"Zero contact", as summarized by a member of Menys Turisme, Més Vida, the interactions with the Spanish government delegate, Alfonso Rodríguez, after thepolice charges of 26-J, the most important anti-saturation demonstration day in the Balearic Islands. Rodríguez has not contacted the organizers or the injured, despite having called a press conference the day after the protest to criticize the "disproportionate" actions of the National Police and announce that he had commissioned urgent reports to "determine responsibilities". "The images we have seen cause us concern. I have asked for explanations from the head of the National Police [José Antonio Puebla]. Violent actions were carried out by some members of the police force against people who posed no threat. I regret what has happened and convey my consternation," he said on July 27.

Madita Wuiz has started over at 43 thanks to tattoos. She would never have imagined that her life would turn upside down due to an illness, nor that she would end up “finding beauty” in everything that has happened to her. Four years ago, her son Lleó was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. He was only ten months old and, since then, the family has been on a journey with one goal: for Lleó to be happy. Madita, her husband, Antonio, and their other two children, Álvaro, 21, and Nerea, 14, know that the best way to achieve this is for them to also be happy, despite the setbacks and painful moments.

The tourist train continues at full steam in the Balearic Islands, despite citizen protests and political promises and laments. There isn't a year that the Islands don't break records since the pandemic ended, and the data suggests this year will be no exception. This Tuesday, Ibestat released the tourist data up to July: 11,189,324 people, 1.77% more than in the same period last year (from January to July 2025 there were approximately 10,995,000 tourists).

Sabrina Vidal, former head of communication at Son Espases University Hospital, has publicly denounced, through a LinkedIn post, having suffered humiliations and pressures during her time as director of the center. Vidal assures that a manager from the general management repeatedly told her "you shut up, you have no idea" in front of about fifteen people during weekly management meetings.

The Ibiza Town Hall and the Council of Ibiza have reported four cases of illegal tourist rental after inspecting 30 properties last week. These actions add to the 11 complaints for illegal tourist rental processed this year, according to the City Council. In addition, more than 27,000 euros in proposed sanctions related to transport have been imposed in joint controls.

A 51-year-old man has been seriously injured after falling from a height of seven meters while practicing canyoning in the torrent de les Llemes, in the municipality of Sóller. The accident, as reported by SAMU, took place around 1 p.m. this Tuesday.

The Civil Guard arrested this Tuesday the driver of the vehicle that suffered a fatal accident in Portocristo (Manacor) on Sunday, in which a 23-year-old young woman died. The detainee is the alleged perpetrator of the accident and is accused of a crime of reckless homicide, another of injuries, and a third against road safety.

A Palma airport worker is on sick leave after being assaulted by a passenger who had informed her that she could not properly prove the resident discount. According to the Federation of Mobility and Consumer Services of UGT Balearic Islands, the passenger hit the worker with a mobile phone on the head, in the ear and shoulder area.

Would you buy some talaiots? The real estate market in Pla de Mallorca continues to surprise: the estate called S’Hort de Sabor has been put up for sale, a plot of almost 64,000 square meters, 9 quarterades, which is part of the homonymous estate of Sabor. It is within the municipal district of Montuïri and very close to the well-known archaeological site of Son Forners.

The Obra Cultural Balear has invited the new German consul in Mallorca, Angelika Saake, to promote the integration of her compatriots on the island through, among other things, learning Catalan. The entity has proposed in a statement to the diplomat that she hold a meeting with them to "share reflections on language, culture, coexistence, and integration" and to learn about her vision of the relations between Germany and Mallorca.

The tourist rental employers' association Habtur has responded to the proposal by hoteliers in the Balearic Islands to modify the Tourism Law and use the Property Registry to control properties intended for medium-term rentals. The association of tourist homes considers it "surprising" that the hotel sector seeks to decide "once again" how an economic activity that is not theirs should be regulated.

Between 2023 and August 2026, the Directorate General of Water Resources has authorized 2,865 wells with associated water consumption, according to data provided by the Government. These are not simple "applications submitted or cases being processed, but rather extractions that have obtained administrative authorization" to extract water, according to Executive sources. The count does not include wells intended for geothermal energy. In this way, the aquifers of the Balearic Islands continue to incorporate new extraction points at a time when pressure on underground reserves is one of the main concerns in water management on the Islands.

The IB-Salut denies that the difficulties in invoicing and collecting healthcare for tourists are a widespread problem within public healthcare. The IB-Salut's management director, Yago Gómez, argues that the majority of invoicing is recovered and attributes pending cases to specific situations.

In a villa in Andratx, the Balearic public health service went to attend to a tourist, diagnosed him with a kidney stone, gave him medication, and left without charging him a single euro. The visit was also not recorded. It was an Austrian couple without a European Health Insurance Card, and the professionals had to travel to their home to attend to the man. "We found them both having a snack by the pool, a tremendous luxury. We did everything in English. The visit was neither charged nor recorded," explains a nurse with professional experience in different centers in Mallorca.

The UGT union has called off the strike at the Son Reus Animal Welfare Center managed by the concessionaire Athisa, which began on August 24, amid accusations of strikebreaking, and has announced a legal offensive. The union organization explained that it is withdrawing the protest after confirming the neutralization of the pressure measure as a direct consequence of the “serious and illegal external strikebreaking perpetrated by the municipal management of the Palma City Council”.

Celestí Alomar, former Minister of Tourism of the Balearic Government and one of the key figures of the first Pacte de Progrés, died this Monday at the age of 76. Alomar, born in Llubí in 1949, held the Ministry of Tourism between 1999 and 2003, during the first Government of Francesc Antich, and was one of the main promoters of the ecotax, after a strong confrontation with the hotel employers' association. Alomar, also a geographer, maintained an active presence in public debate on tourism, territory, and the economic future of the Islands until his final years, also as a columnist for ARA Balears as a columnist for ARA Balears.

A video shows a group of people giving beer to goats in Cala Figuera, Mallorca, and then leaving the cans on the ground. The images, initially disseminated by the Instagram account Mallorca Viral, have caused numerous criticisms on social networks and have prompted public denunciation by the Foundation for Advice and Action in Defense of Animals (FAADA).

The Consell de Menorca has postponed until Wednesday the extraordinary plenary session scheduled for this Monday to approve the modification of the Biosphere Reserve Law, a necessary step to promote the limitation of vehicle entry to the island.

There are 73,180 swimming pools in Mallorca, and 10,680 have been built between 2015 and 2024. That is, in the last ten years, three swimming pools have been built every day, according to the latest study by Terraferida. Panoramic views of Mallorca show more and more urban developments in coastal areas and also chalets on rustic land that have this infrastructure, surrounded by lawn. According to experts, this type of landscaping is even worse because it consumes more water. All this, while this summer there were 47 municipalities on pre-alert for drought.