He closure of the Agama factory, owned by DammThis represents a further economic loss for the primary sector of the Balearic Islands. The portion of the subsidy that the brewery received The funds allocated to European Union and Spanish Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will be returned to the European Union and Spanish government budgets, respectively. No investment will be made in other potential businesses in the sector that could have received the funds had Damm not requested them and subsequently closed the factory.

There was a time when one of the most common criticisms in the cultural sector was that many people "lived off subsidies." Having moved beyond that debate and once it was understood and accepted that the cultural sector, like agriculture or industry, needs public investment, numerous grants from various institutions have been consolidated in the Balearic Islands over the last decade. And while these have contributed to the professionalization of the sector, the debates surrounding their operation and the resulting cultural fabric are quite diverse: from the transformation of many creators into managers, to the design of cultural programs and activities based on grant requirements, among others. Broadly speaking, Balearic institutions offer two types of cultural grants: competitive grants, where receiving the aid depends on meeting a series of requirements and which several cultural agents can apply for, and designated grants, which are awarded to specific agents based on their merits. In both cases there have been significant changes in recent years, especially noticeable with regard to the latter, the designated grants.

During the processing of the 2025 budget for the island council, Vox had already stated its objective was to eliminate all funding for organizations that fight for the protection and promotion of the Catalan language. And it has succeeded. The Consell de Mallorca has eliminated the earmarked (direct) funding for the Obra Cultural Balear (OCB) and Jóvenes por la Llengua (Youth for the Language) for the first time in its history. This was a demand that Vox had repeatedly made to its governing partners since the beginning of the legislative term. In the first budget, the far-right party managed to get the People's Party to reduce... 25% of these grants benefit both entitiesIt's worth remembering that, after agreeing to this reduction, Vox voted against these subsidies, and the left, despite disagreeing with the cuts, saved the funding for both organizations that defend the Catalan language on two occasions. Thus, Jóvenes por la Llengua (Youth for the Language) went from receiving €60,000 and the OCB (Catalan Cultural Organization) €50,000 in 2023, to receiving €45,000 and €35,000, respectively, in 2024. The far-right spokesperson criticized the Council of Mallorca for both organizations and also for this type of subsidy. In fact, he accused his government partners of allowing...a linguistic apartheid"Seeing that the Popular Party was supporting these entities, I said, 'It's just as immoral for the PSOE to spend money on prostitutes and cocaine as it is for you to vote in favor of these subsidies,'" he said in a plenary session of the island institution that took place in July of this year.

They received between €30,000 and €80,000 in public funds from various Balearic institutions for the 2024 editions, and yet the presence of Catalan on their social media, websites, and official media outlets was either anecdotal or nonexistent. We're talking about festivals such as the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival, which will celebrate its fourteenth edition in Palma next October, the CAN Ibiza Art Fair, and the Paco de Lucía Mallorca Festival, all of which benefited from grants such as those offered by the Institute of Balearic Studies (IEB) for the organization of these events. However, the predominant language in all of their communication channels was Spanish, followed by English.

Palma City Council is not considering "under any circumstances" reintroducing horse carriage licenses because this "would represent a very high cost" for the municipal institution, according to a statement today from the Councilor for Finance, Public Administration, and Government, Mercedes Celeste. The need for horse carriages to evolve toward another system is "voluntary," she emphasized. However, she assured that "if there is interest in doing so, the City Council will support it."

Palma's neighborhood associations expressed their outrage before the Court of Justice on Tuesday because they have still not received the subsidies for the 2025-2026 grant period, for which they are demanding "immediate payment." The neighborhood associations denounced that these grants "are suffering the longest delays in recent years" and asserted that they owe invoices and have stopped carrying out activities for this reason. "They've put us in a straitjacket," denounced the president of the Federation of Palma Neighborhood Associations, Maribel Alcázar.

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Natural Environment, Joan Simonet, assured this Wednesday, during the presentation of the balance of the aid from the Common Agricultural Policy (PAC) by 2024, that the primary sector in the Balearic Islands is "more aware of climate change." European Union. In fact, in the Balearic Islands there has been an increase in applications for the 2025 CAP compared to last year. The increase in aid for 2024.

Farmers in the Balearic Islands have received 36.5 million euros in direct aid from the Common Agricultural Policy (PAC) during 2024, 900,000 euros more than in 2023. Of this figure, more than 95% have already been paid, with a payment rate that is 14% faster than the previous year.