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The 1 billion euros from Matas that still mortgage the Balearic Islands

Jaume Perelló

Catalan speakers do many things, but we also give

Elga Cremades

The progressive bourgeoisie of Sóller, devastated by Francoist repression

Antoni Janer Torrens

Can a minority decide the future of Catalan in the Balearic Islands?

Jaume Perelló

The figures for the Catalan government's cuts to the Catalan language

Anna Mascaró

Three and a half centuries of comedy, fire and queens at the Teatro Principal in Palma

Francesc M. Rotger

Palma takes the penultimate step to secure the Feixina monolith

Héctor Rubio

When the town stops smelling of bread: Petra's last bakery faces closure

Josep Maria Sastre

"If they are not imported, most of the 80 horses in the Palma galleys will end up in the slaughterhouse."

Héctor Rubio

Girona wants a direct maritime connection with the Balearic Islands

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For bread and salt

Per pa i per sal |

We cooked burballes with black pudding and black artichokes

Caterina Gelabert

Events in the Balearic Islands

Motorcyclist dies in car accident in Palma

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Nine beaches in Mallorca and Ibiza will have ecological buoys to protect the Posidonia seagrass.

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"We could hear the inconsolable cries of the dolls that the nuns locked away in the dark."

Jaume Cladera Mas

The PSIB and the educational community declare war on the exemption of teachers from Catalan: "We will not take any steps backwards"

Jaume Cladera Mas

Periodisme lliure i compromès

Periodisme lliure i compromès

Periodisme lliure i compromès

Observatory

Asmik Lescaut

Opinió

The Encruya

Cultural agenda

Don't miss a single one

Bad Gyal raises the stakes for hedonism at the Palau Sant Jordi

Xavier Cervantes

French tourists who took 600 kg of sand from a beach in Mallorca

Sebastià Vanrell

Gabellí Gran's property returns to the market for 16 million euros

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191 days sailing around the world in a small boat: "I'd love to be like this for the rest of my life"

Toni Padilla

Son Brondo, fertile plains and contrasting landscapes of the Pla

Joan Carles Palos

Catalan speakers do many things, but we also give

Elga Cremades

Governing Council

The Government rejects Vox's plans to Castilianize place names

Anna Mascaró

Avalanche of registrations for IEB's Catalan courses for newcomers

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The war is causing tension among the Gulf countries, which are studying the risks of retaliating.

Ricard González

Ayuso and Abascal compete to be the Spanish 'Donald Trump'

Andrea Zamorano

Hezbollah prepares for another long war with Israel

Ethel Bonet

Putin is disillusioned with Trump and once again sees the US as a rival

Albert Sort

To please everyone. A lot, and well.

J.A. Mendiola

Poetry Day kicks off the Blai Bonet Year with a literary route in Santanyí

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Maria del Mar Bonet and Serrat lead the tribute to Joan Ramon Bonet in Inca

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Chuck Norris, the first action hero of cinema, dies at 86

Xavi Serra

The empty chair of the president of the Government, Marga Prohens, during the last plenary session of the Parliament.

Politics shouting in front of an empty chair

The Government ends the outsourcing of tax collection and reforms the Tax Agency

The PP generalizes the use of the responsible declaration

Approximately 30,000 people attended the event last year.

The Uva Wine Fest 2026 is being brought forward to October and will expand its space

Check here for road and bus closures for the Son Ferriol Fair and the Palma Marathon this Sunday

Be buried in the Cathedral: columbariums from 3,000 euros in the crypt

Meeting of the Manacor educational community to discuss the impact of the single school zone.

The Manacor City Council will take legal action against the single school zone

"After the 'National Spirit' class, Borja Moll would tell us: 'Open the windows, it smells bad'"

Religion is sinking in public schools, but teachers are resisting: "The square is theirs."

Apartment construction in Palma.

Social housing in the Balearic Islands at risk due to rising construction material costs: "It will be difficult for prices to come down"

One of the world's richest men is selling luxury homes in Palma for up to 8.5 million.

Farmers warn that food prices will rise within a month in the islands due to the Iran-Iraq War

Biel Mezquida, Writer

Mesquidian Letters Honorary Award

Not only the what, but also the how

Bunker life: the fear of the rich

The writer Carles Rebassa received the Sant Jordi prize at the revamped Night of Catalan Letters, held last Saturday, March 14.

Carles Rebassa: “Since I was 13, I’ve been attacked for not switching to Spanish.”

Myke Towers, headliner of the Reggaeton Beach Festival Mallorca 2026

Biel Mesquida, Honorary Prize for Catalan Literature

Shipwreck findings

Les Fontanelles reveals the largest collection of amphorae with Roman labels documented in the Mediterranean

The olive harvesters of the Plan that were stigmatized

Bosch Bar: 90 years of coffee, conversation, and lobsters

A therapy session in 'The Sopranos'

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

'Le cuisinier est là'

White as snow

The route of the week

Puig de Missa, white on blue and a slippery green

Los Bini, the plateau above the rugged coastal peak of Puig Major

The kitchen entrance, a wide and deep sloping access to the Commune

A flag of the South Goal Supporters

Mallorca fined €10,000 for a flag displayed by Betis radicals

The Running & Wine Fest returns to Binissalem with a second edition full of surprises

The Muro mountain range, elongated between history and legend

All the Colors of the World by Banksy

Xavier Bertral

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Content in catalan

"Women taught me to stop feeling guilty: I didn't choose to be assaulted."

Isabel Muntané

The olive harvesters of the Plan that were stigmatized

Antoni Janer Torrens

From ruin to home

Cristina Ros

"If someone says that language is something purely human, it's because they haven't lived with an animal."

Lluc Casals

The five books that will compete for the one million euro prize of Aena's new literary award

Xavi Serra

Literary criticism

'Amada': a monumental novel, finally in Catalan

Marina Espasa

Cod liver, the snack that's making a comeback in cans (and that nutritionists recommend as an occasional treat)

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

Per pa i per sal |

'Le cuisinier est là'

Caterina Gelabert

Interview Àlex López:

"I felt love at first sight when I met the chef Jordi Vilà"

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

Are there more food allergies and intolerances than ever before?

Albert Diumenjó Segalà