The IBJOVE opens the booking period for the La Victòria camp for recreational-educational stays during the 2025 season
This summer more than 9,000 children and young people have spent the night at this facility, and some 6,000 did so last academic year. The Institut Balear de la Joventut (IBJOVE), a body dependent on the Regional Ministry of Families and Social Affairs, today opens...
Excess child weight in Spain falls by 4.5 points but hardly falls in lower-income families
The data indicate that this drop has barely occurred in children belonging to families with gross incomes of less than 18,000 euros per year, where the rates of overweight and obesity have remained stable since 2011, when the first study was carried out. In the data...
PortsIB and the Consell Insular de Menorca sign a collaboration agreement for fire prevention, fire extinction, rescue and civil protection
Both entities join forces to improve safety in the island's ports Ports de les Illes Balears (PortsIB) and the Consell Insular de Menorca have signed a collaboration agreement to reinforce fire prevention, extinguishing, rescue and civil protection in the, directly...
30 specialists in tackling male violence will join local bodies on the Islands thanks to IBDONA grants
4,450,000 euros will be distributed until 2027 among the local councils and associations of municipalities that have applied for it. The Institut Balear de la Dona (IBDONA) has granted a total of 4,450,973 euros to 26 local entities on the Islands - including local...
The Regional Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Natural Environment presents the new range of forestry activities for the 2024-2025 school year
With new educational material, such as the poster ‘Identificació de 30 plantes comunes dels boscos de les Illes Balears’, the aim is to transmit the values of the forest and its singularities and promote fire risk prevention. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and...
The Government declares 2025 Josep Maria Llompart Year in the Balearic Islands
Josep Maria Llompart is one of the most important intellectuals of the 20th century and a civic reference in the movement for the normalisation of the Catalan language. The Institut d'Estudis Baleàrics will be in charge of organising the commemorative events to be...
2 million euros authorised for exemptions and subsidies for enrolment at the UIB
The Regional Ministry of Education guarantees that no student will have to drop out of higher education for financial reasons. The Government of the Balearic Islands provides 2 million euros to the UIB to make student grants effective The Consell de Govern has today...
The online public library eBiblio celebrates its 10th anniversary with record numbers of loans and readers
The library lending platform, promoted by the Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the autonomous communities, has lent more than 18 million books of all genres, audiobooks, comics and magazines in this decade. eBiblio, the online library lending platform...
The number of households that did not waste food in 2023 increased by 4.4 % compared to the previous year
The trend in recent years is positive, with Spanish households wasting 13.2 % less food and drink than in 2020. The number of households that did not waste any food increased by 4.4% in 2023 compared to the previous year. This confirms the positive and decreasing...
The Hospital Comarcal de Inca awards the purchase of new diagnostic technology for more than 1.3 million euros
The Radiology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Pneumology services will renew part of their diagnostic equipment. The Hospital Comarcal de Inca has awarded the purchase of three X-ray rooms, a surgical arch, three latest-generation ultrasound scanners, a monitor and a...
Health will process the new diplomas of accreditation in palliative care
Four diplomas in Palliative Care are created for healthcare professionals The Regional Ministry of Health, through the Directorate General for Health Research, Training and Accreditation, will process the accreditation of new diplomas in Palliative Care. These...
The project for the construction of a new nursery school in Pollença is authorised
The Government will grant a subsidy of 932,000 euros to Pollença Town Council for the creation of public places for children from 0 to 3 years of age. The new infrastructure, which has been declared an investment of regional interest, will have a total of 74 new...