21 million shock plan to improve hotel safety and quality in Platja de Palma
The Mayor of Palma, Jaime Martínez Llabrés, has announced at the ITB tourism fair in Berlin the launch of a comprehensive action plan for the transformation of Platja de Palma, with an investment of more [...]
Employment in the Balearic Islands reaches record figures in February
The Balearic Islands recorded a 3.1% increase in employment in February 2024, reaching 495,538 affiliations, the highest figure in historical records. The region also maintains its leadership in contract quality, with 66.8% of contracts being [...]
8M in Mallorca 2025: More than 20 activities and 2 demonstrations to claim for equality and inclusion
The International Women's Day - 8M in Mallorca 2025 - is commemorated on the island with more than twenty activities organised by various entities, including the Institut Balear de la Dona (IbDona) and the Ajuntament [...]
The arrival of unaccompanied migrant minors in Mallorca soars 625% since 2020
The Consell de Mallorca has raised the alarm over the excessive increase in the arrival of unaccompanied migrant minors to the island, which has risen by 625% since 2020. This was communicated by its president, [...]
Flamenco and passion at the Festival Paco de Lucía Mallorca 2025, from 8th to 14th March in Palma
Festival Paco de Lucía Mallorca 2025 once again fills the island with art and emotion with its fourth edition, which will take place in Palma from 8 to 14 March. This event, paying tribute to [...]
Balearic employees earn 12% less than the national average
The report Salary Evolution 2017-2024 Balearic Islands, prepared by the consultancy ICSA Grupo and PIMEM, places employees of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Balearic Islands in 12th position in terms of salaries, with an [...]
The Mallorca Digital Library opens with more than 28,000 digitized pages
The Consell de Mallorca and the UIB have presented the Digital Library of Mallorca. An open access platform that will make the island's periodical publications and scientific and cultural production available to the public. This [...]
Cycling Challenge Mallorca 2022: presentation of the five trophies from January 26 to 30
The Mallorca 2022 Cycling Challenge starts on January 26 after its official presentation at the Consolat de Mar in Palma. An edition that returns to its original dates and that this 2022 will include five [...]
The historic Mallorcan restaurateur Menut dies, “the charisma from Los Rafaeles”
The charismatic restaurateur who owns the Mesón Los Rafaeles, Jaime Pizá, known as Menut, passed away on January 24 at the age of 79 in Palma. Menut was born in Binissalem in 1942 and his [...]
The pharmacies of the islands will be able to carry out and notify the results of the antigen tests
More than 170 pharmacies in the Balearic Islands will join the network of centers where they can carry out COVID-19 antigen tests and officially notify the Balearic Health Service of the result. This initiative aims [...]
COVID-19: how to manage sick leave from home in the new IB-Salut portal
The Health Service has launched a new web portal that makes it possible to streamline all citizen procedures related to COVID-19 and process sick leave from home. The new portal —which was presented today by [...]
The Balearic Islands extend the requirement of the COVID certificate until February 28 in bars and restaurants
The Superior Court of Justice of the Balearic Islands has authorized to continue requiring the COVID certificate in bars and restaurants until next February 28, as well as other measures against the pandemic approved by [...]
Palma adds seven hotels to its tourist offer this year
The president of the Hotel Association of Palma, Javier Vich, announced at Fitur that Palma is adding seven new hotels this year to the existing offer of 72 establishments. Some will be located in the [...]
Palma presents the Ciutat Awards at a gala with a sea of four colors
In a truly Mediterranean ceremony, Palma presented the Ciutat Awards at a gala that took place at the Teatro Principal and awarded ten prizes for a total of 105,000 euros. The direction of the gala [...]
The shipping company Trasmed invests 30 million euros in its fleet with a sustainable and ecological objective
The Trasmed shipping company is moving towards a sustainable and ecological model in 2022 with an investment of 30 million euros to renew its fleet that links the peninsula with the Balearic Islands. Miguel Pardo, [...]
Armengol asks the opposition “state vision” to approve the new tourism law
The president of the Government, Francina Armengol, presented the Balearic tourism model at the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) and asked the parliamentary groups to have a "state vision" to approve tourism legislation. Armengol took stock [...]
The Government defends in Fitur the new tourist law of the Balearic Islands
The president of the Balearic Government, Francina Armengol, explained that the new tourist law of the Balearic Islands will lay the foundations to convert the archipelago into a circular destination and that it will imply [...]
Young bonus: the Government approves the aid of 250 euros for those under 35 who pay rent
The Government has approved this Tuesday in the Council of Ministers the young rent bonus for those under 35 years of age, of 250 euros per month, although the definitive criteria will be set at [...]
Palma, Eivissa and Calvià, the municipalities with the most infections in the Balearic Islands
The municipalities of the Balearic Islands that accumulate the most infections by COVID-19 are Palma, Eivissa and Calvià and there are eight municipalities that have more than 5,000 confirmed cases, according to data from the [...]
The creation of companies in the Balearic Islands grows almost 40% year-on-year in November
Last November, 299 companies were created in the Balearic Islands, 39.1% more than in 2020, and 79 were dissolved, 2.6% more than in the same period, according to data provided by the National Institute of [...]
Pets can access the entire EMT Palma network
The EMT Palma network allows access for all pets. The regulations stipulate that large dogs must be on a leash and muzzle and pay 0.30 cents. In the case of puppies, cats, hamsters, rabbits and [...]
The Government closes four premises due to excess capacity in Sant Antoni and asks for caution in Sant Sebastià
Given the proximity of the celebration of Sant Sebastià, patron saint of Palma, the Balearic Government came out to ask the public for prudence and precaution amid the rise in infections and after having closed [...]
Balearic tourist law: elevating beds, gas boilers and prohibition of amenities, some of the demands on hotels
The installation of elevating beds, gas boilers and a double pulsation system in the bathrooms; the prohibition of the use of amenities, care in the use of waste and the implementation of a circular economy [...]
Those over 18 to 39 years old can already receive the third dose
The Health Service opens vaccination to the population over 18 years of age so that they can receive the booster dose against COVID-19, as determined by the National Vaccination Strategy of the Ministry of Health. [...]
Transparency Law: only 11 of 67 municipalities in the Balearic Islands comply with the legislation
The Balearic councils have a long way to go in terms of transparency. According to a study by the Autonomous University of Barcelona, only 11 of the 67 municipalities on the islands comply with the [...]
The Balearic Islands look to Fitur to retain the national market
The Balearic Islands will participate in the Fitur tourism fair that is held in Madrid from January 19 to 23 with the aim of consolidating the recovery of the national market and presenting the new [...]
The tourism GDP of 2021 falls in Spain more than 40% and goes back to 2003 values
Tourist activity in Spain closes with a GDP of 88,546 million euros in 2021, 42.8% less than what it generated in 2020, standing at the values it reached in 2003. The decrease was caused largely [...]
Education resolves that close contacts in Infant and Primary will not quarantine or undergo a diagnostic test
The Ministry of Education and Training, in accordance with the Ministry of Health and Consum, has resolved that in the case of Early Childhood and Primary education, regardless of the number of positive students in [...]
The third dose will be necessary to renew the COVID certificate
The Ministry of Health and Consum reminds that, as of February 1, the COVID certificate will expire nine months after obtaining the complete vaccination schedule and that, to maintain its validity, it will be necessary [...]
Balearic inflation in 2021 climbs to 6.5% driven by house prices
The Balearic Islands close 2021 with an accumulated inflation of 6.5%, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The annual rate of the CPI has risen since last July in the autonomous [...]
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