Cumulative spending by international tourists rises by 16.7% to over 118 billion euros
More than 88.5 million international travellers visited Spain during the first eleven months of the year 2024, 10.7% more than in the same period last year. The accumulated expenditure of international tourists between January and November 2024 amounts to more than...
Nearly 10.3 million contributory social security pensions to rise by around 2.8% in 2025
The rise could amount to around 600 euros a year for an average retirement pension and 500 for the average pension in the system. In 2025, contributory pensions are expected to be revalued by 2.8%, in line with the average year-on-year Consumer Price Index (CPI). The...
Inca Town Council launches the tender for the new Annual Plan for asphalting streets
The Inca Town Council will carry out a new contract for the renovation of the asphalt paving of streets in the municipality. The tendering period is now open so that applicants can submit their proposals until 16 January. At the moment, the budget for the project is...
PortsIB collects a total of 51 boats arriving on the Balearic coast in 2024
The average cost for the transport, scrapping and recycling of each boat is 611 euros. During the year 2024, the number of small boats collected in the ports managed by PortsIB has risen to 51, a figure that corresponds to the boats abandoned after the arrival of...
The Consell Insular de Eivissa will invest 200,000 euros to improve the safety of the San Francisco de ses Salines road
The improvement project, which responds to requests from residents to avoid the traffic problems they suffer, has been given final approval. The Eivissa Island Council has given final approval to the project to improve road safety on the road through Sant Francesc de...
The Consell Insular government restructures to strengthen management in key areas
Joan Benejam joins as island director of General Services, while Juana Mari Pons will take over as island director of Tourism Promotion and European Funds. The organisation chart of the Consell Insular is being restructured to reinforce government action. In this way,...
BOE publishes the Organic Law on the Efficiency of the Public Justice Service to advance against sexual violence
The Courts of Violence against Women will assume jurisdiction in matters of sexual violence and free justice is guaranteed for women and minors who are victims of crimes against sexual freedom. The Official State Gazette has published the approval of the Organic Law...
Social Security exceeds 500,000 new affiliates for another year in 2024 and consolidates its position above 21.3 million
In December, 21,344,487 new affiliates were registered in seasonally adjusted terms, an all-time high. This is 56 months of consecutive increases. The Social Security registered 21,344,487 affiliates in December, discounting seasonality and the calendar effect. This...
The Government will demand that state aid for public transport should cover the real cost of free travel
The Government of the Balearic Islands will demand that the state aid for public transport in the Balearic Islands for 2025 covers the real cost of free travel, as the Ministry of Housing, Territory and Mobility has stated on several occasions to the Ministry of...
Medio Natural publishes an informative guide on birds and bats to raise awareness of the importance of these species for forest pest control
The publication is financed with funds from the Sustainable Tourism Tax (ITS). The Regional Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Natural Environment, through the Forest Health Service of the Directorate General for the Natural Environment and Forest Management,...
Minute of silence at the Consell de Mallorca for the death of Francesc Antich
President Galmés, together with the rest of the members of the insular institution, have seconded the mourning show at Palau Reial The president of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, together with the rest of the members of the insular institution, have kept a...
The University Quality Agency of the Balearic Islands (AQUIB) is internationally recognised and has joined the European Quality Assurance Register (EQAR)
The University Quality Assurance Agency of the Balearic Islands (AQUIB) has achieved a key recognition for the international projection of the Balearic Islands university system: the incorporation into the European Quality Assurance Register (EQAR). The EQAR decision...