The Fira del Caragol 2024 comes to Sant Jordi this weekend
Next Sunday weekend, from the 17th to the 19th of May, the Fira del Caragol will be held in the Sant Jordi neighbourhood in Palma. This popular event, which has now been held for more [...]
Dozens of activities planned for International Museum Day 2024
International Museum Day 2024 will be celebrated on Saturday 18th May, and more than a dozen exhibition spaces in Mallorca are joining the event with a full and varied programme of activities. Under the slogan [...]
The Mallorca Olympic Triathlon 2024 will once again bring together hundreds of athletes from all over the world
Mallorca Olympic Triathlon. Foto: @mallorcaolympictriathlon (Instagram) On Saturday 25th May, Colònia de Sant Jordi will host the 12th edition of the Mallorca Olympic Triathlon, a challenging event in which athletes from all over [...]
The Popular Race Palmadona 2024 offers 4,000 free registrations
The Parc de la Riera will host the seventh edition of the Popular Race Palmadona on Sunday the 19th of May, an event that has added a thousand more entries this year to encourage participation, [...]
Balearic water reserves fall to 53% in April, 9% less than in 2023
Water reserves in the Balearic Islands stood at 53% in April, a fall of 9% compared to the same period in 2023 and 2% compared to March 2024. Despite the fact that the benefit of [...]
Up to 1,500 euros fine for drinking alcohol in the street
The consumption of alcoholic beverages on public streets in certain tourist areas of Mallorca and Eivissa will be sanctioned with fines ranging from 500 to 1,500 euros, except for terraces or legally authorised areas. It [...]
A boost for the new tourism law and a message of optimism for the coming season on the first day of FITUR
The Balearic Islands has committed to allocate 60 million of European funds to the tourism sector to carry out the transformation reflected in the new tourism law, to which representatives of the hotel sector have [...]
A giant gate to inaugurate the Chinese New Year, a festival declared to be of municipal public interest
A large Chinese door, located at the entrance of the street Nuredduna, which will be visible from 21 January, at the intersection between Aragon and Avenidas street, will welcome all citizens who come to the [...]
Antonio Oliver, head of Microbiology at Son Espases: “There is more flu than COVID”
Antonio Oliver, jefe del Servicio de Microbiología del Hospital Universitario Son Espases. Foto: hospitalsonespases.es. The head of the Microbiology Service of the University Hospital of Son Espases, Dr. Antonio Oliver, explained that there [...]
Mallorca to continue with strong gusts of wind and waves
The gale blew down a large tree in Son Armadans street on the night of 16 January. In the photo, firefighters work to clear the area this morning. Photo Mallorca Global Mag. The wind and [...]
The Balearic Islands aim to consolidate the national market at Fitur 2023
The Balearic Islands will take part in the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) to be held in Madrid from 18 to 22 January with the aim of consolidating the domestic market and raising awareness of the [...]
Mallorca pledges to reduce emissions by at least 40% by 2030
The 53 municipalities that make up the island of Mallorca have joined the pact of municipalities promoted by the European Union to tackle climate energy: the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan. This agreement aims [...]
Sant Sebastià Palma 2023: concerts and programme
The Sant Sebastià Palma 2023 festivities will kick off next Saturday 14th January and will last until 29th January. In addition to the musical performances of the Revetla (19th of January), there will be concerts [...]
The King and Queen’s visit to Menorca in pictures
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia yesterday inaugurated the Llabrés pharmacy in Ciutadella, a property left to them by businessman Juan Ignacio Balada after his death in 2009. Balada bequeathed 50% of his estate to [...]
Miquel Àngel Salvà, vice-president of PIMEM-Comerç: “The sales are being weak”
More than a week after the winter sales began in Mallorca, the vice-president of PIMEM-Comerç, Miquel Àngel Salvà, told this newspaper that "they are a little slower than the sales of previous years. The cash [...]
Mallorca, one of the top five travel destinations in 2023 according to Forbes magazine
Few are questioning whether or not they will travel in 2023 but most are concerned about where they will travel. The prestigious Forbes magazine has listed the island of Mallorca as a possible leading leisure [...]
More authentic, wellness-focused travel and more spending: new trends for Spanish travellers in 2023
Travellers are regaining pre-pandemic confidence and the tourism sector is benefiting. This is what emerges from the study of Spanish traveller trends in 2023 by Marriott Bonvoy, which shows that holidays focused on wellness will [...]
1,240 € on average to live in dignity in Palma
An adult, understood as a person aged between 18 and 24 who is working and a person aged 25 or over, needs €1,240 on average to live a decent life in Palma, according to a [...]
Parking on the Paseo Marítimo: where to park from now on
As part of the remodelling work being carried out on the Paseo Marítimo, which will affect 3.5 kilometres of the promenade and a total of 183,670 m², this week saw the gradual removal of the [...]
The King and Queen of Spain to inaugurate the historic Llabrés pharmacy in Menorca on Thursday
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will travel to Ciutadella next Thursday to inaugurate the emblematic Llabrés pharmacy, a benchmark of modernism on the island, built between 1907 and 1908. After six years of renovation [...]
Balearic Islands breaks records in tourist spending in November but does not recover pre-pandemic figures for international visitors
The Balearic Islands have registered a new record for tourist spending in the month of November, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics. Compared to the same month in 2021, the expenditure [...]
Yllanes urges following the Canadian model in limiting the purchase of homes by non-residents
In the midst of the debate on whether the purchase of housing should be limited to non-residents of the islands or to those who have been living on the islands for less than five years [...]
Natalia Bueno: “The extra effort that Balearic residents have to make to buy and rent a home is much higher than the national average”.
Natalia Bueno en su despacho. The increase in demographic pressure, the lack of space and the paralysis of new construction are the breeding ground for prices to continue rising in 2023, according to [...]
Unemployment falls by 35.9% in December in the Balearic Islands
Unemployment fell by 35.9% in the Balearic Islands in December compared with the same month the previous year. This is one of the largest decreases among the autonomous communities in relative terms, with 20,123 fewer [...]
Rising prices are the main concern of the Balearic population
Runaway price increases, especially in basic products, are at the heart of the concerns of Balearic citizens, according to the latest issue of Quaderns Gadeso, which analyzes how Balearic society perceives the socioeconomic, political and [...]
Palma’s EMT is now free for users with a citizen’s card
Since yesterday, EMT Palma has been free of charge for all residents of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands. This measure, which is a key part of the social shield designed jointly with the [...]
Recycling in mallorca: waste flows
The island has had zero landfill since 2011, a model copied from northern European countries that avoids the existence of landfills - This is how recycling flows work on the island Photos: Tirme. [...]
Surveillance for new outbreak of COVID-19 from China
The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, appeared before a brief press conference this morning to explain the new health measures in response to the explosion of cases of COVID-19 from China. "We are going to [...]
The other side of Palma
The less visible face of the city, that of the homeless, is on the increase. Teresa Riera, a technician at the housing and homelessness service of Cáritas, has been helping this group for more than [...]
These are the foods without VAT from 2023 onwards
Pedro Sánchez has announced the anti-crisis measures that the government will introduce as of 1 January. Among them, the reduction of VAT on many foodstuffs. Foodstuffs that will reduce VAT in 2023 In addition to [...]
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