Festes de la Mare de Déu del Carme 2024, the best opportunity to discover Port d’Andratx
The much-awaited Festes de la Mare de Déu del Carme 2024 in Port d'Andratx start today, Tuesday, July 9th, and will end next Tuesday, July 16th. This week of patronal festivities is one of the [...]
Global People: citizens of the world residing in Mallorca
Mallorca is a land of welcome for people from all over the world. Get to know their stories and the attractions of this paradise. Name: Pierce Broderick. Country of birth: Ireland. Time in Mallorca: 30 [...]
The true progressivism
This country called Spain is burdened by Manichaeism. Mine are the good guys, the others are the bad ones. What a bore and how much nonsense. Since when has it been going on? Perhaps since [...]
Creativity to build in a sustainable way
Bio-passive housing and sustainable buildings do not have to be a luxury, says architect Jaume Luis Salas, of the prestigious inquer Marés studio. "The island needs continuous and up-to-date planning, which we don't have at [...]
Mallorca, the swimwear fashion epicentre
The picture-postcard beaches and the Mediterranean essence that are so characteristic of Mallorca make the island the best setting for numerous swimwear brands to come and photograph their models wearing the swimming costumes that will [...]
Zoomers & Boomers
My daughter was born in 1998. I was born in 1956. In sociological terms, she is a "zoomer" and I am a "boomer". This vocabulary sounds like an idiotic Hollywood comedy, but it is what [...]
Business of the Paseo Marítimo are demanding economic aid for the huge losses
The businessmen affected by the works of the Paseo Marítimo in Palma have expressed their dissatisfaction with the economic losses of their businesses and warn of closures due to the works, which have already affected [...]
The sale of food prepared in homes has been authorized
Anyone who wants to carry it out will have to submit a responsible declaration of compliance with the legal requirements applicable to the exercise of the activity The government has authorized the sale of food [...]
Unemployment continues to drop in the Balearic Islands in January
Unemployment continues to drop in the Balearic Islands in January 2023, to 35,554 unemployed, 34.7% less than a year earlier and 41% less than in the same month of 2019, before the pandemic. These are [...]
Menorca, more environmentally protected
The Balearic Parliament has approved the Menorca Biosphere Reserve Law, which allows the island council to act against over-tourism and limit everything from vehicle volume to maritime anchoring Thirty years after the declaration by UNESCO, [...]
The restriction on the Formentor road is extended 37 days
The restrictions for accessing the Formentor road are extended this summer from June 1st to September 30th, a total of 37 days This summer, the restriction on accessing Formentor by private vehicle, between 10 a.m. [...]
The Balearic Government detects the increase in prices of large stores
The Balearic Government has detected that large stores have increased prices and has communicated this to the National Commission of the Market and Competition (CNMC) According to the autonomous executive, it has detected the increase [...]
Balearic Islands will require Catalan for 80% of healthcare workers
After weeks of controversy, the Government has reached an agreement for the Balearic Islands to require the requirement of Catalan in 80% of the positions offered in the stabilization process for doctors and nurses In [...]
IB3 integrates over 300 public entity workers
IB3 concludes today the process of integrating over 300 workers among informative staff, technicians, and exploitation, and converts them into permanent public administration staff, after 18 years of outsourcing IB3 integrates today the workers from [...]
The protests of temporary teachers continue for the “death” of their rights
The group of temporary teachers, who have been demanding improvements in their working conditions for some time, delivers a manifesto with their demands at the Education Ministry. Approximately 200 teacher without a permanent position gathered [...]
The minimum wage to be increased to 1.080 euros per month
The Executive agrees with the unions and without the employers' association an 8% increase of the Interprofessional Minimum Wage that will affect almost three million workers, according to the announcement made today by the President [...]
Turespaña has chosen Mallorca to host a workshop for the American market
The workshop, which will take place between April 18th and 20th, will bring together American travel agents and companies, professionals and organizations in the tourism sector and promotional agencies from the government The deadline for [...]
41.2% Salary Increase for Private Care Home and Day Care Center Workers
CCOO and UGT unions and the employer's association Asociación de Empresas de Servicios para la Dependencia (Aeste) have agreed on a 41.25% salary increase over four years for workers in private care homes and day [...]
Balearic Islands loses 35% of cruise passengers compared to 2019
A total of 1.7 million cruise passengers passed through the ports of general interest of the Balearic Islands in 2022, which is 35% less than those registered before the pandemic, in 2019. Compared with the [...]
Balearic Islands leads increase in retail sales and employment in 2022
Retail sales increased by an average of 8.2% in 2022, while employment in the sector increased by 6.4%, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) published Monday. Balearic Islands leads the ranking [...]
Police warns of increase in phone scams in businesses and companies
Scammers' modus operandi consists of directly contacting workers and demanding money through bitcoins or virtual card According to the National Police, a type of phone scam targeting employees of businesses or companies is spreading. They [...]
EMT users are in favour of the imminent withdrawal of face masks on public transport.
Once the impact of the opening of borders with China on the incidence of the coronavirus in Spain has been analysed, the government has announced that masks will be removed "immediately" from public transport. The [...]
Balearic Islands closed the year with more employment and less unemployment than in 2021
In the last quarter of the year there were 24,100 fewer unemployed people than in 2021 and 33,800 more employed people The Balearic Islands is the region where unemployment fell the most and employment grew [...]
Antònia Font concert in Palma: doors open earlier and public transport reinforced
The Palma Town Hall has announced that the opening time for the Antònia Font concert in Palma has been brought forward to 17:00, as it is expected to attract a large crowd. The free performance [...]
Mallorcan cuisine travels to Madrid Fusión
Local produce and Mallorcan gastronomy have been promoted for yet another year with the support of the Consell de Mallorca at the Madrid Fusión gastronomy fair, held at IFEMA (Madrid), which comes to an end [...]
CAEB warns of “tough months” ahead for SMEs
After learning that the Balearic Islands is the community where business confidence has fallen the most in the first quarter of 2023, the Confederation of Business Associations of the Balearic Islands (CAEB) has assured this [...]
The Galatzó Shelter opens its doors to the public
The new Galatzó Shelter open for overnight stays from Wednesday 25th January. This was announced in a press release by the Consell de Mallorca. With a surface area of 1,110.98 m², the Galatzó Shelter is [...]
Vicky Luengo wins the Gaudí Award for Best Female Leading Role
Foto: Itziar Jiménez. Palma-born actress Vicky Luengo, who was on the cover of the spring-summer 2022 edition of Mallorca Global Mag, picked up the Gaudí Award for Best Female Lead this Sunday for [...]
Everything ready for the Challenge 2023, the most important cycling tour of Mallorca
The 32nd edition of the Challenge Ciclista Mallorca has been presented today, a competition that will take place from 25th to 29th January and in which 22 teams and nearly 300 riders from all over [...]
The first snowfalls leave a wintry picture in Mallorca and force the closure of stretches of road
The sub-zero temperatures that have been reached over the last few hours in Mallorca (the minimum, -2.3 ºC, was recorded in the Serra d'Alfàbia at 6:10 am), have left a snowfall in the Serra de [...]
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