News From Mallorca

Palma, 28 August 2026: The Balearic Government takes Spain’s new 434-place migrant child care decree to the Supreme Court, challenging its formula.

Police were surrounded during an illegal street-selling operation in Playa de Palma on 28 August. Afedeco urges Palma to keep the operations running.

Eivissa, 28 August 2026: Seven affordable homes in sa Penya go to 17 people on Monday after a June draw, with rents from €203 to €460, below market prices.

On 28 August in Palma, Mallorca opens a €150,000 fund for centenary events in Consell, Lloret de Vistalegre, Mancor de la Vall and ses Salines.

Consubal says Balearic public schools demand named school-supply brands on 28 August 2026, raising family bills by 15% to 20% for primary pupils.

Two men, 19 and 23, were arrested in Palma on 24 August after beachgoers reported belongings being searched at Ciudad Jardín and El Molinar.

Palma, 28 August 2026: PSIB says a proposed rule could remove the 70% tree-retention requirement and asks about Can Pesquet in Son Sardina.

On 28 August, Formentera’s council backs a bid for Madrid to fund its island allowance in full. UGT wants the top rate paid now to every council worker.

On 2 September, Palma socialist Iago Negueruela skips the Ceuta rally at Cort, calls it partisan and backs Saturday's human chain over tourism pressure.

Mallorca faces weak mud rain and a chance of storms on Friday, 28 August. Cloud and showers may continue on Saturday before clearer skies on Sunday.

Mallorca traders back Palma police after dozens tried to block an illegal street-selling operation in Playa de Palma on 28 August, and demand more patrols.

A mini-tsunami swings the sea by 140 cm in Ciutadella harbour, Menorca, around midnight on 28 August. Aemet warns more surges could top a metre late afternoon.

Ciutadella, 28 August 2026: a 29-year-old attacks his own car with an axe in the street, bringing two police patrols to the scene.

On 28 August 2026, Idealista reports 67.2% foreign demand for homes in Canyamel, Mallorca, with Cala d'Or and Cala Ratjada also above 60% in its data.

Menorca remains on orange mini-tsunami alert on Friday, 28 August, as Mallorca and the Balearics face cloud, calima, cooler highs and west winds.

Palma organisers say riot police triggered unrest after the 26 July tourism protest. On 28 August 2026, they challenge a report naming seven people.

Spain’s inflation reaches 4.3% on 28 August 2026 as fuel prices climb. Diesel tax relief rises to 20 cents per litre from 1 September under a government plan.

Aemet forecasts cloud, light mud rain and possible thunderstorms across the Balearic Islands on Friday 28 August, with falling temperatures and shifting winds.

Palma’s PAH calls a Friday, 28 August protest in Son Bordoy after accusing developer Pryconsa of entering two plots and cutting water, it says.

Marga Prohens meets Mallorca’s new university leaders at Palma’s Consolat de Mar on 28 August for an update on launch, research and innovation.

Calvià announces 300 subsidised rental homes for Magaluf and Peguera on Thursday, with four public plots earmarked for the scheme.

On 27 August in Poznan, Spain secures seven more Sprint World Championship final places, taking its medal chances to 10 as Carlos Arévalo wins his K1 200 semi.

On 27 August, the Balearic regional government says €25m for unaccompanied migrant minors in Ceuta is too little and rejects taking children in.

Around 40 street sellers try to block an arrest on Playa de Palma’s seafront, Mallorca, on 27 August. Police vehicles are damaged.

Menorca is on orange alert on 27 August as a mini-tsunami can swing the sea by more than one metre. Mallorca may see showers before a dry Saturday.