Emaya reduces water losses in Palma to 16%, a historic low
Emaya has managed to reduce water losses in the Palma network from 25% to 16%, the lowest figure on record. This improvement represents a saving of 3.6 cubic hectometres, equivalent to half of the Gorg [...]
Inca Hospital introduces virtual reality headsets to make chemotherapy more manageable
The Inca Regional Hospital has launched an innovative project to improve the quality of life of oncology patients. From now on, people receiving chemotherapy in the day hospital have access to virtual reality headsets that [...]
Fira d’Alcúdia 2025: four days that bring together history, flavour and celebration
The Fira d’Alcúdia 2025 (Alcúdia Fair), taking place from 2 to 5 October, once again fills the streets with tradition, history and community spirit. This year, the poster features the gegants d’Alcúdia, endearing symbols that, [...]
The Aemet issues a yellow alert during the day and an orange alert at night in Mallorca due to heavy rain and storms
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has declared a yellow alert in Mallorca due to rain and storms from 10:00 AM this Monday until midnight, when an orange alert is expected in the south and north [...]
Balearic Government uncovers 1,475 unregistered holiday rentals in eco-tax census
The Government of the Balearic Islands has taken an important step to improve the control of holiday rentals in the archipelago. Following a data cross-check with the island councils, 1,475 establishments were identified that held [...]
Etihad Airways will connect Abu Dhabi with Palma in the summer of 2026
Etihad Airways has announced that it will operate direct flights between Abu Dhabi and Palma starting 12 June 2026. With this new route, Son Sant Joan airport will have, for the first time, a direct [...]
Mallorca and Menorca lead the way in holiday home bookings on the coast this August
With 97% and 84% respectively, Mallorca and Menorca are leading the way in terms of holiday home bookings in coastal areas for August, according to a study by Rentalia These data provided by the Rentalia [...]
The weather in Mallorca | Sunshine and rising temperatures
The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) forecasts for today, Tuesday 6th June, mist and some morning fog in Mallorca. During the day, few clouds are expected and, in the afternoon, some showers that will mainly affect [...]
Agustín Fernández Mallo: “In Mallorca there is a very rich cultural legacy from the entire 20th century that we are not aware of”
Agustín Fernández Mallo (A Coruña, 1967), author of the renowned The Nocilla Trilogy, came to work in Mallorca as a physicist, on leave for 13 years, and has forged a 30-year career as a writer. [...]
Selectividad in Mallorca 2023: 4,774 students from the Balearic Islands prepared to take the PBAU
A total of 4,773 students from schools in the Balearic Islands have registered for the Selectividad in Mallorca 2023, which will take place at the University of the Balearic Islands on 6, 7 and 8 [...]
The PP begins round of negotiations to finalise the investiture of Marga Prohens
This morning, the PP has scheduled meetings from 10:30 am with representatives of the parties that have obtained parliamentary representation in order to close the investiture of Marga Prohens as president of the Balearic Government [...]
Es Jardí Mallorca: summer concert programme
The summer concert programme Es Jardí Mallorca will offer a wide range of artists until August. Es Jardí is presented as a boutique music concept that will serve as a meeting point in the Mallorcan [...]
Leonor Vich Martorell: “Our grandfather used to say that the best customer is a child who comes in to ask for a glass of water”
The third generation of Can Joan de s'Aigo's owners are committed to tradition as a sign of identity for the survival of their three cafes in Palma. In 1700 there were no social media, guides [...]
Unemployment fell by 20.5 % in the Balearic Islands in May, the biggest drop in Spain
Last May closed in the Balearic Islands with 28,800 people registered on the unemployment lists, which represents a decrease of 20.5% compared to the same month in 2022 In May, Social Security registered an average [...]
Mallorca receives 5 nominations at the World Travel Awards
Serra de Tramuntana. Mallorca is nominated in five categories of the World Travel Awards: leading cultural city (for Palma), leading beach destination, leading island destination, leading sustainable tourism destination and leading new resort [...]
Sant Nicolau, Sa Llotja-Born and Son Espanyolet, Palma’s most expensive neighbourhoods
These three neighbourhoods of Palma are above 6,000 euros per square metre to buy a home, according to data from April published by the real estate portal Fotocasa, making it one of the most expensive [...]
Interview with Susy Gómez: “Social media allow me to break through the violent silence in this tragedy
Text: José Eduardo Iglesias. Palma. Interview with Susy Gómez made on 21 March 2023. -Coincidences, it is now 20 years since the biennial Art Report 2003, the first exhibition we organised at the Solleric when I [...]
The Horrach Moyà Gallery closes its exhibition spaces in Palma
The owner family explains that this closure, from today, Wednesday 1 June, "symbolises respect, admiration and honour for the mark left by Juan Antonio Horrach Moyà" The well-known Horrach Moyà Gallery closes its exhibition spaces [...]
Automatic barriers to control access to Formentor
From today the 1st of June until the 30th of September the barriers will open automatically as long as there are spaces available in the Formentor car park, and also for all vehicles with authorisation [...]
Flexas Festival 2023: Parc de la Mar will be filled with music on 14th July
The Flexas Festival 2023 already has a date in Mallorca. On 14 July, the traditional animation of this event will arrive at Parc de la Mar. This has been announced by the establishment itself on [...]
Towards a low-cost university system?
The University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) enters the top 10 public universities with the highest percentage of precarious teaching staff according to a study by the University of Granada. Virginia Servera The almost poetic [...]
The price of housing has risen by 97.9% in the last ten years in the Balearic Islands
Salaries on the islands have increased by 7% while the price of rented housing has risen by 97.9% over the last ten years. This is according to a study by Fotocasa and InfoJobs The study [...]
Bertrand Descoubes, founder and CEO of Dec-Ho Group: “90% of our Bornéus Store production comes from craftsmen”.
Special supplement on sustainability: ‘Baleares Green Experience’. At Bornéus Store each piece is unique. The delicate hands of experienced craftsmen transform hundred-year-old doors and trunks into exclusive furniture and decorative items. Authentic artworks that are [...]
Hoteliers of Mallorca: “A resounding majority has called for change”
Mallorca's hoteliers have been exultant with the new government and say that "citizens have gone to the polls and a resounding majority has called for change. This puts an end to interventionism" The Hotel Federation [...]
Pedro Sánchez brings forward the general election to 23 July
After the poor results of the PSOE in the municipal and regional elections of 28M, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has announced the electoral advance in an institutional declaration without questions from the [...]
Right turn in the Balearics
PP wins the elections in the Balearic Islands with 25 MPs and could govern with Vox, which rises to 8 seats. The PP has been the most voted force in the Island Councils, as well [...]
Writer Antonio Gala dies
At the age of 92, the writer Antonio Gala died early Sunday morning at the Reina Sofía hospital in Córdoba, where he had been admitted since Saturday due to complications in his state of health [...]
Sa Pobla celebrates its Evening Potato Fair 2023
The 2023 Evening Potato Fair returns to Sa Pobla on the 2nd and 3rd of June. A fair designed to pay tribute to one of the municipality's most important agricultural products. The Sa Pobla Potato [...]
Free cinema on Mallorca’s beaches returns to Palma and Pollença in 2023
The Free cinema on the beaches of Mallorca initiative will once again offer this free activity in 2023. Specifically, the organisers of the Cinema Lliure a la Platja project have announced that Palma and Pollença [...]
Angels in the Serra
Jacobo Soteras and Antoni Sosa, two men with a single destiny: to ensure the safety of all those who venture into the imposing natural surroundings of the Serra de Tramuntana mountain range Jacobo Soteras is [...]
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