14th October 2024

The programme, organised by the Jewish Community of the Balearic Islands with the support of the City Council, will begin this Tuesday with a conference by the biblical scholar and theologian Jaime Vázquez on the Dead Sea manuscripts.

Palma, 14th October 2024. This Monday, the Can Bordils premises, the headquarters of the Arxiu General de Palma, hosted the presentation of the European Youth Culture Day, which will be held from the 15th to the 29th of October, organised by the Comunitat Jueva de les Illes Balears and with the collaboration of the Ajuntament de Palma.

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Can Bordils will be one of the main venues for the activities of the European Day of Youth Culture

The programme includes different activities to disseminate some of the most deeply-rooted historical and cultural aspects of the Jewish legacy, through lectures, round tables, film screenings, guided tours and musical concerts.

On behalf of the City Council, the Director General of Heritage and Interpretation of the City, Pilar Ribal, attended the informative meeting. Also present were the president of the Comunitat Jueva, Ariel Girondi, and its vice-president, Miquel Segura.

During his speech, Ribal stressed that this is ‘an essential date with the history of Palma’, where, he said, the Jewish imprint ‘has made a decisive contribution to the evolution of the capital of the Balearic Islands, which is indebted to this tradition and culture, its rich heritage and values that have been transmitted and strengthened from generation to generation’.
Can Bordils is one of the main stages of the programme of the European Day of Youth Culture, hosting three activities, all of which will begin at 19:00.
On Tuesday, the conference ‘The Dead Sea Scrolls. The story of their discovery’, which will be given by the biblical scholar, theologian and journalist Jaime Vázquez Allegue.
This speaker has spent more than 25 years studying these manuscripts, which were found in 1947 in the desert of Judah, constituting, according to experts, the greatest archaeological discovery of the 20th century.
In fact, the documents that the speaker will discuss contain the oldest texts of the Hebrew bible and a large collection of writings that outline the social, political and religious context of Jerusalem.
Jaime Vázquez is a tenured professor at CESAG and holds a PhD in Biblical Theology from the Pontifical University of Salamanca.

The island institution will be showing the Palau del Consell, the Llar de la Infància, the Teatro Principal and the Museum of Mallorca this weekend

The Consell de Mallorca has once again joined the Open House Palma initiative and will open the doors of four of its buildings. This Saturday and Sunday citizens will be able to visit the most emblematic buildings of the island’s institution free of charge and with a guided tour. The novelty this year is that, for the first time, it will be possible to visit the Llar de la Infància.

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The Consell de Mallorca opens the doors of its most emblematic buildings during Open House Palma

This is the fourth edition of Open House Palma, whose motto this year is ‘La ciutat per a qui l’habita’ (The city for those who live in it). In addition to the Llar de la Infància, the island institution will be opening the Palau del Consell, the Teatro Principal de Palma and the Museum of Mallorca. There is no need to register in advance for the visits; it is a free-access space. Once there, the volunteers will indicate the approximate waiting time for the visit.

The Palau del Consell de Mallorca and the Llar de la Infància will be open on Sundays from 10 am to 2 pm and from 4 pm to 7 pm. Palma’s Teatro Principal can be visited on Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm, and the Museum of Mallorca will also be open on Saturday from 4 pm to 7 pm.

The Inca Town Council reaffirms its commitment to the farming sector and local farmers with the approval of a direct subsidy to the Pagesa de Inca Cooperative. In this way, the town council of the capital of Raiguer has granted a subsidy of 40,000 euros to improve the development of its work and contribute to increasing efficiency and sustainability.

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Inca Town Council and the Pagesa de Inca Cooperative signed a collaboration agreement

“This agreement is another example of the commitment of the Inca Town Council to the local agricultural sector. The Pagesa de Inca Cooperative plays a crucial role in our community and this modernisation of their facilities will allow them to continue their valuable work more efficiently,” says the Mayor of Inca, Virgilio Moreno.

The main objective of this direct subsidy is to provide economic support to the farmers of Inca, in order to promote the maintenance and growth of the sector. This aid will provide the Cooperativa Pagesa de Inca with the resources necessary to equip and modernise the shop, warehouse, offices and meeting room at the headquarters of the Cooperativa Pagesa de Inca.

“The main objective of this grant is to strengthen the sector and ensure its sustainable development. In this way, we support the Cooperativa Pagesa de Inca, a reference entity in the town, in its work of advising and training local farmers, as well as promoting agriculture and the development of the primary sector in Inca”, explains the councillor for the Environment, Helena Cayetano.

The signing of the grant agreement for the modernisation and adaptation of the cooperative’s headquarters was presided over by the mayor of Inca, Virgilio Moreno, and the president of the Pagesa de Inca Cooperative, Tomeu Martorell. Also present at the meeting were the councillor for the Environment, Helena Cayetano, and other representatives of the cooperative.

Nearly 6.5 million passengers travelled on TIB between January and April, an increase of 1.9 million (42%) compared to the same period last year.

The Ministry of Housing, Territory and Mobility of the Government of the Balearic Islands, through the Transport Consortium of Mallorca (CTM), has recorded in the first four months of the year, from January to April 2024, nearly 6.5 million passengers who have travelled on the TIB bus, which represents an increase of 42.2% in the number of users compared to the same period of 2023, when free travel on all public transport was already in force.

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The number of passengers travelling on TIB buses rises by 42%

During the first four months of this year, the increase was more than 1.9 million passengers compared to the same period in 2023, from 4.5 million to nearly 6.5 million. This 42% increase in demand for TIB network buses comes between two periods in which free transport had already been introduced for users travelling with the Intermodal Card.

At present, the interurban public transport of the TIB network connects the different municipalities and areas of Mallorca with 71 bus lines. To cope with the increase in demand, both during the winter season and in the new service for the summer season, reinforcement measures have been adopted, mainly to increase frequencies on the bus lines.

During the winter season, from 1 November to 21 March, the TIB network was reinforced with an increase of 27 bus lines compared to the previous winter, an improvement of 53% of the total number of lines operating in this period. Likewise, for the summer season, this year the start of the reinforcement of the service was brought forward to 22 March compared to the last high season.

For the summer season, frequencies have been increased on a total of 24 bus lines, resuming service on sixteen lines and incorporating a new line (131) in the Serra de Tramuntana, between Santa Ponça, Banyalbufar and La Granja de Esporles.

Ten new compressed natural gas buses are expected to be added to the TIB’s current sustainable fleet in the coming weeks, increasing the current fleet, which currently has 201 compressed natural gas buses and eighteen electric buses.

About the reinforcements adopted for the summer season, in the Ponent area, the nuclei of Palmanova and Magaluf (104) have been better connected with services every 15 minutes in each direction, and, compared to last summer, the improved offer in the tourist area of Costa de la Calma also stands out, which almost doubles connectivity with Palma and Santa Ponça, with a new frequency of 25 minutes.

In the northern area of Mallorca, the late-night service on the suburban line connecting Alcúdia-Can Picafort (324) has been reinforced, reaching beyond 00.00 h with a stable frequency of 12-13 minutes; line 302 has been improved compared to 2023 by increasing the frequency to one bus every twenty minutes during peak hours and extending the service until 0. 10 am to ensure that hotel and restaurant workers can return home; and in the centre of Cala Sant Vicenç, line 321 has brought forward the daily start time to 7.10 am.

On the Llevant coast, the Cales de Mallorca line (416) has increased its services by 50% since the end of March, and in the Migjorn area, the Campos-Palma express services (501) have been added throughout the day. Concerning the Aerotib lines that connect with Palma airport, the A32 and A42 lines have increased their service by 10 % compared to the summer of 2023.

The Ministry of Youth and Children has presented the institutional campaign Signs that could mean a lot, with the aim of raising awareness against violence against children and adolescents.

Institutional campaign to make violence against children visible: ‘Signs that could mean a lot’.

The campaign encourages people to pay attention to the signs that can give away these types of situations, which are often invisible or even normalised.

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Youth and Children presents an institutional campaign to make violence against children visible

Violence against children and adolescents is often minimised or relegated to the private sphere. They have a strong impact on the physical, emotional and social development of children and adolescents, and can limit the life projects of those who suffer them.

The Minister for Youth and Children, Sira Rego, said: ‘The silence surrounding the violence suffered by a child or adolescent speaks of society as a whole, of our lack of care and respect for children’s rights. To break this invisibility and combat it requires a commitment at all levels, from institutions to those who work or spend time with children, including families.

Children and young people who experience violence often find it difficult to put words to what is happening to them, especially younger people. The campaign encourages paying attention to signs that may indicate that someone is suffering from violence, such as sudden changes in behaviour, uncontrolled fears, somatisation, mutism, avoidance of people or places they used to like, fear of undressing, self-harm or violent play.
‘Just as society has realised that male violence against women is unacceptable and that it must be expelled from all public and private spheres, we must act forcefully to eradicate violence against children and adolescents’, added the minister.
Rego presented the campaign together with the Director General for the Rights of Children and Adolescents, Sandra de Garmendia, who stressed that regardless of whether it is physical or psychological violence and who perpetrates it against them, violence against children and adolescents is ‘unacceptable’.
‘They violate their fundamental rights, recognised in article 39 of the Spanish Constitution and in various international treaties such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child,’ the director general stressed.

Signs that could say a lot follows in the wake of two previous institutional campaigns, promoted by the Directorate General for Children and Adolescents. The campaigns are part of the efforts to eradicate violence against children promoted by the Organic Law for the Comprehensive Protection of Children and Adolescents against Violence ( LOPIVI).

This new cycle responds to the demands of the need to incorporate studies linked to the nautical sector.

Students will do their paid internships at the facilities of members of the Association of Industries and Nautical Services of Ibiza and Formentera

The Department of Education and Universities incorporates the middle grade of Vocational Training in Maintenance of Recreational Boats in the intensive dual mode in the Integrated Vocational Training Centre (CIFP) Can Marines of Santa Eulària des Riu, on the island of Ibiza, which will begin to be taught next September. Fifteen places will be offered for this degree.

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The intermediate level of VET in Boat Maintenance at CIFP Can Marines from September

The Regional Minister of Education and Universities, Antoni Vera, accompanied by the Director General of Vocational Training and Educational Planning, Maria Isabel Salas; the territorial director of Education in Ibiza and Formentera, Juan Álvarez, the president of the Association of Nautical Industries and Services of Ibiza and Formentera, Ramon van der Hooft, and the director of CIFP Can Marines, Pep Marí Tur, today presented the new studies, which will be taught for the first time in Ibiza and which will respond to the needs and demands of the nautical sector of the Pitiusas.

Students enrolled in the new intermediate degree will do their internships at the facilities of members of the Association of Nautical Industries and Services of Ibiza and Formentera. The studies will be taught in dual intensive regime, which means that students will have an employment contract and remuneration during their training.

The incorporation of these studies responds to the claims of companies in the sector, which warn of the lack of skilled labour. Professionals with this profile are in great demand in Ibiza, and in response to this need, the Regional Ministry of Education and Universities has decided to incorporate this educational offer, which has a high labour market insertion rate.

These studies are already offered in Mallorca and Menorca, and now they are also being incorporated into the CIFP Can Marines, where the intermediate degree in Navigation and Coastal Fishing Technician and the advanced degree in Maritime Transport and Deep-sea Fishing are already being offered.

The Social Security Reserve Fund exceeded 8.3 billion euros in September and will end 2024 with 300 million more than expected.

The Social Security Reserve Fund reached €8.356 billion on September 30, the highest level since December 2017, and is set to end the year with nearly €9.3 billion accumulated.

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The Government revises upwards the “pension fund”, which will close the year with 9,300 million

The so-called ‘pension piggy bank’, which ended 2023 with 5,578 million euros, has so far this year received contributions worth 2,623 million euros, thanks to the Intergenerational Equity Mechanism, which came into force in 2023, to provide resources to this fund through a percentage of the contribution for common contingencies, distributed between the company and the worker with the same distribution as in social contributions.

In September alone, the Reserve Fund received allocations of 314.7 million euros, to which will be added those corresponding to the last three months of the year.

The mayor of Selva, Joan Rotger, and the mayoress of Caimari, Ana Maria Roger, have presented the events of the S’Oliva de Caimari Fair to be held on 15th, 16th and 17th November.
This emblematic fair dedicated to the culture and tradition of the olive in the town of Caimari reaches its 27th edition with the intention of making known and enjoying the olive-growing tradition that defines our municipality.

During the fair, you will be able to discover a wide variety of products derived from olives, from virgin olive oil to gastronomic delicacies made with local products. In addition, we will have demonstrations and tastings of our products, as well as exhibitions on the history and culture of the olive in Caimari.

We look forward to seeing you at the 27th S’Oliva de Caimari Fair.

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XXVII Fair of S’Oliva de Caimari

FRIDAY 15TH
Distribution of olive branches.
18:00 h. Opening of the Església Vella to visit the exhibition of paintings by Maria Muntaner and Joan Perelló.
19:30 h. Concert by the Selva Municipal Band.
Venue: Church of the Immaculate Conception of Caimari.
21:30 Oil tasting
By local farmers and producers with musical entertainment.
In collaboration with: Bar Ca Na Tome.
Bar Ca Na Tome, will make a special Fair toast dinner.
Franquesa Street n.°4

SATURDAY 16TH
10:00 h Opening of the Fair.
Exhibition of antique motorbikes.
By Jaume Damià.
Place: Sa Vileta street.
Exhibition of posters of the Caimari Fair.

Exhibition of Randas and Embroidery of the Women of the 3rd Age of Caimari.
Place: Horizonte Street.
Opening to the public of the old Tafona-Museum of Caimari.
Exhibition of machinery and utensils for making oil.
Place: Plaza Mayor de Caimari.
Tasting and sale of olives and all kinds of virgin olive oil by local producers.
Inauguration and exhibition of paintings by:
MARGALIDA MUNTANER, a painter from our town.
JOAN PERELLÓ, painter and sculptor will exhibit his works in the Església Vella de Caimari.
11:00 h Presentation of the II Edition of the Olive Academy.
This year dedicated to OLIVE HARVESTS.
The Mayoress of Caimari, Ana María Rotger Mestre ‘Mari Tome’ will dedicate a few words to the women olive harvesters, recalling their dedication, sacrifice and love for the trade.
Presentation of the audiovisual dedicated to Les Collidores de Oliva de Caimari.
16:00 h Reception of the Authorities.
Accompanied by xeremiers of the municipality to visit the XXVII Fair of S’Oliva de Caimari.
Start in the street of Ca S’Hereu.
17:30 h Departure of the Caparrots Carboners de Caimari accompanied by the Xeremiers.
Start in Es Castellet.
First dance of the Caparrots Carboners, in front of Sa Tafona Vella de Caimari.
Then: Parade of the Caparrots Carboners through the streets of the Fira.
18:00 h Dance of the Caparrots Carboners accompanied by the Band of Music of the Municipality of Selva.

Place: Plaza Mayor de Caimari.
20:00 h Folklore Show
With the performance of the Agrupación Aires de Monte de Selva.
Place: Plaza Mayor de Caimari.
21:00 Sobrasada tasting with honey.
Collaboration: Association of Elderly People of Caimari.
Place: In front of the Casa del Pueblo de Caimari, Plaza Mayor.

SUNDAY 17TH
10:00 h Opening of the Fair.
Exhibition of old motorbikes.
By Jaume Damià.
Place: Sa Vileta street.
Exhibition of posters of the Caimari Fair.
Exhibition of randas and embroidery by the Women of the 3rd Age of Caimari.
Place: Horizonte street.
Exhibition of paintings and sculptures by:
Margalida Muntaner
Joan Perelló
Place: Old Church of Caimari.
Demonstration of how to make sheep’s milk cheese.
Place: Plaza Mayor.
Display of craft stalls throughout the Fira.
Prize-giving ceremony for the Best Local Parade.
Presentation of the prize for the Best Fair Parade.
11:30 h Dance of the Caparrots Carboners accompanied by the Band of the Municipality of Selva.
Place: Clasta de Son Albertí. Placeta Vieja.
Then: Parade of the Caparrots Carboners, through the streets of the Fira.
12:00 h Dance of the Caparrots Carboners accompanied by the Band of the Municipality of Selva.
Place: Plaza Mayor de Caimari.
17:30 h Popular Dance with the music of Ballugam.
Place: Plaza Mayor de Caimari.
19.00 h Parade with the Xeremiers of the municipality.
20.00 h Closing of the XXVII Fair of S’Oliva de Caimari.

The Minister of Territory, Mobility and Infrastructures, Fernando Rubio, today received representatives of AEVAB and BALEVAL to gather their contributions to the study of the road network load that the island institution is preparing.

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The Consell de Mallorca meets with car hire companies

The Minister of Territory, Mobility and Infrastructures, Fernando Rubio, met today with representatives of the two car hire associations of the Balearic Islands to study measures agreed with the sector to study solutions to the saturation of Mallorca’s roads. Rubio was accompanied by the island directors of Mobility, Rafael Oliver, and Infrastructures, Rafel Gelabert. The delegation from the Agrupación Empresarial de Alquiler de Vehículos con y sin Conductor de Baleares (AEVAB) was headed by its president Ramon Reus. For its part, the Balearic Association of Car Rental with and without Driver (BALEVAL) was represented by its board of directors, chaired by Othman Ktiri.

Fernando Rubio explained that the Department of Territory, Mobility and Infrastructures is working intensively to draw up a study of the load on the island’s roads, a document that until now has never been carried out in Mallorca to find out with official and contrasted data what the causes of the traffic jams on Mallorca’s road network are. Rubio reiterated that the study will also propose solutions, both with infrastructures and possible regulations, and that the Consell is ‘willing to take courageous measures’ to improve the mobility of Mallorcans, as the president of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, has stated on several occasions.

The car hire companies have shown their willingness to collaborate with the Consell in the search for effective solutions to alleviate the saturation of the island’s roads.

Today’s meetings with AEVAB and BALEBAL are the second that the Department of Territory, Mobility and Infrastructures will hold with representatives of the sectors involved and civil society. The aim is to hear their opinions first-hand and reach a consensus on possible solutions to the saturation suffered by Mallorca.

The activities will take place in Ibiza, Menorca and Mallorca.

The Institute of Balearic Studies (IEB) is launching a new initiative to promote the use of the Catalan language through guided tours to discover the environment, history and culture of our islands. The initiative aims to create spaces for socialising in which Catalan speakers and people who want to practice the Catalan language can participate.

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New opportunity to share Catalan as part of the celebration of International Museum Day

The initial activities have been carried out on the island of Mallorca, aimed exclusively at students on IEB courses. The first visit took place this Monday, 13th May, at 6A Taller i Galeria d’Art, where they were able to see the gallery’s current exhibition and the printmaking workshop. The second meeting is scheduled for today, Wednesday the 15th of May, with a morning and afternoon session at Es Baluart Museu d’Art Contemporani de Palma. During the visit, visitors will be able to tour the exhibitions by Belio Fullana and Ana Laura Aláez, as well as see the terraces of the emblematic building.

The following visits will take place in Ibiza and Menorca on Saturday the 18th of May, coinciding with International Museum Day. In the city of Ibiza, there will be a guided tour of the Puig des Molins Monographic Museum, through some specially selected objects to learn about the universe of beliefs, rites and funerary behaviour of the men and women of antiquity. You will also have the opportunity to walk through the necropolis and descend into a set of 2,500-year-old underground tombs.

In Menorca, the Museum of Menorca in Maó has prepared a guided tour of its permanent exhibition, with ten carefully chosen objects that invite visitors to travel through the history of Menorca and learn about the island’s details from the technicians.

The director of the Institute of Balearic Studies, Llorenç Perelló, states that “initiatives like this promote the regular use of the Catalan language in different scenarios of everyday life, such as these guided tours, to learn about the culture of our islands at the same time”.

The presentation will take place at the Arxiu d’Imatge i So de Menorca next Thursday 12th December at 7pm in the auditorium of Can Victorii in Maó.

Within the framework of the exhibition ‘LA MODA DE ANTAÑO. Como se vestía en Menorca entre 1850 y 1930’ the Arxiu d’Imatge I So de Menorca proposes a new activity to present the fashion of those years.

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Presentation: The English influence in 19th-century Menorcan fashion

Aina Gilabert Solé has done her baccalaureate research work on the English influence on 19th-century Menorcan fashion and has completed it with the creation of two reproductions of dresses from the period. Thus, on Thursday 12th December at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Can Victori in Maó, she presented the results of this research.

The activity will consist of an explanation of how the historical research was carried out and the results, as well as the presentation of the reproductions of the dresses and the challenges she had to face when sewing them.

The presentation of the work ‘THE ENGLISH INFLUENCE ON 19th CENTURY MENORCAN FASHION’ will take place on 12th December at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Can Victori in Maó (Camí des Castell, 28). Free access.

Exhibition ‘LA MODA DE ANTAÑO. How people dressed in Menorca between 1850 and 1930’. Auditorium of Can Victori de Maó (Camí des Castell, 28). Visiting hours: Monday to Friday from 9 am to 1.30 pm and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4.30 pm to 8 pm.

Inés Bennasar helps those most in need, from Bunyola. This mother of 14 cats, 1 dog, 4 sheep and 1 pig, will be in charge of giving voice to all those little balls of love, who have not been so lucky. This way we will know that second chances exist and we will put emphasis on looking for them.

The railway company signs an agreement with the Guardia Civil for the delivery of 300 transport cards and will extend this initiative to other entities

Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca (SFM) has signed a collaboration agreement with the 17th Zone/Commandery of the Civil Guard of the Balearic Islands to allow free travel to all its members in the services managed by the railway administrator. For this purpose, 300 non-nominative transport cards have been delivered to them, which can be used by all the members of this corps belonging to the demarcation of the island of Mallorca.

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SFM

The cards provided through this initiative have an identification number that will allow to have a personalized record of its use by the Command and the main objective is that the members of the corps can have easy access to both train and metro stations to facilitate possible interventions or develop research and intelligence work, but also encourage the use of public rail transport among its members.

The measure gives continuity to other similar agreements already in effect by SFM, such as the one made under the same conditions with the National Police a few years ago or with the Local Police of Sineu, more recently. Likewise, SFM intends to follow the same steps with other local police forces in municipalities along the railway corridor.

On the other hand, SFM has opened the application for obtaining group tickets to new entities, such as associations or leisure and free time entities, the different groups of the Moviment Escolta i Guiatge de Mallorca, entities that work with people with functional diversity or senior citizens or other similar groups that want to benefit from the advantages of this ticket.

Until now, the purchase of group tickets was authorized exclusively to schools attached to the Ministry of Education of the Government of the Balearic Islands, being free of charge for students in kindergarten, primary and secondary schools and offering very low fares for the rest of the courses.

It should be remembered that the group ticket must be requested to SFM in advance and following the established channels and it is not necessary to have the Intermodal Card to make use of it by any member of the group traveling on the train. It is a type of ticket widely used for excursions or outings by schools since, apart from the economic benefit if you do not have an Intermodal Card, it allows you to organize the trip with the advice of the railway company’s staff and speeds up the access and exit of the stations for the comfort and safety of both the group making the trip and the rest of the users of the railway network.

The Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (Mitma) has provisionally awarded these ‘Pirep local’ grants, which will directly benefit some 16 million citizens.

The Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (Mitma) has provisionally granted 307 million euros of European recovery funds to 381 local authorities in all provinces for the rehabilitation of public buildings owned by them.

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The Mitma’s electronic headquarters has published this provisional resolution of the call in competitive concurrence of Line 1 of the Programme to Promote the Rehabilitation of Public Buildings (Pirep local) included in the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR).

In total, Mitma has selected 405 actions out of the 1,065 presented by the potential beneficiaries of the programme: municipalities, provincial councils, councils and island councils. At this point, it is worth remembering that municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants and provincial capitals could submit two applications, so there are 24 municipalities that have obtained funding for two rehabilitation projects.

Even so, the municipalities with less than 50,000 inhabitants are of particular relevance in the provisional resolution, with 321 projects awarded, which are entitled to aid of some 186 million euros, with an average subsidy per application of 579,531 euros. Of these 321 projects, 172 are in municipalities with less than 5,000 inhabitants, the so-called demographic challenge municipalities.

After the publication of the list, the selected local entities will have a period of 10 days to expressly accept the grants, before the final resolution is published.

The exhibition will be on display at the Museum of Mallorca from 3 June to 8 September.

The Consell de Mallorca is organising an exhibition dedicated to Joaquín Sorolla. The president of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, has announced that “for the first time, the 12 works that the artist produced on the island will be shown together in the same room”.

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The Consell de Mallorca organises an exhibition dedicated to Sorolla

The exhibition will be inaugurated on 3 June at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Mallorca and will be open until 8 September. During these months, stressed the president of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, “it will be possible to enjoy the essence of Sorolla: his textures, brushstrokes and experimentation with colours and light that he carried out in places like Palma, the coast of Valldemossa and Pollença”.

The Sorolla Museum has contributed 10 works that the artist produced on the island: seven paintings of Cala Sant Vicenç, a portrait of a pagan woman and two of Mallorcan houses. In addition, Es Baluard and a private collection in Madrid have left two more works by Sorolla that complete his journey around Mallorca.

This is the last stop of the project “Sorolla. Travelling to paint”, which is being carried out to commemorate the centenary of the death of Joaquín Sorolla Bastida (1863-1923), an event declared an Event of Exceptional Public Interest for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. The aim is to take Sorolla’s works to the main places where they were executed: they have already been to San Sebastián, Toledo, Galicia, Valladolid and Seville, and the last stop is Mallorca.

Sorolla was in the Balearic Islands in the summer of 1919. This trip was of particular importance for the painter’s career, as the paintings made on this trip were Sorolla’s last view of the Mediterranean, as the following June he suffered the cardiovascular accident that kept him away from painting until the end of his life three years later. “This exhibition, therefore, represents the perfect closure to the project,” said Galmés.

The entity will manage 13,000 terminals between basic and advanced TAD in 2024, 14,800 in 2025 and 15,900 in 2026.

The budget distribution is 483,760 euros in 2024, 3,610,630 in 2025 and 3,587,677 in 2026.

The Consell de Govern has authorised the councillor for Families and Social Affairs to allocate a maximum expenditure of 7,682,067 € for the agreement with the entity Servicios de Teleasistencia SA for the home telecare service for people in a situation of dependency from October 2024 to September 2026.

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7.6 million is allocated to the entity Servicios de Teleasistencia SA for the agreement from 2024 to 2026

The distribution of the budget is as follows:

483,760 € in October and November 2024 concerning the number of terminals previously contracted (7,200 basic TAD and 4,800 advanced TAD. The newly contracted terminals (800 basic TAD and 200 advanced TAD) will be with the effects of the agreement.

3,610,630 from December 2024 to November 2025.

3,587,677 from December 2025 to September 2026.

Currently, of the 12,000 terminals contracted by Servicios de Teleasistencia SA, 7,200 terminals are basic TAD and 4,800 are advanced TAD. The request that the entity has formalised is to manage: 8,000 basic TAD terminals and 5,000 advanced TAD terminals in 2024, 8,600 basic TAD terminals and 6,200 advanced TAD terminals in 2025, and 8,500 basic TAD terminals and 7,400 advanced TAD terminals in 2026.

The reference price per terminal/month is 14.96 € (VAT included) for basic TAD and 24.44 € for advanced TAD in 2024, 16.65 € (VAT included) for basic TAD and 26.30 € for advanced TAD in 2025 and 18.37 € (VAT included) for basic TAD and 28.17 € for advanced TAD in 2026.

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The councillor for Health, Manuela García, and the councillor for Education, Antoni Vera, attended the vaccination of 237 children at the Santa Mónica school in Palma, 65% of those vaccinated.

The pilot school immunisation plan continues, with 2,900 students born between 2019 and 2021 to be vaccinated.

The councillor for Health, Manuela García, accompanied by the councillor for Education, Antoni Vera, went today to the Santa Mónica school in Palma to show her support for the flu vaccination of 237 children in the second cycle of infant education, 65% of the 365 children enrolled in the school at these educational levels.

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The Pilot Plan for Childhood Immunisation against the flu has now been completed in 16 schools

The heads of Health and Education were accompanied during their visit to the Santa Mónica school by the director of Primary Care Nursing, Victòria Pascual, and Toñi Tarongí, pedagogical director of Infant and Primary Education, among other authorities.

Manuela García welcomed the high percentage of pupils whose parents gave their permission for them to be vaccinated and thanked them for their responsible attitude, reminding them that vaccination is recommended for this group of healthy children because the flu does not cause the most common symptoms of the epidemic disease, such as fever and fatigue, among them. ‘Young children who contract the flu can have serious complications such as pneumonia, asthma attacks or otitis,’ he said.
Vaccination is also recommended for this group even though the lethality rate among children under 15 years of age is very low. Ninety-five per cent of children who die from the disease are under five years of age.
Moreover, this age group has the second highest rate of hospitalisation and ICU admission due to influenza after the elderly. Not to mention the role that these children play in transmitting the flu in their homes and with their close relatives, sometimes elderly and fragile people in whom contagion can have tragic consequences.

These children under five years of age have been immunised as part of the pilot child vaccination plan, which was launched in coordination with the Ministries of Health and Education on Monday 14 October and will continue until 14 November. In this pilot scheme, 2,900 schoolchildren born between 2019 and 2021 from 24 public and state schools on the islands, as well as one private school, will be able to be immunised in their school. Eleven schools in Mallorca, eight in Ibiza and Formentera and five in Menorca are participating in this plan. This pilot plan has already been completed in 16 schools.
The acceptance rates for this vaccination at school have been as follows, by island: in Mallorca, 52%; 40% in Menorca; 32.3% in Ibiza and 50% in Formentera.
The children participating in this pilot plan are immunised in complete safety. Nurses from the health centres closest to the schools come to the classrooms with a first-aid kit to treat any possible adverse effects of the vaccines and remain there for up to half an hour after the last child has been immunised to prevent them from occurring. Children with severe egg allergies or intolerances or those with significant immunodeficiency will be excluded from this school vaccination.

Children aged 2 years to 4 years and 11 months have been given a convenient and painless intranasal flu vaccine. For the youngest children, from six months to two years of age, an inactivated injectable vaccine will be administered.

Primary Care of Mallorca has prepared a campaign to disseminate on social networks on the occasion of the XXV Smoke-free Week

Primary Care of Mallorca has managed to double the number of people who quit smoking in 2023, compared to 2022, after participating in a smoking cessation group in health centres throughout Mallorca. These are group interventions to quit smoking (with the accompaniment and advice of health professionals) that are offered in the health centres of Mallorca to all those people who are considering quitting smoking. Thus, in 2022, a total of 91 smokers managed to give up the habit at the end of the group therapy. This figure rose to 184 people in 2023.

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The number of people who have quit smoking in the last year

Precisely in 2023, 38 smoking cessation treatment groups were set up in 24 health centres in Mallorca. These groups brought together a total of 667 patients, of whom 184 have managed to quit smoking.

This week is the 25th No Smoking Week, which culminates on Friday with World No Tobacco Day (31 May). This initiative, which is part of the Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (SEMFYC), is organised this year with the slogan ‘Zero emissions in your lungs too’.

Primary Care of Mallorca participates in this Smoke-Free Week with its commitment to promote health with a campaign that will be disseminated on social networks with the aim of raising awareness and motivating all those people who can not quit smoking or who have tried several times. These are testimonies of people who show that it is not the time or the number of attempts that matter, but the intention and commitment to oneself to give up smoking as many times as necessary until it is finally achieved.

The prevention and fight against smoking has been one of the commitments of the Primary Care Management of Mallorca for decades. In this sense, among other initiatives, numerous group and individual interventions have been carried out to stop smoking and informative community prevention activities to raise awareness among the population about the importance of a smoke-free life. Primary Care in Mallorca also has referents in each health centre who advise and provide the necessary tools to tackle smoking.