ISSUE NO. 1531
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6 - 12 NOVEMBER 2014
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Orchestra first THE Balearic Islands Symphonic Orchestra has been invited to accompany Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez at Teatro Real in Madrid on January 11 as part of his world tour, L’Amour-Arias Francesas. It will be the first time the Balearic Orchestra has played there.
Tunnel shut GUARDIA CIVIL officers closed the tunnel located at the entrance of Costa de la Calma after a car reportedly overturned on Monday (November 3) shortly after 9pm. The driver is said to have been drunk.
Bullfight battle is on as Palma rejects ban WHILE people-power has seen 14 Mallorcan councils ban bullfighting Palma is bucking the trend by refusing to outlaw the traditional Spanish sport. Campanet is the latest municipality on the island to put in place a ban on the casting vote of the mayor making it 14 in just four months to have turned their back on what many see as a ‘cultural event’. Animal rights groups have been
calling for an islandwide ban, with Mallorca Sense Sang (Mallorca Against Blood Sports) saying they had collected 60,000 signatures wanting the sport outlawed on Mallorca. But just days earlier the capital’s city council turned down a proposal to declare Palma an anti-bullfighting city. The proposal, which had been tabled by the municipal opposition, was rejected because the council said
it could not legislate on an issue which should be a matter of each individual’s personal conscience. Palma Council abides by state regulations which declared bullfighting as an intangible cultural heritage, said council spokesman Julio Martinez. “Banning for the sake of banning makes no sense, especially in Palma, where there is one bullfight every 12 months with no social repercussion,” he remarked.