The Misericordia Chapel reopens its doors with the exhibition ‘Natural Spaces’
After being closed for two years, the Consell de Mallorca reopens the doors of the Misericordia chapel with the exhibition Espacios Naturales (Natural Spaces). The exhibition offers a representation of the natural spaces belonging to [...]
Tractorade in Palma: Mallorcan farmers collapse the centre of the city in protest
Around 300 tractors and agricultural vehicles flooded the streets of central Palma on Monday. Farmers and stockbreeders in Mallorca carried out a massive tractor pull to express their concern for the future of their sector, [...]
Recovering the sky of our ancestors
La Vía Láctea en la isla de Cabrera donde se observan multitud de estrellas de diferente intensidad de brillo y tonalidades. Foto: Jaime Sánchez Millán. Antonia Gil. Palma "There is a social culture [...]
Mobofest 2024 presents its line-up of concerts in Porreres
Mobofest 2024, which will be held on 25th, 26th and 27th July in the n'Hereveta park in Porreres, already has a line-up of concerts. Julieta Venegas, Valeria Castro, Socunbohemio, Ludwig Band, Maria Hein and Joan [...]
How big is the population of the Balearic Islands in 2024?
The resident population in the Balearic Islands on 1 January 2024 stood at 1,231,487 inhabitants, which represents an increase of 0.13 % with respect to the fourth quarter of 2023, when the islands counted 1,229,934 [...]
Habturalia 2024: the 2nd Mediterranean holiday rental forum to be held on 23rd and 24th February
Habturalia 2024, a holiday tourism meeting promoted by Habtur and Pidelaluna events, will take place on 23rd and 24th February in Can Gelabert (Binissalem). At the 2nd Mediterranean holiday rental forum, the public will be [...]
Guide with the recommended restaurants in Mallorca for 2022
Restaurant Latitud 39. Photo: MG. From Mallorca Caprice we offer you a first-class guide of recommended restaurants to enjoy a good meal. Mercat 1930 Palma Gastronomic Market, located on the Paseo Marítimo de [...]
“Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday”: Consumption recommends local shops and buying on secure websites
The General Directorate of Consumption advises in the special discount period of "Black Friday" - November 26- and "Cyber Monday" - November 29 - to buy in the local shops, to leave "less carbon footprint, [...]
Singles Day: Alibaba festival sales reached 73.8 billion euros
At midnight on Friday in China, the e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group, ended its thirteenth 'Global Shopping Festival', known as Singles Day, with a collection of 540.3 billion yuan, equivalent to 73.8 billion euros, a 17.5% [...]
Pollença lives its fair with all the local produce, a new space and sustainable crafts
With the exhibition of all kinds of handicrafts, local products from the cooperative pagesa, a fun space for children, book presentations and talks on circular economy, among other activities, the Fira de Pollença is held [...]
Ed Sheeran, the main star at the 40 Music Awards 2021 held in Palma
With the presentations of Ed Sheeran, Aitana, Sebastián Yatra and Pablo Alborán, among other artists, the 40 Music Awards 2021 will be held this Friday for the first time in history in the Balearic Islands [...]
The Hilton chain returns to Mallorca in 2022 with a resort on the Costa de la Calma
The Hilton chain has confirmed that it will return to Mallorca next summer under the Hilton Hotels & Resorts insignia on the Costa de la Calma after sealing an agreement with Galatzó Inversiones S.L., the [...]
In 2020, 565 people died in the Balearic Islands due to COVID-19
In the Balearic Islands, 565 people (313 men and 252 women) died from COVID-19 in 2020 out of a total of 8,559 deaths, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE). Nationwide, there have been [...]
The Christmas market in Plaça Major will have more stalls and adds to Plaça del Mercat
With a total of 14 stalls and 132 stalls, 38 more than last year, the Christmas market in Plaça Major in Palma will be inaugurated on November 19. As novelties, this year, a new location [...]
Meliá, Barceló and other chains project a sustainability framework to promote tourism
Meliá Hotels International, Barceló Hotel Group, NH Hotel Group and Radisson Hotel Group, which together comprise a very significant percentage of the Spanish and European hotel market, and other leading groups with 25,000 hotels in [...]
Aena remodels Palma Airport without increasing the capacity of flights per hour
The Palma Airport, Son Sant Joan, will be remodeled to guarantee its environmental sustainability but it will not be able to increase the capacity of flights per hour, which will remain at 66 operations, indicates [...]
Dijous Bo 2021 en Inca: Program of activities
The Dijous Bo 2021 of Inca has presented a full program of activities. After a year without being able to celebrate this traditional festival, "now it's time to prepare to live the big week of [...]
Es Príncep, best urban hotel in Europe by the luxury magazine Condé Nast
The Es Príncep hotel was named the best urban hotel in Europe by the luxury magazine Condé Nast Johansens in its European and Mediterranean Excellence Awards. Located within the walls of the old town of [...]
Es Baluard will host in 2022 the international congress of museums of modern and contemporary art
The Es Baluard museum will host in 2022 the international congress CIMAM - International Committee of Museums and Collections of Modern Art-, the only worldwide association of experts in modern and contemporary art museums. Es [...]
María Frontera will be reelected as president of the FEHM
María Frontera will chair the Mallorca Hotel Business Federation for another period. Photo: FEHM. The current president of the Mallorca Hotel Business Federation (FEHM), María Frontera, will be re-elected since she has expired [...]
The economic impact of golf in the Balearic Islands generates more than 1,300 million euros annually
The Balearic Islands is one of the autonomous communities that lead the income classifications for golf tourism, and a large part of this leadership does not correspond to spending on the golf courses themselves but [...]
The Balears already has a Geographical Gazetteer with more than 50,000 toponyms
The Balearic Islands already have the first Geographic Nomenclature with more than 54,000 toponyms that can be consulted through the IDEIB. The complete catalog contains information on the location, the type of geographic entity and [...]
Less unemployment and more activity: Balearic Islands lead the economic recovery in Spain
With an affiliation of 5,124,690 people in October, 16% more than the same month last year, the Balearic Islands continues to lead the economic reactivation in Spain and unemployment recovers by 36.4%, reaching levels similar [...]
Climate change: large banks will invest more than 100 billion euros
With the goal of zero emissions of polluting gases by mid-century, the COP26 climate conference taking place in Scotland announced that 450 large financial firms from 45 countries have pledged to invest more than 100 [...]
“Spring Blossom”, best film at the Evolution festival!
The tenth edition of Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival closed with the awards ceremony that took place at the Palau de Congressos de Palma. French filmmaker Suzanne Lindón won the best picture award for “Spring [...]
Mallorca values sustainability and sport to attract British tourists
The president of the Consell de Mallorca, Catalina Cladera, has presented in London a Mallorca open all year round that is committed to sport and sustainability. She did it during the presentation organized by the [...]
Armengol: “The Balearic Islands will recover British tourism prior to the pandemic in 2022”
At the beginning of the World Travel Market that takes place in London until November 3, the president of the Government, Francina Armengol, trusted that the Balearic Islands will recover British tourism prior to the [...]
Forbes ranks Miquel Fluxà as the richest Majorcan in Spain
The chairman of the Iberostar Group, Miquel Fluxà, is the only businessman in Mallorca to rank in the top 25 positions in the list of the 100 richest entrepreneurs in Spain compiled by Forbes magazine [...]
Three stages, face painting and puppets: this is how the Nit de les Ànimes will be
The fifth edition of the Nit de les Ànimes will be held in Palma at Parc Sa Riera on November 6 from 4 to 9:30 p.m. The first edition was held in 2017 at the [...]
All Saints’ Day: schedules and recommendations to attend the cemeteries of Palma
Palma City Council has enabled a special device to celebrate All Saints' Day to facilitate access to municipal cemeteries. The device will be launched this weekend, which is when it is expected that there will [...]
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