Campos will have an ITV station by mid-2026
The municipality of Campos will have a new ITV vehicle inspection station from mid-2026. The future Campos ITV will be a permanent mobile facility with capacity to carry out up to 5,000 inspections per month. [...]
The Consell cuts the Mallorca waste tariff by 10% in 2026
The Consell de Mallorca will reduce by 10% the Mallorca waste tariff in 2026, with retroactive effect from 1 January. The measure has been made possible following the ratification, on 16 December, in the Parliament [...]
Mercadona’s ‘Ready to Eat’ strengthens its presence in the Balearic Islands
SPECIAL CONTENT The service has now reached 43 of the chain’s 47 stores in the islands and includes its range of Christmas dishes available to order throughout December In many Mercadona stores, lunchtime already has [...]
Palma approves its 2026 budget: more than €626 million for services, housing and mobility
The Palma City Council has definitively approved the municipal budget for 2026, which for the first time exceeds €626 million and consolidates the highest level of investment in the city’s recent history. The accounts, approved [...]
The Spanish Futsal Super Cup lands in Mallorca on 3 and 4 January
Mallorca will host one of the major events on Spain’s national futsal calendar at the start of 2026. The Spanish Futsal Super Cup will be played on 3 and 4 January at the Palau Municipal [...]
Sa Fàbrica Nova in Sóller will house a museum dedicated to Mallorca’s textile industry
The Consell de Mallorca has formalised the purchase of Sa Fàbrica Nova in Sóller for an amount of two million euros, funded through Next Generation European funds, with the aim of preserving one of the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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