ISSUE NO. 1674
3 - 9 August 2017
MALLORCA
YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION
NIGHTCLUB boss, Tolo Cursach, appeared in court for the first time via video conference as witness in the trial of a Romanian bouncer accused of aggressive witness intimidation. Cursach, believed by police to be the Mallorca’s underworld godfather, denied paying the defendant to threaten witnesses testifying against him. Cursach, who ran an empire of nightclubs and brothels, denied all accusations including bribing a witness worth €20,000 to leave the island. The millionaire is now in an Alicante prison following a transfer from Palma prison for foul-play. The businessman awaits trial for murder, extortion, drug trafficking, corrupting children and racketeering.
Photo credit Arran Països Catalans
‘Godfather’ denies threats ANTI-TOURISM: Protest took place in Palma.
Anti-tourism protest blasted
Confetti wars By Matthew Elliott The Balearic Council has reacted with fury after protest group Arran Països Catalans staged an antitourist rally in Palma de Mallorca. A number of demonstrators brandishing flares invaded a restaurant on the capital’s port and hurled confetti at customers, later posting a video of the event on social media. More flares were set off outside, in front of luxury yachts and hundreds of pedestrians. The group has recently performed a number of similar stunts in Barcelona, holding up a tourist bus before plastering it in graffiti and later slashing the tyres of rental bikes. It is the first time that the organisation, formed
by young members of the pro-independence left, has carried out a protest on Mallorca. Director General of tourism Pilar Carbonell criticised the stunt, arguing that while citizens have “every right in the world” to express their opinion in a democratic system, they should not “put people or their belongings at risk.” In her opinion the best way to deal with the issue of increasing tourism is to “advance” towards a “redistribution” of the money it generates for the island in order to achieve a “social and economic balance,” an ideal that the “progressive” Balearic council is “working towards.” The opposition Popular Party released a statement condemning violent action towards tourists by radical groups.
Drug den POLICE raided a Punta Ballena drug-dealing apartment, arresting eight British, Pakistani and Nigerian suspects and seizing cocaine, heroin, marihuana and €10,000 cash.
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