This is the second request sent by the island institution since last April: if no response is received, action will be taken by the subsidiary execution mechanism provided for in the Law on Historical Heritage.

The Consell de Mallorca requests the Ministry of Culture to temporarily cede Alaró Castle for its urgent conservation. The vice-president of the Consell de Mallorca and councillor of Culture and Heritage, Antònia Roca, has informed that this is the second request made to the Spanish government since last April and assures that, should the administrative silence continue, the Consell de Mallorca will initiate the necessary actions to guarantee the conservation of the Castle of Alaró.

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The Consell de Mallorca asks the Ministry of Culture to temporarily cede the Castle of Alaró for its urgent conservation

Roca explained that Alaró Castle, a state-owned Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC), is in a state of deterioration that threatens its stability and the safety of visitors. This alarming deterioration in recent years affects the walls in particular.

Despite the joint efforts of the Consell de Mallorca and the Alaró Town Hall, no significant intervention has been carried out by the Ministry of Culture, the monument’s owner. Roca believes that the situation is unsustainable and that immediate intervention is necessary, which the island’s institution will carry out if the Ministry continues to neglect the monument.

The first phase of the conservation project proposed by the Consell de Mallorca would focus on the castle’s access area, with actions that include removing vegetation, repairing areas of deterioration on the walls and replacing construction mortar.

‘Alaró Castle is a symbol of our heritage, but if we do not act soon, we run the risk of losing a cultural asset of great value. We demand that the Ministry of Culture authorise us to intervene urgently and that it temporarily cede the use of the castle to us so that we can carry out these conservation works,’ said the vice-president and councillor Antònia Roca. ‘If we do not receive a response, the Consell de Mallorca will act by the subsidiary execution mechanism provided for in the Law of Historical Heritage of the Balearic Islands,’ she explained.

The Consell de Mallorca has included in its request detailed technical reports, including the conservation report of July 2021 and the technical report of 2024, which show the need for immediate action to guarantee the safety of the monument.

The Minister of Territory, Mobility and Infrastructures, Fernando Rubio, today received representatives of AEVAB and BALEVAL to gather their contributions to the study of the road network load that the island institution is preparing.

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The Consell de Mallorca meets with car hire companies

The Minister of Territory, Mobility and Infrastructures, Fernando Rubio, met today with representatives of the two car hire associations of the Balearic Islands to study measures agreed with the sector to study solutions to the saturation of Mallorca’s roads. Rubio was accompanied by the island directors of Mobility, Rafael Oliver, and Infrastructures, Rafel Gelabert. The delegation from the Agrupación Empresarial de Alquiler de Vehículos con y sin Conductor de Baleares (AEVAB) was headed by its president Ramon Reus. For its part, the Balearic Association of Car Rental with and without Driver (BALEVAL) was represented by its board of directors, chaired by Othman Ktiri.

Fernando Rubio explained that the Department of Territory, Mobility and Infrastructures is working intensively to draw up a study of the load on the island’s roads, a document that until now has never been carried out in Mallorca to find out with official and contrasted data what the causes of the traffic jams on Mallorca’s road network are. Rubio reiterated that the study will also propose solutions, both with infrastructures and possible regulations, and that the Consell is ‘willing to take courageous measures’ to improve the mobility of Mallorcans, as the president of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, has stated on several occasions.

The car hire companies have shown their willingness to collaborate with the Consell in the search for effective solutions to alleviate the saturation of the island’s roads.

Today’s meetings with AEVAB and BALEBAL are the second that the Department of Territory, Mobility and Infrastructures will hold with representatives of the sectors involved and civil society. The aim is to hear their opinions first-hand and reach a consensus on possible solutions to the saturation suffered by Mallorca.

The mayor of Selva, Joan Rotger, and the mayoress of Caimari, Ana Maria Roger, have presented the events of the S’Oliva de Caimari Fair to be held on 15th, 16th and 17th November.
This emblematic fair dedicated to the culture and tradition of the olive in the town of Caimari reaches its 27th edition with the intention of making known and enjoying the olive-growing tradition that defines our municipality.

During the fair, you will be able to discover a wide variety of products derived from olives, from virgin olive oil to gastronomic delicacies made with local products. In addition, we will have demonstrations and tastings of our products, as well as exhibitions on the history and culture of the olive in Caimari.

We look forward to seeing you at the 27th S’Oliva de Caimari Fair.

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XXVII Fair of S’Oliva de Caimari

FRIDAY 15TH
Distribution of olive branches.
18:00 h. Opening of the Església Vella to visit the exhibition of paintings by Maria Muntaner and Joan Perelló.
19:30 h. Concert by the Selva Municipal Band.
Venue: Church of the Immaculate Conception of Caimari.
21:30 Oil tasting
By local farmers and producers with musical entertainment.
In collaboration with: Bar Ca Na Tome.
Bar Ca Na Tome, will make a special Fair toast dinner.
Franquesa Street n.°4

SATURDAY 16TH
10:00 h Opening of the Fair.
Exhibition of antique motorbikes.
By Jaume Damià.
Place: Sa Vileta street.
Exhibition of posters of the Caimari Fair.

Exhibition of Randas and Embroidery of the Women of the 3rd Age of Caimari.
Place: Horizonte Street.
Opening to the public of the old Tafona-Museum of Caimari.
Exhibition of machinery and utensils for making oil.
Place: Plaza Mayor de Caimari.
Tasting and sale of olives and all kinds of virgin olive oil by local producers.
Inauguration and exhibition of paintings by:
MARGALIDA MUNTANER, a painter from our town.
JOAN PERELLÓ, painter and sculptor will exhibit his works in the Església Vella de Caimari.
11:00 h Presentation of the II Edition of the Olive Academy.
This year dedicated to OLIVE HARVESTS.
The Mayoress of Caimari, Ana María Rotger Mestre ‘Mari Tome’ will dedicate a few words to the women olive harvesters, recalling their dedication, sacrifice and love for the trade.
Presentation of the audiovisual dedicated to Les Collidores de Oliva de Caimari.
16:00 h Reception of the Authorities.
Accompanied by xeremiers of the municipality to visit the XXVII Fair of S’Oliva de Caimari.
Start in the street of Ca S’Hereu.
17:30 h Departure of the Caparrots Carboners de Caimari accompanied by the Xeremiers.
Start in Es Castellet.
First dance of the Caparrots Carboners, in front of Sa Tafona Vella de Caimari.
Then: Parade of the Caparrots Carboners through the streets of the Fira.
18:00 h Dance of the Caparrots Carboners accompanied by the Band of Music of the Municipality of Selva.

Place: Plaza Mayor de Caimari.
20:00 h Folklore Show
With the performance of the Agrupación Aires de Monte de Selva.
Place: Plaza Mayor de Caimari.
21:00 Sobrasada tasting with honey.
Collaboration: Association of Elderly People of Caimari.
Place: In front of the Casa del Pueblo de Caimari, Plaza Mayor.

SUNDAY 17TH
10:00 h Opening of the Fair.
Exhibition of old motorbikes.
By Jaume Damià.
Place: Sa Vileta street.
Exhibition of posters of the Caimari Fair.
Exhibition of randas and embroidery by the Women of the 3rd Age of Caimari.
Place: Horizonte street.
Exhibition of paintings and sculptures by:
Margalida Muntaner
Joan Perelló
Place: Old Church of Caimari.
Demonstration of how to make sheep’s milk cheese.
Place: Plaza Mayor.
Display of craft stalls throughout the Fira.
Prize-giving ceremony for the Best Local Parade.
Presentation of the prize for the Best Fair Parade.
11:30 h Dance of the Caparrots Carboners accompanied by the Band of the Municipality of Selva.
Place: Clasta de Son Albertí. Placeta Vieja.
Then: Parade of the Caparrots Carboners, through the streets of the Fira.
12:00 h Dance of the Caparrots Carboners accompanied by the Band of the Municipality of Selva.
Place: Plaza Mayor de Caimari.
17:30 h Popular Dance with the music of Ballugam.
Place: Plaza Mayor de Caimari.
19.00 h Parade with the Xeremiers of the municipality.
20.00 h Closing of the XXVII Fair of S’Oliva de Caimari.

This volunteer project of the Mallorca Integra Foundation offers rides to elderly people living in the centre managed by IMAS.

Combating unwanted loneliness, promoting intergenerational relationships and reconnecting the elderly with their surroundings and the community are the objectives of the project ‘En bici sin edad’ (‘By bike without age’). A volunteer action implemented with great success in other Spanish and European cities which, for the first time, comes to the Balearic Islands, thanks to the Mallorca Integra Foundation, in collaboration with MBW Proa Premium and the ‘la Caixa’ Foundation.

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La Llar d’Ancians launches the project ‘En bici sin edad’ to combat loneliness and reconnect with the community

Users with reduced mobility or who do not have a family at the Llar d’Ancians residence, which IMAS manages in Palma, will be the first in the autonomous community to be able to enjoy this innovative yet simple experience, which offers outings on electric tricycles with capacity for up to two people, to go for rides around Palma, visit their old neighbourhood, see the Christmas lights or the sea, accompanied by a volunteer who drives the vehicle.

‘This is a project that contributes to promoting active, healthy and integrated ageing within the community, which is what IMAS is committed to’, stressed the Vice-President of the island’s institution, Magdalena García Gual, who thanked the work of Mallorca Integra, MBW Proa Premium, the “la Caixa” Foundation and the volunteers who make it possible. ‘Volunteering contributes to the common good, the work you do complements that of the professionals and allows the elderly to enjoy activities like this, which strengthen their self-esteem, sense of belonging and social integration’, she said.

The Vice-President of IMAS closed the presentation ceremony of ‘En bici sin edad’, which was also attended by the Councillor for Families and Social Affairs of the GOIB, Catalina Cirer, the Director of Social and Health Care of the Consell de Mallorca, Rosa Llobera, the Councillor for the Elderly and Interculturalism of Palma City Council, María Luisa Marqués, as well as representatives of the sponsoring organisations and the directors of the Mallorca Integra Foundation, Catalina Miralles and Aurora Sampol, who will coordinate and direct this project.

The presentation will take place at the Arxiu d’Imatge i So de Menorca next Thursday 12th December at 7pm in the auditorium of Can Victorii in Maó.

Within the framework of the exhibition ‘LA MODA DE ANTAÑO. Como se vestía en Menorca entre 1850 y 1930’ the Arxiu d’Imatge I So de Menorca proposes a new activity to present the fashion of those years.

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Presentation: The English influence in 19th-century Menorcan fashion

Aina Gilabert Solé has done her baccalaureate research work on the English influence on 19th-century Menorcan fashion and has completed it with the creation of two reproductions of dresses from the period. Thus, on Thursday 12th December at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Can Victori in Maó, she presented the results of this research.

The activity will consist of an explanation of how the historical research was carried out and the results, as well as the presentation of the reproductions of the dresses and the challenges she had to face when sewing them.

The presentation of the work ‘THE ENGLISH INFLUENCE ON 19th CENTURY MENORCAN FASHION’ will take place on 12th December at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Can Victori in Maó (Camí des Castell, 28). Free access.

Exhibition ‘LA MODA DE ANTAÑO. How people dressed in Menorca between 1850 and 1930’. Auditorium of Can Victori de Maó (Camí des Castell, 28). Visiting hours: Monday to Friday from 9 am to 1.30 pm and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4.30 pm to 8 pm.

The entity will manage 13,000 terminals between basic and advanced TAD in 2024, 14,800 in 2025 and 15,900 in 2026.

The budget distribution is 483,760 euros in 2024, 3,610,630 in 2025 and 3,587,677 in 2026.

The Consell de Govern has authorised the councillor for Families and Social Affairs to allocate a maximum expenditure of 7,682,067 € for the agreement with the entity Servicios de Teleasistencia SA for the home telecare service for people in a situation of dependency from October 2024 to September 2026.

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7.6 million is allocated to the entity Servicios de Teleasistencia SA for the agreement from 2024 to 2026

The distribution of the budget is as follows:

483,760 € in October and November 2024 concerning the number of terminals previously contracted (7,200 basic TAD and 4,800 advanced TAD. The newly contracted terminals (800 basic TAD and 200 advanced TAD) will be with the effects of the agreement.

3,610,630 from December 2024 to November 2025.

3,587,677 from December 2025 to September 2026.

Currently, of the 12,000 terminals contracted by Servicios de Teleasistencia SA, 7,200 terminals are basic TAD and 4,800 are advanced TAD. The request that the entity has formalised is to manage: 8,000 basic TAD terminals and 5,000 advanced TAD terminals in 2024, 8,600 basic TAD terminals and 6,200 advanced TAD terminals in 2025, and 8,500 basic TAD terminals and 7,400 advanced TAD terminals in 2026.

The reference price per terminal/month is 14.96 € (VAT included) for basic TAD and 24.44 € for advanced TAD in 2024, 16.65 € (VAT included) for basic TAD and 26.30 € for advanced TAD in 2025 and 18.37 € (VAT included) for basic TAD and 28.17 € for advanced TAD in 2026.

They account for 13.8% of the total number of Social Security contributors, six-tenths of a percentage point more than last year. Since the implementation of the labour reform, 44.1% of the employment created in the last three years has been by foreign workers.

Social Security registered 2,971,811 foreign affiliates in February, after discounting seasonality and the calendar effect, after adding 15,804 employed persons. Over the last twelve months, the number of people employed from other countries has increased by 7.6%. This is a new high in seasonally adjusted foreign employment, in line with the trend that has been maintained throughout 2024.

The number of foreign affiliates increased by 15,804 employed persons in February, of which 4,204 were self-employed

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Since the implementation of the labour reform in 2022, the system has seen an increase of 604,592 workers from other countries, i.e. an increase of 26.6%. This means that 44.1% of the employment created in these last three years corresponds to foreign workers.

In the context of overall enrolment, foreign workers account for 13.8% of the total number of employed, six-tenths more than a year ago.

Average enrolment
In average terms and without seasonal adjustment, i.e. in the original series, Social Security registered 2,874,398 affiliates from other countries, 202,851 more in the last year and 31,369 more than in January.

This is the highest number of total foreign contributors to Social Security, both in the original series and seasonally adjusted for February.

Self-employed workers
With regard to the distribution by regimes, the increase in self-employed workers from other countries is worth noting. In the last month alone, there has been an increase of 4,204 foreign workers in the Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers (RETA).

In February, foreign workers accounted for 90% of the rate of increase in the RETA over the last year (1.1% of the 1.2% of the total). Specifically, there are 471,559 workers registered in this special regime, an increase of 8.2% in year-on-year terms, and they represent 16.4% of the total number of self-employed workers in Spain.

The increase in the number of foreign self-employed in the last year has been particularly pronounced in the Information and communications sector, which has grown by 34.5%. Also of note is Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities, which has seen a 17.3% increase in the number of self-employed workers.

General Scheme
In line with the situation of native workers, 83.4% of foreign affiliates were enrolled in the General Social Security Scheme, reaching 2,398,066 workers.

In the last 12 months, foreign enrolment in this scheme has grown by around 7.5%, and in seven sectors in particular: Transport and Storage (24.9%), Water Supply (11.9%), Administrative Activities (9.7%), Health Activities (9.6%), Construction (9.4%), Manufacturing Industry (9.3%) and Accommodation (9.10%).

The year-on-year growth in foreign enrolment is also very notable in high value-added activities, with notable growth in Financial Activities (9%), Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities (7.6%) and Information and Communications, which increased by 7%.

The distribution by sector in both the General Regime and the Self-Employed Workers’ Regime shows a growing diversification.

The activities will take place in Ibiza, Menorca and Mallorca.

The Institute of Balearic Studies (IEB) is launching a new initiative to promote the use of the Catalan language through guided tours to discover the environment, history and culture of our islands. The initiative aims to create spaces for socialising in which Catalan speakers and people who want to practice the Catalan language can participate.

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New opportunity to share Catalan as part of the celebration of International Museum Day

The initial activities have been carried out on the island of Mallorca, aimed exclusively at students on IEB courses. The first visit took place this Monday, 13th May, at 6A Taller i Galeria d’Art, where they were able to see the gallery’s current exhibition and the printmaking workshop. The second meeting is scheduled for today, Wednesday the 15th of May, with a morning and afternoon session at Es Baluart Museu d’Art Contemporani de Palma. During the visit, visitors will be able to tour the exhibitions by Belio Fullana and Ana Laura Aláez, as well as see the terraces of the emblematic building.

The following visits will take place in Ibiza and Menorca on Saturday the 18th of May, coinciding with International Museum Day. In the city of Ibiza, there will be a guided tour of the Puig des Molins Monographic Museum, through some specially selected objects to learn about the universe of beliefs, rites and funerary behaviour of the men and women of antiquity. You will also have the opportunity to walk through the necropolis and descend into a set of 2,500-year-old underground tombs.

In Menorca, the Museum of Menorca in Maó has prepared a guided tour of its permanent exhibition, with ten carefully chosen objects that invite visitors to travel through the history of Menorca and learn about the island’s details from the technicians.

The director of the Institute of Balearic Studies, Llorenç Perelló, states that “initiatives like this promote the regular use of the Catalan language in different scenarios of everyday life, such as these guided tours, to learn about the culture of our islands at the same time”.

In July 2025, the Minimum Vital Income (IMV) reached 2.3 million people across 752,469 households, including 129,655 single-parent families. In more than two-thirds of these households, there are minors, who account for 41.2% of all beneficiaries (947,903 children and adolescents).

The average monthly payment per household was €519.16, with a total payout of €426.3 million in July. Compared to July 2024, there are 112,501 more active benefits (+17.6%) and 370,570 additional beneficiaries (+19.2%).

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Minimum Vital Income reaches nearly 2.3 million people in July

The IMV’s profile remains predominantly female: 67.8% of recipients and 53.5% of total beneficiaries are women. Minister Elma Saiz highlighted its impact on single-parent households, especially those headed by women, providing stability in challenging times.

A key tool in tackling child poverty is the Child Support Supplement (CAPI), which in July benefited 527,071 households. Payments amount to €115 for children aged 0–3, €80.5 for ages 3–6, and €57.5 for ages 6–18. The average was €67.7 per child and €124.6 per household with minors.

Since its launch in 2020, the IMV has supported 3.17 million people (1.37 million children) and represented a total investment of €16.204 billion.

Nearly 6.5 million passengers travelled on TIB between January and April, an increase of 1.9 million (42%) compared to the same period last year.

The Ministry of Housing, Territory and Mobility of the Government of the Balearic Islands, through the Transport Consortium of Mallorca (CTM), has recorded in the first four months of the year, from January to April 2024, nearly 6.5 million passengers who have travelled on the TIB bus, which represents an increase of 42.2% in the number of users compared to the same period of 2023, when free travel on all public transport was already in force.

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The number of passengers travelling on TIB buses rises by 42%

During the first four months of this year, the increase was more than 1.9 million passengers compared to the same period in 2023, from 4.5 million to nearly 6.5 million. This 42% increase in demand for TIB network buses comes between two periods in which free transport had already been introduced for users travelling with the Intermodal Card.

At present, the interurban public transport of the TIB network connects the different municipalities and areas of Mallorca with 71 bus lines. To cope with the increase in demand, both during the winter season and in the new service for the summer season, reinforcement measures have been adopted, mainly to increase frequencies on the bus lines.

During the winter season, from 1 November to 21 March, the TIB network was reinforced with an increase of 27 bus lines compared to the previous winter, an improvement of 53% of the total number of lines operating in this period. Likewise, for the summer season, this year the start of the reinforcement of the service was brought forward to 22 March compared to the last high season.

For the summer season, frequencies have been increased on a total of 24 bus lines, resuming service on sixteen lines and incorporating a new line (131) in the Serra de Tramuntana, between Santa Ponça, Banyalbufar and La Granja de Esporles.

Ten new compressed natural gas buses are expected to be added to the TIB’s current sustainable fleet in the coming weeks, increasing the current fleet, which currently has 201 compressed natural gas buses and eighteen electric buses.

About the reinforcements adopted for the summer season, in the Ponent area, the nuclei of Palmanova and Magaluf (104) have been better connected with services every 15 minutes in each direction, and, compared to last summer, the improved offer in the tourist area of Costa de la Calma also stands out, which almost doubles connectivity with Palma and Santa Ponça, with a new frequency of 25 minutes.

In the northern area of Mallorca, the late-night service on the suburban line connecting Alcúdia-Can Picafort (324) has been reinforced, reaching beyond 00.00 h with a stable frequency of 12-13 minutes; line 302 has been improved compared to 2023 by increasing the frequency to one bus every twenty minutes during peak hours and extending the service until 0. 10 am to ensure that hotel and restaurant workers can return home; and in the centre of Cala Sant Vicenç, line 321 has brought forward the daily start time to 7.10 am.

On the Llevant coast, the Cales de Mallorca line (416) has increased its services by 50% since the end of March, and in the Migjorn area, the Campos-Palma express services (501) have been added throughout the day. Concerning the Aerotib lines that connect with Palma airport, the A32 and A42 lines have increased their service by 10 % compared to the summer of 2023.

The railway company signs an agreement with the Guardia Civil for the delivery of 300 transport cards and will extend this initiative to other entities

Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca (SFM) has signed a collaboration agreement with the 17th Zone/Commandery of the Civil Guard of the Balearic Islands to allow free travel to all its members in the services managed by the railway administrator. For this purpose, 300 non-nominative transport cards have been delivered to them, which can be used by all the members of this corps belonging to the demarcation of the island of Mallorca.

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SFM

The cards provided through this initiative have an identification number that will allow to have a personalized record of its use by the Command and the main objective is that the members of the corps can have easy access to both train and metro stations to facilitate possible interventions or develop research and intelligence work, but also encourage the use of public rail transport among its members.

The measure gives continuity to other similar agreements already in effect by SFM, such as the one made under the same conditions with the National Police a few years ago or with the Local Police of Sineu, more recently. Likewise, SFM intends to follow the same steps with other local police forces in municipalities along the railway corridor.

On the other hand, SFM has opened the application for obtaining group tickets to new entities, such as associations or leisure and free time entities, the different groups of the Moviment Escolta i Guiatge de Mallorca, entities that work with people with functional diversity or senior citizens or other similar groups that want to benefit from the advantages of this ticket.

Until now, the purchase of group tickets was authorized exclusively to schools attached to the Ministry of Education of the Government of the Balearic Islands, being free of charge for students in kindergarten, primary and secondary schools and offering very low fares for the rest of the courses.

It should be remembered that the group ticket must be requested to SFM in advance and following the established channels and it is not necessary to have the Intermodal Card to make use of it by any member of the group traveling on the train. It is a type of ticket widely used for excursions or outings by schools since, apart from the economic benefit if you do not have an Intermodal Card, it allows you to organize the trip with the advice of the railway company’s staff and speeds up the access and exit of the stations for the comfort and safety of both the group making the trip and the rest of the users of the railway network.

The Department of Tourism closes the summer campaign with 2,554 actions in total, 70% of which have been focused on combating illegal activity in the tourism sector

The Department of Tourism of the Consell de Mallorca has closed the summer campaign, which included an ambitious inspection plan, with a total of 2,554 actions throughout the island, to ensure the proper functioning of all tourist activity that takes place in Mallorca. The campaign was carried out from 15 June to 15 November to combat illegal supply and any other type of irregularity that may occur in the island’s regulated supply.

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The Consell de Mallorca triples the number of actions against illegal tourism in the summer campaign 2024

The results, as announced this Thursday at a press conference by the Councillor for Tourism, José Marcial Rodríguez Díaz, have been ‘very satisfactory’, with ‘70% of the actions focused directly on combating illegal supply in the sector’. Specifically, of the 2,554 total actions, in these 5 months, the inspectors have carried out 1,765 visits against this type of offer, ‘three times more than a year ago (593)’, and have resulted in the opening of a total of 245 infringement proceedings, 10.3% more than in the same months of 2023, when there were 222.

In this line, Rodriguez has detailed that these 2,554 actions have responded to both complaints and claims received by the department, as well as the activity of the summer campaign promoted by the inspection service to control illegal tourist activity in all types of establishments. In addition, the total number of visits (2,554) is also three times the number made in the same period in 2023, when there were 969.

Results of the plan
Rodríguez also advanced some results obtained during 2024 against illegal supply and revealed that up to October (latest available data) the number of total inspections against illegal supply has tripled compared to a year ago (3,102 vs. 1,028), with a 13% increase in the number of infringement reports issued.
In terms of sanctions, Rodríguez detailed that 179 proceedings were opened in 2024 and approximately 78 have already been resolved. The total amount proposed as a sanction in these proceedings opened in 2024 was 4.42 million euros.

On the other hand, over the last few months, the inspection service has also focused its efforts on locating and pursuing repeat offenders. In this way, with a prior list provided by the sanctioning department, of 91 reports with the result of a sanction, the inspectors have gone to 51 of the 91 properties, issuing 6 infringement reports, so recidivism has been found in 11.76% of the properties previously sanctioned.
Finally, the summer campaign was also aimed at checking the 3% of local produce in Mallorca’s establishments. Specifically, the establishments included in the summer campaign were finally 188, 20% more than those initially announced (152), which were asked to provide the relevant documentation to prove their compliance.
Of these 188 establishments, 86 have replied, with a 100% compliance rate. The rest of the establishments are awaiting their response, which will be forthcoming in the coming weeks.
The Councillor for Tourism concluded his speech by assuring that ‘the plan implemented last year works, it is appropriate and allows us to fight against illegal supply, whatever type it is and whatever sector it operates in’.

The initiative includes projects by universities, town councils and private individuals that will promote studies on the chronology and practices of the past.

The Consell de Mallorca is subsidising a total of 10 archaeological research projects over three years with a total of 692,415 euros. The aim is to promote scientific archaeological research on the island and contribute to the conservation and maintenance of the island’s historical heritage.

The vice-president of the Consell de Mallorca and councillor of Culture and Heritage, Antònia Roca, explained that the selected projects contemplate different lines of research, including the analysis of ancient structures, studies of chronology and functionality, and studies on past fauna and flora. The subsidy will be distributed as follows: 140,641 euros in 2024, 276,889 euros in 2025 and 274,885 euros in 2026.

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The Consell de Mallorca subsidises a total of 10 archaeological research projects over three years with almost 700,000 euros

The grant programme includes projects promoted by universities, research centres, town councils and other entities. ‘This diversity reflects the richness and transversality of archaeology as a fundamental discipline for society,’ says Roca. He also stresses that ‘with this initiative, we reaffirm our commitment to the preservation of Mallorca’s cultural heritage and support researchers who contribute to the understanding of the island’s history and identity’.

It is important to note that in 2024 the Consell de Mallorca has allocated a total of 565,000 euros to seven municipalities on the island to acquire archaeological sites: Manacor, Alcúdia, Petra, Selva, Santa Margalida, Llubí and Sencelles will thus be able to incorporate spaces of great historical and cultural value into their public heritage.

Visit to the Es Turassot archaeological site

The Vice President of the Consell de Mallorca and Councillor of Culture and Heritage, Antònia Roca, visited the Es Turassot site in Costitx, along with the Mayor of Costitx, Antoni Salas, one of the subsidised projects that received the highest scores for its quality, suitability and technical, temporal and economic viability.

In this navetas settlement, the council will carry out excavations to analyse the domestic and economic practices of the period, as well as the chronology and functionality of its structures. Roca stresses that ‘this project will provide a better understanding of the spatial organisation, economic activities and cultural changes in the settlements of the Pla de Mallorca, which will contribute to scientific knowledge and the dissemination of the island’s archaeological heritage’.

Salas stresses that ‘the navetas settlement of Es Turassot is a unique opportunity to enhance the historical heritage of Costitx, as it is an exceptional testimony to understanding how the communities of the Pla de Mallorca lived and interacted millennia ago’.

Beneficiaries

The beneficiaries of these 10 projects are universities and research centres, local councils and individuals. Specifically, the beneficiary universities and research centres are the UIB, which will carry out two studies: one on the Indigenous communities of Mallorca during the Iron Age and another on the Closos de Can Gaià and its surroundings; the IMEDEA, which will study the chronology and functionality of Mallorcan sanctuaries; the Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio-CSIC, which will carry out an interdisciplinary research project on the exploitation and use of copper in the prehistory of Mallorca; the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP), which will study the island’s early ecosystems; and finally, the University of Valencia, which will re-excavate the Sec shipwreck to understand commercial and technological aspects.

As for local councils, the beneficiaries are Costitx Town Council, which will carry out the excavation and study of the set of navetas of Es Turassot, from the Talayotic period, to analyse domestic and economic practices; Montuïri Town Council, which will investigate the transformations of the Son Fornés settlement after the Talayotic period; and Santanyí Town Council, which will carry out a study on fortifications and social changes in Mallorcan settlements in the Second Iron Age.

Finally, as far as private individuals are concerned, there is only one beneficiary: the Sóller Botanical Garden Foundation – Balearic Museum of Natural Sciences, which will carry out a study on fauna and flora linked to extreme climatic periods in the Mediterranean.

The councillor for Health, Manuela García, and the councillor for Education, Antoni Vera, attended the vaccination of 237 children at the Santa Mónica school in Palma, 65% of those vaccinated.

The pilot school immunisation plan continues, with 2,900 students born between 2019 and 2021 to be vaccinated.

The councillor for Health, Manuela García, accompanied by the councillor for Education, Antoni Vera, went today to the Santa Mónica school in Palma to show her support for the flu vaccination of 237 children in the second cycle of infant education, 65% of the 365 children enrolled in the school at these educational levels.

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The Pilot Plan for Childhood Immunisation against the flu has now been completed in 16 schools

The heads of Health and Education were accompanied during their visit to the Santa Mónica school by the director of Primary Care Nursing, Victòria Pascual, and Toñi Tarongí, pedagogical director of Infant and Primary Education, among other authorities.

Manuela García welcomed the high percentage of pupils whose parents gave their permission for them to be vaccinated and thanked them for their responsible attitude, reminding them that vaccination is recommended for this group of healthy children because the flu does not cause the most common symptoms of the epidemic disease, such as fever and fatigue, among them. ‘Young children who contract the flu can have serious complications such as pneumonia, asthma attacks or otitis,’ he said.
Vaccination is also recommended for this group even though the lethality rate among children under 15 years of age is very low. Ninety-five per cent of children who die from the disease are under five years of age.
Moreover, this age group has the second highest rate of hospitalisation and ICU admission due to influenza after the elderly. Not to mention the role that these children play in transmitting the flu in their homes and with their close relatives, sometimes elderly and fragile people in whom contagion can have tragic consequences.

These children under five years of age have been immunised as part of the pilot child vaccination plan, which was launched in coordination with the Ministries of Health and Education on Monday 14 October and will continue until 14 November. In this pilot scheme, 2,900 schoolchildren born between 2019 and 2021 from 24 public and state schools on the islands, as well as one private school, will be able to be immunised in their school. Eleven schools in Mallorca, eight in Ibiza and Formentera and five in Menorca are participating in this plan. This pilot plan has already been completed in 16 schools.
The acceptance rates for this vaccination at school have been as follows, by island: in Mallorca, 52%; 40% in Menorca; 32.3% in Ibiza and 50% in Formentera.
The children participating in this pilot plan are immunised in complete safety. Nurses from the health centres closest to the schools come to the classrooms with a first-aid kit to treat any possible adverse effects of the vaccines and remain there for up to half an hour after the last child has been immunised to prevent them from occurring. Children with severe egg allergies or intolerances or those with significant immunodeficiency will be excluded from this school vaccination.

Children aged 2 years to 4 years and 11 months have been given a convenient and painless intranasal flu vaccine. For the youngest children, from six months to two years of age, an inactivated injectable vaccine will be administered.

The Ministry of Youth and Children has presented the institutional campaign Signs that could mean a lot, with the aim of raising awareness against violence against children and adolescents.

Institutional campaign to make violence against children visible: ‘Signs that could mean a lot’.

The campaign encourages people to pay attention to the signs that can give away these types of situations, which are often invisible or even normalised.

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Youth and Children presents an institutional campaign to make violence against children visible

Violence against children and adolescents is often minimised or relegated to the private sphere. They have a strong impact on the physical, emotional and social development of children and adolescents, and can limit the life projects of those who suffer them.

The Minister for Youth and Children, Sira Rego, said: ‘The silence surrounding the violence suffered by a child or adolescent speaks of society as a whole, of our lack of care and respect for children’s rights. To break this invisibility and combat it requires a commitment at all levels, from institutions to those who work or spend time with children, including families.

Children and young people who experience violence often find it difficult to put words to what is happening to them, especially younger people. The campaign encourages paying attention to signs that may indicate that someone is suffering from violence, such as sudden changes in behaviour, uncontrolled fears, somatisation, mutism, avoidance of people or places they used to like, fear of undressing, self-harm or violent play.
‘Just as society has realised that male violence against women is unacceptable and that it must be expelled from all public and private spheres, we must act forcefully to eradicate violence against children and adolescents’, added the minister.
Rego presented the campaign together with the Director General for the Rights of Children and Adolescents, Sandra de Garmendia, who stressed that regardless of whether it is physical or psychological violence and who perpetrates it against them, violence against children and adolescents is ‘unacceptable’.
‘They violate their fundamental rights, recognised in article 39 of the Spanish Constitution and in various international treaties such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child,’ the director general stressed.

Signs that could say a lot follows in the wake of two previous institutional campaigns, promoted by the Directorate General for Children and Adolescents. The campaigns are part of the efforts to eradicate violence against children promoted by the Organic Law for the Comprehensive Protection of Children and Adolescents against Violence ( LOPIVI).

Primary Care of Mallorca has prepared a campaign to disseminate on social networks on the occasion of the XXV Smoke-free Week

Primary Care of Mallorca has managed to double the number of people who quit smoking in 2023, compared to 2022, after participating in a smoking cessation group in health centres throughout Mallorca. These are group interventions to quit smoking (with the accompaniment and advice of health professionals) that are offered in the health centres of Mallorca to all those people who are considering quitting smoking. Thus, in 2022, a total of 91 smokers managed to give up the habit at the end of the group therapy. This figure rose to 184 people in 2023.

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The number of people who have quit smoking in the last year

Precisely in 2023, 38 smoking cessation treatment groups were set up in 24 health centres in Mallorca. These groups brought together a total of 667 patients, of whom 184 have managed to quit smoking.

This week is the 25th No Smoking Week, which culminates on Friday with World No Tobacco Day (31 May). This initiative, which is part of the Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (SEMFYC), is organised this year with the slogan ‘Zero emissions in your lungs too’.

Primary Care of Mallorca participates in this Smoke-Free Week with its commitment to promote health with a campaign that will be disseminated on social networks with the aim of raising awareness and motivating all those people who can not quit smoking or who have tried several times. These are testimonies of people who show that it is not the time or the number of attempts that matter, but the intention and commitment to oneself to give up smoking as many times as necessary until it is finally achieved.

The prevention and fight against smoking has been one of the commitments of the Primary Care Management of Mallorca for decades. In this sense, among other initiatives, numerous group and individual interventions have been carried out to stop smoking and informative community prevention activities to raise awareness among the population about the importance of a smoke-free life. Primary Care in Mallorca also has referents in each health centre who advise and provide the necessary tools to tackle smoking.

All information about these grants can be found at ajudeslloguer.caib.es

The Ministry of Housing, Territory and Mobility of the Government, through the Directorate General of Housing and Architecture, has approved the fifth payment of the 2024 housing rental aid program, amounting to nearly €1.7 million for 715 beneficiaries.

The payment resolution was published this Tuesday in the BOIB (Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands), and all details of these grants can now be consulted on the website ajudeslloguer.caib.es.

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The Government approves the fifth payment of 2024 housing rental aid, reaching €7.4 million for more than 3,100 beneficiaries

With this fifth payment resolution for the 2024 aid program, a total of €7.4 million has been disbursed so far to 3,133 beneficiaries.

Regarding the distribution by island, of the total 2024 aid granted:

• 2,259 beneficiaries in Mallorca, amounting to €5.3 million;
• 586 in Menorca, exceeding €1.3 million;
• 240 in Ibiza, nearly €640,000; and
• 48 beneficiaries in Formentera, totalling around €118,000.