The Mallorca

FIRST A I NEWSPAPER IN MALLORCA (MAJORCA) SPAIN

Author: the Mallorca

  • Mother of slain Civil Guard calls for the death penalty

    Emotional letter also criticises the resources available to protect officers Maria Esther Garcia, the mother of Civil Guard Carlos Enrique Saenz de Tejada, who was killed in a bomb blast in Palma Nova last week, has called his killers ‘cowards and murderers’ and appealed for them to receive the ‘life in prison or the death…

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  • Demand for more ecological moorings

    Boat owners keen to prevent the destruction of sea meadows The number of boats using ecological moorings has risen yet again. In 2008 the figure rose by 26% and the signs are that this rate of increase will carry on into 2009. According to Marine Director Tomeu Calafell the two most popular spots are at…

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  • Hospital ward set aside for swine flu patients

    Patients to be kept away from others Hospital San Dureta in Palma has reportedly set aside a separate wing for people suffering from the Influenza A virus, commonly known as swine flu. Up to 30 people a day on the island have been presenting themselves in recent days with symptoms. Yesterday a total of 11…

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  • Figo dismisses Mallorca speculation

    Portuguese legend will not be postponing his retirement Luis Figo has made it clear that he will not be coming out of retirement to play for the islanders. The former FIFA World Player of the Year officially retired from football at the end of last season after four seasons with Inter Milan. A reported salary…

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  • Bombing: focus shifts to local radicals

    Suspicion that the attack was perpetrated with the help of Balearic nationalists Police are no closer to establishing who was behind the bomb attack on Thursday that killed two members of the Civil Guard. Although the main suspects remain Eta, terrorism experts in Palma are concentrating their efforts on investigating a number of radical groups…

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  • Dead baby found in ventilation shaft

    Investigators seek foreign mother who left immediately after birth Police are investigating the discovery of the body of a newborn baby boy whose body was discovered shoved down an air conditioning vent at a villa complex in the ‘Sometimes’ zone of Palma. Local residents had earlier alerted police after reporting an unpleasant smell. Investigators discovered…

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  • Car bomb causes carnage in Palma Nova

    Powerful explosion has killed two civil guards as they sat in their vehicle The bomb exploded outside a civil guard barracks in Palam Nova at about 1400 local time, killing two civil guards who were sat inside the car. Eyewitnesses reported hearing the explosion and seeing a cloud of black smoke rise into the sky.…

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  • Swans give city pond new life

    Tradition of guardian swans dates back a thousand years In accordance with a tradition dating back to the times of the Moorish rule of Mallorca, two young swans were yesterday released onto a pond at S’Hort del Rei. The pair of white swans, which were born and raised at Natura Park where they were cared…

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  • Luxury catamaran crashes in to rocks

    Nobody injured in incident A craft used to take tourists along the coast from Calvia was found smashed on rocks yesterday morning. Accident investigators have concluded that the catamaran broke free from its seabed mooring during a storm and drifted down the coast without anyone on board. Although there may have been several witnesses to…

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  • Work begins on connecting seabed gas pipeline

    267km line will connect Balearics to Spanish gas supply network Engineers have begun laying a pipeline on the sea floor that will eventually connect the islands to the Spanish mainland. Enagas, the company behind the project, has already laid the pipes connecting Ibiza to Palma de Mallorca and will now connect the last – and…

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