The lifeless body of a young man was found floating in the port of Ibiza from Sunday night to Monday, the National Police reported this Tuesday.

Let's start with the conclusion: the protection of the Balearic lizard has failed; the snake invasion – first detected in Ibiza in 2003 – has been fatal for the most emblematic animal species of the Pitiusas Islands. In Ibiza, the lizard has disappeared from 90% of the territory; it has "two or three years left", according to Dr. Antònia Maria Cirer, a pioneer in the study of this reptile and a leading critic of the protection policies adopted by the Government. On the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List, the Balearic lizard currently appears as a species "in danger of extinction" and in rapid decline, with a "marginal" and "fragmented" population distribution. On the ground, almost any farmer in Ibiza will tell you that for years they haven't seen any of the lizards that, in the past, populated the traditional dry stone walls, a centuries-old symbiosis between humans and these animals.

The GEN-GOB has filed a complaint with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the Ministry for Ecological Transition, the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, and the State Air Safety Agency against AENA's plans to expand the capacity of Ibiza airport. The entity considers that the projects planned in the Airport Regulation Document (DORA III) violate the current Master Plan and prioritize economic benefit over the general interest and the protection of the territory.

A fire originating in a sub-standard dwelling located in the Feixes area, specifically in Prat de les Monges, has forced a large emergency deployment in Ibiza this Monday. The Balearic Nature Institute (IBANAT) declared the fire as potential severity 1 at 2:45 PM, due to the proximity of the flames to homes, although the fire was stabilized shortly before 4:00 PM.

The American activist James 'Fergie' Cox Chambers, detained in Ibiza, has been placed at the disposal of the National High Court, which will be the court responsible for deciding on the extradition proceedings. As reported by the Superior Court of Justice of the Balearic Islands (TSJIB), the on-duty court made James 'Fergie' Cox Chambers available to the National High Court via videoconference and, for the time being, he will not have to attend the Ibiza courts in person.

Representatives of 17 neighborhood and environmental organizations from Mallorca have promoted various initiatives against the imminent arrival of waste from the Pitiuses, including the establishment of a platform. As reported by GOB this Monday in a statement, the organizations have expressed their concern about the imminent arrival of this waste, stating that it could cause a risk of accidents and spills, in addition to bad smells and other nuisances.

A patient has assaulted a doctor and a nurse from the Primary Care Emergency Service (SUAP) at the Sant Antoni health center in Ibiza. The man kicked the doctor and spat at the nurse during the incident. He also confronted staff from the Urgent Medical Care Service (SAMU 061).

They say that the devil, when he is old, knows more from experience than from advice. This is not the case in Ibiza; here the devil is equally evil, but quite young. The group of devils Es Mals Esperits was born 20 years ago within the Association 8 d'agost, created in the main Pitiusa island to promote popular culture, with a sense of identity and among the younger public. Last Saint John's Eve, in the municipality of Cubells – the same day and place where they had premiered in 2006 – the Ibizan devils celebrated their two decades. One of the godfathers of the creature, who still collaborates, is Pep Prats, a professor at the IES of Sant Agustí. “At that time we set up a summer school, a music festival was organized from which Projecte Mut and Quin delibat! emerged, we made some giants… And one of the things we thought would most engage young people was a group of devils. I recruited a few students from my institute and things just took off on their own,” recounts Pep Prats.

A new model of tourism and territorial exploitation arrives in the Balearic Islands. The Uber platform has announced the launch in Ibiza of Uber Boat by Clic&Boat, a new service that allows booking boat trips with a professional skipper directly from the app.

The transfer of waste from Ibiza to Mallorca begins next July 16. As reported by the second vice-president and Minister of Environment of the Consell de Mallorca, Pedro Bestard, the first shipment will consist of seven trucks with 24 tons of waste each. In this way, a total of approximately 3,000 tons will be transferred each month.

The Civil Guard has concluded that the death of the 38-year-old man found early Sunday morning with several stab wounds inside a crashed vehicle in Ibiza corresponds to a suicide, according to autopsy results.

Three people have been injured, one of them seriously, in a traffic accident registered early this Tuesday morning in front of the Hipercentro de Sant Antoni, in Ibiza. As reported by SAMU 061, the incident occurred at 5.11 am in a high-speed collision, in which a truck ended up overturned after rolling over.

On May 17, 2003, Environmental agents removed the first snake in Ibiza, a horseshoe snake specimen that a gardener found while watering olive trees that had arrived from Andalusia. Two weeks later, a second specimen appeared, this time a white snake, and three more were removed that same year. That is to say, it all started 23 years ago and, since the first case, the arrival of snakes could be linked to the entry of olive trees through luxury villas. But two decades have passed and the olive trees still come in, because nurseries want to keep making money and because our politicians are afraid of setting limits to the lack of control, lest the neo-capitalist mafia system that dominates the island kicks them out of their seats. The snake invasion is much more than a biological invasion; it is a symptom. The symptom of an island that has lost its way. It is difficult to find a more precise metaphor for what is happening, because, in the end, what is behind it is an economic model that exploits Ibiza without control, which corners and expels the people of Ibiza, whether they are lizards or human beings.

A video published on TikTok while working has resulted in the dismissal of a waiter from a hotel in Ibiza. The High Court of Justice of the Balearic Islands (TSJIB) has confirmed that the company acted correctly in terminating his contract after he disseminated images showing the establishment's internal payment system and criticized both its prices and wages.

It is indeed true that the Consell d’Eivissa is the institution that has done the most to combat illegal tourist rentals. But let's not fool ourselves either, it had no other choice. Because the situation on the main Pitiusa island is simply desperate. During the summer months, you can practically not drive a car without being a victim of a traffic jam and a constant feeling of chaos and suffocation. Upon arrival at the airport, there are not enough taxis, public transport is more than improvable, and hotel entrepreneurs have said on more than one occasion that the tourist experience has worsened in recent years.

I grew up with the beach in front of me. Before I knew almost anything about the world, I already knew how to hold a crab net from my grandfather, how the wet sand clung to my feet (also the varnish) and how the castles we built with my mother and my brother, with a bucket or just with our hands, had minutes counted before the sea took them away. Later came the long summers of adolescence: hours and hours with friends sitting on the sand doing nothing more than chatting, laughing and jumping again from that rock we saw from our house. Mornings, afternoons and evenings. The beach was our natural place. We didn't go there, we lived there.

The Consell de Mallorca has not managed to authorize the administrative file to validate the agreement with Eivissa for the transfer of waste between the two islands. This situation formally prevents its signing and puts the start of the new inter-island system for managing the residual fraction on hold, just when the logistical device associated with the project is advanced and with a ship about to arrive in Eivissa, as reported by ARA Balears. Furthermore, it should be remembered that the Ca na Putxa landfill is close to reaching its operational limit.

The Salvem la badia de Portmany association has criticized the authorization granted to the Ibiza Global Festival to extend its programming from two to three days on the Arenal beach in Sant Antoni, because they consider that it "contaminates and privatizes a public beach". In a statement, the entity also calls on the City Council to stop authorizing and promoting massive events with music on the beaches and other natural spaces in the municipality.

The Consell de Mallorca will accept that part of the transport of the waste sent from Ibiza be carried in bulk. This represents a change from the institution's initial position, which at first had requested that all of it be packed in compact, pressed, and sealed packages, known as shrink-wrapped bales. Sources from the Consell emphasize that despite the change, environmental regulations and the guidelines established by the European Union will be complied with. However, the initial report recommending the baling of waste, which ARA Balears has accessed, warned of the risks of not doing so: they imply possible leaks, bad smells, and decomposition of refuse.