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 Manacor City Council decreed on Tuesday the immediate evacuation of a building located right next to Plaza de la Bassa, in the heart of the city, due to the imminent risk of structural collapse. The building, three stories high, is currently uninhabited precisely because of these problems. However, the ground floor is occupied by two restaurants: an Argentinian fast-food establishment and a Chinese restaurant.

The National Police are investigating the owners of the house that collapsed and killed an 18-year-old in Manacor last January. According to police sources, they are being investigated as suspected perpetrators of manslaughter as a result of the fatal collapse. This investigation follows the discovery that illegal construction work was carried out on the property a year ago and that the debris was stored on the terrace, which could have been one of the reasons the roof collapsed.

The Civil Society Forum has warned that the transition to a more balanced, equitable, and sustainable model in Mallorca is "practically nonexistent." This is one of the main conclusions of the report "Key Indicators of Transitions by 2025," which also points to a "stagnation" in the elements that should enable social, environmental, and economic transitions. The study, presented this Thursday at the Estudi General Lul·lià as part of the Climate Academy's activities, identified a progressive increase in human pressure and an increasingly worrying housing crisis on the island, according to Europa Press. If this trend is not corrected, the Forum representatives were warned during the presentation, Mallorca is destined to become "a scenario of growing vulnerability" due to factors such as the climate crisis, political instability, and the monoculture of tourism. The overall conclusion of the study, which addresses each of these transitions separately, is that the transformation is "very slow and uneven." Without a "more robust and coordinated" intervention, an "unsustainable" model will become entrenched, increasing social vulnerability, degrading the land, and maintaining an economy "with little resilience to future crises." In light of this situation, as the Forum pointed out in a statement, the report's authors have proposed to the entire Mallorcan society, businesses, unions, and political parties the creation of a unified observatory to assess how to transition to an economic model capable of mitigating the effects of climate change. Human pressure and housing

One of the main points addressed by the study is the increased human pressure resulting from the combination of tourist arrivals and population growth. This increase, the authors emphasized, is characterized by a rise in social vulnerability, especially due to the financial burden of accessing housing, which has become "one of the main obstacles to advancing social transition." This pressure also translates into a greater strain on natural resources, services, infrastructure, and the sustainability of the territory. If this trend is not curbed, the report predicts that Mallorca could reach 56 million tourists annually and 1.5 million inhabitants by 2050. The study also highlights the use of private vehicles. In this regard, according to the study, Mallorca ranks second in the national classification for time lost in traffic congestion, with an average of 17 minutes per day for journeys of just ten kilometers. The report's authors also highlighted the worsening hydrological drought, linked to increased urban consumption, per capita waste generation well above the national average, and renewable energy, which, despite progress, is doing so "too slowly."

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An 18-year-old man died early this morning in Manacor After the roof of their bedroom collapsed, a 12-year-old boy was trapped under the rubble of a house where he and his brother were sleeping. According to the Emergency Medical Service (SAMU 061), the two brothers were trapped under the debris. Two other people, the boys' parents, were also in the house at the time, but they were unharmed as their bedroom was in another part of the house.

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The nursing union Satse has denounced the "serious collapse" of public hospitals in the Balearic Islands due to "the lack of foresight and planning by IB-Salut (the Balearic Islands Health Service) in the face of increased demand for care" caused by the flu season and other respiratory illnesses typical of this time of year. According to a statement released by the nursing union on Thursday, the situation is critical and affects virtually all hospitals in the archipelago. The organization indicated that Son Espases Hospital currently has 79 patients awaiting admission and its Emergency Department is completely overwhelmed, while Son Llàtzer Hospital has 36 people awaiting admission and 78 patients being treated in its saturated Emergency Department. Furthermore, the Short-Stay Unit and the waiting room for patients at Manacor Hospital are full. The union added that at the Inca Regional Hospital, both the emergency room and the ICU are full, and more than 20 patients are waiting for ward discharges to be processed before they can be admitted. Meanwhile, the Mateu Orfila Hospital in Menorca has no beds available, and the emergency room in Ibiza is similarly overwhelmed, with staff shortages. Satse asserted that this collapse is not an unforeseen situation, but rather the result of poor management, due to inadequate planning, a failure to open beds, and a lack of reinforcement of human resources.

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One of the medieval towers located next to the Sant Pere Bastion in Palma has suffered a partial collapse of one of its walls, as reported Tuesday by the Association for the Revitalization of Historic Centers (ARCA). The organization describes the incident as "extremely serious" and points out that the collapse affects a section of wall "with significant depth," beyond what can be seen in the images. The tower, dating from the 16th century and built on an earlier Islamic-era foundation, is part of the Sant Pere Bastion's defensive complex and is listed as an Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC). Therefore, ARCA considers the deterioration to be endangering a "first-rate" heritage element and demands immediate action. Years of unanswered complaints

The association has expressed its "outrage" at a collapse that it claims was foreseeable. It points out that it has been demanding the restoration of the tower from both the Consell de Mallorca and the Palma City Council for years, without success. "We have only received empty promises and the pledge that the project was being drafted, and that was at least eight years ago," they lament.

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A rockfall from a section of the Muret coast has affected part of the Gin Xoriguer factory, located in the port of Maó. The incident occurred early this morning when the Menorca Fire Department received a call from 112 about the rockfall, which caused no injuries, according to emergency services sources. When the firefighters arrived at the scene, they confirmed that part of the cliff had collapsed, and that several rocks had fallen onto the building housing the factory. Specifically, the lower part of the building was affected, with some of the rockfall entering the premises. Firefighters and municipal technicians are assessing the necessary steps to secure the area, which has been cordoned off. They are also waiting for a company contracted by the City Council to arrive and carry out cleanup work. The Menorca Fire Department will return to the area next week to assess the situation.

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The Manacor City Council had to take action this Wednesday morning to seal off a two-story building located on the historic Pou Fondo street in the city center. Municipal technicians, local police officers, and a small fire crew were present at number 17, a building that until a few years ago housed Citizen Services offices for the Balearic Government on the ground floor. According to Joan Cortès, the technician responsible for opening urban planning files at the City Hall, the property already had a notification and a preliminary work order, corresponding to the year 2024, due to the first-floor ceiling. This initial notification required the owners to appoint a responsible technician within a maximum of three days and contact the Municipal Planning and Heritage departments to coordinate the work, which they failed to do.

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Palma City Council is reviewing all files related to the Cala Major apartment building where six commercial premises were sealed off this week due to the risk of collapse. Municipal spokesperson Mercedes Celeste revealed this Wednesday at the municipal governing board's press conference that the building passed the mandatory technical inspection in 2014 and will undergo a new progress report in 2023.

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The Balearic Islands will have more judges and courts in the medium term to deal with the constant increase in the number of cases, which in the last year has exceeded 200,000 for the first time. The increased decision-making capacity of the 143 judges and magistrates currently serving on the islands, at a rate of 1,332 cases per person, has gradually helped, as the 190,549 cases resolved in 2024 are still below the number of cases received by the courts.

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Vehicle traffic entering and leaving Sóller increased in the summer of 2025 compared to 2024, which had already broken the previous year's records, according to data from the Consell de Mallorca traffic service. Although the increase did not reach 2%, the months of June and July—complete records are available—the figures confirm that this summer Sóller had more cars than in previous years, which set off alarm bells.

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