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The islanders have had to give up going to the most iconic beaches

Jaume Perelló

The endless left

Marcos Torío

What has Prohens done about overcrowding? Failures and outstanding obligations

Anna Mascaró

"We must lose our fear of defending our territory and our language."

Héctor Rubio

"Fires can't be put out with gasoline": why the demonstration against overcrowding comes at a key moment in Mallorca

Aina Vidal

June 26th demonstration in Palma: closed streets, route and affected bus lines

Héctor Rubio

Iago Negueruela:

"Martínez is the architect of the latest Balearicization"

Héctor Rubio

A wet Friday of reunions at Mobofest

Clàudia Darder

The women that James I used and left

Francesc M. Rotger

When a consonant reveals what town you're from

Aina Santandreu

The destruction of Mallorca that Tomeu Penya sang

Antoni Janer Torrens

The Maó monolith, included in the catalog of elements contrary to democratic memory

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Today we're cooking

Roasted anera with fruit: tradition, memory and Mallorcan cuisine

Caterina Gelabert

Prohens speaks of overcrowding with Felipe VI and attributes the "runaway growth" of tourism to Armengol

Anna Mascaró

Installation begins on 210 cameras to monitor vehicle entry in Mallorca

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Events in the Balearic Islands

A restaurant in Cala Millor has been closed for employing undocumented workers and serving unsanitary food.

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Periodisme lliure i compromès

Periodisme lliure i compromès

Periodisme lliure i compromès

Open Forum

Mallorca on the edge

Open forum

Change or die: Less Tourism, More Life

Open forum

26-J - Coalition For Mallorca

Vignette

The Encruya

From the Ebro to Mauritania: the struggle to resist the epicenter of climate change

Èlia Borràs

The woman from Alicante of Senegalese origin who challenges the stars of the WNBA

Àlex Gozalbo

Joy, sadness and nostalgia: the moods of the opening day of the last Mobo

Arnau Galmés i S.Vanrell

How to study for failed subjects during the summer

Elisenda Rosanas

Joan Pons of El Petit de Cal Eril: "It could happen that the tenth album is the last one"

Celestí Oliver

Jaime Martínez invites Felipe VI to the 800th anniversary of the conquest by Jaime I: "He is also the King of Mallorca"

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All political parties in Santa Maria reject the "criminalization" of activists and condemn the LGBT-phobic aggression.

Aina Vidal and Josep Genovard

The Patroness of Pollença 2026: the battle that continues when the swords fall silent

Joan Mayol

free

Congress takes action to adapt the island allowance to the high cost of living in the Balearic Islands

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This is the new website to check if a beach in the Islands is overcrowded.

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Is the rapid democratization in Hungary going too far?

Núria Vila Masclans

Alert issued for risk of "mass pogroms" after a night of unprecedented violence in the West Bank

Catherine Carey Arribas

Threats, insults and delays: one year since the EU-US trade deal

Gerard Fageda

"Historic record" of fires in France: 100,000 hectares burned while evacuations continue

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Why was 'El odio', the book about the murderer José Bretón, cancelled?

Jordi Nopca

'Legally Blonde': a feminist oasis in the ominous 2000s

Maria Rovira (Oye Sherman)

Les Alqueries, a key point on the long transhumance route

Joan Carles Palos

The president of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, during the act of delivery of housing to the Civil Guard.

MORE accuses the Council of turning IMAS into a real estate agency for the Civil Guard

Virgilio Moreno: "If the budgets are not approved, elections will have to be called"

They ask for an emergency plan in Llucmajor before the "health risk" due to waste

A traffic jam on the Ring Road

Eleven injured in a multiple accident on the ring road

The Platja de Palma will have restricted access on the day of the eclipse

Petra prohibits the passage of vehicles on the Bonany path during orange alerts for temperatures

Users of the Espiral summer school in Es Molinar-Coll de'n Rabassa.

The summer school that also educates: "They don't just play with water"

Controversy over interim appointments: "Some positions were leaked before they became official"

Directors erupt against the dining hall decree: "Public schools cannot be the support of private companies"

Carmen Planas, the president of CAEB.

Balearic businessmen say that "one cannot grow indefinitely"

Eroski sold 69 million euros of local product in the Balearic Islands in 2025

Catalina Barceló: "It's not about working more hours, but about better quality"

A concert of the last edition of Mobo.

Thanks, Mobo, for being so good

Manacles who defends life

All that we have left to do in Mallorca

Lluís Garau.

Lluís Garau: "We have had to claim ourselves so much, that we are obsessed with ourselves"

Luis Gordillo and Jorge Carrión inaugurate two new artistic interventions at Coster Art and Nature

The Principal of Palma opens the new season with La Zaranda and 'Quiso negro'

Ca la Torre, current College of Architects, in Palma.

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

The Mallorca that resists among carts, mules, and bales of hay

La Calatrava, the neighborhood that brought freedom to Mallorca

A therapy session in 'The Sopranos'

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

Moncho Gómez Lorenzo: The school cafeteria underwent a radical change when the woman joined the workforce

Aroma, remedy and drink

Along the route, constructions corresponding to the dwellings of the old Rafal Trobat terraces can be seen.

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

The Seagull Tower, the defense of the west of Formentera

The Artrutx watchtower, the sentinel of southern Ciutadella

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

A Mallorcan basketball player arrives at the NBA

The UIB will have a women's indoor football team

Irene Cordón: the eternal return to Egypt, the country where you can hear the stones

Toni Padilla

Searching for extraterrestrial life on the magical mountain of Montserrat

Guillem Pujol

Christopher Nolan:

"They are great stories because they resonate."

Melena Ryzik / The New York Times

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Content in catalan

Carlos Gel: falling in love with Greenland by crossing it from end to end

Toni Padilla

Life isn't about counting calories.

Joan Garí

Clementina Arderiu, a poet against the light

Maria Callís

Two lawyers, enamored with Simenon, revive his work in Catalan

Jordi Nopca

Guided in the Mallorcan summer

Caterina Gelabert

Pilarín Bayés: "I've only ever cooked fried eggs, macaroni and steak. In this life I've only learned one thing."

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

The white prawn from the south is now Catalan: we are fishing more than ever at the expense of the langoustines.

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

Los 4 Gatos: "We've returned to the essence of Catalan cuisine and we're not going anywhere."

Rosa Rodon