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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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Cold front brings snow and ice to Mallorca
Miserable weather set to continue An icy cold front moving down from northern Europe brought snow and freezing rain to Mallorca yesterday (Wednesday). By the morning the temperature in the mountains had dropped to zero and people sat shivering in their houses, while at lower altitudes people had to put up with incessant rain. A…
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Police discover illegal arsenals
Guns, grenades and flamethrowers discovered in bust Police have uncovered hundreds of weapons stored in two illegal arsenals in Palma and Zamora. In all 276 guns were found, all of which were in good working order and many which had never been used. Besides the guns, police also found numerous grenades, mortars, bazookas, flame throwers…
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Rock n´roll journalist blasts ‘blind greed’ of politicians
Local writer uses city hall address to highlight corruption issues Carlos Garrido, the Mallorca journalist, writer and rock musician, used a speech to commemorate the 779th anniversary of the conquest of Mallorca by James I to launch a broadside against the political class. In the presence of the mayor and the minister of health Garrido…