17.1.2009In The Middle Catalan versus Castilian. It has reared its head again, and this time it is someone involved with not only the promotion of tourism but also one of the more important airlines operating into and out of Palma. Full article
15.1.2009Play With Fire It's Sant Antoni Eve, the night of the demons and the fires. They wouldn't get away with it in the UK. Fires in the streets of towns? You must be kidding. Full article
14.1.2009Oranges And Lemons It's the season for the sweet Balearic clementines and also for the fruit's litter louts. The lemon is the acid taste of the economy biting. Full article
9.1.2009Even The Bad Times Are Good Demand for all-inclusive holidays is apparently up. Not surprising perhaps, given the tough economic circumstances. Full article
19.12.2008Licence To Kill The hotel Son Moll in Cala Ratjada collapsed killing four men on renovations. It is a shocking story because of the deaths, but it also exposes just what seems to happen when it comes to some building works Full article
12.12.2008Suspicion Everywhere Corruption cases continue, with news breaking almost daily of something else, and now it is the local television station. Meanwhile, the situation at Real Mallorca football club just gets worse. Full article
7.12.2008A Battle Ahead For Hotels' Redevelopments? The hotels are to be allowed to get on with developments with the aid of financing and thanks to the removal of certain bureaucratic procedures. They are happy, but not everyone is. Full article
6.12.2008Responsibility And Reality Miquel Nadal, the tourism minister, wants the media to act responsibly in not talking down the 2009 tourism season. He has a point, but so does the media. Full article
4.12.2008To The Rescue - Or Maybe Not Social tourism is on its way, though it will not make much difference to Majorca's winter tourism. And meanwhile, the island's big football club is in ever deeper trouble Full article
1.12.2008Mayors In The Dock Twelve high-ranking officials and two civil servants from eleven municipalities across Majorca are implicated in a scandal related to false documentation centred on land in Ses Salines. Full article
28.11.2008The Face Rafael Nadal is set to be "the face" of Majorca's tourism. Good idea, but will it make any difference? Full article
24.11.2008Looking For The Right Words The newspaper "dBalears" is to give away a dictionary with its edition this coming Sunday. It will be a pocket Catalan-English dictionary. Useful, you might think, and you would probably be right. Full article