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Emaya's preferential treatment of hotels exposes outdated water rates

Jaume Perelló

While the PSOE celebrates record visitor numbers, the Tourism Minister visits a luxury cruise ship

Maria Llull

Gregorian chant for dancing under the moon in Mallorca

Clàudia Darder

Two migrant tragedies in one day in the Balearic Islands leave at least 19 dead and a dozen missing

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Touristicization

Prohens does not respond to the meeting request from GOB and Terraferida, who warn: "We are not going to stop"

Maria Llull

"We're a rural 'faggot' with goats"

Marcos Torío

July 2026 became the hottest month ever recorded in the Balearic Islands

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Residents invade a cove in Illetes to reclaim it from a luxury hotel.

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Jero Hernández: "I make a living from tourism, but I'm against overtourism."

Rosa Reus Arola

"If you don't want to, there are plenty of black people who want to work with us": three arrested in Palma for a labor exploitation ring

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Open-air cinema

Open-air cinema 2026 in Palma: all films, dates and locations

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Ten-year-old concerts and layoffs paid for with public funds: the Catalan government's new shift towards private schools

Jaume Cladera Mas

Education claims to have the "best organized teacher management process in years"

Jaume Cladera Mas

Sóller Youth Movement: "It is impossible for us to imagine a future in our town"

Maria Llull

Tomeu Barceló, a leading figure in educational renewal in the Balearic Islands, has died.

Jaume Cladera Mas

A mountain of manure in front of the Town Hall denounces the filth of Llucmajor

Marcos Torío

Periodisme lliure i compromès

Periodisme lliure i compromès

Periodisme lliure i compromès

Observatory

Davidsen, the return

Open Forum

School in Catalan: families choose coexistence

If you've ever faked an orgasm... this is for you

Beti Badia

Així era i no era... |

Miquel Bezares: "You'd see him and think: this guy is going to conquer the world"

Clàudia Darder

The discovery of 48 sperm whales confirms northern Menorca as a breeding ground.

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Salvador Martínez, coordinator of Mallorca for Peace and a leading figure in pacifism on the island, has died.

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A new section of double track will allow for more frequent train service between Palma and Manacor

S.V.

The Government will approve on Friday the decree law to equalize the salaries of workers in 0-3 daycare centers

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The Government will require 15 years of residency in the Balearic Islands to access the 323 public housing units it will build in Palma.

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The ratification of the attorney general who secured tax immunity for Trump is on track.

Antònia Crespí Ferrer

The Ebola outbreak in Congo is now the worst in the country's history

Lluc Vendrell

Morocco is playing a strategy of confusion in Ceuta

Ricard González

Atlàntida Film Fest

Javier Bardem, in Palma: "Silence always encourages those who perpetrate crimes"

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Atlantis crowns 'Lionel' and pays homage to Oscar-winning director Alexandre Desplat

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La filla única |

We have learned to live with collapse: the apocalypse will find us gazing at the horizon

Alba Tarragó

Marga Prohens.

The Government is considering closing the Serra for the eclipse: "We see it as an emergency"

They reject that the Government pays the 52,000 euros for the defense of Carlos Delgado for the Calanova case

The Government denies the construction of two large photovoltaic parks on rural land in Ariany and Maria

Menorca airport in a file image.

Man run over while lying on the road in Menorca

Massification in the Balearic Sea due to the eclipse: a destruction that will take decades to recover

More than 10,000 boats will sail through the Balearics on the day of the eclipse

CEIP Robines (Binissalem)

Catalan is once again the majority option for families, but it loses strength for the second consecutive year

Education dismisses interim teachers, even though their schools defend that they should keep their position

ANPE mobilizes almost 150 teachers and released members to claim full extra payments

A worker in the Balearic Islands.

Unemployment falls 2% in the Balearic Islands

The number of tourists continues to grow in the Balearic Islands: 6.6 million until June

Antonio Turiel: "A much stronger economic crisis than that of 2008 is coming"

Demonstration of Less Tourism More Life against overtourism.

How governments fall

Where are you?

To prosper is more than to grow

The iconic poster by illustrator Pere Joan, created in 1978.

The dystopias of Mallorca made reality

The princes of Monaco: allies and heirs of the kings of Mallorca

When an 'll' is pronounced like an 'i' (and it's not a mistake)

The singer from Vilafranca Tomeu Penya.

Tomeu Penya: "I am very sad. I would never have imagined that the future of Mallorca would be like it is now"

The women that James I used and left

This is how the coup d'état that changed the history of Mallorca was prepared

The lobster a la bomba, a recipe created at the beginning of the 20th century, became one of the gastronomic symbols of Cala Rajada.

A well-kept secret

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

Close Ca'n Biel Felip, one of the flagship bars of the varied in Mallorca

The path of Tornaltí d’en Vigo presents one of the most winding and unspoiled routes in the entire Llucmaçanes area.

The paths of Llucmaçanes, sinuous freshness, beauty and genuineness

Les Alqueries, key point on the long transhumance route

The peak of Pega, an immense watchtower and a historical watershed

One of the two 'secret' viewpoints of Son Ferrà, from where you get a very good view of Son Poquet and Casa Nova.

The 'secret' viewpoints of Son Ferrà, proud and discreet

The Seagull Tower, the defense of the west of Formentera

A Mallorcan basketball player arrives at the NBA

Joan Riera: searching for paradise lost in the isolated tribes of Sudan

Toni Padilla

The ancient invention that can save us from the heat

Sílvia Rosés

From Einstein to Columbus, via Halley: eclipses that have marked history

Sònia Sánchez

Alberto Mir: the dream of sailing to Antarctica

Toni Padilla

Ferran Garcia recommends one of the "most beautiful and saddest" books he has ever read

Jordi Nopca

The story of an extraordinary incunabulum from 1485

Jordi Nopca

Xavier Albertí recommends a book to rediscover Josep Maria de Sagarra

Núria Juanico Llumà

"My father has never taken a vacation, not even a day off, and the verb 'to rest' is not part of his vocabulary."

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

Popular wisdom when buying the best watermelons and melons (and some advice from Josep Pla)

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

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Content in catalan

For bread and for salt

Per pa i per sal |

A well-sealed secret

Caterina Gelabert

The two dishes and the cooking course that tourists ask the receptionists of the hotels where they are staying

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez