Jaume Morey named IBSMIA director after 8 years running it

Today's essentials (5 key points)

• Doctors across the Balearics have called an indefinite strike from 28 October over the government's Estatuto Marco, according to Es Diari.
• The platform opposing Palma airport's expansion will march through the city on 20 September to demand an end to tourism-promotion funding, per Diario de Mallorca.
• Singer Abraham Mateo will headline a Halloween night at BCM Mallorca in Magaluf on 31 October, Ultima Hora reports.
• Three Balearic activists have recounted their crossing aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, part of an April mission of more than 3,000 people from over 40 countries, according to Diario de Ibiza.
• Open-Meteo forecasts a calm, mostly dry day across the archipelago, with highs near 28 degrees in Palma and 27 on the other islands.

Today's essentials

Jaume Morey named IBSMIA director after 8 years running it. Psychiatrist Jaume Morey Canyelles is the new director of the Balearic Institute for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (IBSMIA), a role he previously held for eight years until he was replaced in December 2016, according to Ultima Hora.

Weather today

A calm, dry Friday over the islands. Open-Meteo expects a quiet late-summer day across the Balearics this Friday 11 September 2026, with no rain anywhere and highs around 27 to 28 degrees.

Palma sits between 18 and 28 degrees under a partly cloudy sky, with a 0% chance of rain and a light breeze topping out near 14 km/h, according to Open-Meteo. It is a comfortable day: a light layer for the morning, nothing more than a shirt by the afternoon.

Across the rest of Mallorca, Soller stays a touch cooler at 19 to 27 degrees but under fully overcast skies, again with no rain and winds up to 13 km/h. On the other islands, Ciutadella in Menorca mirrors that with 18 to 27 degrees, heavy cloud cover and the calmest wind of the archipelago at 10 km/h. Fine conditions for the beach or a walk, even if the sun plays hide-and-seek.

Transport & traffic

• Anti-airport march set for 20 September in Palma. The platform against the expansion of Palma airport will demonstrate in the city on 20 September, demanding an end to public funding for tourism promotion and the opening of new flight routes, according to Diario de Mallorca. For residents, the march is the latest flashpoint in a long-running debate over how much air traffic Mallorca can absorb: organisers argue that subsidising new routes only deepens overtourism and the pressure it puts on housing and local infrastructure. If you live near the flight paths or depend on the airport, expect this growth-versus-limits question to keep shaping transport and tourism policy across the islands this autumn.
• Truck runs off the Me-1 in Menorca after a blowout. A truck blew a tyre and left the Me-1 road between Alaior and Es Mercadal in Menorca, with no injuries reported, according to Es Diari. The Me-1 is Menorca's main east-west artery, so even a single vehicle leaving the road can slow traffic between the island's main towns. Drivers on that stretch should allow a little extra time while any recovery work clears, and the incident is a timely reminder to check your tyres before fast interurban drives on the island.

What's changing for you

• Where to find a good-value menu del dia in Palma. A newcomer to Palma asked the r/mallorca community where to eat a good-value menu del dia, Spain's weekday fixed-price lunch, and it remains one of the easiest ways to eat well without spending much. The menu del dia is a midday weekday deal offered by many restaurants: a starter, a main, bread, a drink and usually a dessert or coffee for one set price. It is typically served between about 1pm and 4pm, often Monday to Friday only, and plenty of places will let you take it away too. To find the good ones, look for handwritten daily boards outside neighbourhood spots away from the tourist strips, and ask locals (or the r/mallorca thread) for their current favourites.
• Balearic doctors to strike indefinitely from 28 October. Doctors across the Balearics will begin an indefinite strike on 28 October in protest at the government's handling of the Estatuto Marco, the framework statute governing medical staff, according to Es Diari. The strike committee accuses the Ministry of Health of pushing through a statute that the medical profession rejects. For patients, an open-ended walkout from 28 October could mean cancelled non-urgent appointments and longer waits in public health centres. If you have a routine consultation or test scheduled around that date, it is worth confirming it in advance, while knowing that emergency care will still be covered by minimum-service rules.

Local news to know

• Abraham Mateo headlines Halloween at BCM Mallorca. Singer Abraham Mateo will be the star of a special Halloween night at the BCM Mallorca club in Magaluf on 31 October, according to Ultima Hora.
• Russell Crowe: 'I'm not a slave to the audience'. Diario de Ibiza reports that Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe, who has pursued music since his teens, declares 'I'm not a slave to the audience' in a new documentary about his rock career.
• Three Balearic activists retell their Sumud Flotilla voyage. Three activists from the Balearics have recounted their crossing aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, part of an April mission that gathered more than 3,000 activists, medics, journalists and lawmakers from over 40 countries, according to Diario de Ibiza.
• Ibiza's Carmen Jimenez reaches round two in Belgium. Ibiza's Carmen Jimenez, playing alongside Nikol Carulla, reached the second round of the Belgian International badminton tournament, according to Periodico de Ibiza y Formentera.

Tonight and tomorrow, the Balearic Islands

• Rels B draws crowds for a Palma concert. Rapper Rels B is performing in Palma, with fans already streaming through the doors, as captured in a Diario de Mallorca video.
• Creme de Creme winds down its Ibiza Saturdays. In Ibiza, the Creme de Creme party series is entering its final stretch after turning Playa Soleil into the go-to Saturday meeting point this summer, according to Periodico de Ibiza y Formentera. If you want to catch it, it runs on Saturdays at Playa Soleil, but the season is nearly over, so the remaining dates are limited.

See the full agenda, tonight and tomorrow