The Govern backs desalination as a key water strategy in response to aquifer depletion in the Balearic Islands
The Minister for the Sea and the Water Cycle of the Government of the Balearic Islands, Juan Manuel Lafuente, has placed desalination at the heart of the water strategy of the regional government, in response [...]
The Fira del Llibre 2025 in Palma moves to Plaça d’Espanya from 30 May to 8 June
The 43rd edition of the Fira del Llibre in Palma (Palma Book Fair) will take place from 30 May to 8 June in a new location: the Plaça d’Espanya. This initiative, organised by the Gremi [...]
The Consell allocates €2.1 million to boost the promotion of the local product of Mallorca in 2025
The Consell will allocate 2.1 million euros in aid to promote the local product of Mallorca in 2025, a 50% increase compared to 2024, when 1.4 million was allocated. These subsidies, managed by the Department [...]
Resounding success at the first Fira de la Sardina: over 3,000 kilos of sardines consumed in four days
The Fira de la Sardina (Sardine Fair), organised by the Confraria de Pescadors de Palma (Guild of Fishermen of Palma) with the support of the Ajuntament de Palma, closed its first edition with a resounding [...]
Education bans the use of mobile phones in public and subsidised schools from the 2025–2026 academic year
The Department for Education and Universities of the Balearic Islands has announced a new regulation that bans the use of mobile phones and other personal electronic devices in non-university public and state-subsidised schools. This measure, [...]
The Consell de Mallorca strengthens the fight against illegal tourism with over 3,000 inspections this summer
The Consell de Mallorca will intensify the fight against illegal tourist activity this summer with an ambitious inspection plan exceeding 3,000 actions until 15 November. The main objective is to eradicate irregular holiday rentals, which [...]
Balearic Islands will require Catalan for 80% of healthcare workers
After weeks of controversy, the Government has reached an agreement for the Balearic Islands to require the requirement of Catalan in 80% of the positions offered in the stabilization process for doctors and nurses In [...]
IB3 integrates over 300 public entity workers
IB3 concludes today the process of integrating over 300 workers among informative staff, technicians, and exploitation, and converts them into permanent public administration staff, after 18 years of outsourcing IB3 integrates today the workers from [...]
The protests of temporary teachers continue for the “death” of their rights
The group of temporary teachers, who have been demanding improvements in their working conditions for some time, delivers a manifesto with their demands at the Education Ministry. Approximately 200 teacher without a permanent position gathered [...]
The minimum wage to be increased to 1.080 euros per month
The Executive agrees with the unions and without the employers' association an 8% increase of the Interprofessional Minimum Wage that will affect almost three million workers, according to the announcement made today by the President [...]
Turespaña has chosen Mallorca to host a workshop for the American market
The workshop, which will take place between April 18th and 20th, will bring together American travel agents and companies, professionals and organizations in the tourism sector and promotional agencies from the government The deadline for [...]
41.2% Salary Increase for Private Care Home and Day Care Center Workers
CCOO and UGT unions and the employer's association Asociación de Empresas de Servicios para la Dependencia (Aeste) have agreed on a 41.25% salary increase over four years for workers in private care homes and day [...]
Balearic Islands loses 35% of cruise passengers compared to 2019
A total of 1.7 million cruise passengers passed through the ports of general interest of the Balearic Islands in 2022, which is 35% less than those registered before the pandemic, in 2019. Compared with the [...]
Balearic Islands leads increase in retail sales and employment in 2022
Retail sales increased by an average of 8.2% in 2022, while employment in the sector increased by 6.4%, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) published Monday. Balearic Islands leads the ranking [...]
Police warns of increase in phone scams in businesses and companies
Scammers' modus operandi consists of directly contacting workers and demanding money through bitcoins or virtual card According to the National Police, a type of phone scam targeting employees of businesses or companies is spreading. They [...]
EMT users are in favour of the imminent withdrawal of face masks on public transport.
Once the impact of the opening of borders with China on the incidence of the coronavirus in Spain has been analysed, the government has announced that masks will be removed "immediately" from public transport. The [...]
Balearic Islands closed the year with more employment and less unemployment than in 2021
In the last quarter of the year there were 24,100 fewer unemployed people than in 2021 and 33,800 more employed people The Balearic Islands is the region where unemployment fell the most and employment grew [...]
Antònia Font concert in Palma: doors open earlier and public transport reinforced
The Palma Town Hall has announced that the opening time for the Antònia Font concert in Palma has been brought forward to 17:00, as it is expected to attract a large crowd. The free performance [...]
Mallorcan cuisine travels to Madrid Fusión
Local produce and Mallorcan gastronomy have been promoted for yet another year with the support of the Consell de Mallorca at the Madrid Fusión gastronomy fair, held at IFEMA (Madrid), which comes to an end [...]
CAEB warns of “tough months” ahead for SMEs
After learning that the Balearic Islands is the community where business confidence has fallen the most in the first quarter of 2023, the Confederation of Business Associations of the Balearic Islands (CAEB) has assured this [...]
The Galatzó Shelter opens its doors to the public
The new Galatzó Shelter open for overnight stays from Wednesday 25th January. This was announced in a press release by the Consell de Mallorca. With a surface area of 1,110.98 m², the Galatzó Shelter is [...]
Vicky Luengo wins the Gaudí Award for Best Female Leading Role
Foto: Itziar Jiménez. Palma-born actress Vicky Luengo, who was on the cover of the spring-summer 2022 edition of Mallorca Global Mag, picked up the Gaudí Award for Best Female Lead this Sunday for [...]
Everything ready for the Challenge 2023, the most important cycling tour of Mallorca
The 32nd edition of the Challenge Ciclista Mallorca has been presented today, a competition that will take place from 25th to 29th January and in which 22 teams and nearly 300 riders from all over [...]
The first snowfalls leave a wintry picture in Mallorca and force the closure of stretches of road
The sub-zero temperatures that have been reached over the last few hours in Mallorca (the minimum, -2.3 ºC, was recorded in the Serra d'Alfàbia at 6:10 am), have left a snowfall in the Serra de [...]
Consternation in Balearic society at the death of Mallorcan filmmaker Agustí Villaronga
The death of film director Agustí Villaronga in the early hours of Sunday morning from cancer, which he made public in 2021, has sparked a wave of messages of recognition, gratitude and grief in the [...]
A boost for the new tourism law and a message of optimism for the coming season on the first day of FITUR
The Balearic Islands has committed to allocate 60 million of European funds to the tourism sector to carry out the transformation reflected in the new tourism law, to which representatives of the hotel sector have [...]
A giant gate to inaugurate the Chinese New Year, a festival declared to be of municipal public interest
A large Chinese door, located at the entrance of the street Nuredduna, which will be visible from 21 January, at the intersection between Aragon and Avenidas street, will welcome all citizens who come to the [...]
Antonio Oliver, head of Microbiology at Son Espases: “There is more flu than COVID”
Antonio Oliver, jefe del Servicio de Microbiología del Hospital Universitario Son Espases. Foto: hospitalsonespases.es. The head of the Microbiology Service of the University Hospital of Son Espases, Dr. Antonio Oliver, explained that there [...]
Mallorca to continue with strong gusts of wind and waves
The gale blew down a large tree in Son Armadans street on the night of 16 January. In the photo, firefighters work to clear the area this morning. Photo Mallorca Global Mag. The wind and [...]
The Balearic Islands aim to consolidate the national market at Fitur 2023
The Balearic Islands will take part in the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) to be held in Madrid from 18 to 22 January with the aim of consolidating the domestic market and raising awareness of the [...]
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