The Pityusic wall lizard, one of the most emblematic species of the Pityusic Islands, continues in regression at the Ses Salines d'Eivissa Natural Park. The 2026 monitoring has detected an especially worrying situation at Es Codolar and the Torre des Carregador: in July, only one specimen was observed on each of the routes, when in 2024 up to 48 had been counted.

In the Pla de Mallorca there is a heritage made of stones that keeps history alive. An example is the Can Xim site, in Sencelles, which is one of the most important testimonies of our Talayotic past. Although today the calm is only broken by school visits, a few months ago —during the intervention campaign last summer— the activity there was intense to achieve a priority objective: to guarantee the safety of its millenary structures and avoid the loss of an irreplaceable heritage.

Silence at the disco. The clubs turned off their lights last weekend and, with that, the tourist season can be considered over in Ibiza. The big news of this year's closings was not any new attendance record, nor any memorable DJ set, not even David Guetta's sixth declaration as the best DJ in the world. No: the news was that the model and presenter Cristina Pedroche has become a DJ. Taking advantage of the fact that her husband, the superchef Dabiz Muñoz, has opened a restaurant in Ibiza, the superpresenter debuted as a DJ at the closing of the new StreetXO at Playa d'en Bossa. Because, yes: in Ibiza, restaurants also have closings. In Ibiza, soon even the garbage truck will have a closing when it finishes its shift. Pedroche has become a DJ and has been showered with hate. On social media, they have called her everything, and not very politely. And the presenter was surprised. I don't know why; Kiko Rivera also gets tons of hate in his meteoric career as a singer and disc jockey. Surely Paris Hilton and Pocholo Jiménez-Bordiú were also objects of mockery when they got behind the decks.

A 69-year-old man of British nationality died by drowning this Friday afternoon while swimming in Port de Pollença. According to the Civil Guard's reconstruction of events, the man suffered a heart attack while swimming in the sea and ended up drowning.

Afedeco and Pimeco have responded to the information published by ARA Balears regarding the deficiencies presented by the project for the Christmas market planned, this year, at the Parc de la Mar, the first time the project was registered. The two employers' associations, which coordinate the initiative, assure that the Palma City Council has not denied the permit and that those responsible for the promoting company, Parc Màgic de Nadal SL, have already presented the necessary documentation to amend the technical observations raised by the municipal services and that it is now pending a new assessment.

Comissions Obreres denounced this Friday the labor situation that, according to the union, more than 250 workers at Ultramar Express Transport, a local subsidiary of the TUI tourism group, are suffering. Coinciding with the TUI Palma Marathon Mallorca, on October 17th and 18th, the union accuses the management of maintaining an environment of labor pressure that puts the mental health of the drivers at risk and reports alleged violations of union rights.

Antifeixistes Mallorca has announced that it is preparing a response to the presence of Núcleo Nacional in Palma, where the far-right group plans to set up a stall starting at 12:00 PM. “The Nazis of Núcleo Nacional want to spread their racist and xenophobic poison through the streets of Palma. If the City Council wants to allow this violent group to act with total impunity on our streets, we will not allow it,” the collective warned through social media.

A dispute between two women is said to have been the trigger for the fire that on Wednesday incinerated three caravans in the Son Hugo car park, in Palma. According to the National Police investigation, the owner of the vehicle where the fire started had allegedly assaulted the partner of the suspected perpetrator, who, while receiving medical assistance, called the man to explain what had happened.

About 86,000 people live in severe poverty in the Balearic Islands, with monthly incomes of less than 680 euros if they live alone. In a family of two adults and two children, the threshold drops to 357 euros per person per month.

Red Eléctrica will begin the works to bury the final section of the 66 kV power line between the Sant Martí and Alcúdia substations during the second half of October. The action will allow for space to be cleared for the future converter station of the second submarine power link between the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands.

Mallorca will become these days an international meeting point for spinning top lovers. The Cloister of Sant Domingo in Pollença hosts the 8th Majorcan Spinning Top Gathering on October 16th and 17th, a consolidated festival that will bring together around forty professional spinning top players, artisans, and enthusiasts from different countries.

Vilafranca de Bonany, together with three other municipalities such as Vilafranca (els Ports), Vilafranca de Conflent, and Vilafranca del Penedès, have officially resumed their inter-municipal collaboration ties. This has taken place in the year that coincides with the twentieth anniversary of a first meeting promoted in 2006: "The four Catalan-speaking Vilafranques are getting back in touch" with the firm will to "recover the bonds that unite them and explore new forms of cooperation".

The plenary session of Artà approved at the end of September an initial modification of the Subsidiary Rules that limits tourist places in the municipality and restricts tourist rentals in multi-family homes, listed buildings, and the old town. The agreement, approved with the votes of the PSIB-PSOE and El Pi and the abstention of UIA-MÉS and the PP, suspends incompatible applications for two years and has now been opened for public information for 45 working days.

“We could reindustrialize Mallorca: recover the tile, fabric, footwear, and leather companies… And tools like automation would be a help”. This was defended by Andreu Pallisser, one of the managers of the Mallorcan company TIP Data, during the Automation 360 conference, which took place this Thursday at Casa Esment, in Palma. The company brought together specialists from Siemens and ESTUN Robotics to show how robotics, artificial intelligence, and digitalization are already being applied to companies and projects on the Islands.

Terraferida and Menys Turisme, Més Vida have demanded that the future delegate of the Spanish government in the Balearic Islands, Pere Joan Pons, carry out and make public the investigation into the police charges that took place after the demonstration against tourist overcrowding on July 26 in Palma. The two organizations made the request this Thursday, after learning that Pons will replace Alfonso Rodríguez, who announced on Tuesday that he was leaving the position to focus on his candidacy for mayor of Calvià.

The ultra-Catholic group Christian Lawyers applauded this Thursday that the Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands has reopened the case regarding the Saint Sebastian Q+ poster that artist Lluïsa Febrer created to promote a party organized by Unides Podem at the beginning of 2025. This ultra organization recalls that it filed a complaint against Podem, the party's coordinator in the Balearic Islands, Lucía Muñoz, and Febrer for a possible crime of mockery, since the poster "represented the saint in demonic sexual scenes". "It is a very important victory against those who intend to use freedom of expression as an excuse to humiliate Christians," stated the president of Christian Lawyers, Polonia Castellanos.

The high-risk forest fire season has closed in the Balearic Islands with 32 hectares burned, double that of the same period last year, when 16 were scorched. Between May 1st and October 15th, the Archipelago has recorded 72 incidents, twelve more than in 2025, and 99% have been linked to human activity, whether through negligence, accidents, or intentional acts.

Palma City Council has recovered the old S’Aigua Dolça facilities as a new municipal sports center, which will open its doors to the public on October 15th. The facilities, located in El Terreno, next to the Paseo Marítimo, will be managed by the Municipal Sports Institute (IME).

A plea bargain before the trial has saved a man from going to prison who has admitted to having mistreated, raped, and assaulted a 14-year-old girl. The case began years ago, specifically in 2019, when the man, who at that time was 21 years old, was in a romantic relationship with the victim, the 14-year-old minor.

The National Police have arrested a man for the fire that burned three caravans this Wednesday at the Son Hugo sports center parking lot, in the Son Oliva neighborhood (Palma).