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Few laws and many decrees: the balance sheet of a fragmented Parliament

Anna Mascaró

34 lithium battery installations threaten the territory

Jaume Perelló

Brutes with clean energy

Cristina Ros

Mallorca in the movies, frame by frame

Cati Moyà

Milestone by milestone

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In the ear

Caterina Gelabert

Are we born prepared to speak?

Elga Cremades

From Sant Carles Castle to the Portopí Lighthouse: a route through Palma's guardians

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The year Robert Graves mourned the loss of paradise

Antoni Janer Torrens

What are the vandals selling?

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The pro-independence left calls for a demonstration for Mallorca's National Day

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A driver is under investigation for running over a minor on her way to school in Palma.

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A woman dies and two other people are injured in a serious accident in Ciutadella.

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Fatal hit-and-run

Cyclist dies after being hit by a car at a Biniamar intersection

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Political Mallorcanism

The El Pi i Som coalition is born: "There's no room for any more people in Mallorca"

Anna Mascaró

The businessman behind the mega-farm in Sineu: "I have requested a meeting with Simonet four times and have received no response."

Laura López Rigo

A lawsuit has been filed against the Government for alleged malfeasance in the appointment of a driver.

Aina Vidal

Experts warn that half of the groundwater in the Islands is in poor environmental condition

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Periodisme lliure i compromès

Periodisme lliure i compromès

Periodisme lliure i compromès

Vignette

'The Crossroads'

Cultural agenda

Don't miss a single one

The legacy of Francoism in Balearic football: why are club names still in Spanish?

Josep Genovard

Natalia Castro:

"The metaphors of the apocalypse have been the most appropriate to explain the present."

Cati Moyà

Traditional Balearic names are fading away: from a past of Tomeus and Francisques to a present of Sofias and Hugos

Josep Genovard

'Bubotes', the out-of-print masterpiece by Antoni Mus, returns to bookstores after a laborious reissue

Sebastià Vanrell

Plan of the Exiles and the Fesa rock, stories and perspectives on the territory

Joan Carles Palos

Palma City Council suspends bullring activity

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GEN-GOB awards Marga Prohens the 2025 Concrete Prize

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Mobofest says goodbye

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Authorities are investigating the possible violent death of an elderly woman in Manacor.

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Educació triples the budget of the Linguistic Segregation Plan

Jaume Cladera Mas

Hong Kong fire: 128 dead and 200 missing

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Nearly 400 deaths in Southeast Asia due to severe flooding

Sara Fontserè

Leaked calls: Trump's envoy advised the Kremlin on how to influence its plan for Ukraine

Antònia Crespí Ferrer and Albert Sort

The OECD warns Spain for failing to take measures against corruption

Núria Rius

Alternatilla Jazz Festival

Joachim Govin's quartet convinces the Casa des Poble d'Esporles

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"Singing in Catalan has become normalized, but that doesn't mean the problem is solved."

Cati Moyà

The only daughter

La filla única |

We're tired: we want to be 'tradwives' for a while

Alba Tarragó

Joan Bibiloni returns with 'The Eyelids of the Heart', a vinyl record

Sebastià Vanrell

Facade of the Inca Town Hall.

Inca's budget for 2026 reaches 42.6 million: it includes a new square and the expansion of the cemetery

Angélica Pastor leaves her full-time position at Palma City Council and returns to practicing law

What has the Government done to curb the housing crisis?

A Black Friday poster.

Black Friday in the Balearic Islands: small businesses speak of a "disaster" and large chains of success

The nautical sector warns: seven out of ten small charter companies will close due to new government regulations

The shop that knows the erotic desires of Manacor turns 15.

A library of the UIB.

The number of beneficiaries of the Government's aid for free tuition at the UIB has plummeted by 87.6%.

From the classroom to the beach: CEIP Ses Rotes Velles calls for a protected Mediterranean Sea

Teachers in state-subsidized private schools will recover the 2.9% of their frozen salary in two installments.

Santanyí is one of the paradises for foreigners, with villas in the countryside and real estate agencies in the town.

Tourism is losing its hegemony and the "rent-seeking" business is on the rise.

"The store is barely making a profit anymore, but I'm not closing it because I love it."

The Balearic municipality where housing prices have skyrocketed… and it's not what you think

The Fajina

Franco is still alive, especially in the Balearic Islands

Priorities

'Soft' racism

Greek composer Christos Barbas this Thursday at the Estudi General Lul·lià.

The 'Lux in Tenebris' mass, winner of the first Llull Laboratory scholarship

Mallorcan artist Maria Vich Nadal dies

The infallible elisir

The Can Melis shoe factory in Inca in the 1930s.

The Mallorcan factories that equip Franco's army

Islanders: Franco is dead

The Port Authority and the ARA Baleares have presented the program of routes through the ports of the Balearic Islands

Wind fritter filled with pastry cream.

Bite the air

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

Instructions for making traditional Mallorcan olive oil bread

The route of the week

The Mestre Pere fountain, the old hydraulic corridor of Ciutat

The Red Pintal, the beautiful mountain of an enchanted island

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

The route.

Portopí Lighthouse and Castle, the defense of the port of Palma

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

Cape Barbaria, the southernmost light of the Balearic Islands

A house made with wood from nearby forests and assembled in one week

Cristina Ros

Theodor Kallifatides: "Harmony and happiness are sold to you; it's impossible to find them."

Ignasi Aragay

Comfort born from brick: a flexible house to evolve over time

Cristina Ros

Sculptors of giants: "When you hand over the figure, it's like a child leaving."

Marc Toro

Let's raise our glasses!

Jaume C. Pons Alorda

One of those nights that would put anyone's romantic history to shame.

Marina Espasa

"What gives meaning to our lives is not work, but free time."

Jordi Nopca

Should we stop eating tuna (as some school cafeterias in France will do)?

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

Per pa i per sal |

Bite the air

Caterina Gelabert

How much I've enjoyed eating after a heart attack: it's not all fresh cheese

Àlex Gutiérrez

Aida Oset: "I can drink a beer quickly, but a glass of wine takes time."

Elena García Dalmau

Interview Julieta París:

"We'll miss the mess and noise the kids make now."

Francesc Orteu

Who are the men who reduce their working hours?

Elisenda Rosanas

Families abolish story time

Judit Monclús

There's no need to panic about the falling birth rate.

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