The Coastal Prevention and Maritime Cleaning Service concludes the 2024 season with 27.90 tonnes of waste removed from the coasts of the Balearic Islands

The Coastal Prevention and Maritime Cleaning Service concludes the 2024 season with 27.90 tonnes of waste removed from the coasts of the Balearic Islands

Mallorca leads the collection with 12,716 kg, followed by Menorca with 8,275.60 kg, Ibiza with 5,520.33 kg and Formentera with 1,396.55 kg. The Department of the Sea and Water Cycle, in collaboration with PortsIB, has worked together to ensure the cleanliness of the...
The Balearic Islands will earmark one million euros for the purchase of necessities for those affected by the hurricane in the Valencia Region

The Balearic Islands will earmark one million euros for the purchase of necessities for those affected by the hurricane in the Valencia Region

The aid will be channelled through the Federation of Local Entities (FELIB) and in response to an appeal by the Valencian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FVMP). The Government of the Balearic Islands will allocate one million euros to alleviate the basic...
Agriculture obtains the first 50,000 doses of bluetongue vaccine and the vaccination campaign is brought forward by one month

Agriculture obtains the first 50,000 doses of bluetongue vaccine and the vaccination campaign is brought forward by one month

Director General Fernando Fernández explains that 50,000 doses have been obtained, ‘which means that vaccination can begin on 11 November, a month earlier than planned’. The Regional Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Natural Environment has announced today that...
The Consell de Mallorca will have 695.5 million euros at its disposal by 2025

The Consell de Mallorca will have 695.5 million euros at its disposal by 2025

Department of Finance and Public Function The president of the insular institution, Llorenç Galmés, accompanied by the second vice-president and councillor of Environment, Rural Environment and Sports, Pedro Bestard, and the councillor of Treasury and Public Function,...
Traffic was cut on the airport motorway, in the direction of Palma, on Sunday night due to work to reinforce the road surface and the fourth lane

Traffic was cut on the airport motorway, in the direction of Palma, on Sunday night due to work to reinforce the road surface and the fourth lane

It will be from the Molinar roundabout, where one lane will be left to allow access to the ring road, to the entrance to Palma from 10 pm to 7 am. Preparatory work by the Consell de Mallorca to reinforce the road surface on the ring road and build a fourth lane on the...
PortsIB gives engines and boats from boats that have arrived in the Islands to promote nautical training in the Balearics

PortsIB gives engines and boats from boats that have arrived in the Islands to promote nautical training in the Balearics

The manager of the public company that manages the autonomous nautical facilities, Kiko Villalonga, hands over the recovered materials to specialised educational centres. In the last few days, PortsIB has given boats and engines recovered from small boats that have...
The Consell de Mallorca proposes new fines amounting to 560,000 euros in a building in Palma dedicated to illegal tourist rental

The Consell de Mallorca proposes new fines amounting to 560,000 euros in a building in Palma dedicated to illegal tourist rental

A total of 7 fines of 80,000 euros each have been notified. The Consell de Mallorca’s Department of Tourism has proposed and notified 7 sanctions worth 80,000 euros each in a building in Palma dedicated to illegal tourist rentals. In total, the amount of the...
The winter timetables of the TIB intercity bus network started with new improvements on high-demand lines

The winter timetables of the TIB intercity bus network started with new improvements on high-demand lines

The new winter timetables for the TIB intercity bus service in Mallorca’s TIB network come into effect on Friday 1st November, bringing back last winter’s timetables, when a significant increase was introduced on 53% of the lines. In this way, the...
The Consell Insular donates two Fire Service vehicles to the Rotary Club Mahón-Mô

The Consell Insular donates two Fire Service vehicles to the Rotary Club Mahón-Mô

They will be destined for the volunteer fire brigade of Caacupe, in Paraguay. The Department of Environment, Biosphere Reserve and Cooperation of the Consell Insular de Menorca has presented the donation of Pegaso rural vehicles, as well as material that can be added...
The government resolves the fifth payment of the 2023 housing rental subsidies which already totals more than 5.4 million to 2,371 beneficiaries

The government resolves the fifth payment of the 2023 housing rental subsidies which already totals more than 5.4 million to 2,371 beneficiaries

The fifth payment resolution totals 547,000 euros to 254 beneficiaries It can now be consulted in the BOIB and on the website ajudeslloguer.caib.es The Ministry of Housing, Territory and Mobility of the Government, through the Directorate General of Housing and...
SOIB Employment Opportunities for Women, will have six million euros to help victims of gender violence

SOIB Employment Opportunities for Women, will have six million euros to help victims of gender violence

This plan aims to promote economic independence, empowerment and reintegration into the labour market of the women who participate. This subsidy will finance the total wage costs, including the company’s social security contributions, of the group that suffers...
The Consell de Mallorca and the competent administrations extend the vehicle restrictions on access to Formentor from 1 June to 30 October at the request of the Pollença Town Hall

The Consell de Mallorca and the competent administrations extend the vehicle restrictions on access to Formentor from 1 June to 30 October at the request of the Pollença Town Hall

Next year, the limitation of access from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. will be extended by one month compared to this year, a measure also proposed by the load study. The Consell de Mallorca brought together the administrations responsible for restricting access to Formentor to...
The Directorate General of Emergencies decrees the level IG1 for rain and storms in Mallorca and Menorca and IG0 in the Pitiusas Islands

The Directorate General of Emergencies decrees the level IG1 for rain and storms in Mallorca and Menorca and IG0 in the Pitiusas Islands

The 112 Emergency Service recommends planning visits to cemeteries according to weather conditions. The Directorate General of Emergencies and Interior (DGEI) has decreed the Severity Index 1 (IG-1) of the Special Plan to address the risk of adverse meteorological...
48 schools take part in the ‘Service learning in the Tramuntana mountain range’ programme

48 schools take part in the ‘Service learning in the Tramuntana mountain range’ programme

This year, 13 schools are taking part in the training sessions organized by the Consell de Mallorca and the Department of Education and Universities. The Consell de Mallorca, through the Serra de Tramuntana World Heritage Consortium, and the Department of Education...