by Dan Kirwan | Aug 17, 2018 | Ibiza Culture, Ibiza Music, Ibiza Politics
A new organic online movement has been formed in Ibiza to counter what they feel is “persecution and criminalisation” of music by authorities and town halls. Musicia is a local Spanish lobby group that wants to promote and protect the art of music as a...
by Dan Kirwan | Aug 16, 2018 | Ibiza Culture, Ibiza Politics
In the second part of our Ibiza 2018 Mid Season report, we take a look at the political landscape of Ibiza. At present a coalition of left wing socialist parties rule the island, coming together to oust the traditional ruling party, the Partido Popular. The PP party...
by Dan Kirwan | Oct 6, 2017 | Ibiza Blog, Ibiza People & Culture, Ibiza Politics
Sunday the first of October 2017, will go down in the history books as a momentous occasion for the Spanish nation. It will be the day that Spain lost Catalonia, not because the majority of the Catalans wanted it, but because of the brutal response of the Spanish...
by Dan Kirwan | Feb 12, 2017 | Ibiza Blog, Ibiza Politics
A recent article in the Periodico de Ibiza has once again aired the old chestnut about Ibiza opening as an all year round tourist resort. A local socialist politician, appealing to her support base, stated that she did not support Winter tourism on the island because...
by Dan Kirwan | Jan 23, 2017 | Clubbing Ibiza, Ibiza Blog, Ibiza Politics
A corporate battle is looming in Ibiza between Space promoter Pepe Rosello and the powerful Matutes group over the ownership of the Space brand. In a rare interview on Spanish TV ex PP Minister Abel Matutes snr, indicated that he would use the Space name on the multi...
by Dan Kirwan | Feb 23, 2016 | Ibiza Blog, Ibiza Culture, Ibiza People & Culture, Ibiza Politics
It was a bear who said that sometimes, it is the smallest things that take up the most room in our hearts, and this was very much the case in the recent Es Vedra goats controversy. Ibicencos are not know to become too engaged during the off season, switching off from...
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