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Just over one home per municipality in the Islands: the failure of the Government's Safe Rental program

Maria Llull

"The boomers have an interest in keeping housing as it is, and young people don't have the capacity to change it."

Marcos Torío

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May 1st: The transformation of the economic model must not turn its back on the working class

Succesos a les Balears

A woman is rescued from a house fire in Palma

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"War is manufactured"

Maria Llull

The new healthcare management tool from the Catalan government is causing discontent: "It's impossible to make an appointment"

Jaume Cladera Mas

Ossifar releases a new song: "I don't like reggaeton, Ossifar at Eurovision"

Josep Genovard

A Vox employee accuses Le Senne of workplace harassment.

Anna Mascaró

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"They're giving away public land to rent apartments for 1,400 euros": Residents and PAH (Platform of People Affected by Mortgages) lash out against Cort (City Council).

Héctor Rubio

Mothers almost entirely assume the responsibility for their children's sex education.

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Home purchases fell by 18.6% in February in the Balearic Islands, and prices dropped by 1.4%.

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The Catalan government rules out offering alternatives to the 40,000 people affected by the expiration of the rent extension.

Anna Mascaró

"It's impossible to put an end to illegal tourist rentals": says an inspector

Anna Mascaró

Governing Council

The Catalan government approves the construction of 200 rental homes for researchers in Parc Bit.

A.M.

Two activists from the Balearic Islands arrested in Israel's raid on the solidarity flotilla

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Ben Amics cancels Pride Day in Palma and blames Cort for "giving in to the far right"

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Periodisme lliure i compromès

Periodisme lliure i compromès

Open forum

From law to commitment: 40 years of the Law on Linguistic Normalization

Cultural agenda

Don't miss a single one

Vignette

The Encruya

Ibizan herbs arrive in Japan

Josep Genovard

J. Craig Venter, a key scientist who deciphered the human genome, has died.

Nicholas Wade / The New York Times

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Alcúdia transforms into a grand circus stage: the eleventh edition of CircAire arrives

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The Correllengua Brotherhood arrives in the Balearic Islands: Schedules, activities and everything you need to know

Josep Genovard

Ibiza-based publishing house seeks geeks who want to write novels

Vicent Tur

Groups erupt in anger against the restrictions on fire runs in Palma: "It's an attack on culture"

Héctor Rubio

New well in Montuïri to combat the water crisis

Josep Maria Sastre

Daycare workers (ages 0-3) will strike on May 7 to demand better working conditions in the sector.

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A cyclist dies after being hit by a car on the road between Inca and Muro

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The doctors' strike has forced the rescheduling of 62,883 healthcare procedures since February

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Israel attacks in international waters the flotilla heading towards Gaza

Núria Sala Ventura

Yves-François Blanchet:

"If there's a referendum in Quebec in a few years, it's possible to win it."

Mireia Esteve

Hegseth admitted to Congress that the US was aware of the economic risks involved in attacking Iran.

Antònia Crespí Ferrer

Powell bids farewell to the Fed chairmanship, holding interest rates steady against pressure from Trump

Antònia Crespí Ferrer

Artà hosts the Cool Days Festival from May 7th to 10th

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Where is the best sausage in Mallorca made?

Josep Maria Sastre

La Fúmiga will play their last concert in Mallorca: "We wanted it to be a beautiful story until the very end."

Aina Vidal

An even more depressing sequel, fascinated by luxury.

Ignasi Franch

Car collapse at the entrance of Sóller.

The PP refuses to process its law to limit vehicles in Mallorca

They denounce the blocking of more than 4,000 places in summer sports campuses and accuse Cort of "lack of control"

Racism for all tastes

A picture of the rescue of the female dog in a fire in Palma.

They rescue a dog in the fire of a house in Palma

Curiosity to live the eclipse simulation

Margalida Ramis leaves the GOB

The infant education school of Son Boga, in Manacor,

The lack of air conditioning in the schools of Son Boga and El Molí den Xema once again 'suffocates' the students

CEIPIEEM Son Serra families demand a new center and denounce "lack of commitment" from the Conselleria

The island where no UIB student asks to predominantly receive classes in Spanish

The major extra costs are those of products that disembark in Mallorca to later end up in Menorca.

Prices in Menorca, doubly affected by the war

Unemployment in the Balearic Islands falls 4.5% in the first quarter

Apartments up to 537,000 euros ignite neighborhood debate in Pere Garau

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Saint George or the great illusion of the book: much ado about nothing in literature?

When hate stops surprising: the danger of normalizing the far-right

The failure of a system that should protect

David Ordinas.

How was David Ordinas, according to his friend: "He sang and played bass in a 'heavy' band"

Esporles, "little Russia" repressed

Bover, snail, widow or bigmouth, all go inside the pot

1. Illustration about the demonstrations against the conscription in Zaragoza.

The women's 'no to war'

Antoni Binimelis, the Felanitxer guru of India

The little Andratx people who 'made Havana'

Preparation of a longan during the fair

Where is the best llonguet in Mallorca made?

In favor of tenderness

Fine and sweet hair

The route of the week.

The rock of Mola, perched on the history of Galilea

Mountain Spring, monumental and robust gush of the Tramuntana

The Kite of the Dead and the Pixarells, landscape sculpted drop by drop

One of the images presented in the contest.

The best photographs and the winners of the 2026 Mountain Photography Awards

What do nuns and volleyball have to do with each other?

The kite of the Dead and the Swallows, landscape sculpted drop by drop

500 years defending the land and freedom

Xavier Bertral

The house after some jealousy

Cristina Ros

Prince: 10 years without the musician of musicians who sold 100 million records

Jordi Garrigós

In support of Regina Rodríguez Sirvent and all talented women

Anna Manso

Talent and the literature of the self

Clàudia Rius

A white hunter on a vast and indescribable continent

Pere Antoni Pons

Lucía Solla Sobral, the literary phenomenon that sells 630 copies a day

Laura Serra

For bread and for salt

Per pa i per sal |

Recipe for tender broad beans with aioli

Caterina Gelabert

Interview Joan Raventós:

"Brussels looks like a big city, but it has the DNA of a large town. It reminded me of Vilafranca."

Elena García Dalmau

A gastronome's dream destination: history, olive oil, wine and good food

Rosa Rodon

How Trump and his 'influencers' have turned beef into the cure-all.

Lisa Miller / The New York Times

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