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  1. Homage To Catalonia: Joan Laporta and independence

    16.11.2010Homage To Catalonia: Joan Laporta and independence

    The quest for Catalonian independence has a new player - the former president of Barcelona football club, Joan Laporta

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  2. Back To The Future: The new agriculture

    13.11.2010Back To The Future: The new agriculture

    The revival of Majorca's agriculture is to be welcomed, but it needs a more strategic approach.

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  3. Huntin', Shootin', Fishin': Majorca and hunting

    11.11.2010Huntin', Shootin', Fishin': Majorca and hunting

    Hunting in Majorca isn't popular with everyone, but it is part of the island's rural tradition.

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  4. Enjoy Your Trip: Review websites

    10.11.2010Enjoy Your Trip: Review websites

    Business owners are not happy with TripAdvisor. Is it, and are other review sites, really that reliable?

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  5. Empire Of The Sun: German and British tourism

    9.11.2010Empire Of The Sun: German and British tourism

    German tourism is the dominant force in Majorcan tourism. This will probably last, but there are other attractions, even for a German market in love with the island.

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  6. These Words: The Pope and Spanish secularism

    7.11.2010These Words: The Pope and Spanish secularism

    The Pope's favourite two words. Aggressive and secularism. Combined, they come out like a knocking-copy comparative advertising slogan. Marketing people know of the dangers of knocking the competition. The Pope should know of the dangers as well.

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  7. Alphabet Soup: Surnames and spelling

    6.11.2010Alphabet Soup: Surnames and spelling

    There are changes to rules on surnames and spelling in Spain. All designed to be fairer and less confusing. Are they?

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  8. Only The Lonely

    5.11.2010Only The Lonely

    What's the scale of loneliness in Majorca? Not something you might think about, but it does of course exist.

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  9. Double Fault: Nadal and celebrity advertising

    3.11.2010Double Fault: Nadal and celebrity advertising

    Rafael Nadal has played his last match as the promotional face of the Balearics. An amicable parting of the ways between the Manacor muscle and the tourism ministry means that the latter will not have to cough up for the final part of its contract, some two million euros.

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  10. Spend, Spend, Spend: Tourists and their money

    30.10.2010Spend, Spend, Spend: Tourists and their money

    Tourism spend has risen again. So say the statistics. But what do these statistics mean?

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  11. Sport For All (Except Majorca)

    29.10.2010Sport For All (Except Majorca)

    Sports tourism is a potentially highly profitable market. Pity that Majorca has so little to offer.

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  12. Pastoral Care: The Partido Popular's woes

    28.10.2010Pastoral Care: The Partido Popular's woes

    The Partido Popular should be coasting to victory in the next local elections. Instead it is riven by division, much of it the consequence of differences of opinion with a Palma-Calvia elite.

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