Albert Pinya: “To transgress at a time like the present is to paint a tree, some chickens…”
Text: Virginia Servera. Photos: Pep Caparrós. He studied Fine Arts for three months and became disenchanted. He discovered that training requires discipline but not necessarily academic. His path would be freer, self-taught and, above all, [...]
Fitur 2024 kicks off with a visit by the King and Queen of Spain to the Balearic Islands stand
Fitur 2024 kicked off this Wednesday at Ifema Madrid and one of the first public events of the fair was the visit of the King and Queen of Spain to the Balearic Islands stand. There, [...]
Inhabitants in Palma in 2023: The population grows by 1.78 % after two years of decline
How many inhabitants does Palma have? The census of the Balearic capital has 423,350 inhabitants, 7,410 more than in 2022, according to data published in January 2024 by the National Statistics Institute (INE). These data [...]
20th anniversary of Es Baluard Museu: programme of free activities
Es Baluard Museu d'Art Contemporani de Palma celebrates its 20th anniversary on 30th January 2024 with various commemorative acts and events. A programme of free activities for the public to celebrate its two decades. In [...]
The spinning top circus by Mallorcan Guillem Vizcaíno
The baldufas (spinning tops) are the protagonists of Poi, the play by the Mallorcan Guillem Vizcaíno (Cia D'es Tro) that has toured almost all of Spain, part of France, Portugal and Italy. The inquer, who [...]
Chinese New Year in Palma 2024: change of location to Pere Garau
The celebration of the Chinese New Year in Palma 2024 will change location. This festival, promoted by the Chinese Association of the Balearic Islands, Achinib, will take place in Pere Garau. Thus, on the 11th [...]
The Jazz Palma festival is consolidated with the participation of almost 5,000 people
A total of 4,818 people have enjoyed the concerts and activities of the Jazz Palma 2022 festival, organized by the Department of Culture of the Palma City Council and which has been carried out from [...]
The Government goes out to rescue businesses affected by COVID with 2,200 million euros
The Consell de Govern has authorized an aid item of 2,200,000 million euros to promote the modernization of commercial and service companies with special attention to those affected by the COVID-19 crisis. The grants included [...]
The architect Elías Torres and the writer Maria Antònia Oliver, Balearic gold medals 2022
The architect Elías Torres and the writer Maria Antònia Oliver, Balearic gold medals 2022 The Consell de Govern has agreed to award this year two gold medals from the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands: [...]
Habtur warns that 90,000 vacation rental places will disappear due to the tourist law
The Association of Tourist Rental Housing of the Balearic Islands (Habtur) has assured this Monday that the decree amending the Tourism Law will mean the disappearance, "in the medium and long term", of some 90,000 [...]
Goya Awards 2022: Daniel Monzón wins five statuettes with the film “The Laws of the Border”
The Mallorcan filmmaker Daniel Monzón has won five Goya Awards with the film "The Laws of the Border" inspired by the novel that the writer Javier Cercas published in 2011, a story that tells the [...]
The Jazz Palma 2022 festival says goodbye with recitals by Marco Mezquida, Andreu Galmès and Gonzalo del Val
The Jazz Palma festival reaches the final stretch with a weekend full of performances and activities. Marco Mezquida, Andreu Galmès and Gonzalo del Val will close the program for this edition, on stages such as [...]
“Come in and enjoy”: the Government changes its signage to encourage shops and restaurants to live safely
This weekend the Balearic Islands removes the requirement for the COVID certificate, which is why the Government distributes nearly 40,000 stickers among employers to invite everyone to go to shops, restaurants, transport, cultural spaces with [...]
The Government blocks tourist places for four years and demands sustainable and labor measures from hotel companies
The Consell de Govern has today approved a decree law for circularity and sustainability in tourism that will promote the modernization and transformation of the sector, requiring companies to take pioneering measures in environmental sustainability [...]
The 50% increase in hotel reservations for Easter predicts a season superior to that of 2019
The fourth tourism report from the Federació de la Petita i Mitjana Empresa de Mallorca (PIMEM) and the company Processing Smart points to a recovery in the sector and one of the main reasons is [...]
The Balearic Islands put an end to the requirement of the COVID certificate from Saturday
The Balearic Islands put an end next Saturday, February 12, to the requirement of the COVID certificate to access bars, restaurants, nightlife venues, nursing homes, gyms, cinemas, theaters, sporting events and acts with a high [...]
The Sóller Train returns on March 1 after a series of reforms
The Sóller Train, which has had its rail service stopped since December 9 due to renovation and improvement works on its facilities, will resume its activity next Tuesday, March 1. It should be remembered that [...]
Mallorcan writer Maria Antònia Oliver dies at the age of 75
The Majorcan writer and translator Maria Antònia Oliver, awarded the Ramon Llull Prize in 2003 in recognition of her literary career, has died at the age of 75. Born in 1946 in Manacor, Maria Antònia [...]
Meliá estimates to create more than 1,000 jobs in the Balearic Islands for the season
The economic recovery after the break due to COVID-19 encourages Meliá Hotels to create around 1,200 jobs in the Balearic Islands for this season in base and middle management positions. To this end, the company [...]
The reform of the Plaza de España costs more than 3 million euros and will take 16 months
The Governing Board today approved the comprehensive reform project for Plaza de España, which has been budgeted at 3,058,501 euros. The works, which will last approximately 16 months, will replace the 8,100 square meters of [...]
The Government produces and markets sustainable energy for the first time at cost price
The Balearic Government sells the first kW of green public energy to the residents of Santa Eugènia through photovoltaic panels in the Santa Eugènia municipality at cost price, prioritizing vulnerable consumers. Thanks to the shared [...]
The Febrer Negre festival returns with cinema, presentations and murder stories
The Febrer negre festival returns to Palma after being suspended due to COVID-19 in previous years. It will have routes that will cover crime scenes, conferences, meetings with authors of the genre and film noir [...]
Health and the autonomous communities analyze reducing the quarantine period for coronavirus
The Public Health Commission is studying the possibility of further reducing the quarantine and isolation period for positive cases of coronavirus, which is currently seven days, although several communities want it to be lowered to [...]
The Government approves the Royal Decree that eliminates the obligation to wear a mask on the street
The Council of Ministers has today approved the Royal Decree that eliminates the use of masks in outdoor spaces, with the approval of a Royal Decree by which the wording of article 6 of Law [...]
Rafa Nadal’s academy expands with seven semi-covered clay courts
After inaugurating three indoor hard surface courts last December, the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar has now done the same with another seven semi-covered clay courts, which have already begun to be used by the [...]
The mask is no longer mandatory as of Thursday in the schoolyards of the Balearic Islands
The Ministry of Health and Consum, in coordination with that of Education and Professional Training, has agreed that the mask will not be mandatory in the patios and outdoor areas of educational centers, following the [...]
TUI kicks off the season in Mallorca on Friday with eight flights per week from Germany
TUI returns to the pre-pandemic holiday calendar in the two main foreign markets in the Balearic Islands. The first TUI Fly flights from Germany to Mallorca will arrive this Friday, February 11. According to IB3 [...]
COVID-19: the population of the Balearic Islands can apply the first two doses without an appointment
As of today, the population of the Balearic Islands can receive the first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 or the booster dose without having to make an appointment. The points to which you can [...]
In almost 40 years, the Bay of Palma has lost 38% of its posidonia meadows
The Bay of Palma has lost 37.8% of its Posidonia oceanica meadows since 1984, a habitat that has suffered "profound deterioration" caused by wastewater discharges from outfalls and spillways, reports EFE. According to the Spanish [...]
Sa Rueta 2022 program in Palma 37 carnival activities and two tours
Palma will celebrate the Sa Rueta 2022 carnival next Sunday, February 27. This is a new edition of the carnival for the boys and girls of the city. Sa Rueta will offer families a day [...]
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