Perseids in Mallorca 2025: when and where to see them
In August there is increasing interest in knowing when and where to see the Perseids in Mallorca in 2025. The Perseids, also called the Tears of Saint Lawrence due to the celebration of this saint [...]
Assumption Day 2025 in Mallorca: heritage, activities and tradition
The Bishopric of Mallorca and the Council of Mallorca have launched an ambitious cultural dissemination plan for the Feast of the Assumption 2025, aimed at bringing residents and visitors closer to the historical, heritage, and [...]
The Club Pollença Architecture and Design Week 2025 is coming
From August 18 to 20, Club Pollença will host the twelfth edition of the Setmana d’Arquitectura i Disseny, featuring eight internationally renowned figures in design and architecture. Three days of public talks focused on sustainability, [...]
Cine a la Fresca in Palma 2025: full programme and latest news
Cine a la Fresca in Palma 2025 returns once again this summer as one of the city's most eagerly anticipated cultural events. From Monday, August 11 to Thursday, September 4, film lovers will be able [...]
Grip Face’s silent cry: ‘Utopia of Mud. Sashimi of Mist’, at the Miró Foundation Mallorca
“Today, more than ever, we must not look away. The world is regressing, and staying silent makes us complicit.”— Grip Face With this direct and meaningful statement, Mallorcan artist Grip Face highlights one of the [...]
Reception of the King and Queen at Marivent 2025: an institutional event with Balearic society
As is now a summer tradition, Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain, King Felipe and Queen Letizia, hosted on Monday the official reception at Marivent Palace during their summer stay in Mallorca. Also [...]
Miquel Àngel Salvà, vice-president of PIMEM-Comerç: “The sales are being weak”
More than a week after the winter sales began in Mallorca, the vice-president of PIMEM-Comerç, Miquel Àngel Salvà, told this newspaper that "they are a little slower than the sales of previous years. The cash [...]
Mallorca, one of the top five travel destinations in 2023 according to Forbes magazine
Few are questioning whether or not they will travel in 2023 but most are concerned about where they will travel. The prestigious Forbes magazine has listed the island of Mallorca as a possible leading leisure [...]
More authentic, wellness-focused travel and more spending: new trends for Spanish travellers in 2023
Travellers are regaining pre-pandemic confidence and the tourism sector is benefiting. This is what emerges from the study of Spanish traveller trends in 2023 by Marriott Bonvoy, which shows that holidays focused on wellness will [...]
1,240 € on average to live in dignity in Palma
An adult, understood as a person aged between 18 and 24 who is working and a person aged 25 or over, needs €1,240 on average to live a decent life in Palma, according to a [...]
Parking on the Paseo Marítimo: where to park from now on
As part of the remodelling work being carried out on the Paseo Marítimo, which will affect 3.5 kilometres of the promenade and a total of 183,670 m², this week saw the gradual removal of the [...]
The King and Queen of Spain to inaugurate the historic Llabrés pharmacy in Menorca on Thursday
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will travel to Ciutadella next Thursday to inaugurate the emblematic Llabrés pharmacy, a benchmark of modernism on the island, built between 1907 and 1908. After six years of renovation [...]
Balearic Islands breaks records in tourist spending in November but does not recover pre-pandemic figures for international visitors
The Balearic Islands have registered a new record for tourist spending in the month of November, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics. Compared to the same month in 2021, the expenditure [...]
Yllanes urges following the Canadian model in limiting the purchase of homes by non-residents
In the midst of the debate on whether the purchase of housing should be limited to non-residents of the islands or to those who have been living on the islands for less than five years [...]
Natalia Bueno: “The extra effort that Balearic residents have to make to buy and rent a home is much higher than the national average”.
Natalia Bueno en su despacho. The increase in demographic pressure, the lack of space and the paralysis of new construction are the breeding ground for prices to continue rising in 2023, according to [...]
Unemployment falls by 35.9% in December in the Balearic Islands
Unemployment fell by 35.9% in the Balearic Islands in December compared with the same month the previous year. This is one of the largest decreases among the autonomous communities in relative terms, with 20,123 fewer [...]
Rising prices are the main concern of the Balearic population
Runaway price increases, especially in basic products, are at the heart of the concerns of Balearic citizens, according to the latest issue of Quaderns Gadeso, which analyzes how Balearic society perceives the socioeconomic, political and [...]
Palma’s EMT is now free for users with a citizen’s card
Since yesterday, EMT Palma has been free of charge for all residents of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands. This measure, which is a key part of the social shield designed jointly with the [...]
Recycling in mallorca: waste flows
The island has had zero landfill since 2011, a model copied from northern European countries that avoids the existence of landfills - This is how recycling flows work on the island Photos: Tirme. [...]
Surveillance for new outbreak of COVID-19 from China
The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, appeared before a brief press conference this morning to explain the new health measures in response to the explosion of cases of COVID-19 from China. "We are going to [...]
The other side of Palma
The less visible face of the city, that of the homeless, is on the increase. Teresa Riera, a technician at the housing and homelessness service of Cáritas, has been helping this group for more than [...]
These are the foods without VAT from 2023 onwards
Pedro Sánchez has announced the anti-crisis measures that the government will introduce as of 1 January. Among them, the reduction of VAT on many foodstuffs. Foodstuffs that will reduce VAT in 2023 In addition to [...]
Final stretch for the 20 cents fuel discount
The central government announced yesterday the end of the application of the fuel discount for individuals. The discount has been available for 9 months since its application to alleviate the rise in fuel prices, but [...]
Mallorca wakes up in fog
Until early this morning, the Balearic Islands were on yellow alert for fog banks. This morning the island woke up to an unusual sight. The fog has caused traffic to slow down on the Via [...]
Spanish government approves new package of anti-crisis measures
The Government approves more measures to alleviate inflation and protect the most vulnerable groups. After the Council of Ministers, Pedro Sánchez appeared this afternoon at the Moncloa Palace, in a press conference where he presented [...]
The Govern prohibits the expansion of new land for development
The Govern prohibits local councils from authorising new developments if they already have unbuilt urban land or land to be rehabilitated. In addition, they are limited to the construction of swimming pools on rural land. [...]
Air Nostrum pilots strike affects 37 flights
Another day of strike by Air Nostrum pilots, called by SEPLA. The company has been forced to cancel flights from Alicante, Almería, Bologna, Bordeaux, Frankfurt, Granada, Ibiza, Madrid, Mallorca, Menorca, Nice, Pamplona, Seville and Valencia. [...]
Balearic Islands closes 2022 with 204 public housing units delivered
The president of the Government of the Balearic Islands, Francina Armengol, the councillor for Mobility and Housing, Josep Marí, and the mayor of Esporles, Maria Ramon, laid the first stone of the first public housing [...]
Mallorca Global Mag winter edition 2022 – 2023, now available at newsstands
Mallorca Caprice gives way to Mallorca Global Mag. Mallorca Caprice, Mediterranean Happiness Guide, will continue its course as a benchmark for Balearic lifestyle. The Mallorca Global Mag winter 2022 - 2023 edition, now available [...]
Christmas flight cancellations due to airline strikes
The labour disputes at Vueling and Air Nostrum are affecting the flight schedule this holiday season. Especially flights in the Balearic Islands with connections to the mainland and the United Kingdom. In addition, other companies [...]
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