. At almost 50 meters high, work will be performed to remove the bells. Five of them – named…
There are growing calls for the Marivent royal palace in Cala Major to be opened to the public. Jason Moore, editor of the Majorca Daily Bulletin says, I can’t really understand why anyone could have…
