Mallorca to promote its technological capacity applied to responsible tourism in 2025
The new tourism management model restructures attendance at trade fairs and incorporates the presence at one of the main technological events: the Mobile Global Congress in Barcelona. The Fundació Mallorca Turisme held a new Advisory Board meeting on Thursday to...
More opportunities for athletes from the Balearic Islands, the objective of the new technification model presented by the Government of the Balearic Islands
The axes of the new model are: athletes as a priority; optimisation of resources; equal opportunities; long-term excellence; objectivity and transparency; and quality rather than quantity. Enabling Balearic athletes to have the best possible conditions to achieve...
Eleven schools in the Balearic Islands apply to join the Voluntary Pilot Plan for Free Choice of Language
A total of eleven schools in the Balearic Islands have applied to join the Voluntary Pilot Plan for Free Choice of Language starting next year. The Plan will be implemented for three school years in primary education. Secondary schools that request to join the Plan...
Enrolment in the commerce sector was 58,988 in May, a record high and 2.8% higher than in 2023
Tourist spending in retail trade during the first quarter was 173.3 million euros, 32% more than the previous year. Although sales in the fifth month of the year evolve downwards, it is the second best May of the available series, only behind 2023. The number of...
The Consell de Mallorca continues restoring the island’s windmills: the Can Ferrando mill in Montuïri will be the next to be restored
This Thursday, the island's institution and the Montuïri town council signed an agreement to restore and conserve the flour windmill in order to prevent its degradation and open it to the public. The Consell de Mallorca and the Montuïri Town Council signed a...
The Govern adopts urgent measures to guarantee the water supply in Banyalbufar
The Directorate General of Water Resources has authorised, as a matter of urgency, the construction of a new well, and will proceed to improve the treatment and filtration facilities for the water collected. The Director General of Water Resources of the Regional...
The new So n’Oms merging lane onto the airport motorway comes into operation and minimises traffic jams
This access road promoted by the Consell de Mallorca has been extended by 160 metres without using up any land. Originally the lane was 64 metres long, but with the extension, it is now 224 metres long. The new access lane to the airport motorway (MA-19) from the So...
Fourteen languages are spoken in the Son Espases ICU
Two nurses from the Intensive Care Unit and the Audiovisual Service have created a series of pictograms in fourteen languages. Two nurses from the Intensive Care Unit at Son Espases have created a series of pictograms in fourteen languages to facilitate communication...
Culture opens a participatory process for the elaboration of the Cultural Rights Plan
With this collaborative methodology, which will include experts, civil society and sectoral agents, both a diagnosis of the situation and proposals in specific areas will be drawn up. The Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, at the presentation of the roadmap for the...
SFM’s new train drivers begin their service
The incorporation of train drivers and five new trains this year will make it possible to extend timetables and frequencies. Councillor Vidal and the heads of Mobilitat and SFM welcome the new train drivers. Mallorca's Railway Services (SFM) has already qualified 13...
The government improves the 112 emergency telephone service by incorporating 9 new managers
The staff has managed 3,000 more incidents in the first half of 2024 compared to the previous year The Government of the Balearic Islands has incorporated 9 new managers to the 112 emergency telephone service since March, which, among other advantages, will allow for...
The Consell de Mallorca and the Sant Pere de Palma fishermen’s guild sign a collaboration agreement to promote, preserve and recover the island’s maritime and fishing heritage
The vice-president and councillor of Culture and Heritage, Antònia Roca, assures that the aim is to raise awareness of the island's maritime cultural heritage among young people and people at risk of social exclusion. The Consell de Mallorca and the Sant Pere de Palma...