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  1. Flying High: Ryanair in Spain

    11.2.2012Flying High: Ryanair in Spain

    The criticism that flies in the direction of Ryanair overlooks the fact that it carries more passengers than any other airline into Spain.

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  2. Does The Centre Hold?: Class in the Balearics

    9.2.2012Does The Centre Hold?: Class in the Balearics

    A survey of political leanings among different social-class groups does not suggest there are extremist views where one might think they would be.

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  3. The Senses Of A Majorcan Winter

    7.2.2012The Senses Of A Majorcan Winter

    Majorca has suffered some particularly harsh winter weather.

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  4. Cry Wolf: Hay Mucha Crisis

    3.2.2012Cry Wolf: Hay Mucha Crisis

    Permission if I may. The next time someone says "hay mucha crisis", may I be allowed to punch them out?

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  5. Man Of Words: Antoni M. Alcover

    1.2.2012Man Of Words: Antoni M. Alcover

    Alcover put together the dictionary of the Catalan lands, and his memory will be exploited by both sides of the Catalan argument.

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  6. Spanner In The Works: Spanair's collapse

    30.1.2012Spanner In The Works: Spanair's collapse

    Spanair's demise has been styled in the British media as a sudden collapse. It was anything but.

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  7. Are You Being Served? Spanish retailing

    28.1.2012Are You Being Served? Spanish retailing

    Majorca has the top Spanish retailers, but it doesn't have a Primark.

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  8. Realising Potential: All-inclusives

    26.1.2012Realising Potential: All-inclusives

    For those who don't like them, there is even worse news about all-inclusive hotels; Spanish travel agents believe they have ever more potential.

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  9. Bring Me The Head Of Antonio García

    25.1.2012Bring Me The Head Of Antonio García

    Yes, I know. It was Alfredo García. But poetic licence and all that; the title refers to the Christian name and surname that head the lists of names in Majorca and the Balearics.

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  10. A Bigger Splash: Majorca's gay tourism

    22.1.2012A Bigger Splash: Majorca's gay tourism

    Hopes that a beauty contest might boost Majorca's gay tourism are probably a bit far-fetched.

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  11. Hot Air: Environment and energy

    19.1.2012Hot Air: Environment and energy

    Biomass is the latest source of alternative energy to be spoken about for Majorca, but will it be exploited successfully where other renewable sources haven't been?

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  12. Rebel Yell: Majorca's Catalan civil war

    17.1.2012Rebel Yell: Majorca's Catalan civil war

    There are some similarities between the "war" over Catalan and an uprising that occurred in Majorca in the fifteenth century.

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