News From Mallorca

On 14 October 2026, Manacor’s abattoir on Mallorca remains shut. The PP says the failed rebuild leaves a bill of over €56,000 and €1.5 million to repay.

Rescuers save 17 people from a boat 12 miles south of Formentera on 14 October 2026. The rescue follows the arrival of seven boats in the Balearics.

On 14 October 2026, Javier Torres’s party reports his plea for EU housing help for Ibiza and warning that centralised funds could put island projects at risk.

Palma, Mallorca, 14 October 2026: Three groups plan a Saturday march for electric carriages. They want a public timetable and retirement for the horses.

On 14 October 2026, archaeologists hunt metalworking traces from 4,000 years ago in Santanyí, Mallorca, before a dig at Son Sunyer’s Bronze Age tombs.

In Son Vida, Palma, Endesa replaces underground cables in a €157,897 power upgrade for 649 customers. By 14 October 2026, 381 of 511 metres are done.

Around 100 migrants reach the Balearic Islands on Tuesday, taking 2026 arrivals past 6,600. On 14 October, Marga Prohens demands a permanent Frontex presence.

Police find Balearic clients at a Sagunt drug retreat on 25 September. Investigators say it sold psychoactive substances as cures and charged up to 500 euros.

Figures dated 14 October 2026 put foreign workers registered across Mallorca and the rest of the Balearics at 184,884 in September, up 15.86% in a year.

Showers may reach the Balearic Islands on Wednesday, 14 October, as Mediterranean moisture brings cloud and locally heavy rain to the Murcia and Almería coasts.

On 14 October, a 14-year-old girl remains critically ill on Ibiza after a motorcycle hit her on Formentera. She was flown between hospitals by helicopter.

On Mallorca, Balearic Islands data show prices up 5.1% year on year in September 2026. See which costs rise fastest in figures released on 14 October 2026.

Since 08:01 on 14 October 2026, traffic on the Ma-19 near Palma has been restricted due to an accident. The restriction affects westbound traffic at kilometre

Cloud builds over Mallorca on Wednesday, 14 October, with a low chance of light afternoon rain. The Pityusic Islands could also see some rain.

A rescue south of Ibiza on 13 October 2026 brings the Balearic Islands’ total to at least 101 migrants in seven boats, with 84 intercepted earlier.

Mallorca, 14 October: An uncle goes on trial over alleged sexual abuse of his niece, 10. Prosecutors seek four years and six months in prison.

In the Balearic Islands on 14 October, ministers meet trade and industry over inflation's impact on shopping costs, but leave any new financial help open.

Palma, Mallorca, 14 October 2026: A hotel night porter faces trial over an alleged sexual assault on a guest. The prosecutor seeks seven years in prison.

Ibiza teacher is tried in Palma, Mallorca, on 14 October for alleged sexual advances to five minor pupils; prosecutors seek 17 years and three months in prison.

On 14 October in Brussels, Balearic president Marga Prohens meets Teresa Ribera before a Mediterranean pact seminar and talks on water resilience.

A motorcycle hits a 16-year-old girl on Formentera on 13 October 2026. Medics take her to hospital before a helicopter flies her to Eivissa.

On 13 October 2026, Mata de Jonc in Palma, Mallorca, sets out its 50th-anniversary plans: Catalan teaching, school events and a look at what comes next.

In Santanyí, Mallorca, PP, PSIB and SUMA reject a pharmacy transport plan on 13 October, leaving people in two villages facing trips for medicines.

Madrid, 13 October: Spain approves €3.36 million for overseas tourism campaigns in early 2027, to avoid payment delays and keep 2,600-plus promotions on track.

In the Balearic Islands, Palladium reports a 5% rise in its average daily room rate on 13 October, while its Spanish market heads for 9% growth.