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The organizer of the Corte Pride party ridicules the LGBTI+ movement in his columns

Maria Llull

Speed limits and streamlined procedures: the Government sends the Coastal Law to Parliament

Alcohol and cocaine cause seven out of ten interventions by Projecte Home Balears

El Trenc is once again the symbol of the struggle for the territory and is mobilizing Mallorcan society.

Maria Llull

Two powerful earthquakes strike Venezuela, leaving at least 164 dead and 971 injured

Sara Fontserè and Víctor Sanz Guerrero

Palma's Local Police protest the lack of personnel and the failure to honor commitments.

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"Feminist teachers in the Islands shouldn't be so tired."

Aina Vidal

The DomusVi Palma works council denounces an "unsustainable" situation due to staff shortages

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A basketball player from Mallorca reaches the NBA

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The mayor of Sóller is under investigation for malfeasance.

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Saint John's Festivals

The Plan Games close the San Juan festivities in Ciutadella

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"We support a return to oral exams."

Jaume Cladera Mas

Cladera (PSIB): "The import of waste from Ibiza must be stopped"

Anna Mascaró

Controversy over an RTVE program about the history of Castilian Spanish

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One dead and one seriously injured in a traffic accident in Muro

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Periodisme lliure i compromès

Periodisme lliure i compromès

Periodisme lliure i compromès

Observatory

'Rigoletto'. The hunchback, the daughter and the quarantine

Open tribune

Water crisis or governance crisis?

Opinió

The Encruya

S'Hort des Correu, the lost garden of Mallorca, remains abandoned and without a buyer

Sebastià Vanrell

"Traditional cuisine has been relegated to special occasions; it's no longer part of everyday life."

Josep Genovard

Luis, 13 years old: "I'm fed up with not being invited to birthday parties"

Núria Bigas Formatjé

Daniel García Veira:

"Losing seagrass increases the risk of coastal flooding"

Marcos Torío

Legendary music producer Clive Davis dies

Water consumption out of control in Pla de Mallorca: wells drop 13 meters in one month

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MÁS accuses Galmés of lowering environmental guarantees to transport waste from Ibiza to Mallorca

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144 people evacuated from a residence in Inca due to a fire

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Trump calls Spain a "disaster"

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Mamdani's candidates sweep the New York primaries

Alba Asenjo Domínguez

The war has strengthened the Iranian regime, but a dilemma divides it: to make a deal or to take advantage of the momentum.

The Economist

Content in catalan

Why do we say 'I have to' when we should say 'I have to'?

Elga Cremades

The revolt of an 87-year-old Mallorcan soldier

Francesc M. Rotger

The Mallorca that inspired Gaudí

Antoni Janer Torrens

Waste production in Ibiza has increased in recent years.

The Council of Mallorca lowers the environmental requirement for Ibiza's waste and will import it in bulk

Prohens minimizes TIB saturation and announces reservations on only one frequency of the Sóller line

The spokesperson for the Spanish government describes the proceedings against Begoña Gómez as "erratic and anomalous"

The Sant Joan festivities begin in Ciutadella.

Saint John explodes in Ciutadella with a first massive touch

One seriously injured and another slightly injured during the Caragol del Born of Sant Joan in Ciutadella

A 58-year-old worker dies while working on a construction site in Pollença

A class from the Balearic Classroom.

Single school zone: 94.14% of 4th year Infant students get their first choice in a year of less demand

Vera and the art of defusing educational conflicts with money

Thus ends the 2025-2026 course: a year of wear and tear, delays, and tensions that do not explode

Human chain in La Ràpita.

Call a human chain at Trenc to defend its protection against government changes

Paco Tutzó: "The salvation of Sa Formatgera has been the consequence of a choral effort"

A French group buys Grupo Servera, the large food distributor of the Balearic Islands

The singing at CEIP Duran Estrany of Llubí.

Mallorca: between ‘La Balanguera’ and the world

The Local Police and its language. Future challenges

The dream scenario

Mariantònia Oliver, choreographer and dancer

Mariantònia Oliver: "Dancing is doing politics; living is doing politics"

La Seu will host a great tribute to Joan Alcover and the hundred years of 'La Balanguera' set to music

Marga Pocoví and Biel Tous triumph at Aranvision with an Aranese version of 'Wind of Change'

Aerial photograph of Son Gotleu.

The forgotten agricultural past of Son Gotleu

'Picarol', 150 years of a story that goes from Ibiza to Cala d'Or, passing through Chicago

The 'aizkolaris' of Bunyola

Saint John's Macaroons from the formula in the book "Bon profit!", by Joan Castelló Guasch.

Curly macaroni

'Brioche' Pedroche against sofrit pagès: traditional Ibizan cuisine fights to survive

A must-see series and one of the best books of 2023: what you can't miss this week

The Artrutx watchtower had a historical function of coastal surveillance against pirate incursions.

The Artrutx watchtower, the sentinel of southern Ciutadella

The Cave's Garden, the powerful marine of the Majorcan Tramuntana

The paths of Pinyella and Minoies, the triumph of humility

Presentation of the UIB women's futsal team.

The UIB will have a women's indoor football team

Llubí will install the track of the new municipal sports center with an investment of almost 100,000 euros

Costs of Flassada and Nicó, the most historic hauling

Bars that only serve milk, a healthy trend in Kigali

Text: Laura Fornell - Fotos: Oscar Espinosa

A patio and a tree in the heart of the home

Cristina Ros

"Cadiz is an indecent place": the logbook of a French ship from 1714

Iker Mons

Musical subcultures are emerging: "There's a rock renaissance and we're part of it"

Jordi Garrigós

Mercè Pujadas Cid:

"My daughters have asked me, 'Have I disappointed you?' And this has hurt me."

Francesc Orteu

I also want to talk about this.

Jaume C. Pons Alorda

A humanist in the heart of the 16th-century hurricane

Pere Antoni Pons

Interview Júlia Colom:

"Bad Bunny is the most mainstream artist on the planet and he celebrates his roots."

Elena García Dalmau

For bread and salt

Per pa i per sal |

A life linked to the sea

Rafa Zafra closes the Per Feina restaurant: "We were making the same amount per day as a table at Amar"

Rosa Rodon

The 'Body of Christ' contains gluten: how do celiac sufferers receive communion?

Rosa Rodon