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Mallorca's foreign population has grown twice as much as the Spanish over the past five years
6+ hour, 19+ min ago (429+ words) Latest figures from Spain's National Statistics Institute indicate that Mallorca's foreign population has grown twice as fast as the Spanish population since 2021. In that year, there were 172, 275 foreign residents. The figure for 2025 is 206, 338. The increase of over 34, 000 contrasts with a…...
Self-employed in Mallorca protest for lower taxes and less bureaucracy
10+ hour, 30+ min ago (242+ words) On Sunday, a small gathering of some twenty or so self-employed people held a demonstration in Palma to demand improved working conditions, lower taxes and less bureaucracy. Arranged by the Platform for the Dignity of the Self-Employed, there was a…...
Mallorca jellyfish video alert: Top holiday beauty spot invasion
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (11+ words) Majorca Daily Bulletin...
The big Sanchez gamble in Spain
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (273+ words) Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is taking a major gamble. If it works it will ensure Spain's economic miracle; if it fails, then he is in big trouble. Sanchez has announced plans to legalise the situation of 500, 000 illegal immigrants. At the…...
Spain is fully capable of meeting the energy needs of the aviation sector" says Minister for Tourism
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (344+ words) Majorca Daily Bulletin The Spanish Minister for Industry and Tourism, Jordi Hereu, stated on Wednesday that Spain has "full capacity to meet the energy needs of air transport, against a backdrop of high fuel prices due to the conflict in…...
Fotogaler'a: A really superyacht!
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (99+ words) Majorca Daily Bulletin The superyacht to the stars, the Rising Sun, is back in Mallorcan waters for the summer season. At present she is moored in Palma. She is valued at 400 million dollars. - Superyacht to the stars is back in…...
Warning issued over the "criminalisation of migrants: Increase in small boat arrivals in the Balearics
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (276+ words) The director of the Mediterranean Migration Observatory (Omimed) at the University of the Balearics (UIB), Margalida Capell, has warned of the "criminalisation of people" arriving in the Balearics in small boats, against the backdrop of the rise in arrivals recorded…...
11 percent surge in British tourists heading to Spain: Arrivals from Asia fall by more than 36%
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (539+ words) Majorca Daily Bulletin Spain received a total of 8. 6 million international air passengers last March, representing a 6. 6% increase compared to the same month last year, according to data published today by Turespa'a. 85. 7% of the total passenger flow came from Europe, recording…...
New Jet2 business class charter flight service takes off: fly to Mallorca in style
1+ week, 2+ day ago (368+ words) "As a result of this brand-new product, our charter customers can now enjoy all the usual operational and cost-effective benefits of Jet2, but with the added benefit of a premium charter product too.". .. Jet2 has announced the launch of its first-ever business…...
British residents in Ibiza want help to avoid new EES border control airport queues: "It's unacceptable
1+ week, 6+ day ago (517+ words) The British Association of Sant Antoni, Ibiza, which is chaired by Martin Makepeace, has sent a formal letter to the president of the Council of Ibiza, Vicent Mar, highlighting the "worrying" situation faced by third-country nationals, particularly British nationals, when…...