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Helping Ukraine THE village of Santa Euge‐ nia may be small with just 1,771 registered inhabi‐ tants, but it clearly has a big heart as far as the tragedy of Ukraine is con‐ cerned. The council there has decided to allocate €1 from its funds in respect of each resident in order to fund the purchase of med‐ ical equipment for the people of Ukraine through the NGO Levante en Marxa, as part of its pro‐ ject ‘Ukraine, you are not alone’. The sum of €1,771 has been spent at the village pharmacy and items pur‐ chased include pain killers, medicine, baby milk, pre‐ pared baby food, nappies, sanitary towels, inconti‐ nence pads and wet wipes. Mayor Joan Riutort Crespi said: “There is no worse scenario for a coun‐ try than a war, in which the civilian population is the most affected. With this action we want to make the small contribu‐ tion of the entire village to show our solidarity. with the people of Ukraine.”
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Issue No. 1916
BACK IN SPAIN: Rafael Nadal in Indian Wells.
Nadal injury
SUMMER SEASON: President Armengol spoke to Parliament on Tuesday.
SPEAKING in the Balearic Parliament on Tuesday March 22, President Francina Ar‐ mengol said that she believed the summer tourist season would not be adversely affect‐ ed despite the huge leap in energy costs caused in part by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, the hospi‐ tality industry, as well as stores on the Islands are already worried about the Spanish lorry drivers’ strike. Although delivery across Mallorca has not been affected significantly by local
strikes, there is certain‐ ly an ongoing shortage of goods. The problem is caused by pickets at docks on the mainland and fewer lorries are making it on to the ferries meaning that fewer supplies are arriving on the islands. Some private drivers’ haulier organisations have indicated that the Spanish Government promise of up to €500 million in aid to reduce the cost of professional diesel is too vague and has not been made di‐ rectly to the drivers who are actually on strike. The Balearic Govern‐
ment is to put a number of proposals to the Na‐ tional Government with‐ in the next few days as it considers that the is‐ lands are a special case and if the strike can be settled quickly then no long‐term harm is likely to have been done. If, however, no settle‐ ment can be reached quickly, then there is the possibility that local drivers will join in the strike which has already seen fishermen staying in port for three days and things could esca ‐ late on the mainland with even greater reper‐ cussions for the islands.
AFTER losing in the final of the ATP tennis champi‐ onship in Indian Wells, Mallorca’s Rafael Nadal re‐ turned to Spain. On Tuesday March 22, the possible reason for his loss was revealed when he issued the following tweet: “Hi everyone, I wanted to let you know that I’m back in Spain and I went straight to see my medi‐ cal team for tests after the Indian Wells final, which I played in discomfort. “I have a stress fracture in one of my ribs and I will be out for four to six weeks. It’s not good news and I didn’t expect this. I am devastated and sad because after such a good start to the season I have had.”