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  1. Hidden Identities: Spanish or Majorcan?

    31.3.2011Hidden Identities: Spanish or Majorcan?

    Do Majorcan people feel more Majorcan, Balearic or Spanish? And does it matter?

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  2. Vive La Différence: It's all in the mind

    30.3.2011Vive La Différence: It's all in the mind

    What do the Majorcans think about the British, and British businesses in particular? Not much, or so it would seem.

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  3. Think For A Minute: Getting killed in Majorca

    29.3.2011Think For A Minute: Getting killed in Majorca

    Of course, you never quite know what really happened, but you can imagine. It only takes a minute. Far less in fact. A second? A little more?

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  4. We'll Fight Them On The Beach Restaurants

    28.3.2011We'll Fight Them On The Beach Restaurants

    In Minorca, there is a new website that is supposed to be fighting back against all-inclusives. Oh really?

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  5. Taking To The Streets: The royal wedding

    27.3.2011Taking To The Streets: The royal wedding

    When the Great News was announced, one's first thoughts were: ah, yes, the street party. And one's first thoughts were not wrong. Street parties in Majorca are being organised.

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  6. Twenty-Twenty: Majorca's innovation boundary

    25.3.2011Twenty-Twenty: Majorca's innovation boundary

    A contactless bank card that is just waved over a terminal. A fixed solar heating system that will warm water to up to 200 degrees. Mini wind turbines for generating electricity.

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  7. Love And Hate: Tourism sustainability

    24.3.2011Love And Hate: Tourism sustainability

    A conference has been taking place on sustainable tourism. Majorca is, apparently, pretty good at this, but it depends what you mean.

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  8. Countdown: The tourism history word game

    23.3.2011Countdown: The tourism history word game

    This coming tourism season is going to be historic. But for whom?

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  9. Underground, Overground, Infrastructure Isn't Free

    22.3.2011Underground, Overground, Infrastructure Isn't Free

    Natural gas is the latest infrastructure development in Majorca, but like all others it is dogged with problems.

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  10. Lights, Camera, Inaction: Film in Majorca

    21.3.2011Lights, Camera, Inaction: Film in Majorca

    A conference on the benefits of the cinema for tourism is to be held this week in Palma. Why doesn't it inspire confidence that it will yield much for Majorca's tourism?

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  11. Naked Ambition: Carlos Delgado

    20.3.2011Naked Ambition: Carlos Delgado

    Carlos Delgado hopes to be either education or tourism minister. Both appointments would be loaded ones. Why does the mayor of Calvia attract such controversy?

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  12. Earthmovers: Quakes in Majorca

    19.3.2011Earthmovers: Quakes in Majorca

    Earthquakes in Majorca are neither that common nor that strong. But a significant earthquake might be about due.

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