30 Nov - 6 Dec 2017
MALLORCA
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ISSUE NO. 1691
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Cheap flight plan TAXES on flights to the Spanish mainland for Mallorca residents are more likely to be dropped than a 75 per cent discount achieved. The newly established alliance between the Balearics, Canaries, Ceuta and Melilla to demand cheaper flights to the peninsula has admitted it may be forced to choose between the two options. The Alliance of Autonomous Communities has previously urged the government to both increase the discount from 50 to 75 per cent, and to provide a total 100 per cent discount on flight taxes.
Sexist violence court PROTEST: The rally outside the courtroom and (inset) Cursach and Carbonell. There was chaos outside Palma’s criminal court as jailed nightclub tycoon Tolo Cursach appeared on bribery and corruption charges. Hundred of protesters gathered outside the courtroom early on Monday morning to voice their support for the businessman, considered the Godfather of Palma’s club scene. Armed with horns and whistles they chanted “Freedom” and “We want the truth!” Leading judge Manuel Penalva entered the courtroom through the back door, arriving inside a camouflaged police car. The majority of protesters were friends and family of the dozens of suspects embroiled
Courtroom chaos Cursach case gets messy in the Cursach case. Police officers, politicians, and Cursach employees are all facing bribery, corruption, and extortion charges. Some accused the authorities of trying to cover up their own crimes by stitching up Cursach. The businessman is facing 80 years on a range of charges, also including murder and drug trafficking. Cursach broke his silence in the courtroom to deny all t h e c h a rg e s . H e h a d n o knowledge, he said, of alleged drug-fuelled orgies
involving senior politicians taking place in his private nightclub. Cursach also denied communicating with Pilar Carbonell, the former Balearic tourism councillor forced to resign over allegations she favoured his company in public contracts. Meanwhile doubt has been cast on the story of a key witness. The former brothel madam claimed that Cursach minions offered her a luxury flat in Paris in exchange for her silence. But further inves-
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tigation uncovered a tangle of lies she had previously told police.
WOMEN’S rights groups have called for a special Balearic court to deal exclusively with cases of violence against women. The Balearic parliament has sent a request to the Ministry of Justice urging creation of the new court. The request was made as the parliament and Balearic presi-
dent Francina Armengol marked the International Day Against Male Violence. Gender violence in the Balearics is among the highest in Spain. Statistics show that 26.29 out of every 10,000 women on the islands have reported being physically attacked by their partners.