The feared horseshoe whip snake, classified as an invasive species, arrives in Sa Dragonera
At the end of April, the Sa Dragonera Natural Park, a valuable protected natural area in the Balearic Islands, was startled by the presence of a specimen of an invasive species: the horseshoe whip snake [...]
Balearic Islands exceed the national average in cannabis consumption and are below it in tobacco consumption
The cannabis consumption in the Balearic Islands is above the national average, while tobacco consumption continues to decline and is below the national average, according to the latest data from the EDADES survey 2023-2024. In [...]
Record employment and improved job quality in the Balearic Islands in 2024
The Balearic Islands closed the year 2024 with record figures in the labour market, consolidating their position as one of the Spanish autonomous communities with the best results in job creation and improvement in work [...]
Cort acts for the third time in April in Son Banya to demolish illegal constructions
The Palma City Council carried out a new intervention in the Son Banya settlement on Wednesday with the aim of removing illegal constructions built in recent days, reaffirming its commitment to upholding urban planning regulations. [...]
Margalida Prohens opens the Palma International Boat Show 2025
The President of the Balearic Islands, Margalida Prohens, officially opened the new edition of the Palma International Boat Show 2025 today, Tuesday. The event takes place from 30 April to 3 May at the Moll [...]
Organic farming in the Balearic Islands continues to gain ground: 3,696 more hectares and 43 additional operators in 2024
Organic farming in the Balearic Islands continues to show solid and sustained growth, according to data presented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Natural Environment and the Balearic Council for Organic Agricultural Production (CBPAE). [...]
These are the Sundays and public holidays when shops will be open in Mallorca in 2024
Which Sundays and public holidays will shops in Mallorca be open in 2024? The first session of the Inter-island Trade Advisory Commission, held in the presence of representatives of the four Balearic island councils and [...]
Rental subsidies 2023 in the Balearic Islands: applications from 15 November
The Government has published this Saturday the regulatory bases and the call for applications for rental aid 2023 in the Balearic Islands. The deadline for submitting applications in Palma, Mallorca and the rest of the [...]
Mostra de Cinema de Muntanya 2023: From October 16 to 25 in Mallorca
The Mostra de Cinema de Muntanya de Palma 2023 returns with 14 documentaries, a play and different conferences: film proposals related to the mountain will be screened in five venues in Mallorca until October 25 [...]
Espai Artesanal de Pollença 2023: 12 brands of handmade products
The ephemeral store of the Association of Artisans of Pollença, Espai Artesanal de Pollença 2023, opens its doors until October 15 in "La Taverna" in the Joan March Gardens. Textile products, natural fibers, jewelry and [...]
Palma’s Can Sales library celebrates Women Writers’ Day 2023
On Monday 16th October, the Can Sales Public Library of Palma is organising a collective reading on the occasion of Women Writers' Day. This year, the celebration reaches its eighth edition under the slogan "The [...]
Balearic Islands experiences three consecutive months of price hikes
The CPI, Consumer Price Index, rises to 4% in the Balearic Islands in September, with food 10% more expensive than a year earlier, according to data published Friday by the National Institute of Statistics The [...]
Balearic airports will operate more than 5,700 flights during the Pilar holiday weekend
The busiest day for air traffic will be Saturday, with a total of 1,269 scheduled flights. A total of 5,719 flights will be operated this Pilar long weekend, from Thursday to Sunday, in the Balearic [...]
The Fira d’Algaida 2023 arrives on October 14th
The Fira d'Algaida arrives, an invitation to explore and enjoy the culture, gastronomy and tradition of the Pla de Mallorca until October 31, both in this town and in the neighboring Pina. One of its [...]
The Fira de la Llampuga de Cala Rajada reaches its 20th edition
This year, the Fira de la Llampuga de Cala Rajada celebrates 20 years of celebrating this product. In 2023, the fair will take place on the weekend of 13th, 14th and 15th October. The 20th [...]
Felanitx Tech Weekend 2023 fosters technological and digital innovation
The Felanitx Tech Weekend 2023 will be held on the weekend of 13-15 October at the Polideportivo Guillem Timoner. This year the event reaches its 9th edition as a space for exchange and cooperation to [...]
Mallorcan writer Josep Nadal Suau wins the Anagrama Essay Prize
The essayist, literary critic and professor Josep Nadal Suau (Palma, 1980) has been awarded the 51st Anagrama Essay Prize for his work "Curar la piel. An essay on tattooing", in which he narrates the history [...]
Traffic restrictions on Sunday for the Palma Marathon Mallorca 2023
The city center and the Paseo Marítimo of Palma will suffer this weekend traffic cuts due to the Palma Marathon Mallorca 2023. The race, which will take place on Sunday, October 15, will force to [...]
Ibiza’s hotel sector is committed to turning the island into a more sustainable destination
ECO-ONE, a leading startup in hotel sustainability in Spain, and Palladium Hotel Group have organized in Ibiza the first working table included in the conference on hotel sustainability in the Balearic Islands 2023. The main [...]
Cattlemen reach an agreement in principle with Agama
The company Damm and the farmers have agreed to reach a more "consistent" agreement to prevent Agama from reducing by 40% the purchase of milk from farmers on the islands. An agreement has thus been [...]
Son Espases opens the exhibition on young people and mental health “A click to the mind”
Coinciding with World Mental Health Day on 10 October, Son Espases University Hospital has inaugurated the exhibition "A click to the mind", with photographs taken by young people and adolescents who attend the Day Hospital [...]
World Mental Health Day: Don’t give up
Young people between the ages of 13 and 17, most of them women, are increasingly suffering from emotional regulation problems that end up in anxiety disorders, suicidal behaviour or nutritional problems. On World Mental Health [...]
Mental health in the Balearic Islands: 150,000 people on medication and 103 suicides in 2022
In the Balearic Islands nearly 50,000 people suffer from some kind of mental health problem or disorder; first visits in all mental health facilities have increased by 16%, while the occupancy rate of acute wards [...]
Rents rise by nearly 20% in the Balearic Islands in one year according to the pisos.com portal
It is the most expensive community to live for rent according to the report published by pisos.com The price of rent in the Balearic Islands has registered an increase of 19.58% over last year, according [...]
Sánchez and Feijóo meet today at 5:00 p.m. in Congress
The acting president of the Government and candidate for investiture, Pedro Sánchez, is scheduled to meet with the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, today Monday at 5 pm in a room of the [...]
Israel’s war in Gaza: two days with more than 2,300 injured, 1,100 killed and 130 kidnapped
More than 1,100 dead as a result of the Hamas attack and Israeli retaliation, with more than 2,300 wounded. For its part, the bombardment of Gaza has caused 436 deaths. Hamas and Islamic Jihad claim [...]
Five tonnes of waste removed from the Balearic coastline in September
The coastal cleaning boats of the Regional Ministry of the Sea and Water Cycle removed a total of 5,263.97 kilos of waste in the Balearic Islands in September. This amount is distributed among the different [...]
Fira B! 2023: 27 performing arts shows with Chile as guest country
The eighth edition of Fira B! 2023 is the stage for the most important professional music and performing arts market in the Balearic Islands. It will be held on October 9, 10, 11 and 12, [...]
FIET 2023 Mallorca: Vilafranca prepares for the children’s theatre festival
FIET 2023, one of the most important children's and youth theatre fairs in Spain, returns to Mallorca from 19 to 24 October. The Children's and Youth Theatre Fair of the Balearic Islands, held in Vilafranca, [...]
The Cathedral of Mallorca unveils its new Led lighting
The mayor of Palma, Jaime Martínez Llabrés, accompanied by the bishop of Mallorca, Monsignor Sebastià Taltavull, and the dean of the Cathedral, D. Teodoro Suau, has attended this Thursday the commissioning of the new exterior [...]
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