'Mallorca is not for sale', 'Mallorca is not for sale'... these are slogans we hear and see painted on walls today in connection with the pressure of tourism and the purchase of homes by foreigners. But the kingdom of Mallorca was literally sold in August 1375—650 years ago—when Isabella, daughter of James III, transferred her rights to the crown of the Islands to a brother of the King of France for 120,000 gold florins: approximately the sum of 1.

The National Police have arrested a young man of Spanish origin who was riding a motorcycle in Palma with three other passengers on board, without helmets, a license, or having passed the MOT (Spanish vehicle inspection). The incident occurred this Tuesday at around 3:30 a.m. on Jaume III Street in Palma, when a Citizen Services patrol from the National Police observed a motorcycle with four young men on board who were not wearing helmets.