Mallorca News & Magazine

Palma, 2 September 2026: a €29m deal with Ecoembes helps Balearic councils cover packaging-waste collection, transport, sorting and treatment from 2024.

In Palma on 2 September 2026, the PP says Mallorca’s tourist tax could change, but only after talks in the Balearic sustainability pact.

Palma, 2 September: Mallorca hospitals secure UIB health students' clinical placements in a four-year deal that lets staff take on paid teaching roles.

Correos workers protest outside provincial main post offices across Spain on Thursday, 3 September, after CSIF says staffing pledges were broken.

Police in Palma, Mallorca, warn on 2 September that WhatsApp scammers can seek €950 to €1,000 from real contacts while users stay logged in.

On 2 September 2026, Mallorca’s PP tables a motion against taking unaccompanied migrant children from Ceuta and calls for tougher border controls.

In Madrid on 2 September 2026, Aena says solar panels will supply 51% of energy at its 46 Spanish airports by 2029 despite project hurdles.

Palma nursery classes could lose early-years education technicians when 16 nine-month appointments end, union STEI says.

On 2 September in Madrid, Spain's medicines agency pulls 22 slimming products after tests find undeclared sibutramine, barred in the EU over health risks.

A 23-year-old woman dies when a car overturns into a tree on the Ma-4020 in Porto Cristo. A judge remands the suspect on 2 September.

In Madrid on 2 September, patient group ANPASS urges Spain to withdraw its health employment framework and avert an indefinite doctors’ strike.

On 2 September 2026 in Madrid, Mallorca's RIU reports €5.13m for 119 projects in 2025, helping 69,244 children and lifting its environmental work by 40%.

Police arrest several people in Palma’s Soledat district on 2 September after searching two homes and seizing marijuana and hashish.

Police seize more than 900 items in Palma, Mallorca, on 2 September 2026, stopping 11 street sellers on Carretera del Arenal and filing 12 reports.

Palma approves nearly €2m in repairs for nine public housing blocks on 2 September 2026, covering shared areas used by 80 flats in four districts.

Palma, 2 September 2026: PSIB attacks Mallorca's new social aid plan, saying town halls face the workload and a five-year residence rule to qualify.

Madrid, 2 September 2026: Spain’s shops lost 912 self-employed people in August as UPTA warns rising costs and thin margins threaten businesses.

On 2 September, Menorca approved a law change that paves the way for car limits. Residents are exempt, but the Island Council sets caps later.

Palma, 2 September 2026: Experian finds 74 Balearic firms entered insolvency proceedings by August, down 21.3% on the same period in 2025.

Palma will honour Sancus victims in the second half of September. On 2 September, city hall says acquitted people get medals, initially investigated get diplomas.

Sant Antoni says rainwater, not sewage, reached Es Pouet on 2 September. The beach stayed open as precautionary water-test results remain pending.

Palma, 2 September: CAEB says Balearic jobs remain steady through summer, but Carmen Planas flags July inflation of 3.9 per cent across the islands.

Eivissa hosts an Ibiza airport expansion protest on Sunday 20 September as AJE challenges new gates, a bigger VIP lounge and non-Schengen zone.

Madrid, 2 September: Facua has reported ING after the bank cut its promised 10% credit-card cashback offer from 18 days to four. Customers may have spent more.

On 2 September 2026, a driver appears in court after a late-Sunday Porto Cristo, Mallorca crash killed a 23-year-old woman and injured two passengers.