ISSUE NO. 1559
21 - 27 May 2015
MALLORCA
YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION
By Maria José Fernandez MORE than 120,000 people have already signed a petition entitled, Mallorca Sense Sang, which aims to turn the Island into an anti-bullfighting region. The Mallorca Sense Sang campaign, which translates to ‘Mallorca without blood,’ was launched one year ago by animal rights associations AnimaNaturalis and CAS International. “We believe the end of bullfights is near,” said organisers in a statement: “The campaign also gained support from cultural and political circles, with the signature of actors Carlos Turn to Page 4
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Wrong code False hijack alarm on Palma flight A pilot who keyed in the wrong code led to a hijacking alert on a flight to Palma. He
had meant to say there was a communication error. Turn to Page 2
Selling like hot cakes Good news for banks as homes sell Bank-owned homes in Palma are selling much faster than the national average. The Balearic Islands currently have
1,405 bank-owned homes for sale, only 2.9 per cent of the national total. Turn to Page 5
Flying high Boost for low cost airlines There has been a big rise in the number of passengers carried by low cost airlines to the
Balearics with 551,597 in the first four months of the year. Turn to Page 8