Ariany Night Fair 2025: music, gastronomy and tradition under the stars
On Saturday, July 26, 2025, the municipality of Ariany will dress up to celebrate the 20th Night Fair. Starting at 7:00 p.m., the town’s streets will host a program that combines local gastronomy, crafts, culture, [...]
Cruise traffic in the Balearic Islands rises by 15% in the first half of the year
Cruise tourism continues to grow in the Balearic Islands. During the first six months of this year, the ports of Palma, Alcúdia, Eivissa, Maó and Formentera welcomed a total of 344 cruise ships, representing a [...]
The refurbishment of the Bunyola-Orient-Alaró road will not occupy new land
The Consell de Mallorca has unveiled the long-awaited refurbishment project for the Bunyola-Orient-Alaró road, an 18-kilometre stretch in poor condition that has seen no major intervention in over 25 years. President Llorenç Galmés announced that [...]
Emili Manzano, journalist and writer: “We are natives of a paradise that expels us”
Emili Manzano, Mallorcan journalist and writer. Photo: Piter Castillo. Despite being “profoundly anti-nostalgic,” Mallorcan journalist and writer Emili Manzano has published Me’n record (Anagrama), a book of “isolated, seemingly disconnected memories.” These are [...]
La Patrona de Pollença 2025: a week of celebration, culture and devotion
From 26 July to 2 August, Pollença dresses up to celebrate one of its most beloved traditions: the Festes de La Patrona 2025. For more than a week, this Mallorcan town becomes a lively meeting [...]
The Spanish Government authorises the tourist rental of private boats
As of today, 23 July 2025, the authorisation allowing private recreational boat owners (registered under List Seven) to rent out their vessels for a maximum of three months per year comes into effect. This measure [...]
All set for the Festes de La Beata in Valldemossa
The municipality of Serra de Tramuntana celebrates the multitudinous festivities of 'La Beata' in honor of Santa Catalina Thomàs with a full program of activities between July 15 and August 26. July 28 is the [...]
Millions of euros could be claimed from IRPH mortgages
A European court ruling makes it possible to review mortgages with the Mortgage Loan Reference Index (IRPH). Thus, affected users could claim back from the banks millions of euros in additional costs that they would [...]
Sales in the Balearic Islands tourism sector this summer, up 25.8% on 2019
According to an Exceltur report presented on Thursday, tourism in Spain will equal this year's contribution to GDP in 2019, reaching 12.6%. It also ensures that the tourism sector in the Balearic Islands will place [...]
Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest 2023: Palma, capital of world cinema
Tickets for the 13th edition of the Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest have been on sale since Friday the 7th of July on the festival's website. The film event organised by Filmin will be held from [...]
Temperatures take a breather but rise again at the weekend
Slight drop in temperatures in Mallorca with a drop in the thermometer to a maximum of 35ºC but, from the weekend onwards, they will rise again and will be close to 40ºC, leading to new [...]
Pedro Marín, new president of the Playa de Palma Hotel Association
Pedro Marín has been elected this Wednesday as the new president of the Hotel Association of Playa de Palma, replacing José Antonio Fernández Alarcón. His goal will be to focus on the potential of Playa [...]
The elimination of the bus-VAO lane and the 80 km/h limit are in process
The president of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, has requested a meeting with the Government Delegation and the Directorate General of Traffic to eliminate the bus-VAO lane. It has also been decided to remove [...]
300,000 fine for the demolition of the Formentor hotel
The Ajuntament de Pollença has opened a fine of almost 300,000 euros against the developer of the reform of the Formentor hotel for demolishing the structure without a licence. Inmobiliaria Formentor S.A. has 15 days [...]
The Bishopric of Mallorca condemns priest Julià Cifre for sexually abusing a woman
In a communiqué, the Bishopric recognizes the facts and censures "the extraordinary gravity of the behavior that the accused priest has acknowledged having maintained for years". Thus the Diocese recognizes the sexual abuses that a [...]
The Consell de Mallorca will save half a million euros over the entire legislature
The merger of the Department of Mobility with the Department of Territory of the new government of the Consell de Mallorca means a saving of half a million euros throughout the legislature. This morning the [...]
Structure of the new Govern: senior officials and ministries reduced
The Govern has presented its new structure, which has reduced the number of senior officials and advisors to 17 and the number of ministries to 10, with a saving of one million euros a year. [...]
Prohens’ government to save one million euros a year
The President of the Government, Marga Prohens, has announced a total of ten ministries, including a new Ministry of the Sea and the Water Cycle. The new structure, which also cuts back on senior officials, [...]
Heat wave in Mallorca: temperatures up to 41 degrees
The State Meteorological Agency warns of a heat wave in Mallorca caused by a mass of warm air of African origin that will raise temperatures on the island to 41 degrees. Today and tomorrow we [...]
Llorenç Galmés, president of the Consell de Mallorca
The popular Llorenç Galmés has been elected president of the Consell de Mallorca in the plenary session of the insular institution on Saturday. Tomorrow Tuesday Galmés will preside the act of inauguration of the executive [...]
The Festes del Carme of Porto Cristo begins
Porto Cristo welcomes its traditional Festes del Carme from the 6th until the 23rd of July which this year, as an expected novelty, recovers its Night Race after a few years without being celebrated, organised [...]
The price of the square metre in Balears rose by 17% in May
The average price per square metre stood at 3,687 euros, a figure that represents an increase of 17% compared to the same month in 2022. The purchase of homes fell by 18.5%, according to data [...]
Marga Prohens, president of the Govern
As expected, the abstention of Vox has served to invest as president of the Govern by simple majority to the popular candidate, Marga Prohens, in a session with this single point that has been held [...]
New edition of the Cançons de la Mediterrània festival
Musical, rhythmic and linguistic diversity in the new edition of Cançons de la Mediterrània. The performances are scheduled to take place in Ses Voltes on the 6th, 7th, 8th, 20th, 21st and 22nd of July, [...]
Smoking is once again allowed on the terraces of bars and restaurants
The Government has approved in the Council of Ministers the Royal Decree that puts an end to the covid-19 health crisis, so that smoking is once again allowed on the terraces of bars and restaurants [...]
PP and Vox reach an agreement to form a government in the Consell de Mallorca
Llorenç Galmés (PP) will be the president of the Consell de Mallorca and Vox will have the second vice-presidency of Medi Ambient, Medi rural i Esports, in an agreement reached yesterday afternoon between the two [...]
Balearic Islands, main destination in May with 1.79 million tourists
The islands received 1.79 million tourists in May, with an expenditure of close to 2,000 million euros. These figures represent an increase in visits of 10.24% more than in May 2022 and place them as [...]
Unemployment fell by 1.7% in June in the Balearic Islands
A total of 28,324 people were unemployed in June in the Balearic Islands, which represents a fall of 1.7% compared to the previous year, according to the labour force survey (EPA) released today The number [...]
Extraordinary PBAU exams begin in the Balearic Islands
A total of 1,191 students will sit the Bachillerato Exams for University Entrance (PBAU) in its extraordinary call from today Tuesday until Thursday, the 4th, 5th and 6th of July in the Balearic Islands As [...]
The Bishopric of Mallorca offers to collaborate with the justice system
In a statement sent out this morning, the Bishopric of Mallorca condemns any kind of violence against people, after the Society of Jesus admitted the sexual abuse and assault of a Mallorcan woman over three [...]
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