Consumer Affairs found that 70% of sales in e-commerce operators during the last ‘Black Friday’ were false or misleading
A study found irregularities such as raising the price of a product days before the sale, using coupons and codes to simulate fake discounts or encouraging impulse buying with supposedly limited offers. Some 70% of the sales advertised by e-commerce operators during...
The ICIB publishes a call for proposals to promote audiovisual projects abroad with a budget of 150,000 euros
With this aid, the organisation is promoting the growth, export and impact of the region's culture beyond its territory. The Institute of Cultural Industries of the Balearic Islands (ICIB) has published this Thursday a call for applications for grants with a total...
The Official College of Dentists of the Balearic Islands and ASPAYM Balears sign the Pact for the Health of the Balearic Islands
The document includes the six strategic lines that the participants have developed collaboratively during months of intense work and dialogue. The Official College of Dentists of the Balearic Islands (CODB) and the Association of Spinal Cord Injury and Other Physical...
Mallorca’s Railway Services will provide special reinforcement trains every weekend in December
16 special services will be added every Saturday and Sunday between Palma and Inca. The reinforcement starts this Saturday 30th November and will last until Sunday 5th January. Mallorca Railway Services (SFM) is scheduling special reinforcement trains for all weekends...
The Consell de Mallorca will invest 16 million in 2025 to renovate the road surface and improve safety on four roads in the Tramuntana mountain range
These are the sa Calobra road from the Nuu de la Corbata, the entire Coll de Sóller, the Bunyola-Orient-Alaró road and the road from Andratx to Estellencs as far as the Banyalbufar crossing. The Consell de Mallorca's budget for 2025, approved a few weeks ago, foresees...
The Government participates in the 2nd Forum for the Government and the Autonomous Communities to meet about data
The general director of Innovation and Digital Transformation, Sebastián González; the general director of Digital Strategy and Simplification, Xisco Cánovas, and the manager of the Statistical Institute of the Balearic Islands (Ibestat), Bàrbara Barceló, have debated...
The Balearic Islands will buy 22,199 doses of human papillomavirus vaccine by 2025
From 2025 onwards, a single dose will be administered to both girls and boys aged between 12 and 18. A budget of 1,123,180.60 euros has been earmarked after the Consell de Govern gave its authorisation. The Balearic Islands will acquire 22,199 doses of the nonavalent...
The Conselleria de Agricultura, Pesca y Medio Natural releases a booted eagle in the Ses Salines Natural Park of Ibiza and Formentera that has been recovered at the COFIB facilities
The specimen was brought in last September with a fracture in its right wing caused by a gunshot. This species, also known as sparrowhawk, is classified as ‘under special protection’. The Regional Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Natural Environment today...
More than 120 young people are joining the agricultural sector in the Balearic Islands thanks to the call for FOGAIBA aid for the creation of young farmers’ businesses
The Regional Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment has increased the amount of this subsidy, which was set at 3.5 million euros, to 6.18 million euros, with the aim of ensuring that no applicant is left without aid due to a lack of budget. The...
The Consell de Mallorca approves an extraordinary credit modification of 19 million euros to regularise waste treatment fees
The plenary of the island institution has agreed to allocate 13.5 million euros for the creation of the new rate of the organic fraction that will be subsidised at 100% and 5.4 million euros to regularize the rate of solid urban waste from 2024. The plenary session of...
The BSTIB and the Spanish Association Against Cancer in the Balearic Islands join forces to promote blood donation and fight cancer
The Councillor of Health, Manuela García, signed the agreement with the president of the Spanish Association Against Cancer, José Reyes Moreno. The Banc de Sang i Teixits de les Illes Balears (FBSTIB) and the Spanish Association against Cancer in the Balearic Islands...
The Directorate General for Consumer Affairs advises checking the product’s original price during Black Friday shopping
Tomorrow's Black Friday is the day that kicks off the Christmas shopping season with big sales. However, both physical establishments and e-commerce platforms have already been offering significant discounts on most of their products for several days. However, to mark...