This year, SFM will maintain its usual service timetable throughout July
The summer timetable is limited to August, starting on Thursday the 1st. This year, Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca (SFM) is maintaining its regular service timetable throughout July, having extended it for the second half of July for the first time since the summer...
The Government authorises a 2% salary increase for teachers in state-subsidised education on the islands
This salary increase will be applied to the salaries in force on 31 December 2023 and will take effect on 1 January 2024. With this measure, the Regional Ministry of Education and Universities is complying with the agreement reached by the Private Subsidised Education...
Water reserves in the Balearic Islands are at 50% in June
In terms of the percentage of reserves per island, Mallorca has fallen from 53% to 50%, Menorca from 51% to 50% and Eivissa from 36% to 35%. Water reserves in the Balearic Islands fell to 50% in June, a drop of 2 percentage points compared to the previous month and 9...
International tourists will spend more than 59 billion euros on their trips to Spain this summer, 22% more than last year
According to forecasts made by the Minister of Industry and Tourism, Jordi Hereu, during June, July, August and September, 41 million international tourists are expected to arrive in Spain, 13% more than in the same period in 2023. This summer, spending by...
The Bombers de Mallorca set up a new pioneering system of wardrobe replacement
With this programme, the Consell de Mallorca avoids having to purchase all the material and having to store it. The Insular Directorate of Emergencies has introduced a new system for the replacement of the wardrobe and complements of the Bombers de Mallorca. This is...
The Consell de Mallorca approves the payment of the 39.943 euros of the invoices of the SMAP of the previous legislature
The plenary of the institution has agreed to order the body promoting the file to initiate the procedure to request those responsible for the voluntary repayment of the corresponding amounts within five days, or to present allegations.In case this amount is not...
The Institute of Balearic Studies (IEB) participates in ARTESANTANDER 2024
The participating exhibition project is Paisaje con caballo, by Catalina Julve, curated by Marta Mantecón. The ARTE SANTANDER 2024 fair, which takes place from 12 to 16 July in Santander, Spain, is a contemporary art fair with an established tradition and is...
Acampaesport celebrates the Olympic year with 1,500 participants and new activities such as scuba diving and the creation of recycled games.
The Consell de Mallorca's sports campus in Colònia de Sant Pere focuses on the upcoming Olympics, with new underwater activities, recycling workshops and anthropometric tests. Acampaesport, the sports camps for children and teenagers organised by the Consell de...
The shops of Sineu are awarded the Emblemàtics Balears label
The local commerce protection project of the Regional Ministry of Enterprise, Employment and Energy now has 30 towns and cities that have signed up. The councillor for Enterprise, Employment and Energy and the mayor of Sineu presented the plaques to the traders. The...
The Consell de Mallorca awards a 1.1 million euro contract for the drafting of the construction project for Section I of Palma’s second ring road
The Gesix-Ayesa joint venture (UTE) has been awarded the contract in the public tender to promote the technical composition of this work, which has a budget of 110 million euros and could begin in late 2026 or early 2027. The Consell de Mallorca has awarded a...
Science, Innovation and Universities earmarks 90 million to boost biomedical and health research
The three calls will be deployed within the framework of the PERTE for Vanguard Health and the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, and under the umbrella of the Strategic Action in Health (AES), the main tool for funding health research in Spain, which is...
Grants for the acquisition/electrification of bicycles and electric vehicles for personal mobility can be applied for from 10 July to 8 August
The BOIB has published today the extract of the regulatory bases and the call for applications for grants for the acquisition/electrification of bicycles and electric vehicles for personal mobility, promoted by the Department of Mobility. The grants are aimed at...