Mobofest 2024 presents its line-up of concerts in Porreres
Mobofest 2024, which will be held on 25th, 26th and 27th July in the n'Hereveta park in Porreres, already has a line-up of concerts. Julieta Venegas, Valeria Castro, Socunbohemio, Ludwig Band, Maria Hein and Joan [...]
How big is the population of the Balearic Islands in 2024?
The resident population in the Balearic Islands on 1 January 2024 stood at 1,231,487 inhabitants, which represents an increase of 0.13 % with respect to the fourth quarter of 2023, when the islands counted 1,229,934 [...]
Habturalia 2024: the 2nd Mediterranean holiday rental forum to be held on 23rd and 24th February
Habturalia 2024, a holiday tourism meeting promoted by Habtur and Pidelaluna events, will take place on 23rd and 24th February in Can Gelabert (Binissalem). At the 2nd Mediterranean holiday rental forum, the public will be [...]
New WhatsApp channel of the Balearic Government for citizenship
The Government of the Balearic Islands has launched its own broadcasting channel on WhatsApp. The aim is to offer a public service of proximity to the citizens of the Balearic Islands. Through this tool, the [...]
Febrer Negre 2024 programmes conferences from 17th to 24th February
The 14th edition of the Febrer Negre literary event in Palma will kick off on Saturday the 17th of February. This new edition features different activities that will take place in different venues around the [...]
Florists predict a good Valentine’s Day and don’t rule out a better one than 2023
The florists of the Pimem association have been preparing for one of the most important sales of the year: Valentine's Day or the "Dia dels Enamorats" as it is known in most towns in Mallorca. [...]
Observadores del Mar launches project to tackle ghost fishing
Every year, 8 million tons of plastic are dumped in the ocean. Of these, 70% are abandoned or lost fishing gear, according to estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). [...]
Cort asks to keep the beaches clean on the Nit de Sant Joan
The City Council of Palma has launched a campaign with different messages and formats to raise awareness among citizens of the need to keep clean the beaches of the city on the occasion of the [...]
Sete Benavides celebrates his London 2012 Olympic medal with a massive crowd
This Saturday an unforgettable day was lived at the Reial Club Nàutic Port de Pollença with the presentation of the London 2012 bronze medal to the local canoeist Sete Benavides, after ten years of long [...]
Bioarchitecture in Mallorca: Traditional techniques are back
The need for new sustainable actions, efficiency and new ways of life, work and leisure have led to the construction sector being definitively transformed. Worldwide, construction industries account for 39% of CO2 emissions. Alone, reinforced [...]
Time of the monsters, by Jorge Dezcallar
The bad thing about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, if we leave aside the deaths and suffering that is too much to leave behind, is that it puts an end to the European security architecture [...]
Corpus Christi Celebration at the Cathedral of Mallorca
The Cathedral of Mallorca will host this Sunday June 19 one of the most solemn festivities within its liturgy, the "Corpus Christi". This celebration, which is lived with great devotion by all Mallorcan believers. It [...]
Jesús Sobrino: “We are in a 2022 that is going to be better than 2019”
Just over two years have passed since Jesús Sobrino was appointed CEO of Palladium Hotel Group. A time marked by the beginning of the pandemic, but which the company took advantage of to reset in [...]
The irrationality, by Margalida Gili
Over time one learns that the emotional beats the rational. That our decisions are not as logical as we imagined and that getting it right is not the result of adequately combining alternatives and probabilities. [...]
Sonia Vivas is dismissed and ‘Pride Week’ is cancelled
The mayor of Palma, José Hila, has dismissed the councilor of Social Justice, Feminism and LGTBI, Sonia Vivas, and announced that the 'Palma Pride Week' is suspended. The events celebrating the Gay Pride Week were [...]
Air Nostrum to operate airship flights starting in 2026
Air Nostrum's partners are joining the Airlander 10 sustainable mobility project of UK-based Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) as part of an innovative partnership to boost the airline's sustainable mobility solutions. The two parties have signed [...]
In the third summer of the pandemic, by José Eduardo Iglesias
In those terrible initial dates of illegal lockdown, two years ago, we often wondered what data the psychologists of the group of experts were considering regarding how many lockdowns of how long we citizens could [...]
The Balearic Government pays tribute to Rafa Nadal at the Consolat de Mar
The president of the Balearic Government, Francina Armengol, accompanied by the Councilor for Social Affairs and Sports, Fina Santiago, and along with other authorities, has recognized this Wednesday in a ceremony at the Consolat de [...]
Rafa Nadal and Mery Perelló will become parents
It was an open secret, and after several weeks of rumors, ¡Hola! magazine confirmed today that Rafa Nadal and María Francisca Perelló, better known as Mery Perelló, are going to be parents of their first [...]
Eleven restaurants in Playa de Palma establish a dress code
Since about May 10, tourism of drunkenness has taken over Playa de Palma. This was denounced by Juan Miguel Ferrer and Pedro Marín, CEO and manager of Palma Beach respectively, during an informative lunch in [...]
Freediving in Mallorca, an extreme sport for trained minds
Many times throughout our lives we have played in the pool or in the sea with the simple test of checking how long we hold our heads underwater without breathing. It is a game for [...]
Port Adriano Mallorca Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary featuring big stars on stage
Port Adriano Mallorca Festival will inaugurate its tenth edition on July 20th with the concert of Nile Rodgers & CHIC. Among the legends of music, the case of Nile Rodgers is unique. Expanding his legacy [...]
Yellow alert due to heat wave in Mallorca
This Tuesday the heat wave has arrived in Mallorca. The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) forecasts for today in the Balearic Islands little cloudy or clear sky with some interval of high clouds and dust in [...]
Sprint to ‘normality’, by Antoni Riera Font
The Balearic Islands have started the tourist campaign predisposed to recreate a 'normal' summer. The implicit but key marker of the gap that the main tourism indicators still maintain today with respect to their pre-pandemic [...]
CaixaForum Palma presents “Apollo 11. The arrival of man on the moon”
Taking a trip to one of the great ephemeris of the conquest of space and go back to July 20, 1969. This is the proposal of CaixaForum Palma and its exhibition "Apollo 11. The arrival [...]
Daniel Peixe: “I am passionate about telling stories through images”
On March 27, the Oscars were presented at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. The animator Daniel Peixe (Palma, 1976) watched the ceremony in Mallorca, far away from the city where he lived for 12 [...]
Adam Sandler movie shot in Mallorca gets good reviews
The film 'Hustle', shot last summer in different locations in Mallorca and that this week has been released on the streaming platform Netflix, is receiving good reviews from the specialized press and the public that [...]
What to see in Santanyí, the municipality of Mallorca where to live the summer
Santanyí and its urban centers form their own island within Mallorca. An ecosystem that lacks nothing: the most incredible beaches, charming towns, beautiful fishing ports, a growing offer in active and family tourism and, as [...]
Pedro de Montaner: “Can Vivot is a legacy that we have saved from real estate projects”
The marriage of historians Pedro de Montaner and Magdalena de Quiroga recounts the "heroicity" of maintaining a 14th century mansion in the 21st century and how the nobility has adapted to the present. Magdalena [...]
Aina Pascual: “Palma has arrived late in protecting its heritage”
Aina Pascual has a degree in Art History and is the author of books such as “The house and time” or “The book of the patios of Palma”, references to learn about the history of [...]