The Artà Demand Unit goes on alert, activating the measures of the Special Action Plan for Situations of Alert and Possible Drought.

Water reserves in the Balearic Islands have increased to 46% during September, an increase of 3 percentage points over the previous month, but still 6 points less than in the same period last year, when they stood at 52%. This situation continues to call for rigorous monitoring and responsible management of available resources.

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Water reserves in the Balearic Islands increase to 46% during September

This month there has been a change of scenario: the Artà Demand Unit (UD) has gone on alert. Thus, the UD of Artà, es Pla and Formentera are currently in the alert scenario, activating the measures established in the Special Plan of Actions in Situations of Alert and Possible Drought. These measures include the limitation of garden irrigation, street cleaning, ornamental uses and beach showers by the managing entities without connection to desalination plants, as well as restrictions on water supply in rural areas and the promotion of awareness campaigns by the administrations.

Meanwhile, 82.2% of the Balearic Islands territory, comprising the UD of Menorca, Manacor-Felanitx, Migjorn, Palma-Alcúdia, Tramuntana Norte, Tramuntana Sur and Eivissa, remains in pre-alert.

About the evolution of bookings by Demand Unit, four DUs have registered a decrease: Artà, Manacor-Felanitx, Tramuntana Sur and Formentera, while three DUs have experienced an increase: Menorca, Migjorn and Tramuntana Norte. The UDs of es Pla, Palma-Alcúdia and Eivissa have remained stable. The general index for the demarcation is 0.365, a slight increase compared to the previous month, but lower than last year (0.429) and two years ago (0.438).

As for the percentages of bookings by island, Mallorca has risen from 43% to 47%, Menorca has increased from 39% to 44%, and Eivissa has increased slightly from 32% to 33%. Despite this improvement, the overall situation in the Balearic Islands is still less favourable than it was a year ago.

According to AEMET data, September was a normal month in terms of rainfall, with an average of 48.8 l/m² compared to the usual 61.2 l/m². By islands, Menorca recorded 48.1 l/m² (vs. 56.9 l/m²), Mallorca 49.0 l/m² (vs. 62.7 l/m²) and Eivissa 55.3 l/m² (vs. 60.1 l/m²). In contrast, Formentera had a dry month, with only 22.2 l/m² (vs. 42.6 l/m²).

The percentage of accumulated annual rainfall in the Balearics stands at 76%, with Mallorca at 77%, Menorca at 87% and the Pitiusas at 56%. In terms of temperatures, the month of September has been considered normal, with an average temperature of 22.1ºC and an anomaly of -0.2ºC.

Considering the current situation and the recorded rainfall, it is expected that stocks may continue to increase during the month of October, with no significant changes in the scenario expected.

The exhibition will be on display at the Museum of Mallorca from 3 June to 8 September.

The Consell de Mallorca is organising an exhibition dedicated to Joaquín Sorolla. The president of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, has announced that “for the first time, the 12 works that the artist produced on the island will be shown together in the same room”.

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The Consell de Mallorca organises an exhibition dedicated to Sorolla

The exhibition will be inaugurated on 3 June at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Mallorca and will be open until 8 September. During these months, stressed the president of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, “it will be possible to enjoy the essence of Sorolla: his textures, brushstrokes and experimentation with colours and light that he carried out in places like Palma, the coast of Valldemossa and Pollença”.

The Sorolla Museum has contributed 10 works that the artist produced on the island: seven paintings of Cala Sant Vicenç, a portrait of a pagan woman and two of Mallorcan houses. In addition, Es Baluard and a private collection in Madrid have left two more works by Sorolla that complete his journey around Mallorca.

This is the last stop of the project “Sorolla. Travelling to paint”, which is being carried out to commemorate the centenary of the death of Joaquín Sorolla Bastida (1863-1923), an event declared an Event of Exceptional Public Interest for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. The aim is to take Sorolla’s works to the main places where they were executed: they have already been to San Sebastián, Toledo, Galicia, Valladolid and Seville, and the last stop is Mallorca.

Sorolla was in the Balearic Islands in the summer of 1919. This trip was of particular importance for the painter’s career, as the paintings made on this trip were Sorolla’s last view of the Mediterranean, as the following June he suffered the cardiovascular accident that kept him away from painting until the end of his life three years later. “This exhibition, therefore, represents the perfect closure to the project,” said Galmés.

The Balearic Islands are pioneers in the implementation of ultrasound scanners in primary care health centres

Throughout 2024, Primary Care has trained a total of 618 professionals: 424 doctors, 124 nurses, 50 physiotherapists and 20 paediatricians in the Balearic Islands in the programme for the implementation of clinical ultrasound in health centres. The Balearic Islands have also been the first autonomous community to train all resident doctors in basic clinical ultrasound in 2021.

The First Conference on Clinical Ultrasound in Primary Care (ECO-APIB) in the Balearic Islands took place today at the Hospital Comarcal de Inca. This conference aims to explore advances in ultrasound in primary care with a programme divided into different workshops with practical training in ultrasound aimed at health professionals (and residents) in medicine, paediatrics, nursing and physiotherapy in the Balearic Islands.

The conference, which is attended by over one hundred participants, features thirty workshops and eight national speakers who are experts in ultrasound. Some of the presentations focus on the usefulness of ultrasound in emergencies or in the evaluation of rheumatological diseases, among others. Clinical ultrasound has established itself as a tool of excellence and a complementary diagnostic tool. It represents an important reinforcement in the capacity to make decisions, providing added value to the quality of healthcare activity.

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Primary Care has trained more than six hundred professionals in clinical ultrasound in the Balearic Islands

Primary Care in Majorca, pioneer in the use of clinical ultrasound

Ultrasound scanners are becoming a very useful tool in health centres to achieve a better approach to diagnosis. In no case do they replace anamnesis or examination; they are an extension of the physical examination, which facilitates diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and prioritised referral in practically all clinical scenarios.

The Primary Care Management of Mallorca has been a pioneer in the commitment to implement clinical ultrasound in health centres. In fact, it began in 2019 and since then has made significant progress in different aspects throughout the Balearic Islands: investment in the provision of ultrasound scanners for all health centres, investment in ongoing training in clinical ultrasound for primary care professionals (with courses, on-site workshops and eco coach), and the creation of the Balearic Islands Primary Care Clinical Ultrasound Classroom (ECO-APIB), with ultrasound stations and training spaces. The Clinical Ultrasound Technical Commission has also been created in the Technical Office of Primary Care in Mallorca.
The ECO-APIB Illes Balears classroom has seven ultrasound stations and a teaching team made up of 18 doctors, 3 paediatricians, 3 nurses and 1 physiotherapist. Training in clinical ultrasound has been expanding year after year: basic, advanced, hepatobiliary-pancreatic, thoracic and pulmonary, echocardoscopy, urology, emergency care, paediatrics, vascular, thyroid, renal, musculoskeletal, etc.

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.

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.

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’.

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.

Inca City Council is promoting a project to plant and replace new trees in different public spaces in the city to mitigate the heatwave effect. Thus, the corresponding tenders have already been launched and it is expected that at the beginning of next year work will begin in the different areas and, progressively, work will be carried out in the affected streets. At the same time, an information session was also held to explain the details of the project and all the initiatives that will be carried out over the next few months to the citizens of the town.

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Inca will improve the city’s street furniture to mitigate the heatwave effect

‘The tree planting plays a fundamental role in the environmental quality of the city. That is why we have promoted this project to make a decisive contribution to improving the management and use of urban green infrastructure. The regulation of the temperature or the capture of pollutants are some of the positive effects of the trees that directly affect people’s health’, explains the mayor of Inca, Virgilio Moreno.

Thus, the general objectives of this project are to improve green infrastructures and link them to the natural context, to increase resilience in the face of climate change and to guarantee the quality and accessibility of public spaces. Likewise, these actions will also help to lower the city’s temperature, reduce solar radiation during the hottest months, increase CO2 capture and oxygen production, reduce pollution (O3, CO, NO2, PM2.5, PM10, SO2), increase carbon capture, reduce pollution (O3, CO, NO2, PM2.5, PM10, SO2), increase carbon sequestration, reduce pollution and increase infiltration.

The specific areas of action of this project are Carrer Marjades, Carrer Josep Barberí, Carrer Joan Miro, Carrer Sor Clara Andreu, Carrer Joan d’Àustria, Avinguda Jaume I and Avinguda Jaume II. The work being carried out as part of this project includes increasing the tree cover on the streets, removing trees in poor condition or that interfere with services, buildings or installations, increasing the permeable area of the scarcely accessible area and improving pedestrian walkways to improve accessibility, among other things.

This project is co-financed by the Conselleria d’Empresa, Ocupació i Energia within the framework of the public call for subsidies to local entities for actions to adapt to climate change in urban and peri-urban areas. The subsidised amount is 300,000 euros.

From this April, the Balearic Islands will improve the children’s vaccination schedule with the inclusion of the 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Until now, and since 2016, babies have been immunised against 13 serotypes in three doses. From this April, and following the authorisation of the European Medicines Agency for the use of the 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate pneumococcal vaccine, the Balearic Islands will be the first Autonomous Community to include this booster vaccine in the children’s vaccination schedule.

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Health reinforces child vaccination against pneumococcus

The Director General of Public Health, Elena Esteban, explained this morning, in a presentation at the Palmanova health centre, all the details of the vaccine recently incorporated into the children’s vaccination schedule, which can achieve up to four times more protection than the previous vaccine of 13 serotypes, taking into account the circulating serotypes.

As explained by Elena Esteban, who was accompanied by the coordinator of the Primary Care vaccination centre, Verónica Vega, the immunisation of babies with the new drug will be carried out in four doses: at 2, 4 and 6 months, with a booster at 11 months.

This booster vaccine with 20 serotypes has been included in the adult population’s schedule as a single dose since last October. Vaccination against pneumococcal disease in adults is indicated for people aged between 65 and 75 years and people with risk factors for invasive pneumococcal disease: transplant recipients, cancer patients, immunocompromised people, people with immunodeficiencies, cardiovascular or respiratory diseases or people institutionalised in nursing homes.

The Directorate General of Public Health of the Regional Ministry of Health has purchased 40,000 doses for the period between 31 March 2024 and 30 March 2025, with an investment of 1,961,000 euros. Of these, 25,500 doses are expected to be administered to the paediatric population, which usually achieves a vaccination coverage of 90%.

Pneumococcal pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) are a major health problem, mainly associated with the existence of risk factors and also related to age. In Spain, in recent years, the National Epidemiological Surveillance Network (RENAVE) has recorded between 3,000 and 4,000 cases per year, mainly affecting children under five years of age and older people.

Vaccination is an essential tool to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease, and for this reason, the vaccine was included in the children’s schedule in 2016. In the case of older people, the vaccine was already administered to people in at-risk groups and 2018 the Public Health Commission approved universal vaccination at 65 years of age.

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 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.

This new cycle responds to the demands of the need to incorporate studies linked to the nautical sector.

Students will do their paid internships at the facilities of members of the Association of Industries and Nautical Services of Ibiza and Formentera

The Department of Education and Universities incorporates the middle grade of Vocational Training in Maintenance of Recreational Boats in the intensive dual mode in the Integrated Vocational Training Centre (CIFP) Can Marines of Santa Eulària des Riu, on the island of Ibiza, which will begin to be taught next September. Fifteen places will be offered for this degree.

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The intermediate level of VET in Boat Maintenance at CIFP Can Marines from September

The Regional Minister of Education and Universities, Antoni Vera, accompanied by the Director General of Vocational Training and Educational Planning, Maria Isabel Salas; the territorial director of Education in Ibiza and Formentera, Juan Álvarez, the president of the Association of Nautical Industries and Services of Ibiza and Formentera, Ramon van der Hooft, and the director of CIFP Can Marines, Pep Marí Tur, today presented the new studies, which will be taught for the first time in Ibiza and which will respond to the needs and demands of the nautical sector of the Pitiusas.

Students enrolled in the new intermediate degree will do their internships at the facilities of members of the Association of Nautical Industries and Services of Ibiza and Formentera. The studies will be taught in dual intensive regime, which means that students will have an employment contract and remuneration during their training.

The incorporation of these studies responds to the claims of companies in the sector, which warn of the lack of skilled labour. Professionals with this profile are in great demand in Ibiza, and in response to this need, the Regional Ministry of Education and Universities has decided to incorporate this educational offer, which has a high labour market insertion rate.

These studies are already offered in Mallorca and Menorca, and now they are also being incorporated into the CIFP Can Marines, where the intermediate degree in Navigation and Coastal Fishing Technician and the advanced degree in Maritime Transport and Deep-sea Fishing are already being offered.

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 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.

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.

The island institution will be showing the Palau del Consell, the Llar de la Infància, the Teatro Principal and the Museum of Mallorca this weekend

The Consell de Mallorca has once again joined the Open House Palma initiative and will open the doors of four of its buildings. This Saturday and Sunday citizens will be able to visit the most emblematic buildings of the island’s institution free of charge and with a guided tour. The novelty this year is that, for the first time, it will be possible to visit the Llar de la Infància.

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The Consell de Mallorca opens the doors of its most emblematic buildings during Open House Palma

This is the fourth edition of Open House Palma, whose motto this year is ‘La ciutat per a qui l’habita’ (The city for those who live in it). In addition to the Llar de la Infància, the island institution will be opening the Palau del Consell, the Teatro Principal de Palma and the Museum of Mallorca. There is no need to register in advance for the visits; it is a free-access space. Once there, the volunteers will indicate the approximate waiting time for the visit.

The Palau del Consell de Mallorca and the Llar de la Infància will be open on Sundays from 10 am to 2 pm and from 4 pm to 7 pm. Palma’s Teatro Principal can be visited on Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm, and the Museum of Mallorca will also be open on Saturday from 4 pm to 7 pm.