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Ryanair meeting demanded T H E government of the Balearic Islands has de manded an urgent meet ing with Ryanair after the airline tried to charge two passengers €45 each to bring a pastry on a flight with them. The airline claimed the ensaimada, a traditional Mallorcan pastry, exceed ed hand luggage alloca tion and demanded a fee from each passenger. With the airline refus ing to back down on the fee, both passengers abandoned their pastries and boarded the flight. Now, the government of the Balearic Islands along with the local pas try makers association have demanded a meet ing with the airline. Balearics’ tourism min ister, Iago Negueruela said the meeting was called “in order to defend local produce and avoid any kind of discrimina tion.” The president of the Balearic Islands pastry makers association, Pep Magraner said the charge discriminated against lo cal suppliers as passen gers can bring en saimadas on board for free if bought at the air port’s dutyfree shop. “All the other airlines allow passengers to take two ensaïmadas on board,” Magraner said. “It’s only a problem with Ryanair.”
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THE RETURN OF THE PP
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Incumbent Balearic Islands President Francina Armengol (second from right).
LAST Sunday’s local and re gional elections have left a very different political map in Mallorca. The conservative Partido Popular (Popular Party, or PP) led by Marga Prohens swept to victory by winning 25 seats in the regional par liament, which makes Sra Prohens the only possible candidate to lead the Gov ern. However, her majority is not quite enough to do so on her own, as she will need at least an abstention from the farright party Vox, who took eight seats, in order to take charge. Meanwhile, incumbent Balearic Islands President Francina Armengol won 18 seats for the PSOE (Partido
Socialista Obrero Español, or Spanish Socialist Work ers’ Party), one less than in the previous elections in 2019. Many major towns and cities throughout the island also changed colour on Sun day. In Palma, the leftwing block made up of PSOE (8), Més (3) and Podemos (1) lost by 17 councillors to 12 at the hands of the PP (11) and Vox (6). The same situation was
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repeated in the Mallorca Is land Council, where the PP’s Llorenç Galmés beat Catalina Cladera’s PSOE by 13 seats to 10 and will also need the support of Vox to take charge. The overall result of the PP’s landslide not just in the Balearics but throughout Spain led Spanish President Pedro Sánchez to bring for ward the general elections from December to July 23 by surprise this week.
LOVE is in the air in Mallorca once more, with Love Island 2023 expected to hit screens on Monday June 5. As ever the Love Island vil la has been put under the spotlight in the buildup to the show. This year’s proper ty features a large pool with spacious areas all around, as well as spectacular sea views. It has also been given a revamp to ensure that the show can be produced in as
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sustainable a manner as pos sible, with solar panels fitted to lower the production team’s impact on the envi ronment.