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Palma will draw another 10 million liters of water from the aquifers every day to accommodate its growth.

Jaume Perelló

The Government approves a 35-hour working week for civil servants, a 1.5% salary increase, and improvements to vacation time.

Incident at Palma airport: an aircraft forces the temporary closure of its northern runway

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The sentence that condemned Miquel Roldán: "He was out of his mind"

Jaume Cladera Mas

Employers and unions agree to raise retail wages by 14% in the Balearic Islands

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Education begins teacher recruitment process with 1,335 applicants for 630 positions

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Excursió fàcil per Mallorca |

Route through the Lofra Valley

Joan Carles Palos

Tension at the Professional Conservatory of Mallorca over the process of electing a director after the death of a candidate

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Tourist in critical condition after falling from second floor of Ibiza hotel

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Rain and unsettled weather are expected this weekend in the Balearic Islands.

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Héctor Pons Riudavets:

“The right to demand €1,200 in rent for an apartment is less important than the citizen's right to decent housing.”

David Marquès

A water fountain on Palma's seafront promenade bursts

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Periodisme lliure i compromès

Periodisme lliure i compromès

Open forum

A generation ignored

Open forum

Not in war: either we defend life or we become accomplices

Open forum

Dystopian Ecstasy

Vignette

The Encruya

Cultural agenda

Don't miss a single one

A Correllengua for history: "They are not going to kill the Catalan"

Josep Genovard

The house that looks out over old dairy farms

Cristina Ros

The day Bestard spoke without knowing what to say

Maria Llull

"Making music in Menorcan in Menorca can be a very powerful tool"

Cati Moyà

The Principal Theatre of Inca hosts the most innovative version of 'Così fan tutte'

J.A. Mendiola

Authorities are investigating whether the young man who died in an accident on the Andratx highway fell asleep or suffered a health problem.

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Calvià launches a police drone unit to bolster security this summer

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Governing Council

The government will also require proof of residency to access social aid related to the crisis in the Middle East.

Anna Mascaró

The Son Bonet platform accuses the Government of silence and inaction regarding the Aena project.

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They denounce lies and irregularities in the eviction process of the former Palma prison

Aina Vidal

February was the most crowded month in the Balearic Islands: 1.32 million people

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Russia and Ukraine agree to a three-day truce and the exchange of two thousand prisoners

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The White House declassifies documents on UFOs and extraterrestrial life

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Farage's far right triumphs in the UK's 'Super Thursday' election and leaves Keir Starmer in the hot seat

Quim Aranda

US bombs "Iranian facilities" and takes the ceasefire into uncharted territory

Antònia Crespí Ferrer

Eight million promised and museums still closed: the failure of cultural reforms in the Balearic Islands

Cati Moyà

Interview Albert Herranz:

“Palma is hidden under franchises and we must reclaim it”

C. SOLER

Sílvia Pérez Cruz:

"There are people who play very well, but who are not worth it as human beings."

Xavier Cervantes

Art Jove 2026 launches a new award for best DJ for embracing new youth trends

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Bestard has arrived at the Consell de Mallorca in an official car with a driver.

Pedro Bestard, on the controversy of the Consell de Mallorca cars: "I want a public apology"

Ducrós resigns as PSIB Spokesperson for Palma and will be replaced by Francesc Dalmau

Pedro Bestard ordered an unmarked official car to be reserved for him

A student of the Catalan course at IB Salut.

137 health professionals, enrolled in the first edition of the IB Salut Catalan course

Mallorca for Peace rejects NATO maneuvers with eleven ships near the island

The Government will study how to guarantee residents' access to the most saturated TIB lines

The Minister of Education, Antoni Vera, in Parliament.

Education warns that the legal delay will keep the Miquel Roldán case open next school year

Tension at the Professional Conservatory of Mallorca over the selection process for the directorship after the death of a candidate

Spain modifies the Child Protection Law to prevent situations like Miquel Roldán's

Tourists in Palma.

The arrival of international tourists to the Balearic Islands rises in March by 14%

Unemployment falls 7.8% year-on-year in the Balearic Islands in April

The May 1st demonstration in Palma calls for housing and no to war

The Plaça d'Espanya of Palma, packed to the brim to experience the arrival of the Flame.

The intermittent Correllengua of the PSIB

The Feixina and political reading

Governance and social networks

Rehearsal time of the piece

The Principal Theatre of Inca hosts the most innovative version of 'Cosi fan tutte'

The origin of the art market in Mallorca

Young Art 2026 premieres an award for best DJ to get closer to new youth trends

The Llucmajor shepherd Miquel Tomàs Pastoret is one of the last shepherds in the old way who practice transhumance.

The last shepherd in ancient Mallorca

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

Esporles, "little Russia" repressed

Adaptation of Brother Roger's stuffed egg soup.

First it was the egg

Ibicencan herbs arrive in Japan

Where is the best llonguet in Mallorca made?

The mussel farms are part of the coastal cultural landscape that speaks to us of the human relationship with the sea.

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

The rock of Mola, perched on the history of Galilea

Mountain Spring, monumental and robust gush of the Tramuntana

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 Pixarells, landscape sculpted drop by drop

Why does fashion suddenly love older women?

Vanessa Friedman / The New York Times

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

Nicola Zolin

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

Sílvia Rosés

I would have liked to look at my phone a little more.

Mònica Planas Callol

"Thinking of the Earth as a dead mass has been the worst of delusions."

Sònia Sánchez

The memories of a great captain from the 20th-century novel

Pere Antoni Pons

Genís Rigol: "Joining Fatbottom turned me into a comic book author"

Xavi Serra

The bitter dilemma of choosing a package of industrial cookies

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

For bread and for salt

Per pa i per sal |

Recipe for tender broad beans with aioli

Caterina Gelabert

The metallic sound that predisposes you to eat potato chips.

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

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