As summer is about to begin, Menorca is once again knocking on the door of mobilization against tourist saturation. The Via Menorca platform, driven by the GOB and an enthusiastic group of young people, is the promoter of the first of the major demonstrations and protests – that of Saturday, June 13 – which are being announced throughout the Islands to demand effective and immediate measures in defense of housing and natural resources. The first public outcry has been in Menorca, where, says the GOB's territorial policy coordinator, Miquel Camps, "we still have time to avoid becoming a new Ibiza".

After the crisis in Mallorca's dairy sector and the closure of Agama, there have been many doubts and administrative procedures to ensure that the island's producing farms could sell the thousands of liters of milk they had been supplying to the Barcelona-based Damm group company. A sudden and critical situation that forced the Government to explore various solutions to save face, so that the remaining producers could continue supplying cow's milk to Mallorcan processing companies.

The new Ports Law, which plans to extend the private management of some marinas and sports ports in the Balearic Islands until the age of 75, has coincided with the abrupt end of the concession of the 270 moorings at Lago Resort in Cala en Bosc, Ciutadella, the only one that had been in force for 30 years without any economic consideration from the company to the Administration.

Red Eléctrica, a subsidiary of Redeia responsible for the transport and operation of the Spanish electricity system, is advancing in the construction of the battery system alongside the existing Sant Antoni substation (Ibiza), as the Secretary of State for Energy, Joan Groizard, and the president of Redeia, Beatriz Corredor, were able to verify today during a visit to the works.

For years, Cuba was one of the star destinations in the Caribbean for residents of the Balearic Islands. Its beaches, colonial heritage, culture, and close ties with Mallorcan tourism companies made it a regular choice for travel agencies. Today, however, the situation is very different. Vacation bookings to the island have plummeted, and the sector openly admits it no longer recommends it with the same confidence as before.

The Spanish tourism sector has opened a new front of confrontation with the Ministry of the Interior over the traveler registry. The main hotel and travel agency associations have called for the repeal of Royal Decree 933/2021 after the European Commission opened an infringement procedure against Spain for possible violations in the processing of personal data.

The history of Melià Hotels International in Cuba can only be understood within the economic shift experienced by the Caribbean island in the late eighties and early nineties. With the fall of the Soviet bloc between 1989 and 1991, Cuba loses its main economic support and enters the so-called Special Period, a stage of profound crisis marked by a lack of foreign currency, scarcity of basic products, and the collapse of a large part of productive activity.

The Mallorcan hotel chain Melià Hotels International has decided to immediately end the management, commercialization, and brand licensing services for 15 hotels in Cuba. The decision comes in a context marked by pressure from the United States on foreign companies operating on the island and after the Donald Trump administration set June 5 as the deadline to take measures against companies linked to business with the Cuban military conglomerate Gaeasa.

The Balearic Islands received 958,008 travelers in April, 7.7% more than in the same period last year. According to data published this Monday by the National Statistics Institute (INE), these visitors have generated 4,213,066 overnight stays in hotels, tourist apartments, and rural tourism accommodations, a figure that represents an increase of 4.9% compared to April 2025.

The Portitxol members' assembly has ratified the reform project, which will involve a significant renovation of the facilities, valued at 10 million euros, and which has caused tension and confrontation within the entity. According to some, it is a project that “reduces the model of social boating, because more moorings for large lengths are being made,” laments a historic member like Jaume Garau. But, according to the board and another part of the members, “it preserves the essence of the club and the facility does not grow outwards.” “80% of the moorings will continue to be less than eight meters,” explains the president of the Palma club, Pep Santander.

Colonia, Caixa d’Estalvis de Pollença held its ordinary general assembly meeting this Friday. The meeting reported on the 2025 financial year, which showed positive performance in both customer deposits and loans, with growth of 6.11% and 6.28% respectively, as well as results of 15.5 million euros. This allowed it to achieve a solvency ratio of 29.12%, significantly higher than the Spanish (13.94%) and European (16.18%) averages.

The residential market in Menorca is increasingly out of reach for those who live there year-round. However, for the first time, proposals and measures are being put on the table that do not consist solely of ceding land to Ibavi for it to promote social housing. The island's Council is promoting the purchase of unoccupied private buildings, and experts and business people suggest that land be reserved for residents to separate this offer from the one that now dominates the market, aimed at attracting the attention of the wealthy.

The Government of the Balearic Islands will allocate 1.59 million euros in 2026 to a new call for aid for self-employed workers, known as "Cuota Cero" (Zero Quota), which subsidizes part of Social Security contributions during the first years of activity.

When at the end of 2015 Rosa Sureda Jaume decided to take over the old neighborhood store, Walt Disney, in Berard square, she was a novice in the art of managing customers. “I was very shy at first, and I felt a lot of embarrassment… not anymore!”. Renamed Botiga Sa Placeta, the present and future of local commerce do not seem to be numbered in Sa Torre.

The Governing Council has approved this Friday the implementation of the 35-hour work week for civil servants of the autonomous community's Administration and a 1.5% salary increase.

The Balearic Islands registered the arrival of 482,831 international tourists in March, 14.07% more than in the third month of last year, according to the Border Tourist Movements statistic published this Tuesday by the National Statistics Institute (INE). According to the same data, between January and March, the Archipelago received the visit of 836,544 international tourists, 3.37% more than in the first three months of 2025.

The main employers' associations in the Balearic Islands (CAEB and Pimem) have applauded the reduction in unemployment during the month of May in the Balearic Islands, despite having warned of a shortage of workers. The president of CAEB, Carmen Planas, has applauded that the labor market has maintained its strength despite the usual cooling after Easter and has pointed to the confidence of the business fabric that international uncertainty and the end of some public aid will not affect consumption or the economic evolution of the season.

Thousands of people participated this Friday in the May 1st demonstration in Palma, which started from Plaza de España after 11:30 a.m. and traversed the center of the Balearic capital under the slogan 'Rights, not trenches. Salary, housing, and democracy' and with the rejection of the war in the Middle East also present.

Housing sales fell 18.6% in the Balearic Islands in February, despite a 1.4% drop in prices, according to data from the General Council of Notaries. Specifically, housing sales fell in a total of 14 autonomous communities, where the Islands rank third, only behind the Canary Islands (-21%) and Navarre (19.2%), while also being ahead of Asturias (-17.6%).

Until a few years ago, it was very common for Menorcan families to take the plane or boat to go to Palma or Barcelona to buy clothes. The large chains and franchises had not yet landed on the island and it was more economical to travel to buy clothes on the Peninsula or on the neighboring island than to buy them directly from small shops in Menorca.