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Accumulated corpses and lack of resources: the Balearic Islands Forensic Institute, at its limit

Aina Vidal

Palma as a symptom

Maria Llull

MORE alert at the Spanish government delegation regarding the National Nucleus meeting in Palma

"Doing homework by candlelight is still part of many people's lives."

Héctor Rubio

An imported invasive snake is wiping out the emblematic Pitiusas lizard

Cristina Sáez

The Waste Law hasn't reached restaurants: "We don't even know what we should do."

Josep Genovard

Life imprisonment for the man who killed his mother-in-law in Colonia de Sant Jordi: "It's an inhuman crime"

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Marlaska defends international cooperation to reduce migrant boats arriving in the Canary Islands: "It's a challenge"

Anna Mascaró

Educational Technical Assistants (ATEs) erupt against precarious working conditions: “Enough is enough”

Jaume Cladera Mas

A neo-Nazi man, who is unlicensed and causes an accident in Palma, tries to escape.

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"Nobody wants to give up traveling": UIB experts analyze the contradictions of mass tourism

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"The generational handover will be complicated; my children don't want to take it over."

Sebastià Vanrell

The PP is maneuvering to avoid producing the State of the Environment Report for the Balearic Islands this legislative term, even though it is mandatory.

Maria Llull

Mallorca hosts the first parakarate championship with students from Aspace

Héctor Rubio

The UIB will review all buildings following the accident in which a student was injured by a falling window.

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MÁS gives the nod to the primaries to choose the candidates for the Council and the Parliament

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Nadal inaugurates the new museum in Manacor: "It's an intimate journey through my life"

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The Consell approves the transfer of land to the Govern to build more than 300 public housing units in Palma

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Albert Pinya, Carolina Adán and Edoardo Ettorre participate in the Inca Street Art festival

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Aina Clotet: "Desire and sex are part of life and we must reclaim that."

Xavi Serra

In pets, in Catalan: the surprising sociolinguistic habit of future bilingual teachers

Jaume Cladera Mas

Mallorcan chef Macarena de Castro wins the Sobrasada de Oro award

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Israel reaches the Eurovision final amid shouts of "stop the genocide!"

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Fairies, heralds of the Palma Book Fair

Maria Llull

50 years of Mata de Jonc, a different school and in Catalan

Climent Picornell

'If you eat figs, let them be mine': Lloret and Arcufi's campaign to save the fig tree

Joan Socies

Why Xi doesn't need any deal with Trump

Lily Kuo i Pei-Lin Wu / The New York Times

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Content in catalan

Trump praises his "friend" Xi Jinping: "He is a great leader"

Dolors Rodríguez Puerto

1,567 drones: Putin lashes out at Ukraine after the three-day truce

Albert Sort

US intelligence reveals what Trump isn't saying: Iran maintains its strike capability intact

Adam Entous / Maggie Haberman / Jonathan Swan (The New York Times)

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Content in catalan

The Casal de Perpiñán will give three talks in Mallorca about the reality of Northern Catalonia

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Lluís Gavaldà:

"If you don't listen to music in Catalan, that's a personal problem."

Aina Vidal

Electric kisses at the Cannes Film Festival

Xavi Serra

“Screens, sugar and scrolling: this is how they hack our brains with superstimuli”

Laura Saula

Pedro Bestard, on the right, this Wednesday at the presentation of the National Trot Award trophy.

The PP continues to not get involved in the case of Pedro Bestard and the cars of the Consell de Mallorca

Ferran Montero, the favorite to succeed Miquel Oliver in Manacor

The PSOE accuses Galmés of hiding the agreements with Airbnb

The Formentor lighthouse.

Restrictions on movement in Formentor begin this Friday and will last until October 18

Koldo García's silence before the judge for the mask case in the Balearic Islands

Why doesn't the Children's Office do anything about bullfighting offers to minors?

The building of Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, where the accident with the window occurred.

The UIB will review all buildings following the accident of a student injured by a detached window

Employers again ditch the unions and block the negotiation of the 0-3 regional collective agreement

Balearic future teachers master Spanish more than Catalan

The counselor of Business, Self-Employed and Energy, Alejandro Sáenz de San Pedro.

The Government allocates 1.59 million to the Zero Quota aid for self-employed workers

Rosa Sureda: "You have to work many hours to be self-employed and run a store"

The Government approves the 35-hour workweek for civil servants and a 1.5% salary increase and improvements in holidays

The government spokesman, Sebastia Sagreras, in Parliament.

The PP, father and protector of the Catalan language

Post-capitalist dissatisfaction

The sirens

The Castellers of Mallorca with a three of seven in May 2016 in Badalona.

30 years of the Castellers de Mallorca

These are the 15 summer concerts you shouldn't miss

A 'Werther' for history

Cloister of Saint Francis, one of the most affected spaces by the earthquake of 1851.

When the earth shook in Mallorca

The last shepherd in ancient Mallorca

Abel Matutes: from Franco's mayor to minister of democracy

A therapy session in 'The Sopranos'

An essential series and one of the best books of 2023: what you can't miss this week

Cuttlefish with its ink, sobrassada and botifarró

First it was the egg

The narrow outlet of the waters of the Lofra valley towards the Ravine becomes a strategic point on our hike.

Easy excursion in Mallorca: Route through the Lofra valley

The Stove, the most singular midday of the island of Formentera

The rock of Mola, perched on the history of Galilea

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?

Mountain Spring, monumental and robust gush of the Tramuntana

More than places: six stories, six spaces

Bàrbara Julbe

The house that looks out over old dairy farms

Cristina Ros

Neither Prada nor Gucci: the new trendy handbag is from the supermarket

Sílvia Rosés

The age-old struggle of the Ianomamí people: "Protecting the Amazon means protecting life"

Nicola Zolin

"In Catalan it has more glamour because it hasn't inherited our outdated ways."

Jordi Nopca

The magic and darkness of the 'Iliad' aims to win over younger readers

Jordi Nopca

A novel about the traumatic end of childhood

Pere Antoni Pons

Interview Sergi de Meià:

"When I worked as a cook in a restaurant I was always angry; now I'm not, because I work for love."

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

From the world's most expensive fish to the superpowers of posidonia

Rosa Rodon

For bread and for salt

Cuttlefish recipe with ink, sobrasada and black pudding

Caterina Gelabert

Interview Xavi de la Iglesia:

"We artists would be better off if we had a basic understanding of law."

Elena García Dalmau