Balearic Government rejects new financing system for ignoring insularity and floating population
The Balearic Government has voted against the new regional financing system presented by Spain's Ministry of Finance. The Balearic executive considers that the proposal fails to address any of the islands' main demands. These include [...]
Balearic Islands lead Spain in permanent contracts at 62.5%, almost double the national average
Permanent contracts in the Balearic Islands accounted for 62.5% of all contracts in August, putting the archipelago at the top of the ranking in Spain and almost double the national average of 38.5%. The labour [...]
Binissalem celebrates Festa des Vermar 2026 from 5 to 27 September
The Festa des Vermar 2026 de Binissalem (Binissalem Grape Harvest Festival 2026) celebrates its 60th edition from 4 to 27 September with an extensive programme combining tradition, wine, culture, music and gastronomy. For more than [...]
Tourist spending in the Balearic Islands rises 8% in July to reach €4.56 billion
Tourist spending in the Balearic Islands reached €4.56 billion in July 2026, 7.99% more than in the same month last year. The increase was far greater than the rise in tourist arrivals, which grew by [...]
Thousands gather in Palma in support of Ceuta
Thousands of people took part on Wednesday in the rally in support of Ceuta in Palma, held in Plaça de Cort to show their support and solidarity with the autonomous city. Attendance figures varied considerably [...]
Palma’s Festes de la Patrona 2026 to bring music, tradition and activities to the city
Palma will celebrate the Festes de la Patrona 2026 (Patron Saint Festivities 2026) from 4 to 8 September, dedicated to the Mare de Déu de la Salut (Our Lady of Health), the city's patron saint. [...]
The “Colours of the World”, at CaixaForum Palma
CONTENIDO ESPECIAL La directora de CaixaForum Palma, Margarita Pérez-Villegas, y el asesor científico de la exposición, Rubén Duro. Foto: Fundació "la Caixa". The world in full colour “Everything depends on the colour of [...]
Puerto Portals, 40 years creating memories together
SPECIAL CONTENT Puerto Portals celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Strategically located in the Bay of Palma, it has established itself as a benchmark for nautical excellence and leisure in the Mediterranean. Its evolution has [...]
Trump’s war and its economic effects in the Balearic Islands
Another disaster of the Trump administration. A humanitarian, political and economic disaster. The war between the United States and Iran creates potentially worse economic effects than those arising from its tariff policy. The key, of [...]
Hiking in Calvià: nature and history, step by step
SPECIAL CONTENT LEISURE'26 The municipality has launched the island's first certified short walking routes to strengthen its commitment to hiking The route signage ensures simple and safe navigation along Calvià's certified walking trails. Photos: [...]
The new horizon of Club de Mar-Mallorca
SPECIAL CONTENT Palma's historic marina completes its transformation with new spaces, services and a concept open to the city Club de Mar-Mallorca begins a new chapter this summer following the completion of an ambitious refurbishment [...]
Album releases in 2026: Placebo, Muse, Ariana Grande, Madonna and other eagerly awaited albums
The 2026 music calendar arrives loaded with comebacks, full-length debuts and new chapters from some of the most recognizable names in international pop and rock. Among the standout releases are works by Placebo, Muse, Ariana [...]
Artificial intelligence (or not)
It all began in 1950, when Alan Turing published an article in whose opening paragraph he asked: can a machine think? The reason for something so unusual at the time was linked to a proposal [...]
Palma, where the Mediterranean is savoured
SPECIAL CONTENT LEISURE'26 In Palma, gastronomy is part of the way the city is lived. It is a highly valuable expression present in its markets, bars, family tables, signature restaurants and in a culinary tradition [...]
Art exhibitions in Mallorca this summer 2026
Este verano llega cargado de nuevas propuestas expositivas en las principales galerías de arte y museos de la ciudad. Mallorca Global Mag te trae una completa agenda con algunas de las exposiciones de arte en [...]
Art Palma Summer 2026 returns with nearly 50 exhibitions across Mallorca
Art Palma Summer 2026 will bring together more than 20 galleries and exhibition spaces in Mallorca on 4 June for a new edition of the event organised by Art Palma Contemporani. The event, which opens [...]
Patricio Gómez: “Back then, there wasn’t as much fitness hype or body culture”
Patricio Gómez, founder of Chong Ma in 1976, looks back on the transformation of gyms in Mallorca from the era of martial arts to the current boom in physical exercise. Patricio Gómez has spent a [...]
Naty Company: “The growth of fitness is increasingly linked to health”
AEIEB president Naty Company analyses the expansion of the sector, the changing user profile and the main challenges in professionalisation, regulation and sustainability The physical exercise and sports sector is now an expanding ecosystem that [...]
María Colomer: “You have to eat in order to do sport, not do sport in order to eat”
Dietitian-nutritionist and Head of Training at CODNIB María Colomer discusses the rise in physical exercise, the normalisation of supplements such as protein and creatine, and the importance of putting nutrition at the centre Nutrition has [...]
Esther Bautista: “Within fitness, there is a very blurred boundary between commitment and obsession”
Esther Bautista, a psychologist specialising in eating disorders, warns that body dissatisfaction is appearing at increasingly early ages and that physical standards are already strongly affecting young men as well. Our relationship with the body [...]
David Abril: “It is no longer only important to be, nor even to have, but to seem”
UIB sociologist David Abril analyses the surge in physical exercise, the centrality of the body and the growing weight of image in an increasingly digital, more exposed society that is also more in need of [...]
Aina Galmés: “Professionalisation in the sector is key to guaranteeing safe, high-quality practice”
Aina Galmés, head of the degree in Sports Sciences at the UIB, explains the growing interest in this discipline, the most sought-after career paths and the challenges of a sector that continues to advance in [...]
Wages in the Balearic Islands rise by 6.3%, the largest increase in Spain
Wages in the Balearic Islands rose in 2025 by the largest amount in the country, with an increase of 6.3% compared with the previous year. According to data from the Quarterly Labour Cost Survey by [...]
“Mens sana in corpore sano” on the affluent island
Mallorca now has a sufficient critical mass of population to attract initiatives that, not so long ago, would have seemed unthinkable. The strong demographic momentum of recent years, driven above all by people arriving from [...]
Self-employed workers in Balearic Islands: the islands lead Spain in growth in May with a 2.2% increase
The self-employed in the Balearic Islands recorded the highest growth in Spain during the month of May. The archipelago added 2,361 new members of the Special Scheme for Self-Employed Workers (RETA), an increase of 2.2% [...]
The spring-summer 2026 edition of Mallorca Global Mag is now on sale at newsstands
The spring-summer 2026 edition of Mallorca Global Mag is now available at newsstands, regular distribution points and for download online. With 132 pages, the magazine offers a broad and cross-cutting look at current affairs in [...]
Mallorca June 2026 Agenda: concerts, fairs, art and the best plans of the month
June arrives in Mallorca with a packed events calendar featuring contemporary art, major concerts, festivals, gastronomic fairs, international sports and cultural activities for all audiences. From must-attend events such as Art Palma Summer, the Mallorca [...]
The unbearable lightness of Donald Trump
In Milan Kundera’s novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, the protagonist’s wife says: “Our lives are bombarded by coincidences.” In this way, human beings are relieved of responsibility for their decisions. Following the latest foiled [...]
The Serra de Tramuntana unveils Georoutes, a digital network of 21 cultural itineraries
The Serra de Tramuntana is set to benefit from a new tool designed to promote and showcase its cultural heritage. The Consell de Mallorca and the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) have presented Georoutes, [...]
The Local Produce Fair 2026 will bring together 26 exhibitors in Manacor on 31 May
The Local Produce Fair 2026 of Manacor (Fira del Producte Local 2026 de Manacor) will bring together 26 producers from the Balearic Islands this Sunday, 31 May, in an event held from 9:00 am to [...]
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