The Principal Theatre of Palma presented this Thursday the 2026/2027 season, a proposal marked by critical spirit, social commitment, and the presence of top-level creators and performers. The Board of Trustees of the Principal Theatre Foundation of Palma has unanimously approved the new programming from September 2026 to January 2027, which includes theatre, music, dance, family shows, and the 41st Opera Season.

Mallorca will begin to receive next Thursday seven daily trucks of waste from Ibiza, five days a week, with a total of 3,000 tons of garbage each month. The pilot test for the transfer of waste from the Pitiusa island, which the island councils approved last Tuesday, will cost 24.6 million euros, as stated in the documentation of the file that ARABalears advanced. The agreement has been drawn up over a year, hidden from the opposition –it was not delivered until the Transparency Council requested it–, and it includes a reduction in the environmental criteria initially foreseen.

Pedro Bestard defended himself this Thursday against criticism from the PSIB for the transfer of waste from Ibiza to Mallorca, assuring on repeated occasions that "it is waste, not excrement" and insisting that the pilot test will have no impact on Mallorca. The second vice-president and Minister of Environment of the Consell de Mallorca had a tense confrontation with the socialist deputy Juana María Adrover during the plenary session of the insular institution.

The Consell de Mallorca has approved a protocol regarding the use of official cars after the controversy experienced in recent months. A law that seems tailor-made for all the complaints and grievances regarding the use that "was made of the second vice-president of the Mallorca Council, Pedro Bestard, of these vehicles. The protocol arrives the same day that it has been made public the PSIB's complaint to the Prosecutor's Office following the actions of Vox, whom he accuses of "continued embezzlement of public funds, prevarication, and document forgery".

The socialist group in the Consell de Mallorca has filed a complaint with the Prosecutor's Office of the Balearic Islands against the second vice-president of the Consell de Mallorca, Pedro Bestard, for the use of the island institution's official cars.the second vice-president of the Consell de Mallorca, Pedro Bestard, for the use of the official cars of the island institution.

The water crisis in Pla de Mallorca is entering a new phase in terms of savings due to the lack of water resources in the region. The Algaida City Council yesterday approved a motion by the PSIB governing team, through which the plenary session calls on the Consell de Mallorca to urgently stop using water from the municipality's aquifers for cleaning and maintenance tasks on the Manacor road (Ma-15). The motion was unanimously approved by all parties present in the plenary session: PSIB, PP, and MÉS per Algaida.

The water crisis in Pla de Mallorca is entering a new chapter in terms of savings due to the lack of water resources in the region. The Algaida City Council yesterday approved a motion from the PSIB governing team, through which the plenary session requests the Consell de Mallorca to stop using water from the municipality's aquifers "with urgency" for the cleaning and maintenance tasks of the Manacor road (Ma-15). The motion was approved unanimously by all parties present in the plenary session, PSIB, PP, and MÉS per Algaida.

The rescue helicopter of the Bombers de Mallorca, the Milana, has completed 271 interventions during its first year of service, more than half of which have been rescues, mainly in the Tramuntana mountain range. The report, released this Tuesday by the Consell de Mallorca, confirms that the aircraft has established itself as a key tool in both mountain emergencies and in fire prevention and extinction tasks.

MÉS per Mallorca has accused the president of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, of covering up the vice president of the institution, Pedro Bestard, in light of new information about expenses for vehicle rentals during official trips. The party considers it an "unjustifiable" use of public resources.

Serious scare this morning in Montuïri. One of the two publicly owned small houses that the Consell de Mallorca has next to the Palma-Manacor road (Ma-15) and which, as it has become known today, had been occupied since the beginning of the year, suffered a spectacular fire that forced the mobilization of a large number of emergency personnel.

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 general secretary of the Socialist Federation of Mallorca, Amanda Fernández, announced this Tuesday her candidacy to lead the PSIB list for the Consell de Mallorca in the 2027 elections.

It has been circulating for years. And there are already many rulings, appeals, statements of facts, reports, and a large amount of official documentation. And it is not the first time we have encountered a complicated case because a public official clearly abuses their position.

MÉS per Mallorca has demanded this Thursday the urgent appearance of the president of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, to explain what measures he intends to adopt following the conclusions of the internal reports on the use of official vehicles by the insular vice-president, Pedro Bestard, as disseminated by the party through a statement.

The installation of a promotional stand by the airline company Etihad Airways in Palma's Porta Pintada square has forced the Balearic Islands Blood and Tissue Bank this Thursday to move its usual activity to Plaça d'Espanya, a situation that has also altered the institutional event planned for World Blood Donor Day. The company has occupied this space to promote the new direct connection between Abu Dhabi and Mallorca, which will begin operating this Friday, June 12.

The organizations Sineu en Bici i a Peu, Vianants Mallorca, the Train Users Association (AUT), and Terraferida have evaluated the new law regulating vehicle influx approved by the Consell de Mallorca, but they consider that the norm, by itself, will not serve to decongest the island. In a joint statement, they demand that the Consell and the Government stop announcing studies and large future infrastructures and promote immediate improvements in public transport.

The Consell de Mallorca approved this Friday in an extraordinary plenary session the law to limit vehicles on the island, which after this step will be sent to Parliament. Curiously, the plenary session was on the verge of being cancelled because the president of the island institution, Llorenç Galmés, arrived almost half an hour late. The reason? He had to arrive in Palma from Manacor and found traffic jams due to "three accidents", as he himself explained.

The Joint Congress-Senate Commission on Insularity approved this Tuesday an initiative from the People's Party that calls on the government for a new road convention for Mallorca that will allow the unblocking of the approximately 230 million euros pending from the previous agreement and promote new road infrastructures considered priorities on the island. The motion, a non-binding initiative, had the votes in favor of the PP, Vox, the PNB and Sumar-MÉS, and the abstention of the socialists. The president of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, was present at the debate.

The Consell de Mallorca will present the 2026 Awards, Honors, and Distinctions on September 12 at the Principal Theatre in Palma, in a gala where actor Michael Douglas will be named Adoptive Son of Mallorca and singers Rels B and Concha Buika will be honored as Favorite Sons.

The Consell de Mallorca will invest one million euros in various advertising actions to promote Mallorca during 2026. It begins with 'De bon de veres', focused on promoting local products and the island's identity. Singer-songwriter Jaume Anglada and chefs Margalida Alemany and Joan Pinel participate, without charge, as ambassadors.