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 [...]
Palma City Council carries out the demolition of the illegal constructions in Son Banya
The Ajuntament de Palma has carried out today, Tuesday, the demolition works of the illegal constructions recently erected in the Son Riera-Son Banya area. The operation, which began at 09:15 hours, responds to the Council's [...]
Air transport, telecommunications and energy, the sectors with the most complaints in the Balearic Islands
Airlines, telecommunications companies and electricity suppliers were the sectors that registered the most complaints in Balearic Islands during 2024, according to the Consumer Affairs report from the regional government, which recorded a total of 7,629 [...]
The Minister of Tourism highlights the pioneering role of the Balearic Islands in tourism policies in Magaluf
The Government of Spain has allocated more than €288 million to improve tourism infrastructure in the Balearic Islands, an unprecedented investment aimed at promoting a more modern, sustainable, and adaptive tourism model that meets the [...]
Bank holidays in Mallorca in 2026: here is the working calendar
The Tripartite Social Table of the Balearic Islands has unanimously approved the bank holidays in Mallorca for 2026. These holidays will mark the work calendar for the year 2026 in the Balearic Islands. The agreement, [...]
Births in the Balearic Islands in 2024: public hospitals attended a total of 6,764 births
In 2024, the public hospitals of the Illes Balears attended a total of 6,764 births, highlighting comprehensive and quality care in maternal and neonatal health. In addition, the primary care women's units in the Illes [...]
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 [...]
More control over illegal tourism in the Balearic Islands through the eco-tax census
The Conselleria de Economia, Hisenda e Innovació will start a campaign to control whether the rentals managed by intermediary companies are registered in the census of the Sustainable Tourism Tax (ITS). This is one more [...]
Mallorcan Enric Mas to captain Movistar Team in La Vuelta a España
Mallorcan cyclist Enric Mas, who finished second in the last edition of the Vuelta Ciclista a España, will captain Movistar Team's chances in its 44th consecutive appearance in this competition. The Vuelta will start this [...]
Citizens will be able to pay local and regional taxes via Bizum
Local and regional taxes can be paid via Bizum from Monday 21 August on the website of the Balearic Islands Tax Agency (www.atib.es). This has been reported by the Government, which recalls that this new [...]
Mallorca’s refuges expect to break visitor records in 2023
Forecasts for the occupation of Mallorca's refuges suggest that 2023 will close with record numbers of visitors. This was reported by the Consell de Mallorca after the reopening of the network on 16 August, after [...]
The King begins today the round of contacts to form the Government
Felipe VI will meet with the different parties to decide which of the two candidates, the socialist Pedro Sánchez or the popular Alberto Núñez Feijóo, will be in charge of forming a government The King [...]
The Spanish women’s national soccer team, World Cup champions
A goal by Olga Carmona on a pass from the Majorcan Mariona Caldentey decides the final against England in Sydney and gives the national team its first World Cup with the result of 1-0 in [...]
This is Francina Armengol’s salary: she will earn three times as much as in the Govern
The former president of the Balearic Government, Francina Armengol, has been elected president of the Congress of Deputies at the start of the 15th Spanish Legislature. The position occupies the third highest authority in the [...]
The Ses Salines 2023 festivities kick off, with the Horse Festival on the 26th
The festivities of Ses Salines 2023 begin on Thursday 17th August with the proclamation of Saint Bartholomew. It will be given by Joana Aina Vidal Burguera and marks the beginning of several days of festivities [...]
Two more screens to watch the final of the women’s World Cup will be set up in Pòrtol and Portocolom
The Consell de Mallorca will install two giant screens in the square of Can Flor de Pòrtol, Marratxí, and in the civic center of Portocolom, Felanitx, so that citizens can follow live the final of [...]
Felanitx mourns this morning cycling legend Guillem Timoner
The wake for the winner of six world titles, Guillem Timoner, will be held this Friday, August 18 between 10 am and 12 pm at the Felanitx cemetery and his funeral will be on Monday [...]
Cort installs a giant screen to follow the Women’s World Cup final
Palma City Council will install a giant screen in the Son Moix sports hall this Sunday 20th so that all the fans who wish to watch the final of the FIFA Women's World Cup between [...]
The XV Legislature begins with a Congress of Deputies with a majority of new parliamentarians
17 August will mark the start of the 15th Legislature in the Congress of Deputies, which will be made up of a majority of MPs who are new to the lower house. On this occasion, [...]
Oceanography and tourism, UIB’s most outstanding areas according to Shanghai ranking
The Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB) maintains its position in 2023 in the 601-700 best universities in the world, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) prepared by the Jia Tong University [...]
Sóller Festivities 2023: programme of events
Sóller's fiestas in 2023 are warming up. The municipality will be celebrating its patron saint's fiestas of San Bartolomé until 27th August. These are days in which the locals enjoy brotherhood and festivities in equal [...]
Anti-tourist beach posters and maps go viral in Mallorca
Residents of Manacor have launched an anti-tourist poster campaign on the beaches of the Mallorcan municipality. With the aim of preserving tranquillity on the beaches and avoiding the overcrowding of tourists, they have placed these [...]
The PSOE proposes Francina Armengol to preside over the Congress of Deputies
The PSOE will propose Francina Armengol for the presidency of the Congress of Deputies in the constitutive session of the 15th Legislature to be held on Thursday 17 August. According to the party, Armengol has [...]
Palma airport closed July with 4.3 million passengers, 5.9% more than in 2022
Palma de Mallorca Airport ended July with a total of 4,378,210 passengers, 5.9% more than in the same month of 2022. The majority of commercial passengers were international: 3,490,792 (+6.9%). Domestic passengers totalled 885,625, 2.4% [...]
Rescue services have carried out more than 17,000 assists since 1 May
Since 1 May, when the bathing season began on the islands, the Balearic Islands' lifeguard, rescue and rescue services have carried out a total of 17,468 assistances. Of these, 17,248 were resolved without the need [...]
Alicia Comas: from Mallorca to a starring role in Mexican soap operas
Alicia Comas is a young Mallorcan from Calvià, who at just 24 years old is making a name for herself as a soap opera actress in Mexico. She studied drama in Madrid and in her [...]
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