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Thousands of people take to the streets again to demand Palestinian freedom in Palma.

The general strike for Palestine fails in the Balearic Islands and does not involve the education sector.

Jaume Cladera Mas

A walking tour of Palma: history and gastronomy for whatever you want to pay

Marcos Torío

Forced to work 10 hours a day in a restaurant and with a dish from the menu as salary

Dependency workers' indefinite strike begins: "We're dragging on in a pathetic situation."

The PP assures that it will comply with Vox and repeal the Democratic Memory Law.

Anna Mascaró

Joaquim Coello:

"Menorca must avoid becoming a new Venice"

David Marquès

The teenager found dead in a Palma apartment is believed to have died from food poisoning.

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Residents of Llubí will not be able to have more than three pets.

Josep Maria Sastre

20 years since the demolition of the two Francoist monuments in Portocristo

Sebastià Vanrell

La Gossa Sorda will perform in Palma in May

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The PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) criticizes the right for claiming that half of the Balearic Islands' foreigners are European, during the immigration debate in the Senate.

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Sineu puts subsidiary regulations into action to stop intensive livestock farming.

Joan Socies

Prohens emerges from the general policy debate with an agreement with the PSIB on the eco-tax.

Anna Mascaró

Periodisme lliure i compromès

Periodisme lliure i compromès

Periodisme lliure i compromès

Observatory

'Twist & Chekhov', the revival

Open forum

To write is to love

Should siblings be friends?

Olga Vallejo

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The story of Es Gallet: the hippie oasis that shaped La Palma in the 1970s

Héctor Rubio

The night fades in Ibiza

Vicent Tur

Palma will ban new tourist rental properties

Laura López Rigo

UIB students report that professors threaten to give tickets to those who strike for Palestine.

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Confidential spaces

This is the list of places to have sex in the Balearic Islands: "Poor ventilation. The next person who enters will smell like lamb."

Bàrbara Rigo

Goodbye to Mallorcan Laccao: it is not made on the island, nor with its milk.

Laura López Rigo

Manacor opens a perinatal mourning garden in the cemetery to offer families a symbolic space.

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Israel continues to block humanitarian aid to Gaza despite the ceasefire.

Cristina Mas

Trump threatens Spain with tariffs again for not meeting the 5% defense spending target

Antònia Crespí Ferrer

The hostage whose grave Hamas made him dig is among those released alive

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"For Israelis, the only human beings in Gaza are the hostages and soldiers."

Cristina Mas

Coloña Palma Montaña Film Fest

Palma Mountain Film Festival: more screenings than ever and a reflection on ethics in mountaineering

Josep Genovard

Aitana, the first confirmed artist for the Mallorca Live Festival

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The former director of IB Salut during his appearance in the Senate.

The former director of IB-Salut claims that the offer from the company linked to the Koldo plot came to him from a ministry

More tourism in the countryside: the new agricultural law will allow up to 10 spaces on each farm.

Reyes Rigo, the last Flotilla activist to be able to return home

On the last Sunday of October, clocks are set back one hour.

October time change: Daylight saving time returns, with an extra hour of sleep

Check out the minimum services for this Wednesday's general strike for Palestine.

Are industrial wastewater discharges into the Solleric stream to blame for the death of the trees?

Archive images from Ara Balears

IAQSE 2025 tests: Catalan proficiency in second-year secondary school students drops 15 points (especially in Menorca)

Students interrupt a UIB event to denounce ties with Israeli companies.

The Teachers' Association laments the educational devastation in Palestine: "More than 80% of schools and universities have disappeared."

The bar at the Siroco bar, in a file image

The Siroco restaurant closes its doors after more than 60 years of history in Portocristo.

Car rental pitfalls: exorbitant charges, lack of information, and opaque practices

Electricity demand grows by 6.3% in the Balearic Islands

Demonstration on May 1, 2022 in Palma.

Do we need unions in this country?

Negative radicality

Social manipulation and synthetic reality

Among others, the Festival of the Word includes the Balearic Islands Playwriting Tournament, which will reach its twelfth edition next January.

The Festival of the Word returns, a breeding ground for local dramaturgy.

FIET 2025 will bring together 46 companies and more than 100 performances in Vilafranca from October 16 to 19.

Don't miss a single one

Entry of the coup plotters into Congress in 1874.

The Mallorcan who did not bow his head in the face of a coup d'état

El Vinyet, Palma's forgotten summer retreat

A century of struggle for workers' rights

A therapy session on 'The Sopranos'

A must-read series and one of the best books of 2023: what you can't miss this week

What Joana Pol was like according to her partner, Pere Bestard: “At one time they called her Whitney Houston de Selva”

Daily rice

The loopholes allowed riflemen to shoot at attackers who had managed to enter the ditch.

Cala Sant Esteve: the Achilles' heel of the port of Mahon

At the start of the great route of the Tramuntana mountain range

Puig Nunó, a great milestone in Portmany's immense past

The route.

The Long Routes, along the arduous paths of memory

The port of Maó, sheltered by a long and deep history

From Valldemossa to Bunyola through Pastoritx, roads with history

Diane Keaton and Fashion: How One Wardrobe Changed Everything

Sílvia Rosés

The secret works of the prisoner who painted the Nazi horror

Iker Mons

Letter writing: the oldest form of communication that has almost disappeared

Núria Rius

For bread and salt

Born losers (1)

Ferran Vidal i Kiko Amat

Three new writers you can't miss

Núria Juanico Llumà

"Trump is the contemporary fascist"

Carla Turró

A cave against the elements

Pere Ballart

Interview David Solé:

"Romesco is a snack, a fish or meat stew, an omelet, and it's more fashionable than ever."

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

Ouzo, the liqueur that comes from the anise fields of the island of Lesbos

Dario Antonelli

The great Dubai chocolate tile scam: no pistachios, just fake creams and flavorings.

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

Figs, a red passion that has more names than days it is eaten

Esther Utrilla and Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

Interview Dani Clavera:

"We were surprised by our youngest son's vocation as a shepherd."

Francesc Orteu

"Teachers can burn out, but so can children": Should you change tutors every year?

Elisabet Escriche and Lara Bonilla

Overbusy kids: the pressure to excel

Núria Bigas Formatjé

In what cases should reinforcement classes be given?

Marc Serrano i Òssul