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.

The artistic legacy of the former Sa Nostra Social and Cultural Work is now in more hands than ever. Many of the creations made by artists from the Balearic Islands between the late 20th and early 21st centuries were stored after the Balearic savings bank ended its 130-year history. And now, 14 years after the closure of Sa Nostra's offices, some of the funds, transferred with the subsequent merger between CaixaBank and Bankia, are being raffled off in charity auctions.

The implosion of Vox has reached its peak in Madrid. But in the Balearic Islands, the "series" (as Santiago Abascal defined it) has already finished its seasons. Vox in Menorca is a desert: the party has lost all institutional representation on the island. For six months, the remaining cadres have been trying to rebuild, but they lack people. "We find it hard to find people who want to identify with Vox," admits the party coordinator, Pedro Marqués: "In Menorca, being from Podem is not a problem, but saying you are from Vox still commands respect." All this while the parliamentary group, which has lost three deputies, is diluted under the national leadership of the party. Only in Ibiza has Vox been saved from the fratricidal war. But the PP is so strong in this territory that the far-right is cornered there, as it is in Galicia.

The 41 moorings of the historic port of Sanitja, north of Mercadal, will be available for use again from this summer. This was announced this Thursday by the Minister of the Sea and Water Cycle, Juan Manuel Lafuente, at the end of the coordination meeting convened with Costas, the boaters, the City Council and the Consell de Menorca to find a solution.

Overcoming the traditional dependence on El Caserío that marked the sector until the beginning of the century, Menorca's countryside survives the blows of international politics, the concern caused by price increases due to the war in Iran, and the 22% cut in European CAP aid. The change in land ownership into the hands of foreign investors, such as businessman Víctor Madera, has prevented the premature abandonment of dozens of farms and has reinforced the sector's commitment to other types of agricultural exploitation that have given it new momentum.

The National Police has arrested a drug dealer in Maó for the death of a woman to whom he sold drugs. As reported by the force, the events occurred on April 9, when several patrols responded to a call from 091, indicating that a dead woman had been found in a dwelling in the municipality and that she might have suffered an adverse reaction to a narcotic substance.

313 years have passed since the Treaty of Utrecht, an international agreement that the Assemblea Sobiranista de Mallorca still blames on Great Britain and considers “a colonial problem unresolved” with negative consequences still today for the “catalan nation”, including the Balearic Islands.

A 70-year-old woman died this Friday after an explosion in the house where she lived, registered early this morning in Migjorn Gran, according to the Menorca Health Area. The victim had initially been hospitalized in critical condition, but could not overcome her injuries.

The historic port of Sanitja, which housed the ancient Roman city of Sanisera, north of Mercadal, is on the verge of the boatless season. Not a single one of the forty that were still there until this winter. Costes has evicted them for failing to regularize the users' association and the legal status of the five jetties that were used in this protected area, which had already led to the opening of several sanctioning proceedings by the state administration.

The Ciutadella City Council has demanded this Tuesday that Ports de les Illes Balears (Ports IB) assume its responsibility and immediately remove the residue of supposedly polluting sludge from the dredging of the port, which has been dumped in the colàrsega.

The detachment of a large rock has caused serious material damage this Tuesday in a villa in Cala Galdana (Menorca). Due to the impact, the rock has pierced the roof and entered the interior of the dwelling where, fortunately, and despite the residents being inside, they were not injured.

The reduction of VAT from 21% to 10% on electricity and fuel announced a week ago by President Pedro Sánchez to compensate 20 million households and three million businesses in Spain with 5,000 million euros has not satisfied a large part of the economic agents in the Islands. Apart from the uncertain effect that international tension will have this season on tourist activity, the war conflict in the Middle East has hit freight transport, construction, agriculture, the self-employed, and other strategic sectors of the Balearic Islands hard.

112 Emergency Services activated the orange alert this Saturday for coastal phenomena in Mallorca and Menorca, with waves that could reach 12 meters in height and wind gusts of up to 90 km/h.

The State Meteorological Agency has activated a orange alert in Menorca and in the northeast of Mallorca due to strong gusts of wind and waves that could reach ten meters in height. The most affected area will be the coast of Menorca with force seven gusts of wind that could exceed 70 km per hour. In the case of Mallorca, wind gusts of 60 km/h and waves of up to eight meters are expected on the north and northeast coast of the island.

She is the third mayor of Ciutadella in this term and the fifth woman to occupy the mayor's office since the beginning of democracy. A protégé of current Member of Parliament Joana Gomila (Más por Menorca), with whom she entered the City Council in 2019, Maria Jesús Bagur (1979) takes on the challenge of completing the changes that will transform the city over the next decade.

This summer, no concrete measures will be implemented to curb overcrowding and limit the arrival of tourists and cars to Menorca during peak season. Neither the updated Island Territorial Plan (PTI) nor the new tourism capacity ceiling, set at 107,917 beds in the preliminary carrying capacity study, have yet been approved. And this despite the fact that the influx of visitors continues to increase not only during the summer but also outside of peak season. In fact, 2025 was the first year in which the number of registered residents on the island never fell below 100,000, not even in December. Even so, the People's Party (PP) team, which governs the Menorca Island Council in minority with the external support of the councilor expelled from Vox, will still lack the necessary physical and legal mechanisms to restrict vehicle traffic. The PP's repeated announcements throughout its term have remained just that: words, not actions. It will likely be the last island to take measures to restrict access and limit congestion, although it is also the only one that, for the past three years, has had a legal tool to do so: the Biosphere Reserve Law, approved in 2023 by the Balearic Parliament. Nine months ago, last June, the Consell (Island Council) presented the study that was supposed to determine the number of excess vehicles on the road network. The conclusion surprised everyone, as it set the limit at 120,000 cars, while the maximum daily traffic recorded on Menorca's roads in 2024 was 122,170 vehicles, only 1.8% above this limit.

The presiding judge of Court Number 2 of the Civil and Preliminary Investigation Section of the Ciutadella Court of First Instance has ordered the provisional detention without bail of the two individuals arrested in connection with the violent events in Cala en Blanes, which resulted in the death of a man. The suspects ran over two men in this Menorcan municipality. The magistrate is initially investigating them for the crimes of completed homicide, attempted homicide, and failure to render aid. The case remains under seal, and further investigative procedures are expected in the coming days. The events date back to last Thursday, when a vehicle intentionally ran over two men at the entrance to the residential complex. One of the injured, a 51-year-old man, suffered a severe traumatic brain injury and died the following day in the hospital after being admitted in critical condition. According to the police investigation, the hit-and-run may be related to a previous knife fight between several men that occurred the day before at a local hotel, an incident that also left others injured and has triggered an investigation to clarify the origin of the conflict.

Víctor Madera Núñez (Oviedo, 1961) has been the talk of the town for several years now. The president of Quirón has become the leading magnate of private healthcare in Spain, benefiting from urban development plans to build a private hospital in Madrid as much as he salvages castles, mansions, and estates from ruins across the country. From his native Asturias to the Balearic Islands, where he has already acquired dozens of properties over the last decade. Madera, considered the main landowner in Menorca, has transformed himself into a real estate tycoon since, nine years ago, he sold Quirón Salud, the largest private hospital group in Spain, to the German company Fresenius Helios, the largest healthcare group in Europe. The deal was closed for 5.76 billion euros, of which 450 million went directly to the Asturian doctor. Married and a father of four, he has not even come close to disengaging from this company, of which he is the non-executive chairman. Quirón currently manages more than 80 hospitals and day centers, employing 35,000 people.

A musical hurricane has been stirring the people of Menorca for 50 years, captivating them at local festivals and celebrations. Like an intense tramontana wind, the small orchestra, born in the mid-70s in the island's smallest village, Migjorn Gran, continues to make its presence felt in squares, venues, and football fields. With over 5,000 concerts under their belt, the Orquesta Huracán (keyboardist Miquel Pascual, his inseparable Pere Sales, and vocalists Rudy Velasco and Antoni Rodrigo) is a force to be reckoned with. PopiTheir population has grown in parallel with tourism, which was still in its infancy at the time, and has now doubled in half a century. They are living cultural testaments to the authentic, uncrowded Menorca that many still long for today.

Vueling carries nearly a million passengers each year between Menorca and Barcelona, ​​but is cutting its flight frequencies because it claims the numbers don't add up. Even so, the route carries three times the traffic of the other busiest routes to Menorca Airport: Palma and Madrid, which handle close to 390,000 and 380,000 passengers, respectively. Both routes are maintained during the winter thanks to a subsidy from the Ministry of Transport, which declared them Public Service Obligations (PSOs) to guarantee the minimum necessary frequencies. Now, the unexpected reduction in connectivity with Barcelona—up to 36% compared to last year—has reignited the debate. Is the PSO the solution to protect the most essential air connection for Menorcans?