Balears expects a 4.5% increase in tourism sales for the spring, according to Exceltur
Balears expects a 4.5% growth in tourism sales during the spring of 2025, thus consolidating its position as one of the most attractive holiday destinations for both national and European demand. However, the Alliance for [...]
Holy Week 2025 in Palma: timetables and routes of the processions
From 11 to 20 April, the Holy Week 2025 in Palma will fill the city with solemnity and tradition through over a dozen processions. The celebration begins with the Procession of the Standards and culminates [...]
Palma’s hydrogen buses resume service after two-year hiatus
After almost two years out of service, Palma’s hydrogen buses are back on the road. These vehicles, which had been inactive due to a lack of fuel supply, started operating again last Saturday, when they [...]
Cort’s excavators return to Son Banya due to new illegal constructions
Palma City Council carried out a new intervention today, Thursday, in Son Riera-Son Banya to demolish several illegal constructions that had been erected after the intervention carried out on the previous Tuesday, two days after [...]
The Govern activates an action plan to mitigate the effects of Trump’s new tariffs
The President of the Govern of the Balearic Islands, Marga Prohens, has announced a short-term action plan aimed at mitigating the negative effects on the islands' businesses from the tariffs imposed by the United States. [...]
The Balearic Islands 2025-2026 school calendar sets the start of the academic year for 10th September
The School Calendar Advisory Council has approved the proposal by the Ministry of Education and Universities for the Balearic Islands school calendar 2025-2026. The calendar is now defined and ready for parents, students and teachers [...]
Hundreds of passengers still stranded in Son Sant Joan after the storm
The most affected are the low cost airlines that still have hundreds of passengers waiting for a flight in Son Sant Joan of the 50,000 affected by the multiple cancellations caused by the storm. To [...]
Vilafranca is warming up for the Melon Festival and Fair 2023
As is now tradition, the first weekend of September Vilafranca de Bonany celebrates the Melon Festival and Fair. This year's programme of activities will begin on Wednesday 30th August and will last until the end [...]
Free schooling for children from 0 to 3 years of age approved for this school year
As in the previous academic year, the subsidy will cover a minimum of 4 teaching hours for 10 months, but will be extended to the entire stage from 0 to 3 years of age From [...]
The Govern urgently eliminates the Catalan language requirement for recruiting health professionals
Today, in an extraordinary Consell de Govern, the Government approved a decree law on urgent measures to attract and retain health professionals. The decree provides for the legal regulation of areas of difficult coverage and [...]
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 [...]
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