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In Palma on 17 September, Mallorca tourism chief Guillem Ginard criticises Aena’s forecast of up to 2m extra passengers and demands a say.

The Ma-1 near Calvià is restricted eastbound due to an accident, affecting the full carriageway.

Palma, 17 September: Mallorca starts the new vocational training year with 873 extra first-year places, new courses and free student transport.

Palma, 17 September: opposition parties defeat the PP's call for Spain to use the Balearic government's tourism-containment criteria and align promotion.

On 15 September, the Balearic Islands counted 683,955 social security members — around 10,000 fewer than in August — as Spain's total rose.

Storms trigger 26 emergency call-outs across Mallorca on 17 September. Yellow weather warnings remain as fresh heavy rain may arrive overnight.

World2Fly says bookings are building for its direct Madrid–Rosario service. It starts on 1 October, flying twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Palma, 17 September 2026: Mallorca and the Balearics face an estimated 17,000-home gap as population growth outstrips building, new data shows.

Palma, 17 September: fishing diesel has reached €1.4 a litre, taking more than half of direct boat costs across the Balearics and pushing crews close to losses.

Heavy rain has led to 16 emergency call-outs on Mallorca by Thursday, 17 September. A yellow warning remains, with caution urged from midday.

Palma physicists Josep Blai Covas Vidal and David Keitel win a 17 September prize for a clear guide to gravitational waves and detection technology.

Palma, 17 September 2026: 1,517 seahorses have entered protected waters across the Balearics as a recovery project wins two more years of work.

In the Balearic Islands on 17 September 2026, Marga Prohens urges the central government and PSOE to act after 205 migrants arrive Wednesday.

A Sa Pobla man gets four years in prison on 17 September 2026 after admitting a hammer attack on his brother, who died in hospital days later.

Eivissa, Ibiza, opens two animal abandonment cases on 17 September, each carrying €10,001 fines. Two dogs await adoption at the sa Coma centre.

Balearics labour costs rise to €3,299.20 per worker a month in the second quarter, figures released by Spain’s INE on 17 September 2026 show.

Palma, 17 September: Mallorca storms trigger 16 call-outs, flooding buildings and felling trees as Escorca records 73.6 litres per square metre.

Ibiza and Formentera face strong thunderstorms, hail and gusts on Thursday 17 September 2026, while Mallorca has a lower chance of storms, Aemet says.

On 17 September 2026, traffic on the Ma-1 near Calvià is restricted southwestbound between kilometres 12.5 and 14 due to an accident.

Traffic is restricted on the Ma-1 near Calvià westbound at kilometre 14 due to an accident.

On 17 September 2026, 205 migrants arrive across the Balearic Islands as teams rescue 29 south of Cabrera and intercept 17 on Formentera.

Six defendants face a Palma hearing on 17 September 2026 as prosecutors seek 27 years over alleged cocaine and cannabis sales in Son Banya.

Palma, 17 September 2026: six people face a preliminary hearing over cocaine, heroin and cannabis. Prosecutors seek 39 years in prison between them.

A Palma court hears a Formentera migrant boat case on 17 September after 17 people drifted at sea; prosecutors seek six years in prison.

A Palma court hears on 17 September a case against a man accused of holding and attacking his partner. Prosecutors seek 11 years and 3,000 euros.