Cort acts for the third time in April in Son Banya to demolish illegal constructions
The Palma City Council carried out a new intervention in the Son Banya settlement on Wednesday with the aim of removing illegal constructions built in recent days, reaffirming its commitment to upholding urban planning regulations. [...]
Margalida Prohens opens the Palma International Boat Show 2025
The President of the Balearic Islands, Margalida Prohens, officially opened the new edition of the Palma International Boat Show 2025 today, Tuesday. The event takes place from 30 April to 3 May at the Moll [...]
Organic farming in the Balearic Islands continues to gain ground: 3,696 more hectares and 43 additional operators in 2024
Organic farming in the Balearic Islands continues to show solid and sustained growth, according to data presented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Natural Environment and the Balearic Council for Organic Agricultural Production (CBPAE). [...]
The Consell announces a record investment for Mallorca’s municipalities exceeding 70 million euros in 2025
The Consell de Mallorca has announced a record investment of more than 70 million euros in 2025 to support the island’s municipalities. This unprecedented funding aims to improve local services and finance a wide range [...]
El Govern activates the forest fire campaign following the best start to the year in two decades
In 2025, a total of 15 forest fires have been recorded in the Balearic Islands, affecting only 0.41 hectares. These figures represent a significant improvement compared to the same period last year, when 27 fires [...]
Around 20% of boat maintenance and repair companies leave Mallorca for Catalonia and Valencia
Around 20% of companies dedicated to boat maintenance and repair in Mallorca have decided to relocate their headquarters to ports in Catalonia or Valencia. This was confirmed by ADNEA, the Associació per al Desenvolupament Nàutic [...]
The Balearic Islands attend WTM with the aim of positioning itself as a sustainable and circular destination
The Balearic Islands will take part in the World Travel Market tourism fair in London from 7 to 9 November. The aim will be to position itself in the British market as a sustainable and [...]
The Fira de Pollença 2022 showcases the primary sector and craftsmanship
The Fira de Pollença 2022 reaches its XXXIX edition, highlighting the primary sector and local crafts. The "Mè de Pollença" will be the protagonist of the fair, which will be held from the 11th to [...]
The Mallorca Film Commission receives the Essentially Award for best luxury ambassador for Mallorca
The Mallorca Film Commission, an entity dependent on the Consell de Mallorca, has received the Essentially award for Best Luxury Ambassador of the island at a gala held this Thursday at the Palacio Can Marqués. [...]
Tourists spent 15,259 million up to September, an all-time record on the islands
Until last September, the Balearic Islands accumulated the highest tourist expenditure in its history. Tourists spent 15,259 million euros in the first nine months of the year, as shown by the Tourism Expenditure Survey (Egatur) [...]
Carmen Linares: “From Rosalía I value the young people that she has attracted to flamenco”
The cantaora (flamenco singer) Carmen Linares, winner of the 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, opens the Jazz Voyeur Festival at the Trui Teatre on 4 November. More than four decades of artistic [...]
The Government plans to limit the sale of homes to foreigners
To open the debate on limiting the sale of homes to foreigners. This is one of the objectives of the Balearic government. The Councillor for Economic Model, Tourism and Employment, Iago Negueruela, declared in Parliament [...]
Nit de les Ànimes 2022 in Palma: a programme to recover the local tradition
The Nit de les Ànimes 2022 in Palma will be held in Sa Riera Park on Saturday the 5th of November. This is the sixth edition of the festival that aims to promote and recover [...]
Logitravel to promote Palma as the “perfect getaway” during the low season
The company Logitravel will be responsible for developing the tourism comarketing aimed at the national market from the 1st of November to the 15th of December. The aim of this action is to improve the [...]
A new circular bus line in Palma will connect the Palacio de Congresos with Plaza Progreso
A new circular bus line will link the Palacio de Congresos with Palma's Plaza Progreso. This is the EMT's first circular line that will connect the neighbourhoods located beyond the avenues. These are some of [...]
Port d’Alcúdia launches tests of the system for alerting the population of emergencies
The population of the Port d'Alcúdia area will receive a simulated message on their mobile phones this Wednesday at 12:00 noon. In this way, the Balearic Islands will test the new system of alerts to [...]
Celebrities turn out in defence of El Bungalow ahead of Sunday’s protest
Many familiar faces have shown their support for the restaurant El Bungalow in Ciudad Jardín, which Costas intends to demolish, through a video. This support is expected to be massive this Sunday, November 6th, [...]
The Consell de Govern approves the highest budgets in history
The Consell de Govern has approved the General Budget Bill of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands for 2023 for a total of 7,133.4 million euros. The new budgets increase by 11.5% compared to [...]
The train to Llevant, housing and the water cycle will be the focus of the eco-tax investments in Mallorca
The investment of the Sustainable Tourism Tax in Mallorca resulting from the 2023 call will have a total impact of 99.18 million euros, between its own projects and others that affect all the islands. Among [...]
Tourists call Formentor restrictions a “trap” after receiving fine
"A tourist trap", "a joke" or "is this legal? These are the comments of dozens of tourists who visited Mallorca this summer and who now, on their return, receive a souvenir in the form of [...]
Miquel Barceló exhibits his work at the Louvre in Paris
The Mallorcan artist Miquel Barceló is currently exhibiting his works in Paris. He is doing it twice, with the still life "Grisaille à l'espadon" at the Louvre and with a series of "Grisaille" in a [...]
Palma will compete to host the Spanish Artificial Intelligence headquarters
Palma will compete to host the headquarters of the future Spanish Agency for the Supervision of Artificial Intelligence (AESIA). This is what the President of the Govern, Francina Armengol, told the Secretary of State Carme [...]
Direct flights from Ibiza to Menorca: new route on weekends
The airline UEPfly has presented its new direct flights from Ibiza to Menorca. A connection that will connect the two islands non-stop at weekends. This is a highly demanded service that will cover this inter-island [...]
Impulsa Balears predicts moderate growth, but above the Spanish average
Impulsa Balears yesterday held the i-meeting "Global conditioning factors and pendular movements: protagonists of the macroeconomic scenario". According to its technical director, Antoni Riera, the Balearic Islands will ease its growth but, predictably, without going [...]
Halloween in Mallorca 2022: plans for the celebration of the Nit de Ses Ànimes
Many proposals have been announced to celebrate Halloween in Mallorca 2022. The Nit de Ses Ànimes, which is celebrated on the night of 31st October, is an increasingly popular date. That is why, year after [...]
Terraferida warns of the construction of 1,002 villas on rural land in the last 6 years
In the last six years, 1,002 new villas have been built in the rural land of Mallorca and up to 1,052 more homes have been extended between 2015 and 2021. This is revealed by a [...]
Actress Natassja Kinski receives today the Mallorca Film Award
Natassja Kinski will be one of the stars of the opening gala of the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival today. The actress will receive the Mallorca Film Award during the gala, after appearing before the [...]
75% of the turtles rescued this year in the archipelago were entangled in plastic
The Balearic Islands Wildlife Recovery Consortium (COFIB) today released five sea turtles that have been recovered over the last few months at the Palma Aquarium. Four of the five turtles were found entangled in plastic [...]
Carolina Artola, energy advisor: “The key to paying less is to know the price per kilowatt”
Carolina Artola is an energy advisor, a relatively new profession "that existed for companies, but not for residential customers, i.e. supplies with power of less than 10 kilowatts". Her function is to act as an [...]
The Balearic Islands leads the national occupancy rate in September
In September, the Balearic Islands registered one out of every three overnight stays by foreigners in Spain during the month of September, with 33.7% of the total. This is shown in the hotel occupancy data [...]
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