Who are the wealthiest families in the Balearics?
From Iberostar to Banca March, via Riu, Barcelo, Melia, Palladium and Bahia Principe: the families that carry the most weight in the Balearics, with 2025 Forbes figures.
Startup funding in the Balearics: where does investment stand?
In the Balearics, startup investment stays modest and concentrated in travel tech: a public fund, HBX Group's IPO, and Anyformat's funding round.
Startups in the Balearics: what the ecosystem looks like, and where to build
A smaller but real ecosystem, dominated by travel tech and built around ParcBit and the Fundacio Bit in Palma.
Catalan in the Balearics: should you learn it when you settle?
Spanish is enough to get by, but Balearic Catalan remains the key to genuine integration.
The school system in the Balearics: levels, languages and equivalences
How school works in the Balearics: the levels, the place of Catalan, equivalences for a foreign child, and how to enrol.
Smoking on terraces and beaches in the Balearics: what does Spain's new anti-smoking law say, and from when?
No, you can still smoke on a terrace or an unprotected beach in the Balearics: Spain's sweeping anti-smoking overhaul is, for now, only a bill. Here is what it proposes, and why nothing has changed as of 1 August 2026.
Spain's new traffic law: what changes in the Balearics from 1 October 2026
The national traffic law reform takes effect on 1 October 2026. Here is what really changes when you drive in Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza or Formentera.
Safety in the Balearics: what do the numbers really say?
Crime rose eight times faster than the national average in Q1 2026, driven by Mallorca: the factual, balanced picture on safety in the Balearics.
Overtourism in the Balearics: where things stand in 2026
19 million tourists for 1.25 million residents, record protests in Palma: where the overtourism debate in the Balearics stands in 2026, without taking sides.
Water restrictions in the Balearics: drought, watering, what is banned
Menorca's water reserves fell from 42% to 34% in a year: the state of current restrictions in the Balearics, municipality by municipality.
Sant Antoni : coupure de 4 heures, 876 foyers sans courant
Deuxième coupure d'électricité en moins de deux semaines à Sant Antoni, sur l'île d'Ibiza : 876 clients d'Endesa ont été privés de courant plus de quatre heures vendredi 14 août. Côté logement, le Govern affiche ses premiers résultats pendant que Minorque bat un record de piscines en
Living LGBTQIA+ in the Balearics: a survey of an archipelago that reassures (almost) everywhere
Spain is Europe's number one for LGBTQIA+ rights. The mood island by island, the community, Palma's 2025 Pride: our full survey of the Balearics.