Bartomeu Bestard: “Without Literature, History cannot be fully understood”
After decades studying Ciutat, Bartomeu Bestard presents his new book, Historia de la ciudad de Palma, a journey that turns dates into narrative, connecting key moments from prehistory to the present day through an approach [...]
Santanyí: Festivals and traditions to experience summer and autumn
SPECIAL CONTENT LEISURE'26 The municipality has a calendar that captures the essence of its towns and villages through their most emblematic celebrations. Every year, Santanyí presents a full calendar of fires i festes that structures [...]
High temperatures in the Balearic Islands: the deadly impact of heat
High temperatures have caused 2,264 deaths in the Balearic Islands since 2018, most of them due to the worsening of pre-existing conditions in chronically ill patients In summer, heat can shift from being a simple [...]
The “Colours of the World”, at CaixaForum Palma
CONTENIDO ESPECIAL La directora de CaixaForum Palma, Margarita Pérez-Villegas, y el asesor científico de la exposición, Rubén Duro. Foto: Fundació "la Caixa". The world in full colour “Everything depends on the colour of [...]
Ernest Riera, a screenwriter from Mallorca: The art of writing the fear
Fear works across all cultures. It needs no translation, no film stars and no big budgets. A good story is enough. Ernest Riera knows this well. The Mallorcan screenwriter has taken part in international productions, [...]
Puerto Portals, 40 years creating memories together
SPECIAL CONTENT Puerto Portals celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Strategically located in the Bay of Palma, it has established itself as a benchmark for nautical excellence and leisure in the Mediterranean. Its evolution has [...]
Trump’s war and its economic effects in the Balearic Islands
Another disaster of the Trump administration. A humanitarian, political and economic disaster. The war between the United States and Iran creates potentially worse economic effects than those arising from its tariff policy. The key, of [...]
How long could Mallorca withstand a maritime blockade?
Echoes of war: the island imports more than 800,000 tonnes of food each year and has only a limited buffer if supplies are disrupted Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz have highlighted the fragility of [...]
Hiking in Calvià: nature and history, step by step
SPECIAL CONTENT LEISURE'26 The municipality has launched the island's first certified short walking routes to strengthen its commitment to hiking The route signage ensures simple and safe navigation along Calvià's certified walking trails. Photos: [...]
The Autos-Da-Fé against the chuetas, origins of a discrimination
It was in 1435 that the Jewish religion was prohibited in Mallorca. Logically, a decree cannot make someone stop believing what they believe. By this I mean that those who were forced to be baptised [...]
The new horizon of Club de Mar-Mallorca
SPECIAL CONTENT Palma's historic marina completes its transformation with new spaces, services and a concept open to the city Club de Mar-Mallorca begins a new chapter this summer following the completion of an ambitious refurbishment [...]
Mallorca, the setting for the “astronomical lottery” of the 2026 solar eclipse
Mallorca is preparing to witness one of the great natural phenomena of the coming years. The total solar eclipse of 2026, which on 12 August will darken the island for approximately 1 minute and 36 [...]
Album releases in 2026: Placebo, Muse, Ariana Grande, Madonna and other eagerly awaited albums
The 2026 music calendar arrives loaded with comebacks, full-length debuts and new chapters from some of the most recognizable names in international pop and rock. Among the standout releases are works by Placebo, Muse, Ariana [...]
Artificial intelligence (or not)
It all began in 1950, when Alan Turing published an article in whose opening paragraph he asked: can a machine think? The reason for something so unusual at the time was linked to a proposal [...]
Balears fall for the K-pop phenomenon
What is K-pop and why does it appeal to such a diverse audience? The rise of Korean artistic culture in the Balearic Islands has been gradual, gaining visibility thanks to local initiatives such as K-pop [...]
Palma, where the Mediterranean is savoured
SPECIAL CONTENT LEISURE'26 In Palma, gastronomy is part of the way the city is lived. It is a highly valuable expression present in its markets, bars, family tables, signature restaurants and in a culinary tradition [...]
When weight loss also reduces addiction, by Andreu Palou
In recent years, anti-obesity drugs have achieved unprecedented success, with clinically relevant and sustained weight reductions. Active ingredients such as semaglutide —marketed as Ozempic and Wegovy—, a GLP-1 receptor agonist, and more recently tirzepatide —Mounjaro [...]
Art exhibitions in Mallorca this summer 2026
Este verano llega cargado de nuevas propuestas expositivas en las principales galerías de arte y museos de la ciudad. Mallorca Global Mag te trae una completa agenda con algunas de las exposiciones de arte en [...]
Mallorca in the Spotlight: “When you do not have housing, you do not have identity”
The housing challenge for the inmigrant population The consuls of Morocco, Argentina and Finland discuss the housing crisis and its impact on foreign communities in Mallorca at Inca Access to housing has become one of [...]
Mallorca, the island of fitness: boom in gyms and sports activity
Mallorca is experiencing a surge in physical exercise that goes far beyond the gym: it combines health, image, social pressure and an increasingly powerful industry. There was a time when the island’s gyms could be [...]
Art Palma Summer 2026 returns with nearly 50 exhibitions across Mallorca
Art Palma Summer 2026 will bring together more than 20 galleries and exhibition spaces in Mallorca on 4 June for a new edition of the event organised by Art Palma Contemporani. The event, which opens [...]
Patricio Gómez: “Back then, there wasn’t as much fitness hype or body culture”
Patricio Gómez, founder of Chong Ma in 1976, looks back on the transformation of gyms in Mallorca from the era of martial arts to the current boom in physical exercise. Patricio Gómez has spent a [...]
Naty Company: “The growth of fitness is increasingly linked to health”
AEIEB president Naty Company analyses the expansion of the sector, the changing user profile and the main challenges in professionalisation, regulation and sustainability The physical exercise and sports sector is now an expanding ecosystem that [...]
María Colomer: “You have to eat in order to do sport, not do sport in order to eat”
Dietitian-nutritionist and Head of Training at CODNIB María Colomer discusses the rise in physical exercise, the normalisation of supplements such as protein and creatine, and the importance of putting nutrition at the centre Nutrition has [...]
Esther Bautista: “Within fitness, there is a very blurred boundary between commitment and obsession”
Esther Bautista, a psychologist specialising in eating disorders, warns that body dissatisfaction is appearing at increasingly early ages and that physical standards are already strongly affecting young men as well. Our relationship with the body [...]
David Abril: “It is no longer only important to be, nor even to have, but to seem”
UIB sociologist David Abril analyses the surge in physical exercise, the centrality of the body and the growing weight of image in an increasingly digital, more exposed society that is also more in need of [...]
Aina Galmés: “Professionalisation in the sector is key to guaranteeing safe, high-quality practice”
Aina Galmés, head of the degree in Sports Sciences at the UIB, explains the growing interest in this discipline, the most sought-after career paths and the challenges of a sector that continues to advance in [...]
Carmen Planas: “From the employers’ association, we believe the shadow economy needs to be brought into the open”
Carmen Planas, a graduate in Pharmacy from the University of Navarra, soon realised that she wanted to steer her professional career towards management and leadership. “I have always been very active, and although I liked [...]
Wages in the Balearic Islands rise by 6.3%, the largest increase in Spain
Wages in the Balearic Islands rose in 2025 by the largest amount in the country, with an increase of 6.3% compared with the previous year. According to data from the Quarterly Labour Cost Survey by [...]
“Mens sana in corpore sano” on the affluent island
Mallorca now has a sufficient critical mass of population to attract initiatives that, not so long ago, would have seemed unthinkable. The strong demographic momentum of recent years, driven above all by people arriving from [...]
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