News From Mallorca

Mallorca’s lunar eclipse starts at 4.30am on Friday, 28 August, turning the moon brick red by its peak. The Serra de Tramuntana offers the best view.

Palma, Friday: Marga Prohens meets leaders of Mallorca’s new university to hear how its launch is progressing and discuss research and innovation.

On 27 August, nurses say some patients wait more than 12 hours at Can Misses A&E in Ibiza, blaming long-running organisational problems.

Around 150 players open Palma’s new beach football and volleyball courts in Can Pastilla on Saturday 29 August, with games from 9.30.

In Palma on 27 August, Mallorca traders urge clear rules for shopping-centre projects, warning new fast-track law must not weaken safeguards.

Palma holds a Ceuta solidarity rally in Plaza de Cort on 2 September at 20.00 as Mayor Jaime Martínez says events there warn the Balearics.

On 27 August 2026, a 15-working-day objection period opens in Ciutadella, Menorca over a desalination pipe affecting 33 private properties before next step.

Mallorca and the Balearic Islands face cloudy skies, light mud-laden rain and occasional storms on Thursday, 27 August, with southerly winds, Aemet says.

Menorca faces an orange mini-tsunami warning on Thursday 27 August as sea levels may swing by 1.5 metres. Secure boats and keep clear of the coast.

Palma, 27 August 2026: Mallorca tour guides reject a proposed cap on tourist groups, saying it could hurt smaller firms without cutting visitor numbers.

On 27 August 2026, Podemos says Palma Mayor Jaime Martínez applies different rules at Plaza de Cort before the Ceuta rally on 2 September there.

Seven people face public-order and damage allegations after Palma's 26 July 2026 tourism protest, while Valencia police review officers' conduct.

Palma, 27 August 2026: the Balearic Government will cover social security contributions for self-employed people in their first two months of sick leave.

A woman dies in a two-car crash on Menorca’s Me-1 between Alaior and Maó on 27 August. Medics take five people, including a baby, to hospital.

Inca walkers will wear a red Còmic Nostrum T-shirt on the Lluc pilgrimage on 12–13 September. Registration runs at Inca Town Hall from 1 to 9 September.

On 27 August 2026, Miquel Joaquín Estrades takes charge of Puigpunyent’s Socialists as the Mallorca branch targets a stronger local voice by 2027.

Palma, 27 August 2026: SOS supplies books, clothes and hygiene items in Foners as average textbooks and uniforms top €429 per pupil this term.

Palma, 27 August: police identify seven for disorder and damage after a tourism protest. Organisers deny blame for violence and plan a collective claim.

Police arrested three men in Palma on 27 August after a family was tied up at gunpoint during a home raid near Son Puig and Son Roqueta.

Guardia Civil arrest a man after a Magaluf hotel disturbance on 27 August, saying he abused guests and staff before biting and hitting an officer.

Palma, 27 August: Mallorca says €25 million for migrant children in Ceuta is too little and refuses to take minors through a redistribution scheme.

Palma police report a 10% fall in thefts and violent robberies on 27 August, but car break-ins have risen since the start of the year.

On the Ma-19 near Palma, the left-hand lane is restricted westbound at kilometre 7.5 following an accident.

Palma, 27 August: OCB says the Balearic health app keeps records and medication details in Spanish and demands an urgent Catalan fix now.

A court in Palma jails a young man for five years and three months on 27 August 2026 after a chokehold attack on a minor in a care centre.