Mallorca Global Mag compiles some of the most outstanding quotes from the most relevant voices on the island:

Reina Sofía

Queen Sofia received this year the Gold Medal of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands. “I have had the privilege of enjoying these marvellous islands and their people for more than half a century, together with my family, where we have always been welcomed with such affection and love. I hope to continue to do so for many years to come”, she said.

 

 

Victoria Luengo

The Mallorcan Victoria Luengo is unstoppable. Winner of the Princess of Girona Art Award 2024, this year she premiered the successful series Red Queen. “Everyone compares me to this lady and I don’t know who she is. So I wrote to Juan Gómez-Jurado and told him that if there was a series, I would like to play the character”, she told La Voz de Galicia.

 

 

Concha Buika

Mallorcan presence at the return of Operación Triunfo. The attunement between Chenoa, host of the galas, and Concha Buika, jury member, has been more than evident. “I’ve known her since we were kids. I worked for her dad as a backing vocalist. He had a recording studio in Mallorca, I don’t know if he still does, he was a great guy”, declared Buika.

 

 

Óscar Bernàcer

The Mallorcan producer received the Goya for Best Documentary for Claudia Pinto’s film about Carme Elías, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, Mientras sea tú. “Within what is a degenerative disease, it teaches you thatit is essential to enjoy every moment of life, the here and now,” he told Ultima Hora.

 

 

Pablo Erroz

The Mallorcan designer dazzled at Fashion Week Madrid with his new collection. “I always say that I like to look at fashion from the front. I like to talk about and work on themes that represent my generation. In the end it’s the best way to translate what’s going on into my world.” he told Glamour magazine.

 

 

Carmen Riu

The CEO of the Mallorcan hotel chain RIU Hotels & Resorts, Carmen Riu, said during a colloquium at Fitur, in reference to tourist saturation: “I have often thought that we are not brave, the governments, for not holding a referendum: we want tourists, we don’t want them… In certain regions we can’t grow any more”, Diario de Mallorca reported.

 

 

Rafa Nadal

The tennis player attended the second edition of the Foundation Awards that bears his name in Es Baluard. “The first objective is to try to compete. I’m going day by day,”
he said of his sporting future. “Unfortunately, in recent times it has been difficult for me to predict what is going to happen, but the clay court tour is my main objective”.