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GR 221 hiking trail on Mallorca - Serra de Tramuntana mountain range

Why not swap your boots for hiking boots? The 138-kilometre-long dry stone wall route GR221 (plus around 105 kilometres of variants), which has been planned since 2000, has now been officially recognised as a long-distance hiking trail on Mallorca – a good opportunity to get to know the island of Mallorca from its natural, authentic side. The long-distance hiking trail...

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Flight taxi Mallorca: Volocopter plans test flights for 2025

Update from January 3, 2025: As wallstreet-online.de reported on January 2, 2025, the air taxi manufacturer Volocopter has currently filed for bankruptcy and is now urgently seeking investors to restructure the company. The goal is to develop a restructuring plan by the end of February to secure the necessary financial resources for market entry. However, CEO Dirk Hoke, who will...

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Storms in Mallorca (Balearic Islands): heavy rain

A severe storm with heavy rain and wind speeds of over 110 km/h hit Mallorca and the other Balearic Islands on Wednesday (August 14, 2024) – exactly ten days earlier than last year. Will vacationers on boats in the Balearic Islands have to prepare for storms in August in the future? What is the reason for this? A severe summer...

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Mallorca / Balearic Islands: Ban internal combustion charter boats from 2030?

No question - the cambio climático, climate change, with its sometimes extreme weather events has also had an impact on the Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Ibiza, Menorca, ...) quite concrete effects. But what to do? Above all, responsible, environmentally conscious action is called for here. This concerns the private as well as the economic sector equally. As a private, foreign tourist,...

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Mallorca/Spain: Radio stations are under increased supervision

Spain is careful: Authorities should, SeaHelp was informed by various owners, control prescribed radio stations more. In the past, those kind of actions were quite rare. To avoid unnecessary administrative difficulties: it is needed for vessels under the German SRC (Short Range Certificate) flag, for internal UBI navigation.

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