The Balearic coast cleaning service removes over 6.7 tonnes of waste in August
The Balearic coast cleaning service, coordinated by the public company PortsIB, removed a total of 6,707.35 kilos of waste from the archipelago's coasts last August. This figure represents a daily average of 216.37 kilos and [...]
The Museu de Mallorca invokes the Bous de Costitx with the exhibition ‘Hem arribat a l’infern!’ by Bernardí Roig
The Museu de Mallorca (Museum of Mallorca) hosts until 21 September the exhibition "Bernardí Roig. Hem arribat a l’infern!" (Bernardí Roig. We Have Arrived in Hell!), a proposal that is part of the Biennal B, [...]
Thirteen municipalities in the centre and north of Mallorca launch a joint taxi service
The Government of the Balearic Islands has launched a new joint taxi service connecting 13 municipalities in the centre and north of Mallorca, aiming to improve mobility, increase vehicle availability and facilitate travel between towns. [...]
Air Canada will fly between Palma and Montreal from June 2026
Air Canada has announced that, from 17 June 2026, it will launch a new direct flight Montreal–Palma. The route will be seasonal and will operate until 24 October 2026, with four weekly frequencies in each [...]
Workplace accidents in the Balearic Islands fall by 7.3% in the first half of 2025
The workplace accidents in the Balearic Islands recorded a 7.3% decrease in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, according to data presented by the Minister of Labour, Public Function [...]
The L30 is now running, the new EMT Palma line between Marivent and the Palace of Congresses
The Municipal Transport Company of Palma (EMT) launched this Wednesday the new L30 line, which connects the Marivent park-and-ride car park with the Palace of Congresses. The new service will operate every day of the [...]
The Balearic Islands maintain the same number of unemployed and employed as in 2022
The EPA for the first quarter leaves 532,000 people employed and 117,900 unemployed on the islands Balearic Islands have started the year with practically the same number of unemployed and employed as last year. According [...]
Approval of the Housing Law that limits the price of rents
The Government approves in the Congress of Deputies the Housing Law with the support of the investiture groups, except the PNV, and with the no of the Popular Party, law that limits the price of [...]
50,000 discount vouchers for Palma’s small businesses to be distributed this Wednesday
406 shops are taking part in the campaign, which will last on May. Of the total, 300 shops used up all the discount vouchers in the first distribution At 10 a.m. today, Wednesday morning, the [...]
Fira del vi de Pollença 2023: 40 wineries will meet in the Sant Domingo Cloister
The Fira del vi de Pollença returns in 2023 to the Claustre de Sant Domingo on 6 and 7 May. After two years of being held at Ca Conill, due to the pandemic, the great [...]
Palma, epicentre of world yachting
The next edition of the Palma International Boat Show will be held between the 27th and 30th of April at the Moll Vell and will kick off the Mediterranean nautical season Photo: Palma International [...]
The Govern won’t allow expansion or new marinas
The General Plan of Ports of the Balearic Islands that has been approved by the Consell de Govern prohibits new ports and infrastructures and further growth The Consell de Govern has approved this Monday, in [...]
The Balearic Islands reached one million overnight hotel stays in March
966,435 is the number of overnight hotel stays in Balearic hotels recorded last March. This represents a growth of 15.45% According to the latest data published this Monday by the National Statistics Institute (INE), overnight [...]
Palma will register 20% fewer cruise ships this season
The forecasts of the cruise ship employers' association suggest that in 2023 the Mallorcan capital will not reach the figures of 2019 as far as these vessels are concerned. Palma will register 20% fewer cruise [...]
‘Ikimilikiliklik’, a modern witch’s tale at Teatre Principal
The show for the whole family 'Ikimililikiliklik' can be seen on Sunday the 23rd of April at 6:00 pm at Palma's Teatre Principal 'Ikimilikiliklik' is a modern tale about witches who are not witches. [...]
New edition of ‘Splash-In’, the seaplane show in Pollença
'Splash-In' seaplane festival will be held between the 28th of April and the 1st of May in Pollença, as well as in Los Alcázares, Murcia The fifth edition of the 'Splash-In' festival will be held [...]
Sant Jordi 2023 returns to Palma with around thirty bookshops
Some thirty bookshops are taking part this year in Sant Jordi 2023, the 'Dia del LLibre', which is being held on Sunday 23rd April in Palma and the Part Forana of Mallorca The great festival [...]
Hotel occupancy in Mallorca at Easter reached 76%
The forecasts of the Hotel Business Federation of Mallorca (FEHM) have been improved by six points as far as bookings in the island's hotels during Easter Week are concerned. From the 70% initially forecast, the [...]
Balearic Islands increase their tourism revenue by 24% compared to 2019
The Exceltur tourism association claims that the first quarter of 2023 has closed in the Balearic Islands with an increase in revenue of 24.3% over the same period in 2019 Likewise, tourism entrepreneurs on the [...]
Jet2holidays forecasts a “record” season in the Balearic Islands
Exceeding one million British passengers with a growth of 14 percent compared to 2022 are the forecasts of Jet2holidays for this summer in the Balearic Islands The British tour operator Jet2holidays expects to increase the [...]
In March the Balearic Islands received 25.5% more international air passengers
Balearic Islands received 413,238 international air passengers in March, 25.5% more than a year ago The Balearic Islands received 413,238 international air passengers in March, 25.5% more than the same month last year, according to [...]
The Mallorcan company Dingus, the only Spanish company on the Advisory Board of Booking.com
Dingus, the Mallorcan tourism technology company, has been the only company selected to participate in Booking.com's Connectivity Advisory Board Dingus is the only Spanish company that will be part of Booking.com's Advisory Board. Photo: [...]
The traditional ‘Fira agrícola i ramadera’ returns to Santa Eugènia
The traditional 'Fira agrícola i ramadera' (agricultural and livestock fair) returns to Santa Eugènia Santa Eugènia Town Council is organising the Fira agrícola i ramadera, from 21st to 23rd April, which this year reaches its [...]
The price of rent rises by almost 13% in the Balearic Islands in the first quarter of the year
This rise in the price of rent is the sharpest increase in the whole of Spain, according to the real estate portal Fotocasa The price of rent has risen by 12.7% in the Balearic Islands [...]
The first electric bus is already running in Palma
The EMT's first electric bus is already running in Palma on lines L29, L40 and L39 It is a 12-metre, zero-emission vehicle that, for the time being, provides service on lines L29, L40 and L39 [...]
The ‘Setmana de les Lletres’ (Literary Week) arrives in Marratxí
Coinciding with Sant Jordi's Day, from the 19th to the 23rd of April Marratxí will be dedicated to literature, theatre, stories and music in a new edition of the 'Setmana de les Lletres' (Letters Week). [...]
Turespaña brings the North American market to Mallorca
Turespaña is organising a conference in Mallorca with agents and tour operators from the USA and Canada to market Spanish destinations The Spanish Tourism Institute (Turespaña) will organise a reverse conference to support the marketing [...]
Terraferida: “Left-wing political parties are an impermeable wall”
Terraferida abandons activism and accuses the parties in government of not wanting to make transformative environmental policies As the organisation explained in a statement, Terraferida is taking a break from the environmental activism it has [...]
Rising passengers at Balearic airports
Balearic airports closed the first quarter with over 4 million passengers, 30% more than in 2022. Menorca and Ibiza airports have experienced the highest growth compared to the year before the pandemic The airports of [...]
The European Parliament investigates Bauzá over a complaint of harassment in the workplace
The European Parliament is investigating the former president of the Balearic Government, José Ramón Bauzá, over a complaint of harassment at work by one of his parliamentary advisers The parliamentary advisor denounced last summer the [...]
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