In the summer of 1967, Michael Caine arrived in Portals Vells to shoot a film set in Greece. It was not the initial plan. The Magus, the film adaptation of John Fowles's novel, was to bring to the screen a story set on a remote Greek island, but the political instability caused by the coup of the colonels forced the production to look for an alternative. They found it in Mallorca.

Santa Ponça returned yesterday to the year 1229 with the recreation of the landing of King James, one of the central events of the King James Festivals. More than 1,500 participants, grouped into 22 groups, 13 Christian and 9 Moorish, participated in a day that turned different points of the town into the stage for the clashes between the two sides.

Calvià's lifeguards protested this Sunday with banners on different beaches in the municipality after they were unable to go on strike as they had called for, due to the 100% minimum services imposed by the City Council.

The Calvià Lifeguard Union has called a strike for this Sunday, August 23, to protest the City Council's "disregard" for their demands to improve the service and working conditions. This pressure measure, which the union has considered "drastic," comes after "receiving nothing but mistreatment" when they tried to negotiate an improvement in the conditions of the municipality's lifeguard service.

The Calvià Town Hall has regretted the "irresponsible" attitude of the lifeguards' union, which has announced a strike for Sunday, coinciding with one of the weekends with the highest expected attendance at the municipality's beaches. According to their criticism, this union "does not hold any legal representation power over the rest of the lifeguards" and, furthermore, has recalled that the Council already held a meeting weeks ago with some of the lifeguards who provide their services this summer at various beaches in the municipality.

The Calvià Town Hall expects that the majority of residents of the Magaluf apartment block affected by the fire declared this Thursday will be able to return to their homes starting next Monday, once the technical inspections of the property have been completed. This was explained by the mayor of Calvià, Juan Antoni Amengual, during the minute of silence held this midday in memory of the two fatal victims of the incident. Amengual assured that the accommodation needs of the evacuated people are covered thanks to the collaboration of the hotel sector in the area.

The mayor of Calvià has signed a municipal decree due to the 2026 Football World Cup, which will take place between June 11 and July 19. The document establishes a series of rules aimed at reconciling the development of leisure activities with safety, citizen coexistence, and the rest of residents and tourists.The text establishes an exceptional time regulation for broadcasting certain matches. According to the City Council, through a statement, if a match starts within the establishment's ordinary opening hours, it will not be necessary to stop the activity of the premises or the terrace at the usual closing time, thus avoiding clients being left without seeing the end. Establishments will be able to extend closing time up to 15 minutes after the end of the match, including extra time and penalty shootouts. It is important to note that this time exception will apply exclusively to matches played by the national teams of Spain, Germany, England, and Scotland, in addition to the semi-final matches, the final, and the third-place play-off.Conversely, if the match starts at or after the official closing time of the public establishment, it will not be able to keep its doors open and must strictly adhere to the time stipulated in the ordinary license.The decree consolidates a series of coexistence rules that were already implemented during Eurocopa 2024, an event that took place with complete normality in Calvià under these same guidelines: in terraces and outdoor areas, from midnight the audio emission must be completely suppressed, and the volume will be set to zero. Only the visual signal of the matches may be broadcast to ensure the rest of neighbors and tourists.Likewise, screens and televisions must always be oriented towards the inside of establishments. The measure aims to prevent public space crowds that could hinder the passage of pedestrians and road traffic.The Calvià Town Hall warns that non-compliance with the provisions of this decree, as well as with the applicable Municipal Ordinances, will be subject to sanction. Therefore, establishment owners are appealed to collaborate in preventing any disturbance to safety and coexistence.

Decide Calvià, Esquerra Unida de Calvià, Moviment Sumar Illes Balears and MÉS per Calvià presented this Saturday the coalition Esquerra per Calvià, a unitary candidacy with which the four formations plan to run in the municipal elections of May 2027.

The Administrative Litigation Court number 3 of Palma has ruled in favor of UGT and declared null the appointment for job improvement of the Calvià Police sub-inspector published on April 11, 2025. As reported by the union, the court has fully upheld the lawsuit filed by UGT Serveis Púbrics and has annulled the temporary provision of this position, ruling that it was carried out through a process that violated current legislation.

If they don't explain to me what it means, what advantages it has, and what it can mean to live in a large metropolitan area of Palma, right off the bat, I don't want to live there. I don't want to be part of it.

The Calvià Local Police arrested a 16-year-old minor this Friday for pointing a simulated pistol at a woman to steal her car. Municipal sources explained that the young man left the IES Bendinat this morning by jumping over the barrier and when he saw the vehicle, he pointed a simulated short weapon (it was not a weapon with which he could shoot) at the driver and got into the car with the intention of fleeing the educational center.

Calvià Local Police presented this Friday the new Drone Unit, a service that will come into operation coinciding with the start of high season and which has involved an investment of 82,000 euros in technological equipment and training. The device was unveiled at the Son Bugadelles barracks and, according to the City Council, will allow for increased surveillance, citizen security, and emergency response in the municipality.

The partial collapse of a hotel in Calvià on Thursday night led to the partial evacuation of the establishment and the sealing off of the affected area, as reported by the Mallorca Fire Department. Two people sustained minor injuries, both with superficial wounds and one case of fainting. This Friday, the property's management has decided to close the hotel for safety reasons, and guests are being relocated to other hotels in the area.

The promenade of Palmanova's Mar will host on April 18 and 19 a cultural weekend that consolidates a significant change in Calvià's festive model. The municipality will celebrate Book Day and, the following day, Saint George, patron saint of England, in an institutional effort to strengthen the link with British tourism.

A minor was injured this Tuesday afternoon after falling several meters from a hotel in Son Caliu, in the municipality of Calviá.

Ibiza and Calvià remain among the ten municipalities with the highest rental prices in Spain, with rents exceeding €22 per square meter. This is according to the report. Rental housing in Spain in the year 2025According to the study prepared by the real estate portal Fotocasa, Ibiza ranks second in Spain, with an average price of €23.34/m², surpassed only by Esplugues de Llobregat, which leads the ranking at €25.53/m². Calvià comes in fourth, with an average price of €22.17/m², while Barcelona is just ahead of Ibiza, at €23.30/m². The report also analyzes price trends by province and places the Balearic Islands as the fourth most expensive in Spain, with an average of €18.60 per square meter, representing a year-on-year increase of 7.2%. Only Barcelona (€21.90/m²), Madrid (€20.66/m²), and Gipuzkoa (€19.02/m²) have higher prices. Fotocasa notes that the rental market closed 2025 with a scenario marked by "very high prices," concentrated mainly in areas with strong demand, such as Catalonia, the Community of Madrid, the Balearic Islands, the Basque Country, and the Canary Islands. In this regard, the portal's Director of Studies and spokesperson, María Matos, explains that "the increase in rental prices is especially concentrated in areas with greater demographic and economic pressure, where the creation of new housing stock is unable to absorb existing demand." This structural lack of supply, she adds, causes prices to remain persistently high, even in contexts of lower economic growth. Matos also points out that, although the rate of price growth has moderated in some areas, rents remain at "peak levels," which demonstrates that "the adjustment is not due to a real market relaxation, but rather to the economic limitations of households in affording increasingly higher rents."

The Calvià Town Council has approved the necessary permits and budget allocation to organize a San Fermín festival in July 2026 featuring a bull run with cows from the Galatzó public estate, located in the Capdellà district. The project will be officially presented next January at the International Tourism Fair (Fitur) in Madrid. According to a statement released by the Town Council, which was ironically sent on April Fool's Day (a Spanish holiday), the initiative aims to revive a tradition that, according to municipal records, dates back to 1866 and is linked to the town's bullfighting past and the figure of the bullfighter known as Capellanet. The animals that would participate in the bull run are one bull and seven Mallorcan cows, which were released onto the Galatzó estate in early December to contribute to natural vegetation clearing and the prevention of forest fires. According to the City Council, the cattle have adapted quickly to the environment and possess a "suitable" temperament to play a leading role in the festival. The mayor of Calvià, Juan Antonio Amengual, expressed his satisfaction with the project, which he described as an initiative that combines "festival, tradition, and memory" and allows, he said, the municipality to showcase a little-known past. Amengual also highlighted the festival's potential as a tourist attraction, as it would complement the municipality's established offerings. For his part, the Deputy Mayor for the Environment and driving force behind the proposal, Juan Thomàs, assured that the City Council will take all necessary measures to ensure the running of the bulls takes place "in a way that is respectful to the animals" and without causing them, he stated, "any negative emotional impact." Thomàs even went so far as to describe the activity as a "zero stress animal" bull run.

The Calvià Town Council, governed by the People's Party and Vox, has finalized its agreement for the 2026 municipal budget, which totals €121.57 million – €152 million if the consolidated budget including public companies and organizations is included – figures similar to the previous year. The Council maintains that the budget consolidates financial stability and allows for planning for the next fiscal year. The municipal government states that the budget continues the improvement of public services, with a particular focus on citizen security, and strengthens social, cultural, and educational policies. One of the key points is investment in infrastructure: €43 million is earmarked over the course of this term, the highest figure ever recorded in the municipality. Among the highlighted projects are the second phase of the Gabriel Escarrer seafront promenade renovation (Magaluf), the refurbishment of Jaime I Avenue in Santa Ponça and the Peguera Boulevard, as well as the modernization of the houses on the Galatzó public estate and the Torrenova development. In the education sector, investments stemming from the agreement between IMEB and the Ministry of Education will continue, with €5.94 million allocated to improvements in 11 public preschool and primary schools. Free tuition for children aged 0-3 in municipal nurseries will also continue, along with year-round operation. The budget also includes the agreement with IB-Salut to build two new primary healthcare units in Son Ferrer and Peguera, and to relocate the existing one in Capdellà, with a planned investment of approximately €6 million. The City Council attributes the budget's approval to the support of the Balearic Government and the Council of Mallorca. The document is expected to be approved at an extraordinary plenary session, where the specific budget items and implementation schedule for 2026 will be detailed.

This Friday is a historic day for the Balearic Islands: the regional government has begun the demolition of the old Teix Hotel in Magaluf and the Colón Hostel in Peguera, the first such demolition in the 21st century in the Balearic Islands to free up space. The streets where the former establishments are located were closed off by the local police, and only the cars of the attending politicians, of which there were many, were allowed access. In front of the Teix Hotel, the president of the regional government, Marga Prohens, announced plans to replicate this initiative in other municipalities across the islands, specifically in Cales de Mallorca and Sant Antoni de Portmany. The regional government intends to continue demolishing "obsolete" hotels with the aim of "moving away from an offering that no longer adds value to the islands and improving services and the quality of life for residents," explained President Prohens. In fact, the regional government will allocate 15 million euros from the Sustainable Tourism Tax (ITS) to the acquisition and demolition of such facilities.

The demolition of the former Hotel Teix in Magaluf and the Hostal Colón in Peguera will begin this Friday, as part of the renewal of established tourist areas in Calvià. This was announced by the mayor of the municipality, Juan Antonio Amengual, this Wednesday at the World Travel Market in London during an event at the Balearic Islands stand. The mayor, the municipal government team, and the President of the Balearic Government, Marga Prohens, among other authorities, will attend the start of the demolitions. With this initiative, as highlighted by the City Council, Calvià is advancing in the regeneration process of established areas and gaining spaces that will be for public use. "With these demolitions, we are fully entering the renewal of established areas of the municipality; these are the first demolitions carried out in Calvià in the 21st century," said Amengual, who explained that the objective is to recover land for public use. The purchase of the Hotel Teix in Magaluf was formalized by the Calvià Town Council on March 20th, following a private purchase agreement reached with its former owners at the beginning of February. The acquisition of the property, which had been closed for years, was financed with funds provided by the European Union's Next Generation Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, managed through the Government. This demolition follows that of the former Hostal Colón in Peguera, also acquired by the Town Council under the same conditions. Thus, the total investment allocated to the purchase and demolition of both establishments amounts to approximately 6 million euros. For the Town Council, the demolition is not only an urban planning operation, but also a "declaration of principles" regarding "commitment to a more people-friendly, livable, and sustainable city model, where the land serves the people, and not the other way around."