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  1. At A Fraction Of The Cost

    27.9.2011At A Fraction Of The Cost

    Condohotels and fractional ownership. What might these new models for tourism mean for Majorca?

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  2. The First Hundred Days

    26.9.2011The First Hundred Days

    The government of José Bauzá has been in office for one hundred days. Has it achieved anything and could it have achieved more?

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  3. Flying The Flag

    25.9.2011Flying The Flag

    A brand new and large Spanish flag is flying near Can Picafort. It is larger than a flag of the Balearics and larger still than a European flag.

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  4. The Land Of Make Believe

    24.9.2011The Land Of Make Believe

    Majorcan and Spanish politics have had the air of unreality. Now life gets real. Or does it?

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  5. The Last Bull In Barcelona

    23.9.2011The Last Bull In Barcelona

    Will the final bullfight in Catalonia before the region's ban comes into effect really be the last bullfight?

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  6. Basket Case: Sport and tourism promotion

    22.9.2011Basket Case: Sport and tourism promotion

    Spain's basketball team and Real Madrid football club are both part of Spain's tourism promotion, but to what effect, and why no Barcelona?

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  7. PSOE And The Majorcan Debt Mountain

    20.9.2011PSOE And The Majorcan Debt Mountain

    The last PSOE-led administration can't be blamed entirely for debts in Majorca and the Balearics, but there are a number of questions that are being asked of it.

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  8. Celebrity Island

    19.9.2011Celebrity Island

    Is the obsession with celebrities in Majorca not just a little overdone?

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  9. We Can Be Together: The case of "L'Estel"

    18.9.2011We Can Be Together: The case of "L'Estel"

    A Catalan magazine has insulted the president of the Balearics. Is the reaction a taste of things to come?

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  10. Necessity For Change: Tourism

    17.9.2011Necessity For Change: Tourism

    Themed megacomplexes, condohotels, concerts in hotels, social-security breaks: sense may be emerging in Majorca's tourism industry.

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  11. Drinking Majorca By The Bucket

    16.9.2011Drinking Majorca By The Bucket

    Hoteliers are bemoaning the rise of youth "drunken tourism", but is it really anything new?

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  12. Union Bashing In A Balearics Style

    15.9.2011Union Bashing In A Balearics Style

    Are the Balearics heading for a Thatcher moment? The enemy within given a sound man-bagging by the Iron Gentleman?

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