Mallorca News & Magazine

Mallorca's Jaume Munar overturns a two-set deficit at the US Open in New York on 31 August 2026 to reach round two against Arthur Rinderknech.

On 31 August, anti-PSOE and pro-Ceuta graffiti appears on a public building in Artà, Mallorca, prompting condemnation from both PSIB and PP.

Mallorca Airport leads the Balearics on Monday, 31 August, with 944 of 1,475 planned flights. Across Friday to Monday, the total reaches 6,443.

Mallorca weather remains settled on Monday, 31 August, as light winds and near-steady temperatures hold across the Balearic Islands.

The Balearics stay largely clear on Monday, 31 August, with morning mist and a light southerly wind turning north-east and east during the morning.

On Monday, 31 August, Menorca’s council considers a car-cap law that could limit arrivals, exempt local drivers and allow an entry fee in future.

In Palma on 31 August 2026, Marga Prohens meets the parents of a girl with butterfly skin alongside health minister Manuela García.

A car leaves the road, overturns and hits a tree on Mallorca on 31 August. One person dies; passengers aged 41 and 35 are taken to hospital.

A 57-year-old falls about four metres over rocks at S'Estany d'en Mas in Porto Cristo, Mallorca, on 30 August and is taken to Son Espases.

Twenty-seven migrants arrive in Formentera on two boats on Sunday, 30 August, as authorities intercept the groups at s'Estufador and s'Algar.

Mallorca rider Enric Mas wins the Vuelta stage at Alto de Aitana on Sunday, 30 August, widening his red-jersey lead over Primoz Roglic to 1:18.

Menorca, Monday: the Island Council considers caps on cars entering the island, exempts resident vehicles and seeks number plates from ferries.

Two German tourists are critically ill after carbon monoxide poisoning at a Palma hotel on 30 August, as the building is evacuated and police investigate.

On 30 August in Palma, Mallorca, police arrested a man accused of stealing from a patient then hitting two emergency health workers as he fled.

Palma, Mallorca, 30 August 2026: €250,000 in new funding backs island municipal partnerships, including water works, buildings, sport and culture.

Police in Palma arrested a woman on 30 August after a buyer of a €200,000 fourth-floor flat found the promised lift vote was fake weeks later.

Palma, 30 August 2026: court upholds six months in jail after a sick English setter was left in a rubbish bin, but cuts the animal ban to two years.

A 28-year-old woman suffers serious injuries when her car collides head-on with a lorry on the EI-700 at Cas Costa, Ibiza, on Sunday, 30 August.

On 30 August 2026, officials report that 17 migrants were rescued from a small boat two miles south of Formentera at about 16.40 on Saturday.

Police stopped a driver in Puerto d'Alcúdia, Mallorca, on Saturday, 30 August, after a chase and found 1.16 milligrams of alcohol per litre of breath.

Palma Airport handles 1,087 of the Balearics’ 1,701 flights on Sunday 30, while 1,475 more movements are scheduled across the islands on Monday.

Mallorca trains return to the usual timetable on Tuesday, 1 September, with both tracks open again between Son Fuster and Marratxí industrial estate.

Palma, 30 August 2026: A German woman says a carriage driver threw water at her after she asked to give an exhausted horse a drink. City Hall opens a case.

Mallorca and the Balearics open raor fishing on 1 September 2026: each angler may keep 50 fish a day as inspectors step up checks at key fishing spots.

Police in Palma, Mallorca arrested a 26-year-old on 26 August after two parked vehicles were found forced open near Plaza del Progrés and Calle Despuig.