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Slightly better THE Balearic economy will increase by 1 per cent in 2014, according to the region’s Businessowners Associations Confederation (CAEB). Last year it registered a decrease of 0.3 per cent, CAEB said.
27 FEBRUARY - 5 MARCH 2014
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Woman sent police to children’s party A WOMAN, 31, has been sentenced to a year in prison for making a false report claiming that her ex-husband had abducted their 20-month-old baby.
The events took place in January 2012 when the couple had separated and agreed that the baby would spend the afternoon at a family party in Palma with its father.
The party was held on the ground floor of the building where she lived. The man sent her a text message saying he would bring the baby home a little later, to
Flag dispute MEMBERS of the political opposition in Muro have denounced some residents displaying the flag used during the dictatorship of General Franco in the town.
Drilling demo SOME 5,000 people demonstrated in Palma’s De La Feixina park to protest against the drilling of oil off the Balearics. Some 16,000 people demonstrated in the whole region, according to police.
Busy ports SOME 464,500 people visited the ports managed by the regional government in 2013, Tourism representative Jaime Martinez announced. This is a 105 per cent increase since 2010.
The Russians are coming to Mallorca RUSSIA could become the second market for tourists visiting Magaluf and Palmanova. Hoteliers in the area expect to see a rise in the number of Russian and Eastern European tourists this summer. In the past five years, Russian tourism has gone from 2.5 per cent to 8 per cent of the total number of foreign tourists visiting the area. There were almost
which she agreed. However, she went downstairs and banged on the door, demanding that he return the baby. He called the police, who took his side, so she went to a judge, claiming her husband was a violent man with mental disorders who had abducted the child. The judge got police to raid the building only to find a quiet children’s party. When questioned about it she told them it was “the quickest way” to get what she wanted, She has been ordered to pay her ex-husband €1,800 in compensation. She appealed the sentence, but it has now been confirmed by Palma Provincial Court.
302,300 Russian and Eastern European tourists in Palmanova and Magaluf alone last year, making it the fourth most important market, behind the British, Spanish and Scandinavians. However, the Spanish market has fallen 5 per cent since 2008 due to the financial crisis, which could mean that the Russians could overtake them to become the second market.