SARS spurs China to act on AIDS Nov 19, 2009
A goat that lived on the Balearic Islands until 3000 years ago had bones like a reptile which could explain how the species survived so long. 18:00 17 November 2009. (Yahoo News -- SARS)
Flights grounded in Iberia strike Nov 11, 2009
That means that most long-haul flights are running as normal - as are routes to the Canary and Balearic Islands. Unions met on Sunday to discuss Iberia's proposed measures - which include laying off all cabin attendants older than 55 - but no agreement was reached. (BBC News -- Business)
Strike at Spain's Iberia cancels flights Nov 11, 2009
Iberia said in a statement Tuesday that flights to resort areas like the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean are not affected by the strike, which will last through Wednesday. It also said the vast majority of the company's long-haul flights will also operate normally. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Colombians among Majorca collapse victims Oct 27, 2009
At least seven people died when a residential building collapsed overnight in Majorca's capital Palma, in the Spanish Balearic Islands. The three-storey structure, said to be at least 50 years old, collapsed at about 0030 (2230 GMT on Sunday). (BBC News -- Americas)
Anti-smoking Law Helps Waiters To Quit Smoking In Spain Oct 21, 2009
The scientists took data from five autonomous regions - Cantabria, Catalonia, Valencia, Galicia and the Balearic Islands. Adapted from materials provided by , via. (Science Daily)
Migratory route of Eleonora's falcon revealed for first time Oct 17, 2009
However, researchers from the Universities of Valencia (UV) and Alicante (UA) tagged 11 individuals (7 adults and 4 chicks) in the colonies of the Balearic Islands between 2007 and 2008 and in the Columbretes Islands in the province of Castelln in 2008, with a further five individuals tagged in 2009 ... The tagged falcons started their migration of more than 9,500 kilometres in the autumns of 2007 and 2008, travelling from the Balearic Islands to Madagascar. (EurekAlert!)
Autopsy: Boyzone Singer Died Of Natural Causes Oct 14, 2009
A post-mortem showed Gately, 33, an Irishman, died as a result of a pulmonary edema, or fluid in the lungs, the Balearic Islands Superior Justice Tribunal said in a statement. "The signer of the British group Boyzone died from natural causes, owing to an 'acute pulmonary edema'," the court statement said. (KIRO TV, WA)
Ancient Iberian Warriors Sep 26, 2009
Slingers from the Balearic Islands were famed for their skill. They commenced training at a very early age - their fathers would place a piece of bread atop a pole, and the child was not allowed to eat until he had knocked it down with a successful shot from his sling. (Suite101.com)
Tourists face car hire shortage Aug 14, 2009
Prices on the Balearic islands are more than 100% what they usually are, said Bob Atkinson, business development manager at Travelsupermarket. com. (BBC News -- UK)
Bomb blasts hit Majorca, ETA suspected: authorities Aug 10, 2009
"Everything indicates there is an ETA unit in Majorca," said Bartomeu Barcelo, prosecutor at the high court of the Balearic Islands, cited in reports ... Majorca is part of the Balearic Islands archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea, a popular tourist destination especially among Britons and Germans. (Yahoo! Asia News)
New Insect On Balearic Islands Aug 4, 2009
"One of the results discovered and published in our studies is that the population of Tyrrhenoleuctra on the Balearic Islands is a clearly distinct taxon and demands acknowledgement of its status as an independent species", Jos; Manuel Tierno de Figueroa, co-author of the study and a researcher in the Department of Animal Biology at the UGR explained SINC.. In order to demonstrate that the insect, called Tyrrhenoleuctra antoninoi, is really a species in its own right the team of scientists,... (Science Daily)
Bombing rattles party island Aug 4, 2009
The Balearic Islands, which groups Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, gets 80 percent of its gross domestic product from tourism, directly or indirectly. In 2008, it received 10 million tourists, including four million Germans and 3. (iAfrica.com)
Spain on alert for ETA's 50th anniversary Aug 1, 2009
PALMA DE MALLORCA, Balearic Islands - Spain's security forces were on maximum alert Friday for the 50th anniversary of the armed Basque group ETA, blamed for bombings that killed two police officers and injured scores of people this week. ETA was founded on July 31, 1959, and has killed more than 825 people since beginning its violent campaign for an independent Basque state in 1968. (MSNBC -- International)
Spain condemns ETA Aug 1, 2009
Ports on the island were operating normally on Friday but boat traffic was facing tighter controls than usual, a spokesman for the port authority on the Balearic Islands said. "Boats cannot enter or leave the island without the authorisation of the civil guard. There are only slight delays affecting passengers due to search operations," he said. (iAfrica.com)
Funeral held for Spain bomb dead Aug 1, 2009
Ramon Socias, the Spanish government's delegate to the Balearic Islands, told reporters the men had "placed all their hopes in being members of the Civil Guards, in serving the public". It was not clear if the six suspects were linked to the bomb. (BBC News)
World Briefs Jul 31, 2009
PALMA DE MALLORCA, Balearic Islands -- A bomb on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca killed two police officers in their patrol vehicle Thursday, the second attack blamed on Basque separatist group ETA in two days. Police found a second bomb under another police jeep later Thursday in the same area and carried out a controlled explosion. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Bomb disrupts UK holidays Jul 31, 2009
The other two were diverted to one of the other Balearic islands. Please turn on JavaScript. (BBC News -- Europe)
Bomb kills 2 officers on Spanish island Jul 31, 2009
Ramon Sacias, the central government s representative in the Balearic Islands, blamed ETA for the explosion, which he said appeared to have been caused by a bomb placed in a car or on the roadside next to the police installation, which included a small shop and a post office. The Spanish airports authority said it had closed the airport in Palma on orders from the Interior Ministry. (Boston Globe)
Country profile: Spain Jul 29, 2009
Spain shares the Iberian peninsula with Portugal and its territory includes the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands and two North African enclaves. From Velazquez in the seventeenth century, through Goya straddling the eighteenth and nineteenth, to Picasso in the twentieth, Spain has the proudest of traditions in art. (BBC News -- Europe)
* Mediterranean nations battle fires Jul 28, 2009
In Spain, dozens of firefighters backed by two water-dropping aircraft were battling a blaze that broke out on Sunday on farmland near the airport at Palma de Mallorca in the Balearic Islands, officials said. The wildfire was threatening several homes but did not disrupt air travel at the airport, Spains third-busiest in terms of passenger traffic, they said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
World’s First-hydrogen Powered Yacht With A Fully Integrated Laboratory Will Study Mediterranean Pollution Jul 9, 2009
After initial tests on the Lac du Bourget in Savoie, France, the boat will be tested again in the Mediterranean before following the Southern French coast and heading for Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Tunisia, Crete, Turkey, the Greek coast, Montenegro, Croatia, the Italian coast, Spain, and the Balearic Islands before sailing back to Marseille in late 2010. Major Research and Development themes covered by the Zero CO2 around the Mediterranean project. (Science Daily)
Immunologic Aspects of COPD Jun 4, 2009
From the Respiratory Division at Royal Victoria Hospital and the Meakins-Christie Laboratories in the Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal (M.G.C.); the Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, Section of Respiratory Diseases, University of Padua, Padua, Italy (M.S.); and Hospital Universitario Son Dureta, Fundaci;n Caubet-Cimera, and the Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red (CIBER) Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain (A.A.). Address... (New England Journal of Medicine)
Villarreal's Pellegrini denies contact with Madrid May 31, 2009
PALMA DE MALLORCA, Balearic Islands (AP) -- Villarreal coach Manuel Pellegrini hasn't had any contact with Real Madrid over a potential move to the club. "Nobody from Real Madrid has spoken with me,'' Pellegrini said on Saturday after Villarreal clinched a place in next season's Europa League - formerly the UEFA Cup - with a 3-2 win at Mallorca. Former Madrid president Florentino Perez is poised to take over the club again, three years after quitting following a six-year tenure. Spanish reports... (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
A Review of Spain on the Road Again May 28, 2009
The premise for the show is simple, the foursome tour different areas of Spain including Galicia, Basque Country and the Balearic Islands. During their pilgrimage throughout, the four stop and sample local cuisine and national landmarks such as the Guggenheim in Balbao and Gaudi's buildings in Barcelona. (Suite101.com)
Fast and cheap forecasting system for Mediterranean cyclones May 27, 2009
"Sensitivity studies are a low-cost and efficient way of establishing the best kinds of observation strategies", Lorena Garcies, lead author of the study and a researcher in the Meteorology Group at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), tells SINC.. The study, which has been published in the latest issue of Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, shows that analyses of atmospheric sensitivity are useful for designing "efficient" observation networks based in Europe, and... (EurekAlert!)
Is this the right time to buy global property? May 1, 2009
Property prices from Barcelona to the Balearic Islands fell 6. 5% in the first quarter of 2009 alone. (India Times)
New Mathematical System Helps To Cut Bus Journey Times Mar 25, 2009
The metaheuristic techniques are already being applied in Castilla-La Mancha and the Balearic Islands in order to reduce the cost of school transport services, and the amount of time students have to wait at bus stops. Journal reference. (Science Daily)
Rock Rose Leaves And Olive And Date Pits Make Up New Anti-pesticide Formula Mar 18, 2009
A large part of the groundwater in the Loukkos region suffers from pesticide pollution, with an average contaminant load per cultivated hectare of 6kg - a very similar figure to that in some Spanish autonomous regions, such as Extremadura, the Balearic Islands and Madrid. El Bakouri stressed that the contamination of water resources by pesticides used in agriculture or harmful substances from industry is a problem worldwide. (Science Daily)
Mediterranean Sea Level Could Rise By Over Two Feet, Global Models Predict Mar 4, 2009
In order to understand and correctly predict risks for the Mediterranean coast, researchers from the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA, a joint centre run by the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) and the Spanish National Research Council, CSIC) and the National Oceanography Centre of Southampton in the United Kingdom have analysed simulations based on three scenarios related to climate change and the rise in greenhouse gases. Their goal was to predict the temperature,... (Science Daily)
Spaniards Prefer Love To Be Passionate, Study Shows Feb 15, 2009
These are the highlights of a research project headed by five psychologists from the University of the Balearic Islands, based on 1,351 telephone interviews, and which has been published recently in the journal Psycothema ... This is a similar percentage to that in other countries, but "still significant", as Victoria Ferrer, director of the research study and a professor of social psychology at the University of the Balearic Islands, which led the study, tells SINC.. (Science Daily)
