Cine a la Fresca in Palma 2025: full programme and latest news
Cine a la Fresca in Palma 2025 returns once again this summer as one of the city's most eagerly anticipated cultural events. From Monday, August 11 to Thursday, September 4, film lovers will be able [...]
Grip Face’s silent cry: ‘Utopia of Mud. Sashimi of Mist’, at the Miró Foundation Mallorca
“Today, more than ever, we must not look away. The world is regressing, and staying silent makes us complicit.”— Grip Face With this direct and meaningful statement, Mallorcan artist Grip Face highlights one of the [...]
Reception of the King and Queen at Marivent 2025: an institutional event with Balearic society
As is now a summer tradition, Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain, King Felipe and Queen Letizia, hosted on Monday the official reception at Marivent Palace during their summer stay in Mallorca. Also [...]
The regional government establishes INUNCAIB to anticipate the risk of flooding in the Balearic Islands
Marga Prohens highlights the government's cross-sector coordination to anticipate extreme weather events such as DANAs The Government of the Balearic Islands today established INUNCAIB, the first integrated flood risk management body in the archipelago. This [...]
Queen Letizia closes the Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest 2025
The Cultural Center La Misericordia in Palma hosted the closing ceremony of the 15th edition of the Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest, presided over by Queen Letizia and attended by prominent figures from the worlds of [...]
Renée García, the soul of the Ocimax bar: “The essence of cinema is in the movie theaters”
Para muchos, the cinema is synonymous with popcorn. As soon as you walk through the doors, that warm aroma—half butter, half nostalgia—transports you somewhere else even before the film begins. That smell marks the real [...]
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 [...]
Hunting season in Mallorca: rabbits from the 15th and half-closing on the 20th
The hunting period for rabbits with dogs and shotguns will start on 15 August, on the working days for each of the modalities (Thursday and Sunday in the hunting grounds and Thursday in the open [...]
High temperatures in Mallorca, in yellow alert
The AEMET has announced that a week of above-average temperatures is expected in Mallorca starting this Monday. Despite the fact that extraordinarily high values are not expected, during this week of the August long weekend [...]
Felanitx celebrates its Nitx de l’Art 2023 on Friday 18 August
Next Friday 18th August the Nitx de l'Art de Felanitx 2023 will be held. A new edition of the renowned cultural night of the municipality that will feature more than 200 artists. The event takes [...]
Video launched to promote environmentally friendly sailing
The organisation FanMed presented this Friday an informative video highlighting good practices in the marine environment. Entitled "A sea of respect: Sailing responsibly with nature and the community", it is an initiative that seeks to [...]
Virgin Galactic’s first flight kicks off space tourism
Space tourism takes off with Virgin Galactic's first suborbital flight with tourists on board. The flight was successfully completed on Thursday: it lasted 20 minutes and reached weightlessness. This was assured by the company of [...]
The Alaró 2023 festivities face their main days in honour of Saint Roc
The festivities of Alaró 2023, in honour of Sant Roc, face their big days until the 16th of August. The festival programme includes music, culture, open-air dances, cossiers, giants, demons and floats that combine perfectly [...]
The works on Palma’s Plaça d’Espanya will be extended until August 2024
The reform of Palma's Plaça d'Espanya will be extended until at least August 2024. This was stated this Wednesday by the deputy mayor and spokesperson for the municipal team, Belén Soto, after the extraordinary Junta [...]
Festivity of the Assumption in Mallorca: 76 churches will exhibit monuments to the Virgin Mary
The festivity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Mallorca is consolidating and in 2023 it will bring together 76 churches that will display monuments of the dead Virgin Mary around the 15th of [...]
Water reserves in Mallorca at 56% of capacity, 7 points more than in 2022
Mallorca's water reserves stood at 56% of their capacity in July. This is 7 points more than in the same month of the previous year, when they were at 49%. In the islands as a [...]
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