The year-on-year unemployment rate in the Balearic Islands rose by 14.5% in the second quarter of 2024
The year-on-year unemployment rate in the Balearic Islands increased by 14.5 percent between April and June 2024, compared to the 11.8 percent reduction recorded during the first quarter of this year, according to data from [...]
The Copa del Rey Mapfre de Vela 2024 kicks off on 27 July with a record number of entries
From 27 July to 3 August, the Real Club Náutico de Palma will host the 42nd edition of the Copa del Rey MAPFRE de Vela 2024, one of the biggest cruising regattas in the Mediterranean. [...]
Work on Plaça Espanya in Palma to finish on 23rd August
The works for the integral renovation project of Plaça Espanya in Palma have a new completion date: 23 August 2024. The Junta de Govern has approved new provisions in relation to the contract, awarded on [...]
Felipe VI receives Margalida Prohens, President of the Balearic Government, in audience
His Majesty the King received Margalida Prohens, President of the Balearic Islands, this morning at 10:10 am at the Royal Palace of La Almudaina. This audience is part of the series of meetings with representatives [...]
Palma Jazz Festival 2024 offers four concerts on Thursdays in August at the Bellver Castle
Palma Jazz Festival 2024 promises to be a highlight event in the cultural calendar of Palma, featuring a series of four concerts taking place on the first Thursdays of August at the Castell de Bellver. [...]
The City Council promotes the creation of 8,000 new parking spaces in Palma
Palma's Municipal Car Park Plan envisages the possibility of creating 26 municipally-owned car parks, under concession and residential schemes, in the period 2024-2035, adding up to more than 8,000 new spaces and with a public-private [...]
More than 270 incidents in Majorca due to the storm
The Consell de Mallorca has registered more than 270 incidents, between yesterday and today, due to the severe storm that has swept the island this Sunday. The brigades of roads and the Bombers de Mallorca [...]
The Craftsmen’s Guild calls on the Consell to promote a new Baleart
The Gremi d'Oficis Artesans, an association of crafts professionals affiliated to Pimem, has asked the Department of Culture and Heritage to promote the organisation of a new Crafts Fair, similar to the now defunct BaleArt [...]
Two of the ten most expensive houses in Spain are for sale in Mallorca
Mallorca has two of the ten most expensive homes for sale in Spain. The two properties, located in Andratx and Calvià, break into the ranking of the ten most expensive homes for sale in Spain [...]
Chaos in Mallorca due to rain and wind storm
There are 450 incidents caused by the storm of hurricane winds, rain and hail that has hit this Sunday especially Palma and Calvià, leaving chaos on its way through Mallorca. 210 incidents have been counted [...]
Magaluf bakery fined 60,000 euros for selling alcohol after hours
Agents of the Local Police of Calvià have detected an oven in the area of Magaluf that was selling alcohol outside the hours permitted by the Decree of Tourism Excesses 1/2020. As a precautionary measure, [...]
The Alcúdia Fair 2023 is just getting under way
Alcúdia is already preparing its 2023 Fair, which will be held on 29th and 30th September and 1st October. The Town Hall has opened the application period for the installation of stalls at the fair. [...]
Patron saint festivities this August weekend in Mallorca
Celebrations and festivities continue in August in Mallorca, spread throughout the length and breadth of the island. Tradition and current events are mixed in the program of the different municipalities of the island that still [...]
Luis Rubiales: “I will not resign, I will go to the end”
The president of the Spanish soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, refuses to resign and assures that the kiss with Jenni Hermoso was "mutual and consented". This is what he said in an appearance a few minutes [...]
Balearic Islands could lose up to 8.16% of overnight stays due to higher temperatures
Spain is one of the four countries that could lose the most visitors due to an increase in heat waves. This is reflected in the Joint Research Centre's analysis for the European Commission, which speaks [...]
Luis Rubiales will resign as president of the federation today
It will be at the Extraordinary General Assembly scheduled for this morning in Madrid, at noon, when Luis Rubiales will present his resignation as president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation after the controversy over [...]
SAMU figures: 15 emergency transfers every hour so far this year
During the first six months of this year, the 061 Emergency Medical Care Service (SAMU 061) of the Balearic Islands carried out, on average, fifteen emergency patient transfers every hour, a figure extrapolated from the [...]
Lloret invites to the Fig Festival 2023 on September 2
Lloret de Vistalegre celebrates the Fig Festival, which reaches its XLII edition in 2023. It will be held on Saturday 2 September, a day dedicated to extolling one of its most traditional products: the fig. [...]
Maria de la Salut celebrates the 27th edition of Rock’N’Rostoll this Saturday
Everything is ready in Maria de la Salut to celebrate the 27th edition of Rock'N'Rostoll. In 2023, the festival will feature 15 bands divided between the two stages of the event. Rock 'N Rostoll 2023 [...]
World champions Cata Coll and Mariona Caldentey, together with the Spanish national team, arrive today in Palma
In an act of homage open to the public that will take place in the Llotja de Palma this afternoon from 7 p.m., the president of the Government, Margalida Prohens, will receive the world champions [...]
The Balearic Islands is the region with the largest offer of luxury homes in Spain
The Balearic Islands is the autonomous community with the most luxury homes advertised in the whole country. This is reflected in the data provided by the real estate portal Idealista, where luxury homes are considered [...]
Armengol convenes the investiture debate on September 26th and 27th
The president of the Congress of Deputies, Francina Armengol, announced this Wednesday that the investiture plenary session of the PP candidate Alberto Núñez Feijóo will be held within a month, on September 26 and 27 [...]
More than 10.5 million overnight stays in hotels in the Balearic Islands in July
Hotel establishments in the Balearic Islands have reached 10,566,115 overnight stays in July 2023, according to data released Wednesday by the National Statistics Institute (INE). Of these, 983,814 belong to residents in Spain and 9,582,302 [...]
Marratxí resumes Fang Tapa, its tapas route by train on Thursdays 24th and 31st
Marratxí Town Council has presented the second edition of the Fang Tapa tapas route by train. A way of promoting and discovering the gastronomy of the municipality to the citizens. This second edition returns with [...]
Yellow alert: Temperatures could reach 39ºC today
The State Meteorological Agency of the Balearic Islands confirms the warnings for high temperatures that will be maintained at least until Friday in the Balearic Islands with maximum temperatures that will not go below 36ºC [...]
The King entrusts the formation of the Government to Feijóo
The president of the Congress, Francina Armengol, has announced the mandate of King Felipe VI for the candidate of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, to form a new Government after the round of consultations [...]
Back to school will be 4% more expensive this year
Just three weeks before the start of a new school year, next September 11, this 2023 the price increase will make Balearic families also suffer when it comes to preparing 'back to school'. On average, [...]
Germany builds its own Mallorca: Dünenpark, its new Baltic tourist resort
The Baltic Sea coast is about to undergo an unprecedented transformation with the arrival of a new tourist landmark in the Bay of Lübeck: Dünenpark, the Grömitz dune park. An ambitious project that many are [...]
Police seize more than 70 counterfeit luxury brand handbags in Palma
The Local Police of Palma seized more than 70 counterfeit luxury brand handbags this weekend through various controls against irregular street sales. The agents detected bags from brands such as Zadig & Voltaire (4), Louis [...]
World champions visit Eivissa today
The Spanish women's soccer team will land with the World Cup before five o'clock in the afternoon and will make a parade by bus to the Consell de Eivissa, where they will be received by [...]
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