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Four roads closed due to the eclipse and Formentor, about to reach its limit

Everything you need to know to experience the total eclipse in Mallorca

Josep Genovard

The eclipse in the Balearic Islands, minute by minute

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Ready for a "movie-like" eclipse: "We'll see the stars and then the sunset"

Coastal officials stand up to the Government in defense of Ferrer

Marcos Torío

An administrative error forces Cort to repeat the study of the works in the Plaza Mayor.

Héctor Rubio

New earthquake toll: 250 dead, more than 900 injured and more than 1,500 buildings totally or partially destroyed

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This is the seabed of Mallorca that you can see live from home

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Council of Mallorca

The Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating Pedro Bestard for embezzlement in the use of official cars

Anna Mascaró

Why is Mallorca the best place to see the eclipse?

Josep Genovard

Palma airport will exceed its capacity on more than half the days in August, according to Eurocontrol

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"Outright privatization and forced marches": the new decree on concerts ignites the educational community

Jaume Cladera Mas

The government provides water to municipalities in tanker trucks, but does not guarantee any volume.

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They denounce the impact of the Omnibus Law on protected buildings in Palma: they could be converted into hotels

Héctor Rubio

Periodisme lliure i compromès

Periodisme lliure i compromès

Open forum

They are not the boats. They are the policies of the PP and Marga Prohens

Observatory

Pollença and the OSIB

Vignette

The Encruya

“Centuries pass and Shakespeare continues to touch people’s souls.”

Clàudia Darder

"The first time I saw the sea it was at night and I was on board a small boat with 124 people."

João Borges

Why we shouldn't laugh at the 'facekini'

Sílvia Rosés

"You have worms in your tummy": the controversial video of parents trying to get their children to stop eating sweets

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Enric Mas: "When we go to a restaurant for dinner, we bring our own pasta."

Clàudia Darder

The festivals of Menorca, in the spotlight

David Marquès

Patron saint festivities

Much ends up hospitalized and eclipses the pink light of the Mucada

Joan Socies

"I would be willing to fight for a good spot"

Rosa Reus Arola

Nursery school teachers prepare for the start of the school year with protests

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Colombia's new president faces his first major test

Annie Correal / The New York Times

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Content in catalan

Russia releases a former US marine who had been imprisoned since 2022

Trapped on a beach in Ceuta: the bitter wait to ask for asylum

Núria Rius

Island rock is rejuvenated

Celestí Oliver

There are (or are there?) too many tourists

Elga Cremades

Pudent Pond, the legend of an underwater estate

Joan Carles Palos

La filla única |

Dear straight white friends

Alba Tarragó

Mallorca, the paradise of sundials

Antoni Janer Torrens

Image of the burial of two Spanish commanders during the war in Sidi Ifni in the late 50s of the last century

Morocco, a century and a half of turmoil in Spain's lower belly

Three years of proposals from society against saturation without response

From public recognition to dismissal: the Government dismisses the Director of Costs who denounced a bribe

Waste in the Port of Alcudia

"The problems have already started": alarm over an incident at Tirme after the arrival of waste from Ibiza

They find the body of a man in Ibiza

Forest fire controlled in Puig de Bonany after burning 0.7 hectares

Children in the classroom.

'Live Culture' premieres 36 new activities to bring the heritage of the Balearic Islands closer to students

The Government will pay the salaries of the teachers of the subsidized nursery schools

The PSIB and MÉS accuse the Government of "investing" the educational model and prioritizing the subsidized over the public

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"

The collapse of vehicles at the accesses to the Foradada viewpoint, in Son Marroig.

The natural phenomenon does not discriminate; administrations must not do so

Laheq Halak

Shipwrecks

Poster of the proposal

The ME_MMIX kicks off at Red Carpet the pre-festival experiences

The Much of Sineu, in photos

The total solar eclipse of 1905 in Mallorca: scientists and smokeless factories

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

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

The almond is one of the most emblematic ingredients of Mallorcan gastronomy.

Almond preparations

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

A well-kept secret

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

Pablo la Parra:

"The Film Archive cannot afford dogmatic absolutism; it is an aristocratic privilege."

Xavi Serra

A century sailing with the most Catalan vessel

Toni Padilla

'Dances with Wolves': Kevin Costner's Sioux Erasmus

Maria Rovira (Oye Sherman)

10 memorable literary and cinematic eclipses

Jordi Nopca and Xavi Serra

Esty Quesada (Soy una Pringada) recommends a book that "captures the essence of the United States"

Xavi Serra

Clara Sans recommends the book that is helping her through her grieving process

Alejandra Palés

For bread and salt

Per pa i per sal |

Almond preparations

Caterina Gelabert

Interview Sílvia Subirós i Mercader:

"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

Do we really not know how to boil an egg?

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

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

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez