Palma de Mallorca

The Genetic Perspective of the Global Evolution of the Bubonic Plague: Interview with Postdoctoral Researcher Guillem Mas at the Pasteur Institute

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The Genetic Perspective of the Global Evolution of the Bubonic Plague: Interview with Postdoctoral Researcher Guillem Mas at the Pasteur Institute

Young but well prepared, Guillem Mas (Portocolom, 1995), postdoctoral researcher at the prestigious Pasteur Institute in Paris, speaks this Tuesday about the genetic perspective of the global evolution of the bubonic plague: From the epidemics of the past to the surveillance of the future, in a new scientific session of the Royal Academy of Medicine. … Read more

Mess Celebrates the End of the Summer Season with a Spooky Halloween Party

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Mess Celebrates the End of the Summer Season with a Spooky Halloween Party

Mess will put an end to a spectacular summer season next Tuesday, October 31. The famous cabaret has organized a season closing party coinciding with a celebration as special as Halloween. Those attending the event will have two options; on the one hand, enjoy the dinner and show and later the club; or, on the … Read more

The Unaffordability of Limited-Price Homes in the Balearic Islands Revealed by Economist Eduardo Robsy

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The Unaffordability of Limited-Price Homes in the Balearic Islands Revealed by Economist Eduardo Robsy

The bills don’t work out Eduardo Robsyeconomist and blog author Homeowner. In fact, you just created a calculator on his blog where anyone can analyze the monthly mortgage cost If you purchase one of these limited-price homes that the Government has just launched within the housing emergency decree. Robsy, who was general director of Habitatge … Read more

The Impact of Rising Euribor on Floating Rate Mortgages in the Balearic Islands

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The Impact of Rising Euribor on Floating Rate Mortgages in the Balearic Islands

He Euribor does not give up and strikes again at the Islands floating rate mortgages. Pau A. Monserrat, member of the CES, professor at the UIB and economist at FuturFinances.com, informs that the aforementioned 12-month indicator has closed the month of July at 4.149%. This represents “a slight increase compared to 4.007% last month.” Undoubtedly, … Read more

National Epidemiological Surveillance Network: Renave and Conjugate Vaccine Against Pneumococcus

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National Epidemiological Surveillance Network: Renave and Conjugate Vaccine Against Pneumococcus

The national epidemiological surveillance network (Renave) collects between 3,000 and 4,000 cases per year, the majority among children under five years of age. The Balearic Islands Government Council has authorized the contracting of the supply of the 20-serotype conjugate vaccine against pneumococcus for the years 2023 and 2024, for an estimated value of 3.2 million … Read more

Housing in the Balearic Islands | 2022 closed with the highest mortgages in history

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Housing in the Balearic Islands | 2022 closed with the highest mortgages in history

The Balearic Islands closed 2022 in the midst of a perfect real estate storm: with a combination of exorbitant prices, salaries lower than the Spanish average and the most expensive interest rates in all of Spain. Rents are unaffordable for the majority of citizens, who are forced to share a house and, those who were … Read more

Population in Palma, the fourth city in Spain with the most inhabitants

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Population in Palma, the fourth city in Spain with the most inhabitants

It is only surpassed in growth by Madrid, Barcelona and Zaragoza Palma has gained population. The Mallorcan capital is the fourth Spanish city that has grown the most in inhabitants during 2020, according to data published by the Statistics National Institute (INE). It is only surpassed in growth by Madrid, Barcelona and Zaragoza. A total … Read more

Why flights to Mallorca are currently so expensive

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Why flights to Mallorca are currently so expensive

The sky is slowly emptying Majorca. In the fall and winter months all airlines are limiting their offers, some are even suspending their flights altogether. So if you live on the island and want to visit family in Germany or go on holiday here or there, you need to stay flexible. Prices initially drop a … Read more