An historic convoy of lorries swept across the island last Monday as protests against the rising fuel costs continued through the week. In total 291 trucks took part in the protest, which caused chaos across the island but no other major incidents.
The lorries met at 7a.m. in the car park opposite Gesas main headquarters close to the capital. After being registered by the Guardia Civil, they left on their 70 km journey across the island, accompanied by officers, heading first towards San Antonio, before continuing through San Jose, again passing the capital and on towards Santa Eulalia. The lorries travelled at 40 kmph and were constantly sounding their horns.
However, their protest was well received by the public, also worried by the spiralling fuel costs which have seen diesel increase by 29 per cent so far this year.
The protests in Ibiza were mirrored around the country with roadblocks set up on many of the major motorways. Unfortunately the action resulted in the death of a man close to Seville, run over by a van trying to drive through a picket line. A Spanish interior ministry spokesman told national radio: "We regret the death of this person and hope it makes everyone realise that no dispute is worth the death of anyone."
The incident followed the serious injury of another lorry driver who is reported to have suffered serious burns whilst sleeping in his vehicle when it caught fire in what is thought to be a strike-related incident.
Protesting drivers are calling for the government to enforce a minimum price for haulage companies in an attempt to avoid a price war, which bosses say will damage many businesses and cause widespread job losses. However, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has offered hauliers emergency credit and early retirement incentives, but refuses to set minimum tariffs, saying the industry must accept fair competition.
The price of oil shot up again during a week which saw a record-breaking $10 jump in a single session.
However, the forecast was optimistic with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries claiming oil's recent volatility "reconfirms the view that current price levels do not reflect supply and demand realities." Oil prices were also pressured by speculation that Saudi Arabia may boost production following a report in the Middle East Economic Survey, an industry publication.
The transport strike caused queues at many petrol stations and empty supermarket shelves on the island, as people began to panic buy, fearing prolonged action could leave the island without many basic products. However fears were eased after an announcement by Mariano Matutes, head of Carburantes Ibiza, the company that transports fuel on the island, that there were two months worth of supplies in the Balearics. His comments came as three times the amount of petrol was sold than the same day the previous year. He continued that unlike on the mainland, there were only protests on the island and not an official strike, meaning his lorries would be able to deliver as normal.
As other goods began to dwindle during the week, the authorities eased worries claiming there were medical supplies on the island for at least another five weeks. Fresh products were the first to disappear, with fish vanishing within days, due to the added problem of the fishing strike.
However, 45 trucks managed to arrive on Friday morning stocked with fresh fruit and vegetables. All had been given a police escort from their factory to the port to ensure they encountered no problems on the way. A further 50 trucks arrived on Saturday, and the Balearic Government described the situation as relatively normal by Sunday, although specific products including strawberries and cherries were still unavailable.
The complaints of the truck drivers were backed by the president of the Island Council, Xico Tarres, who said there was no reason why lorry drivers should have to pay more for their fuel than in other areas of the country, after CLH, the company which delivers the fuel, confirmed there was no extra cost in bringing it to the island.
Meanwhile towards the end of the week, a fresh row erupted as shelves were being restocked, as clients began noticing price increases in some key products including imported fish with UCE, the Consumers Association, claiming some goods had risen by 10 per cent.

AROUND THE ISLAND

Fishermen Protest
The islands fishing fleet remained in port during the week in protest at rising fuel costs. Their president, Emilio Benitez, revealed that his members felt something needed to be done in protest to help the besieged industry. He added that the selling price of fish had not risen during the last three years, whilst their expenses had tripled. He declared that gasoline now made up over 80 per cent of their expenses and was leaving them with hardly any profit.
In a typical working day a boat can use anything up to a hundred litres of fuel, for which they are paying 0.80 per litre. Benitez said the price would have to be reduced by at least 0.30 to make the industry profitable once again. He said there was too much competition within the marketplace which had forced prices down.
There are currently around 100 boats working on the island, providing 20 per cent of the fish eaten locally.
By Wednesday some types of fish were unavailable due to the action, made worse by the fact that the fleet had not done too much fishing the previous week due to the bad weather.
However, an agreement was reached on Thursday which meant all of the fleet were back to work the following day to help replenish the empty shelves around the island. Central Government has offered the fishermen a subsidy of 19 million to help with fuel costs, an amount the fleet say is still insufficient.
On the day the strike ended, another began as the Taxi Association announced they would be joining a nationwide protest. On Friday between 1 p.m.-3p.m. they did not make any journeys. Their president, Jose Serafin, revealed that since January it cost, on average, 18 more to fill up their tanks.

Public Spending to Fall
The various Town Halls across the island sent out a chilling message to the general public last week warning that public spending could be cut due to the construction crisis. The concern is being caused by a reduction in the tax people are obliged to pay before a new building permit can be granted. In a normal calendar year a Town Hall will collect anything from 20-30 per cent of its income from this particular charge and it lies only second to refuse tax (IBI) as the highest grossing tax of a standard Town Hall. Thus, the net result of a slowdown in the industry is far less money for the municipal authorities to spend on public services.
In Ibiza Town the income raised from the building tax last year was estimated to be in the region of 3 million, however in reality 22.3 per cent less was collected (2.4 million). The number of licences issued throughout the year fell dramatically and the amount of money amassed would have been even more disastrous if it had not been for the new Jean Nouvel designed building which alone, raised close to 1 million for the public coffers. However, sources at the Town Hall have already warned the amount of tax raised this year is likely to be much lower and public spending will have to be cut.
San Antonio is in a similar position with 26 per cent less tax collected in 2007 in comparison to the previous year, although 2006 proved a record year, with the highest levels on record, 2.3 million, collected. However, 2008 looks set to prove far more complicated as the municipality currently has a freeze on all building permits being issued which will inevitably mean a fall in tax collected.
The Town Hall of Santa Eulalia has predicted a similar decrease with around 900,000 less being raised in 2007 than the previous year.
All of the municipal leaders have called on more Government money to be made available, claiming they would not be able to keep up the amount currently being pumped into public services if, as predicted, construction grinds to a standstill.

No Charge
The morning-after pill is to be dispensed free of charge, according to revolutionary new laws being introduced by the Balearic Government. The moves, which will be approved in September after the summer break, will allow women to obtain the pill for free with a prescription.
Margalida Buades, the director general of Ib-Salut, the Balearic Health Authority, said the new moves would be accompanied by a campaign concentrating on youngsters and immigrants. The stats for last year showed 46.1 per cent of those who aborted were immigrants, the majority from Central and South America. During the first six months of 2007 a total of 1,597 abortions took place, just 4.4 per cent of which occurred in public hospitals.
Buades confirmed that the pill was already being widely used by women in the Balearics, with a total of 10,000 sold last year, 25.17 per cent up from 2006. She added that the measures were being put in place to control the issuing of the drug and ensure it was available to all.

Low-Cost Flights
Despite the announcement by RyanAir two weeks ago that it is to start a route between the capital and Milan in October, it appears that, in general, the low cost airlines are staying away from the island, especially in winter. Although many, including Vueling and Easyjet, have recently started their summer routes, Ibiza still remains an unattractive option in winter. AENA (airport authority) figures released last week showed that during the first four months of the year, the top three companies flying to and from the island remained Air Nostrum (151,600), Air Europa (108,430) and Spanair (90,650), with the nearest low-cost airlines Clickair (69,200) and Air Berlin (40,940) transporting over three times less the volume of passengers.
The Councillor for Tourism, Pepa Mari, announced last week at the unveiling of the new RyanAir route that she was speaking to several other companies which had expressed a desire to operate during the winter months. However, she said it was still too early to reveal any specific details and it remains to be seen whether her wish is to become a reality.

Fruit Crop
The general manager of Agroeivissa, the company which markets and sells home-grown fruit warned, last week, that the persistent rain in May is likely to have an effect on some of the islands fruit and vegetable crop. Pep Mayans said the two crops which had suffered most due to the wet conditions and the cooler temperatures were the watermelon and melon, also hinting that the cooler temperatures would also affect the formation of the fruit and that many had been deformed by the constant changing of conditions.
Extremely wet springs and summers tend to increase disease problems for growers, who have to spend more money to control things like gummy stem blight, whereas if the weather stays on the dry side, growers will have fewer disease problems.
Excessive moisture tends to saturate melons too, and make them less sweet. In dry conditions, the grower who can irrigate can better control how much water his crop gets. Sunshine contributes to melon sweetness, too. Dry conditions mean less cloud coverage. Less cloud coverage means more sunshine and sweeter melons.

Can Chaos Yet Again
Can Misses, the public hospital on the island, is set for total collapse this summer despite receiving more help than ever from the local health centres on the island. Doctor Alfredo Cenarro, head of the A&E department at the hospital claimed the present facilities were apt for between 100-120 cases every day. They were currently receiving up to 200, a number which was set to rise to nearly 300 in August.
The department is currently undergoing restructuring which will increase the total surface area by around 300m2, creating nine new cubicles, taking the total to 15.
Cenerro admitted that in a few months the A&E department would look more like Beirut, due to the increased activity caused by the rise in the population. However he promised they would once again cope, helped by the opening of several new health centres around the island, many with A&E departments, which help deal with the less serious cases, which before were clogging up the system. He said there was still a shortage of professionals in A&E, a problem they were hoping to resolve within the next few weeks.
He also commented that the assistance of organisations like Emergency Staff who were currently working in many of the islands clubs also helped alleviate the problem, as they again dealt with many of the non-urgent injuries occurring.
During the opening weekend of the clubs, a normal blackspot for the hospital, just seven people were taken to A&E, way down on the 30 attended at the closing parties last year. This was credited to the help provided by Emergency Staff, in addition to the clubs themselves who were said to be becoming more responsible.

Flight Price Increase
Globalia, the company which owns Air Europa, has announced increases of around 10% on flight tickets due to the rising petrol prices. Julio Fernandez said fuel subsidies, which account for around 30 per cent of the ticket price, would be increased by between 20-30 per cent. However, he remarked that tariffs would still have to remain competitive due to the over supply currently in the marketplace.
The news followed the announcement of a 5% increase on the price of SpanAir tickets for similar reasons.
However it looks like good news for island residents as Air Nostrum revealed prices would not be rising on flights to and from Ibiza, despite the 500% increase in fuel prices during the last four years.

Prosecution to Appeal
The owner and managing director of Herbusa, the company which runs the refuse tip in Can na Putxa, have been found not guilty by the court in Palma of crimes against the environment. Vicente Bufi and Antoni Ribas were facing 41 years in jail for the offences, which included not having the appropriate licences for the dump, as well as for contaminating the water supply in the area. The judge claimed there was no clear evidence the waste facility was to blame for the contamination of the water supplies in the area. It is claimed the leaking of leachate into the supply caused the contamination. Leachate is the liquid that drains or 'leaches' from a landfill, caused principally by precipitation percolating through waste deposited in a landfill. Once in contact with decomposing solid waste, the percolating water becomes contaminated, and if it then flows out of the waste material it is termed leachate.
The day after the not-guilty verdicts the public prosecutor said that he would be appealing against the decision. He added that the fact the judge decided not to accept the analysis carried out on the water supply severely affected the result. The judge at the time remarked he would not be taking the findings of the analysis into consideration because the 2002 study was not carried out with the necessary guarantees to make the study reliable.

Average Results
The beach resorts of San Jose and the north of the island were the two main casualties during the opening month of the season, according to the latest figures by the Hotel Federation of Ibiza and Formentera. The beaches of San Jose, which include Cala Tarida and Cala Vadella, suffered a decrease in hotel occupancy of 42.7 per cent in comparison to last year. Likewise the north of the island, including the popular family resorts of Portinax and San Miguel, was also down on last year, this time by a modest 7.3 per cent.
Results on the whole were similar to last year, although Roberto Hortensius, president of the Federation, claimed they were disappointing. He said a number of factors including the continuing weak pound, the economic crisis across Europe and poor weather had combined to stall the opening month of the season this year.
Santa Eulalia recorded the highest increase on the island (9.7 per cent), whilst San Antonio and The Bay had fewer visitors (-3.8 per cent) mainly due to the work taking place on the boulevard which caused huge disruption in the area during the first 15 days of the season.
Formentera, however, broke all records with an increase of 12.7 per cent during May, its first increase during this particular month in four years and further evidence that the island is becoming more popular in the shoulder months.

Its Raining Again
The wet weather which has besieged the island during the months of May and June continued during the week, with San Juan particularly affected. On Wednesday a total of 56 litres of water, more than double the average rainfall during an entire average June, fell in the municipality, with the beaches at es Canar and Portinax completely flooded during the heaviest downpours.
Although heavy rain was seen in various spots around the island, San Juan took the brunt with the airport registering 14 litres per m2 on Wednesday. However, the rainfall caused chaos in the centre especially at the courthouse, which once again flooded causing substantial damage, particularly in the archives department.
Sea temperatures have also been affected by the cold snap with temperatures 1-2oC lower than normal for this time of year.
Agusti Jansa, head of the Balearic Meteorological Centre, said the long term forecast looked brighter, maintaining this unseasonal weather would give way to a long, hot, dry summer.

New Route
Aer Lingus, the low-cost Irish airline, has begun a new route to the island from Dublin, the Irish capital. The details were unveiled at a press conference attended by the managing director of the company in Spain, Aisling Lyons, and the delegate for Catalunya and the Balearics, Pilar Gimeno.
The route, which is set to run until 4th October, will operate twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays leaving Dublin at 11.30a.m. and returning from Ibiza at 7.30p.m.
The company will be using an Airbus A320 with capacity for 174 passengers. Comfort will be the key, with the leather clad seats offering first-class luxury and seat space. Prices will start at 48 per journey, including all taxes.
Lyons said the strategy of the company was to reduce costs so that cheaper prices could be passed on to the public, although she said safety continued to be of the upmost importance.
The airline, which owns a total of 41 planes, currently runs a number of routes to the Spanish mainland and Mallorca.

Airport Road
On Friday officials at the Island Council announced that, barring any last minute hitches, work on the airport road should be finished by the end of June. The project has already been delayed for several days due to the poor weather over the last six weeks. The transport strike on the mainland could also affect the timeframe as material may be needed to finish off the road. However, the Council remained optimistic and said they were convinced it could be finished on time.
Although the road will be opened at the beginning of July, the drainage problem affecting the road will not be fixed until later in the year, as the piping needs to be installed under the sea, which will need the approval of other departments including the Coastal and Environmental Authorities.

New Bus Routes
On Friday the councillor for transport, Albert Prats, announced an increase in the bus service to and from the airport from all the major towns on the island.
The service from the airport to the capital will become 24-hours, with five new services running from 12.30a.m. to 6.30a.m. ensuring transport to the capital will be available to all of those travellers arriving in the early hours. This will run from 1st July until 31st August after which normal service will be resumed.
The Airport-San Antonio route will be extended until 2.30a.m. and include five additional journeys which will now include San Jose and the bay of San Antonio.
Airport-es Canar, passing through Santa Eulalia, will have the same timetable as last year.
The cost on all of the routes will be 3, an amount Prats considered very reasonable.

SAN ANTONIO
Sala Query
Mayor Jose Sala revealed on Saturday that he has asked the judge specific details of how he wants the Cretu house to be demolished.
The mansion, built in the mountainside of Santa Ines, is under orders to be flattened by 18th November after it was illegally built by the Romanian music producer Michael Cretu. He obtained permits from the Town Hall which should not have been issued, meaning his chances of compensation remain high, a decision which could bankrupt the municipality.
Sala revealed the query had been raised by the technicians overseeing the demolition plans. He continued that there were two ways the demolition, which has been over a year in the planning stage, could be carried out. They can simply flatten the house and take the debris to the waste tip, or they can carefully dismantle it, piece by piece, in order to save as much of the structure as possible. He admitted the difference in price would be substantial, with the latter costing at least double.

Holiday from Hell
San Antonio was pushed to the centre of the war of words between the British and German press last week, as the highly respected German newspaper el Bild described it as a place to avoid due to the high number of British holidaymakers in the resort. The conflict began the previous week when a number of tabloids in the United Kingdom reported on a story in which a family, holidaying in the Greek island of Kos, was compensated by the tour operator, Thomson, after they were surrounded by Germans at their hotel. They complained they had been led to believe the hotel would be British based. However, on arrival they found they were surrounded by German holidaymakers and the evening entertainment was in German, meaning their two children were unable to get involved. The family were eventually compensated 1,100 with victim Mr David Barnish telling the Daily Mail. 'I feel we were cheated by Thomson because at no stage did they warn us that this hotel was geared up to catering for Germans, not English people. I am not a racist, but when I pay so much money for a holiday, I expect to be able to make use of the facilities and activities we are paying for.'
The Bild responded to the story by listing a number of places it said were better avoided if their readers did not want to be surrounded by Brits. And you guessed it, second on the list, San Antonio. The newspaper claimed the Brits drink too much and have poor dress sense, before really punching below the belt and mocking us for not making the Euro 2008 Championships currently taking place in Switzerland and Austria.
One local hotelier claimed it is always best to keep these sworn enemies apart, claiming the fights over the sun-beds in the morning were just too traumatic.

New Emergency Service
The emergency services will have a unit based in San Antonio 24 hours a day from 1st June until 30th September after a special request was made by the Town Hall. The service was previously provided just twelve hours a day last year, something the municipal administration wanted to increase during the busiest months of the year. The borough now joins Ibiza Town which also has a round the clock service available. The added service will also mean doubling the staff needed to twelve in total, made up of six medical assistants and six nurses.
The ambulance will be based in the Cervantes school for the time being, until the new Health Centre is complete which is to include a permanent base for the vehicle and should be completed some time next year. A room has been donated by the Town Hall which will temporarily house all of the staff, as well as vital medical equipment. Councillor Vicent Costa said the new installations were far more appropriate and included bedrooms, a bathroom and a fridge for medical supplies.

Centre Closed Off
The Town Hall of San Antonio began its no-car policy throughout the centre of town on Friday, by closing a total of 15 roads to traffic. The councillor in charge, Vicente Costa, explained the moves were being made to create a safer environment, which would benefit both businesses and tourists using the area. The new measures began on Friday and will continue until 30th September between 6p.m. and 2a.m. The roads will be closed using bollards which can be lowered to ensure emergency access to those who own parking spaces in the zone, as well as the police and ambulance services.
Although a great deal of the town has already been pedestrianised, new roads have been incorporated this year including calle Progreso, Bartolomé Vicente Ramón and Sant Agnés.

SAN JOSE
Cala Complaints
Business owners from the Cala de Bou area met with the mayor last week to discuss a number of issues they claim need to be urgently addressed within the district. Their main aim is to see a higher police presence in the area which, as well as ensuring safer conditions for the many tourists who visit every year, will also help to control the proliferation of street sellers. They claim nothing is currently being done as the sellers calmly continue to ply their illegal trade which has a major affect on local shops and supermarkets.
They are also asking for two car parks to be built in the area, in addition to safer zebra crossings and stricter speed controls. They claim the measures will ensure safer conditions for both tourists and residents.
Finally, they demanded better disabled access, especially on the es Caló road, for both wheelchair users and those with prams.

SANTA EULALIA
Landslide Injuries
Two tourists were injured on Saturday after a landslide in Aguas Blancas, the popular beach in Santa Eulalia. The two Spanish women, aged between 28 and 30, were sunbathing at the time the rocks slid down the side of the cliff. One of the women suffered a blow to the head, whilst the other fractured her arm. An ambulance was called to the scene and treated both patients at the beach, before transferring them to Can Misses from where they were released later in the afternoon.
Officers said they thought the landslide had been caused by the wet weather over the past six weeks. A total of two tonnes of rocks and sand are estimated to have slid down the cliff face.

Child Abuse
A 37 year old Spanish man was arrested in Santa Eulalia on Monday accused of the sexual abuse of a minor. The arrests came after a denuncia by the parents of the 12 year old girl. The arrested man was a friend of the family and, although no more details of the case have yet to be released, it is believed the abuse occurred over a considerable period of time. The judge ordered the man be sent to prison without the option of bail, whilst further investigations are carried out.

Fight Club
The case involving three residents of the Valverde complex in Santa Eulalia began last week. The incident in question occurred on 21st October 2006 and resulted in two Dutch residents and a British man being arrested. It appears the problem began after comments were made regarding one of the mens wife. It ended with one of the participants being injured in the face after a second row began regarding a parking space. All are facing jail-terms of up to a year and a half, as well as fines in the region of 3,000. All claim they were acting in self-defence.

FORMENTERA
Mayans Proposal
The islands representative in the Balearic Parliament, Pep Mayans, has once again insisted that the journey currently running between Formentera and the mainland be made a public interest route. Mayans promised during his election campaign that he would force the issue, a pledge he has stuck to during his constant campaigning.
Making the route of public interest would firstly give the Balearic Government more leeway in granting discounts, as ultimately the National Government would pick up the bill. However, more importantly, states the minister, the new legislation would mean regular services would take place between the island and the mainland, and there would never be a risk of the island becoming isolated.
It is hoped this would have a knock-on effect and make the island more attractive for residents, especially qualified medical staff, who are desperately needed for the new hospital on the island. He claimed the island had been left detached for far too long and it was now time for immediate action from the Government.
His calls were backed by the Balearic Government, giving the motion far more weight as he prepares to take his proposal all the way to Madrid.

CRIME & INCIDENTS

Robbery with Violence
At approximately 3a.m. on Tuesday morning the 10th June, a 58 year old Englishman residing in Ibiza was violently attacked by four men, and robbed of a laptop computer, as he walked along Calle de la Virgen, in Ibiza Old Town. He was knocked unconscious after sustaining serious facial injuries. After emergency treatment at both Can Misses and the Vilas private hospitals he is now making a good recovery at his home.
The laptop computer is a black Dell Inspiron 1200 with English registration details on the underside and an English keyboard. Could any witnesses to this incident, or anyone with any knowledge of a computer of this make and model being offered for sale, please contact the Policia National denuncia hotline, 902-102-112, ask to report in English, if necessary, then quote Ibiza Atestado {Case Number} 69785, Instructor {Reporting Officer} 102317. Thank you very much.

Man Critical
A 21 year old Romanian man was severely injured on Thursday after being knocked down in Ibiza Town. The accident occurred as the victim was crossing the road outside the popular hardware store, Fita, at around 4p.m. He was carrying a bag of cement at the time. As he attempted to make his way across the road he was hit by an Audi A2 driven by a 27 year old Spanish woman. An ambulance was immediately called and the injured was rushed to Can Misses where he remained in intensive care over the weekend.
The driver was breathalysed at the scene but the test proved negative. She was allowed to go after initial investigations showed she had not been driving dangerously.

NEWS FROM THE MAINLAND
Mafia Raids
Spanish police have dismantled a Russian mafia group operating in Spain, making a total of 20 arrests. The operation took place in Mallorca, Marbella and several towns on the Costa del Sol, with officers seizing around 200,000 in cash and several luxury cars. In addition banks accounts in the region of 12 million were frozen pending further investigation.
The most high profile arrest in the nationwide operation, which involved more than 400 officers, came in Mallorca where police detained the alleged head of the Gennadios Petrov gang.
The group, known as Tambov/Tamboskaya, is alleged to be one of the four biggest in the world and was using Spain as its headquarters. It is suspected that members of the gang were involved in contract killings, drugs rings and extortion.
It was also reported in some papers that officers had also recovered a painting believed to be by the Spanish artist, Salvador Dali, from a villa in Valencia, although experts were yet to determine the authenticity of the artwork.

Zaragoza Exposition
Expo 2008, which is taking place this year in Zaragoza, was officially opened on Friday by The King and Queen of Spain. The event was also attended by the Prince and Princess of Asturias, other members of the Royal Family, the president, Jose Luis Zapatero, members of his Government and 5,000 invited guests from around the globe.
The event, which runs until 14th September, is being marketed as the biggest water festival on earth and involves the participation of 104 countries. The exhibitions most emblematic buildings are the Water Tower, a 76-metre-high transparent building designed by Enrique de Teresa to evoke a drop of water, the Zaha Hadid designed, Bridge Pavilion, and the river aquarium. The exposition site also hosts several spectacles, including a daily parade by Cirque de Soleil called The Awakening of the Serpent.
It is estimated a total of 7.5 million visitors will attend the three month long event, with the 30,000 season tickets already sold, although day entrance tickets are still available.
The site is around 25 hectares in size and concentrates on a specific theme, which in this case is "Water and Sustainable Development".
It is the first time the event is being held in Spain since Seville ´92, which had a lasting effect on the area, something the authorities are hoping for again this time around.

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