Palma’s municipal theatres will offer 139 performances during the 2024-2025 season
The Palma City Council has unveiled its ambitious cultural programme for the 2024-2025 season at the municipal theatres, featuring 92 artistic proposals, 139 performances, and 9 premieres. The programme includes theatre, music, circus, dance, magic, [...]
The Constitutional Court annuls the 30-minute rule for VTCs in the Balearic Islands
The Constitutional Court has annulled the Balearic regulation that required ride-hailing companies (VTC) to enforce a minimum pre-booking time of 30 minutes. This decision marks a new turn in the regulatory battle between public administrations [...]
The 2024 European Mobility Week in Palma arrives with familiar activities
The European Mobility Week 2024 will take place in Palma from 16 to 22 September, with a wide programme of activities aimed at promoting sustainable mobility. This year’s event is presented under the theme "Shared [...]
The Catalan Book Week 2024 in Palma celebrates Mallorcan literature
The Catalan Book Week 2024 will be held from September 12 to 15 in the gardens of the Centro Cultural La Misericòrdia in Palma. This emblematic literary event, organized by the Consell de Mallorca, celebrates [...]
The VII OUT! LGTBIQ+ Film Festival arrives in Palma with an exciting programme
The VII OUT! LGTBIQ+ Film Festival of the Balearic Islands will be held from 11 to 19 September 2024 in Palma, where it has established itself as a must-attend event for LGTBIQ+ cinema. This year, [...]
The Consell promotes the first Mallorca Bakery Festival
The Consell organizes the first edition of the Mallorca Bakery Festival. This event will take place on September 14 at the Centro Cultural La Misericòrdia in Palma. This gastronomic gathering, part of the Diada de [...]
Maika Makovski: “I don’t charge against the world, it is a desire to live in it, a very Mallorcan attitude”
Antonia Gil| Palma The multifaceted Maika Makovski (Palma, 1983) began writing songs at the age of twelve. With eight albums under her belt, to interview her is to feel the emotion, sensitivity and Mediterranean depth [...]
Marriage frenzy in Mallorca, destination wedding
Saying 'I do' in Mallorca is all the rage. Wedding planners have 2024 practically closed and are beginning to receive requests from couples to celebrate their wedding in 2025. "Since 2018 there has been a [...]
The correfoc of Sant Sebastià will round off Palma’s festivities
The correfoc of Sant Sebastià in Palma under the title 'Correfoc de Dimonis i Bèsties' will put the finishing touch to the Palma festivities of 2024. It is scheduled for Sunday from 19:00 until approximately [...]
Mario Mola, in Mallorca: “I’ve made up my mind that nothing lasts forever”
Starting to reap sporting rewards so early on encouraged him to make a full commitment to his career as a triathlete. "I was aware that not everyone can aspire to compete at an international level [...]
The Government and Booking.com will lead a pilot project to fight illegal tourist rentals
The Government of the Balearic Islands and Booking.com will launch a pilot collaboration project to combat illegal tourist rentals in the region. This was one of the conclusions of the meeting held between the two [...]
Albert Pinya: “To transgress at a time like the present is to paint a tree, some chickens…”
Text: Virginia Servera. Photos: Pep Caparrós. He studied Fine Arts for three months and became disenchanted. He discovered that training requires discipline but not necessarily academic. His path would be freer, self-taught and, above all, [...]
Fitur 2024 kicks off with a visit by the King and Queen of Spain to the Balearic Islands stand
Fitur 2024 kicked off this Wednesday at Ifema Madrid and one of the first public events of the fair was the visit of the King and Queen of Spain to the Balearic Islands stand. There, [...]
Inhabitants in Palma in 2023: The population grows by 1.78 % after two years of decline
How many inhabitants does Palma have? The census of the Balearic capital has 423,350 inhabitants, 7,410 more than in 2022, according to data published in January 2024 by the National Statistics Institute (INE). These data [...]
20th anniversary of Es Baluard Museu: programme of free activities
Es Baluard Museu d'Art Contemporani de Palma celebrates its 20th anniversary on 30th January 2024 with various commemorative acts and events. A programme of free activities for the public to celebrate its two decades. In [...]
The spinning top circus by Mallorcan Guillem Vizcaíno
The baldufas (spinning tops) are the protagonists of Poi, the play by the Mallorcan Guillem Vizcaíno (Cia D'es Tro) that has toured almost all of Spain, part of France, Portugal and Italy. The inquer, who [...]
Chinese New Year in Palma 2024: change of location to Pere Garau
The celebration of the Chinese New Year in Palma 2024 will change location. This festival, promoted by the Chinese Association of the Balearic Islands, Achinib, will take place in Pere Garau. Thus, on the 11th [...]
Mallorca commits to responsible tourism and two outstanding events at Fitur 2024
Mallorca is preparing to stand out at the next edition of the International Tourism Fair (Fitur) in Madrid, which begins on 24 January 2024. The island's presence at this event will focus on promoting responsible [...]
Studio Weil in Port d’Andratx: Twenty Years of Architectural Splendour
Studio Weil, the work of the prestigious architect Daniel Libeskind, celebrates two decades in Port d'Andratx. "I was commissioned to build a modest but very important building", said Daniel Libeskind (1946, Poland) about the only [...]
Symphony, an immersive experience by “la Caixa” Foundation
The "la Caixa" Foundation project, Symphony, invites visitors to feel like a musician in an orchestra with the support of virtual reality technology. An immersive audiovisual experience to travel through emotions and music. By simply [...]
The storm Juan threatens the Sant Sebastià Revetla
The squall Juan is expected to reach the Balearic Islands this Friday and last until Saturday. In its path, it will leave rain, wind and a drop in temperatures, according to the State Meteorological Agency [...]
Biel Mesquida’s most intimate voice
The Mallorcan writer transforms himself into the protagonist in his latest book, Passes per Palma, and anticipates that in his next novel he will depict "Biel Mesquida's war of 1936" Virginia Servera. Palma | Photos: [...]
This was the total number of passengers at Palma airport in 2023
Palma airport registered a record number of passengers landing or taking off at its facilities in 2023. For yet another year, Son Sant Joan International Airport was the third busiest airport in Spain, only surpassed [...]
Fitur 2024 expects record figures for its 44th edition
The event will feature 9,000 companies, 152 countries and 806 exhibitors The International Tourism Trade Fair (Fitur) to be held in Madrid from 24 to 28 January is expected to break records in terms of [...]
PIMEM urges small businesses to close down for Sant Sebastià
The Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises in Mallorca makes this call to prevent it from ending up being a "meaningless" working day and blames the political parties for having removed Palma's patron saint's day [...]
Guillem Mascaró is sworn in as the new chief of the Palma Local Police
Mascaró assured that one of the challenges facing the force in the coming years is the need to increase material and personal resources in order to work on the model of proximity that citizens expect [...]
Ben Jakober, Yannick Vu and the legacy of the Sa Bassa Blanca Museum
The story of their life through art. This is how Ben Yakober and Yannick Vu describe the essence of Sa Bassa Blanca Museum, the legacy that was not foreseen when they arrived in Mallorca in [...]
Disinformation and extreme weather, major threats to global stability
The Global Risks Report 2024, recently published by the World Economic Forum, analyses the challenges facing the planet in the next two years and the following decade. The most serious global risk identified in the [...]
Gente Global in Mallorca
Mallorca dazzles people from all corners of the world: Marcel Remus, Veronica Traynor, Eszter Kiss, Benedikt Gans, Jim Drabbe and Gennaro Savanelli are some of them. Get closer to their life stories through Mallorca Global [...]
The Consell de Mallorca orders the immediate closure of the Maritime Museum of Mallorca for safety reasons.
"For more than three years the Ses Voltes facilities have not been a safe place, despite receiving weekly visits from schools and associations," said the vice-president of the island institution, Antonia Roca, after receiving a [...]
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