The Palacete
Jaume Matas Palou, the former president of the Govern de les Illes Balears, is under investigation. Señor Matas was the Mallorcan prime minister, if you want, from 1996 to 1999 […]
Spanish IVA (Value Added Tax)
The Spanish Government under José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has announced it will raise IVA taxes (impuestos sobre el valor añadido) by 2 % to 18 % from July 2010. That’s […]
Raixa Without Soul
Raixa was finally opened to the public last weekend. It is quite exciting to be able to see what all the rumours were about, at long last. If only … […]
The Coso de Felanitx
The Festes de Sant Agustí in Felanitx are in full swing. In fact, today is the main day, the saint’s day. People not living in Felanitx might think that the […]
The Battle of Mallorca
Seventy-three years ago today, the Battle of Mallorca began, an attempt by the government of the Spanish Second Republic to take the island back from the putschists. Twenty days later […]
Mallorca In Mourning
Mallorca is in mourning after Thursday’s car bomb attack in Palmanova resulting in the death of two young Guardia Civil agents. Three days of mourning were declared last Thursday for […]
The Obelisk Of Shame
The Plaça Porta de Santa Catalina in Palma de Mallorca is a nice and quiet square just as one gets to the Baluard de Sant Pere, now the seat of […]
The Casa Consistorial In Felanitx
The Ajuntament de Felanitx is housed in the Casa Consistorial, locally known as La Sala. It can be found next to the building of the Felanitx mercat. For years, the […]
The Absent Voter
Yesterday was the day of voting for the European Parliament in Strasbourg. It was an election with the lowest participation of voters ever. Throughout Europe with a total of 350,000,000 […]
Felanitx In Crisis
Many people don’t like Felanitx. Let me rephrase that: many foreigners consider Felanitx not much of a picture postcard town. I do love Felanitx, though. I’ve been living here with […]
Western Sahara News
The people of Sàhara Occidental (Western Sahara) lamented their plight last Friday in Palma de Mallorca as well as in other Spanish cities, including Madrid. Sàhara Occidental is a country […]
The Consolat de Mar
I’ve never before been inside of the Consolat de Mar building in Passeig Sagrera, until yesterday, that is. The place is normally not open to the public. On the occasion […]
Día de les Illes Balears
The Día de les Illes Balears is commemorating the Estatuto de Autonomia Balear (Statute of Balearic Autonomy) that was given to the Spanish Autonomous Region of the Balearic Isles 26 […]
Día de la Constitución
Today, Spain celebrates a public holiday, the Día de la Constitución (Constitution Day). In fact, Spain celebrates one of its famous puente, a three day holiday, what with next Monday, […]
Surprise Resignation in Felanitx
In a press conference two days ago, Felanitx batlesa Catalina Soler Torres announced her resignation from her post as the town’s mayoress. Her resignation from the office comes coupled with an […]
25th Anniversary
Last Saturday was a big day for Mallorca. The Parlament de les Illes Balears celebrated its 25th anniversary. Mallorca’s self-styled Queen María Antònia Munar Riutort threw a party on Saturday night […]
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