Palma De Mallorca
Spain detains man 'plotting Columbine-style massacre'
Oct 04, 2012 14:00 EDT
Spanish police said Thursday they had arrested a 21-year-old man as he received 140 kilograms (310 pounds) of explosives and chemicals to carry out a Columbine-style massacre of students.
Sudden Spanair shut-down strands passengers
Jan 28, 2012 11:15 EST
Passengers were stranded at Spanish airports Saturday after airline Spanair abruptly went bust, cancelling all its future flights at half an hour's notice.
Spanair passengers stranded after collapse
Jan 28, 2012 05:08 EST
Passengers were stranded at Spanish airports Saturday after airline Spanair abruptly went bust, cancelling all its flights at short notice.
Italy disaster could hit cruise industry
Jan 15, 2012 11:19 EST
MILAN (Reuters) - The spectacular cruise liner accident off the coast of Italy is not just a disaster for the ship's owners, but could inflict wider damage on an industry already facing stiff headwinds.
Spanish king forced son-in-law to quit job in 2006
Dec 18, 2011 13:44 EST
King Juan Carlos told his son-in-law in 2006 to cut ties with a company now mired in corruption allegations, an official at Spain's royal palace said Sunday.
Anti-crisis protests shake up Spanish elections
May 18, 2011 08:37 EDT
Protesters fuming over Spain's economic crisis and sky-high jobless rate camped in Madrid and across the country Wednesday to vent their anger ahead of weekend local elections.
New Florida museum has largest Dali collection outside Spain
Jan 12, 2011 09:57 EST
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters Life!) - Some of Salvador Dali's most famous paintings have a new home in Florida with the opening of a $36 million museum designed to reflect the Spanish painter's surreal style.
Passengers clog Spain's airports as wildcat strike ends
Dec 05, 2010 18:35 EST
Hundreds of thousands of passengers packed Spain's airports Sunday as air services returned to normal after the military forced air traffic controllers to end a 24-hour wildcat strike under threat of jail.
Controller sickout causes Spain travel chaos
Dec 03, 2010 17:28 EST
Controller sickout causes Spain travel chaos, shuts down Madrid airport and 7 others. The Spanish government said late Friday it would allow its military to take over control of airspace if air traffic controllers did not return to work from a massive sickout that left hundreds of thousands of travelers stranded.
Trojan may have contributed to fatal 2008 Madrid air crash
Aug 23, 2010 09:22 EDT
An investigation into the 2008 crash of Spanair Flight 5022 has revealed that a trojan-infected central computer system may have contributed to the fatal accident, according to reports.. An investigation into the 2008 crash of Spanair Flight 5022, which killed 154 people, has revealed that a trojan-infected system may have contributed to the fatal accident, according to a report in the Spanish daily newspaper El Pais. An internal Spanair report indicated that a central computer system used to monitor problems in the aircraft was infected with malware, according to El Pais. The infected computer system, which was located at the airline's headquarters in Palma de Mallorca, failed to detect several technical problems with the airplane. Had the issues been identified, the plane should not have been able to take off, the newspaper states. The flight, destined for the Canary Islands, crashed on Aug. 20, 2008 after takeoff from Madrid Barajas International Airport in Spain. Of the 172 people
Michelle Obama meets Spain's king
Aug 09, 2010 10:28 EDT
Michelle Obama travels to Spanish resort island of Mallorca, meets King Juan Carlos. U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha had lunch with Spain's king and queen on Sunday at the royal family's holiday retreat on the resort island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean.
Michelle Obama meets Spain's king
Aug 08, 2010 16:41 EDT
Michelle Obama travels to Spanish resort island of Mallorca, meets King Juan Carlos. U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha had lunch with Spain's king and queen on Sunday at the royal family's holiday retreat on the resort island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean.
Fluid on the lungs killed Boyzone singer
Oct 13, 2009 12:00 EDT
MAJORCA, Spain (Reuters) - A post mortem on Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, 33, on the Spanish island of Majorca revealed Tuesday that he died of natural causes due to fluid on the lungs, a court official said Tuesday.
Gately, of Irish boy band Boyzone, dies in Spain
Oct 11, 2009 19:36 EDT
Stephen Gately of Irish boy band Boyzone dies in Mallorca, leaves behind partner. Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, has died while on vacation in Spain, the group said on its Web site. He was 33.
Gately, of Irish boy band Boyzone, dies in Spain
Oct 11, 2009 19:30 EDT
Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, has died while on vacation in Spain, the group said on its Web site. He was 33.
Gately of Irish boy band Boyzone dies in Mallorca
Oct 11, 2009 09:20 EDT
Stephen Gately of Irish boy band Boyzone dies in Mallorca, leaves behind partner. Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, has died while on vacation in Spain, the group said on its Web site Sunday. He was 33.
Mallorca moves to limit bomb damage to tourism
Aug 10, 2009 10:59 EDT
MADRID (Reuters) - Although no people were hurt by bombings in Mallorca at the weekend, people working in Spain's already battered tourist industry are concerned the economically vital sector might not escape unscathed.
Spanish police unsure if ETA still in Mallorca
Aug 10, 2009 09:51 EDT
Spanish police investigate if Basque group ETA still has unit on Mallorca after bombings. Spanish police said Monday they aren't sure whether the armed Basque group ETA still has a unit on Mallorca following its planting of at least three small bombs on the Mediterranean tourist island.
2 bombs explode on Spain's Mallorca; no injuries
Aug 09, 2009 12:55 EDT
2 bombs blamed on Basque separatists explode on Spain's Mallorca; no injuries. Two small bombs blamed on Basque separatist group ETA exploded Sunday in downtown locations on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca, causing no injuries, the government said. Police defused a third device found nearby.
Spain on maximum alert for 50th anniversary of ETA
Jul 31, 2009 08:17 EDT
Spain on maximum alert for 50th anniversary of Basque group blamed for 2 bombings this week. The leaders of Spain's main political parties paid tribute to two slain police officers Friday as security forces guarded against a fresh attack on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the armed Basque group ETA.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Palma | |||||
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| Location | |||||
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| Coordinates : 39°34′N 002°39′E / 39.567°N 2.65°E | |||||
| Administration | |||||
| Country | Spain | ||||
| Autonomous Community | Balearic Islands | ||||
| Province | Balearic Islands | ||||
| Administrative Divisions | 5 | ||||
| Mayor | Aina Calvo Sastre (PSOE) | ||||
| Geography | |||||
| Land Area | 208.63 km2 | ||||
| Altitude | 13 m AMSL | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 401.270 (2009) | ||||
| Density | 2,024.57 hab./km2 () | ||||
| General information | |||||
| Native name | Palma (Catalan) | ||||
| Spanish name | Palma | ||||
| Nickname | Ciutat | ||||
| Time zone | CET (GMT +1) | ||||
| - summer | CEST (GMT +2) | ||||
| Postal code | 07001 - 07014 | ||||
| Area code | +34 (Spain) + 971 (Balearic Islands) | ||||
| Website | http://www.palma.es/ | ||||