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7.5 million visitors will pay a higher Balearic tourist tax in 2025
Oct 3, 2024 · The Partido Popular, the party of government, did once propose a scrapping of the tax in the low season.Given the potential amounts - less than one euro at most - the relatively few numbers of visitors and the costs of administration, there is perhaps an argument for doing away with the tax from December to February.
Mallorca Covid spike - Majorca Daily Bulletin
Jun 21, 2024 · The Balearics have been experiencing a “significant spike” in cases of coronavirus over the past seven or eight weeks.. “We are in a wave, so to speak”, although “close to the peak”. The head of the Microbiology Service at Son Espases Hospital in Palma, Dr Antonio Oliver, also pointed today (Friday) out that the current number of …
The 90 day rule does have some positive results in Spain!
Nov 22, 2024 · The 90 day rule, which means that non-resident Britons can only spend 180 days a year in Spain in two batches of 90 days , has made life harder for British fugitives who head to Spain to attempt to escape justice the head of the elite …
Gabriel Escarrer dies
Nov 26, 2024 · In 1956, Gabriel Escarrer Juliá was only 21 years old when he founded what is now Meliá Hotels International, acquiring and managing a 60-room hotel on Majorca, where he was born, and where his company still maintains its headquarters of what was to become one of the most successful hotel companies in the world. One of the high points in the history of the company took place in the 80s, when ...
What caused deadly floods in Spain? The impact of DANA explained
Oct 31, 2024 · When cold air blows over warm Mediterranean waters it causes hotter air to rise quickly and form dense, water-laden clouds that can remain over the same area for many hours, raising their destructive potential. The event sometimes provokes large hail storms and tornadoes as seen this week, meteorologists say.. Eastern and Southern Spain are particularly susceptible to the phenomenon due to its ...
Stormy weather in Mallorca
Oct 28, 2024 · The heavy storm has also forced the following roads to be closed: MA-2203 at KM 2.2, MA-2200, MA-4015 from Manacor to Calas (impassable at kilometer 3), MA-15 from Manacor to Sant Llorenç near the radar, MA-3321 in Manacor, MA-19 from Santanyí to Campos, MA-6040 from Campos to Porreres (between kilometers 3 and 9), and both MA-3200 and MA-3201 (Montuïri to Pina).
Update: Royal Navy submarine dives into a storm in Spain
Nov 25, 2024 · The Astute class has stowage for 38 weapons and would typically carry a mix of Spearfish heavy torpedoes and Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles, the latter costing £870,000 each. The Tomahawk missiles are capable of hitting a target to within a few metres, to a range of 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometres). In May 2022, the MOD announced that it would be upgrading these missiles to Block V standard ...
Severe weather warning upgraded for all of Mallorca, airport delays
Nov 1, 2024 · In Mallorca, the alert was activated at 10:00 am, while in Menorca it will be activated later, at 4:00 pm. In both cases it will be in force until early Saturday morning. In the case of Ibiza and Formentera, the alert was initially yellow but has been raised to orange.The 112 Emergency Service has activated the Severity Index 1 (IG1) of the Meteobal Plan for rain and storms throughout the ...
Big fines for Spanish airlines
Nov 22, 2024 · The highest penalty is for Ryanair with 107,775,777 euros, followed by Vueling, with 39,264,412 euros; Easyjet, with 29,094,441 euros; Norwegian, with 1,610,001 euros, and Volotea with 1,189,000 euros, according to ministry sources.The appeals lodged by these companies have also been dismissed. The fines are calculated based on the “illicit profit” made by the airlines from these practices.