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Fina Santiago says 'no' in Apesteguia: the race of candidates for MÁS in Mallorca

Anna Mascaró

The Spanish government will ask the Constitutional Court for the precautionary suspension of the repeal of the Balearic Islands' memory law.

Carme Planells:

"I would like 'Nowhere' to serve as a reflection on the arrogance of rulers."

Vicent Tur

Invasive snakes already occupy 90% of Ibiza and threaten to wipe out the Pitiusa lizard

MÁS calls on the Spanish government delegation not to allow a Nazi event in Feixina

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Forensic Institute

Accumulated corpses and lack of resources: the Balearic Islands Forensic Institute, at its limit

Aina Vidal

The Government opens the safe rental program to large landlords and tourist apartments

Anna Mascaró

"Doing homework by candlelight is still part of many people's lives."

Héctor Rubio

Mallorca hosts the first parakarate championship with students from Aspace

Héctor Rubio

Palma as a symptom

Maria Llull

Traffic restrictions return to Formentor two weeks earlier to curb overcrowding

Bruno Rodríguez

A united front against the PP over measures that threaten Catalan-language schools

Jaume Cladera Mas

More than 200 educational centers will participate in the simultaneous singing of 'La Balanguera'

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Educational Technical Assistants (ATEs) erupt against precarious working conditions: “Enough is enough”

Jaume Cladera Mas

Marlaska defends international cooperation to reduce migrant boats arriving in the Canary Islands: "It's a challenge"

Anna Mascaró

Provisional jail time for the assailant of a patient hospitalized in Can Misses

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The first phase of the improvement works of the Secar de la Real Renovation Plan is completed

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"The generational handover will be complicated; my children don't want to take it over."

Sebastià Vanrell

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Periodisme lliure i compromès

Periodisme lliure i compromès

Opinió

The Encruya

Open forum

What kind of government do we want? An open letter to the grassroots.

Observatory

That's how things are done

Cultural agenda

Don't miss a single one

Ready for a huge adventure?

Jaume C. Pons Alorda

Excursió per Mallorca |

Biniali, a long and winding walk through a patch of vineyards

Joan Carles Palos

Francisca Truyol, Eusèbia Rayó, Miquel Àngel Suau and Joan Veny i Clar, among the winners of the OCB Inca May Awards

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Albert Pinya, Carolina Adán and Edoardo Ettorre participate in the Inca Street Art festival

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Nadal inaugurates the new museum in Manacor: "It's an intimate journey through my life"

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Israel reaches the Eurovision final amid shouts of "stop the genocide!"

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A neo-Nazi man with no driver's license causes an accident in Palma and tries to escape

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MÁS gives the nod to the primaries to choose the candidates for the Council and the Parliament

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Westminster and farce: Is the United Kingdom an ungovernable country?

Quim Aranda

Israel and Lebanon extend virtual ceasefire for 45 days

Catherine Carey

"China is trying to corner the US because of its own mistakes"

Núria Sala Ventura

We are journalists, but they treat us like criminals

Madina Ayar

Fairies, heralds of the Palma Book Fair

Maria Llull

Lluís Gavaldà:

"If you don't listen to music in Catalan, that's a personal problem."

Aina Vidal

Electric kisses at the Cannes Film Festival

Xavi Serra

The Casal de Perpiñán will give three talks in Mallorca about the reality of Northern Catalonia

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Vessels anchored on seagrass and within the Llevant de Mallorca Marine Reserve.

The PP is maneuvering to avoid producing the Balearic State of the Environment Report this legislature, despite it being mandatory

The PP continues to not get involved in the case of Pedro Bestard and the cars of the Consell de Mallorca

Ferran Montero, the favorite to succeed Miquel Oliver in Manacor

Francisca Niell, Maya's godmother, holds her daughter (and Maya's mother) in the corral.

From grandma's house to the Nordic attic: Son Espanyolet's mourning

The invasive snakes already occupy 90% of Ibiza and threaten to extinguish the Pitiusan lizard

Sexual assault on a patient at Can Misses Hospital: "He threatened to cut my throat if I asked for help"

The classroom in the Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos building where the detachment occurred.

The UIB will review all buildings following an accident where a student was injured by a falling window

The UIB will review all buildings following the accident of a student injured by a detached window

50 years of Mata de Jonc, a different school in Catalan

The counselor of Business, Self-Employed and Energy, Alejandro Sáenz de San Pedro.

The Government allocates 1.59 million to the Zero Quota aid for self-employed workers

Rosa Sureda: "You have to work many hours to be self-employed and run a store"

The Government approves the 35-hour workweek for civil servants and a 1.5% salary increase and improvements in holidays

Image of the works in Son Espanyolet.

The many reasons why we cannot save grandparents' houses

Poor excellent students

Post-capitalist dissatisfaction

The Castellers of Mallorca with a three of seven in May 2016 in Badalona.

30 years of the Castellers de Mallorca

These are the 15 summer concerts you shouldn't miss

A 'Werther' for history

Cloister of Saint Francis, one of the most affected spaces by the earthquake of 1851.

When the earth shook in Mallorca

The last shepherd in ancient Mallorca

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

A therapy session in 'The Sopranos'

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

Cuttlefish with its ink, sobrassada and botifarró

First it was the egg

The narrow outlet of the waters of the Lofra valley towards the Ravine becomes a strategic point on our hike.

Easy excursion in Mallorca: Route through the Lofra valley

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

The rock of Mola, perched on the history of Galilea

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?

Mountain Spring, monumental and robust gush of the Tramuntana

More than places: six stories, six spaces

Bàrbara Julbe

The house that looks out over old dairy farms

Cristina Ros

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

Sílvia Rosés

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

Nicola Zolin

"In Catalan it has more glamour because it hasn't inherited our outdated ways."

Jordi Nopca

The magic and darkness of the 'Iliad' aims to win over younger readers

Jordi Nopca

A novel about the traumatic end of childhood

Pere Antoni Pons

Interview Sergi de Meià:

"When I worked as a cook in a restaurant I was always angry; now I'm not, because I work for love."

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

From the world's most expensive fish to the superpowers of posidonia

Rosa Rodon

For bread and for salt

Cuttlefish recipe with ink, sobrasada and black pudding

Caterina Gelabert

Interview Xavi de la Iglesia:

"We artists would be better off if we had a basic understanding of law."

Elena García Dalmau