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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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Large rise in number of foreign nationals
Germans and Britons still the main groups The foreign population of the Balearics has rocketed by 17.2% in just one year, according to new figures from the National Statistics Institute. The figures show that the flow of migrants to the islands remains intense, with over 32,000 foreigners and 9,000 Spaniards arriving in one year. The…
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Cyclist becomes first Balearics road victim of 2009
Cause of accident unknown A 49 year old man was killed on Wednesday afternoon after being hit by a car while riding his bicycle along the Bunyola Road 3km from Palma. The incident was relayed to the emergency services but, upon arrival at the scene, paramedics were unable to save the man’s life. The death…
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Fire engulfs flats
More than 200 residents evacuated, several injured A block of flats in Palma has been destroyed following a devastating fire. The blaze at the flats, located on Calle Francesc Fiol, started at around 7am and spread extremely quickly. By the time firefighters arrived at 7:30 the fire was burning out of control and it took…
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Zapatero grants increased funding to Balearics
Scheme to be retroactive to 1st January Spain’s prime minister José Luis RodrÃguez Zapatero said yesterday that the Balearics archipelago are set to receive extra funding from central government. A new funding system has been agreed upon after an hour and a half meeting in Madrid between the prime minister and the president of the…