Ratapinyada celebrates Halloween with free activities for young people in Palma
The Ajuntament de Palma is organising the much-anticipated 45th edition of the Ratapinyada for the evening of 31 October. This event, held in celebration of Halloween and the Nit de les Ànimes, is tailored for [...]
Prohens and Sánchez agree to negotiate a new railway investment agreement
The President of the Government of the Balearic Islands, Margalida Prohens, has reached an agreement with the President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, to begin negotiations on a railway investment agreement for the [...]
The Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival 2024 programs 144 screenings
The Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival (EMIFF), now in its 13th edition, once again celebrates the art and culture of cinema, staying true to its mission: Connecting Cultures - Connecting People. This independent film festival [...]
Decrease in crimes and increase in arrests during the 2024 season in Calvia
The security report for Calvià during the 2024 season highlights a 12.3% reduction in recorded crimes compared to the previous year, translating to 556 criminal cases and 283 arrests between 1 April and 30 September. [...]
“Quino en la música” arrives at Casal Solleric to celebrate the legacy of the creator of Mafalda
The Casal Solleric in Palma is hosting the exhibition "Quino en la música" from 24 October 2024, a tribute to the iconic Argentine cartoonist Joaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón, better known as Quino. The exhibition coincides [...]
Tax deduction for childbirth in the Balearic Islands: How to apply for it from November 1st
The tax deduction for childbirth in the Balearic Islands can be applied for in advance from 1 November. This measure, promoted by the regional government, allows families to receive the early payment without waiting for [...]
Perceptions
⬛ One of the causes of social impoverishment in the Balearic Islands lies in the fact that there is no political pact, even if it is minimal, that prevents each change of government from bringing down [...]
The sobrasada de Mallorca and its hidden values
When one savors the 'Sobrasada de Mallorca' it evokes the primary sensations that have helped us survive in the course of tens of thousands of years of biological evolution. The red secret that the paprika [...]
Mallorca, art market on the rise
The art market flows with joy in Mallorca. Galleries and collectors have risen from lockdowns reinforced. Some expand and others land for the first time. And it does not end here: new openings of exhibition [...]
Are we talking about the same island?
I came to Mallorca for the first time when I was eight years old, together with my parents. I was one more when we moved completely, and not just for the summer, to the island. I [...]
The take off of Balearic craft beer
"A beer made with love and natural ingredients". This is how Mariabel Rotger, president of the Associació de Cerveseres Artesanes de les Illes Balears (ACAIB) describes craft beer. More and more factories on the islands [...]
COVID-19: Salut reports 4 deaths in the last 24 hours and almost 4,000 positive cases
The increase in positive cases in the Balearic Islands is being exceeded day by day. The Ministry of Health reported 3,993 cases in the last 24 hours and four deaths, a sum that amounts to [...]
The sick leave due to COVID-19 grew in the Balearic Islands almost 300% in December
Lapses from work due to coronavirus have grown 270% in December in the Balearic Islands, where almost 7,300 casualties have been registered, coinciding with the explosion of infections caused by the omicron variant. As explained [...]
The Balearic Islands lead the fall in unemployment with a year-on-year decrease of 33.63%
The Balearic Islands registered in December 2021 the largest year-on-year drop in unemployment in all of Spain with a decrease of 33.63%, according to data from the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy. It is [...]
Fundación Impulsa lowers the optimism of the Government and analyzes an economic growth in 2022 of less than 10%
The economist and director of the Impulsa Foundation, Antoni Riera, foresees an economic growth of between 8% and 9% in the Balearic Islands in 2022, below the forecasts of the Government, which points to 12%, [...]
The most in housing: smart pool, cinema and miniature golf
In search of leisure, good weather and tranquility, more and more wealthy foreigners choose Mallorca as their first residence and to telecommute By: Juan Ignacio Orúe. Palma Have you ever dreamed that you wake up [...]
Marathon goal
The renowned Majorcan athlete Toni Contestí started his meteoric career 20 years ago. He has completed numerous marathons -from New York to Paris, passing through Mallorca-, Ironman, Ultraman, Ultra Trails, etc. that have elevated him to the [...]
Llop: “The writer is forged in the crossing of the desert”
“Observing the sea as it is observed in Havana, Palermo or Corfu: as the only border. Observing it and knowing that it is the sea that has made us who we are. For better and [...]
The contagion that devastated Mallorca between 1820 and 1822
The first echoes of the calamity that loomed over the island reached Palma on May 26, 1820. A smugglers ship from the coasts of Africa had arrived in Mallorca, near Son Servera, and one of [...]
COVID-19: Salut launches an online tool to track close contacts
The Conselleria de Salut i Consum has launched an online tool to streamline the follow-up of close contacts of positive COVID-19 cases. The councilor Patricia Gómez and the deputy director of Primary Care and Attention [...]
Hotel Artmadams: the mural of controversy
Between February 2020 and May 2020, the painter José Luis Mesas covered the façade of the Hotel Artmadams, owned by Jaime España, with an artistic mural that tourists and passersby photograph every time they pass [...]
Barrage of cancellations of restaurant reservations for New Year’s Eve and New Year due to the rise in infections
The forecast of reservations for New Year's Eve in the Balearic hospitality industry presents a negative trend, since "there are many, an outrage", the cancellations that the island restaurants are registering for the last night [...]
The TIB modifies the schedules of some lines from January
The interurban bus service modifies the schedules on some of its lines from January in order to favor the connection with the train and the subway and to facilitate the access of workers to their [...]
The Government diagrams a security device to guarantee health compliance at the end of the year
The Balearic Government finalizes a special inspection device for December 31 and January 1 to guarantee security and compliance with the COVID-19 regulations. The objective of this device is that the celebrations of both New [...]
Sound made in Palma
"We have a site that attracts singers and songwriters from all over the world", says Swedish producer Fredrik Thomander, from Palma Music Studios Much is said about the film shoots and the international projection they [...]
Private consumer spending rose 8.5% in the Balearic Islands in the third quarter year-on-year
Final consumption in the Balearic Islands increased by 8.5% in the third quarter of 2021 compared to the same period of 2020. This figure implies that the recovery of consumption is well above that registered [...]
The Superior Court of the Balearic Islands endorsed the expansion of the use of the COVID certificate
The Superior Court of Justice of the Balearic Islands (TSJIB) endorsed the expansion of the use of the COVID certificate in the activities of greater social concentration that the Government had agreed last week. In [...]
Balearic pharmacists warn about the lack of antigen test
The Official College of Pharmacists of the Balearic Islands (Cofib) has pointed out that, at the moment, there is "practically a shortage" of antigen tests in pharmacies in the archipelago. This has been explained, in [...]
The filmmaker Agustí Villaronga, awarded the Gold Medal in Fine Arts
The renowned Mallorcan filmmaker Agustí Villaronga has been awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts along with 30 personalities and cultural institutions by the Council of Ministers, at the proposal of the Minister [...]
The Government will close the nightlife if the breaches persist
The Balearic Government has decided that it will be inflexible with nightlife establishments that fail to comply with health protection measures, announced that it will close the sector if these behaviors continue and announced a [...]
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