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"Now it's all hotels and agritourism establishments looking for astronomers against the clock."

David Marquès

Island rock is rejuvenated

Total solar eclipse: five curiosities and fascinating aspects

The GOB closes La Trapa during the eclipse to protect "a particularly fragile space"

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The Lady of Elche, identity of a people far removed from the territory

Mapi Casabán

The risk of fire will be high or extreme on the day of the eclipse

Bruno Rodríguez

Així era i no era... |

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

Clàudia Darder

La filla única |

Dear straight white friends

Alba Tarragó

The forest fire on Mount Son Muntaner, which burned more than half a hectare, has been extinguished.

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A man is under investigation for allegedly recording a young woman without her consent on the Inca train.

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Cyclist found dead after disappearing on Saturday in Ciutadella

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Thousands of people say no to over-tourism in Sóller: "Prohens, listen, we are fighting"

Maria Llull

The best images of the protest against overtourism in Sóller

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Three years of proposals from society against saturation without a response

Maria Llull

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

There are (or are there?) too many tourists

Elga Cremades

The total solar eclipse of 1905 in Mallorca: scientists and factories without smoke

Francesc M. Rotger

Mallorca, the paradise of sundials

Antoni Janer Torrens

Heather Locklear, the 90s TV villain who is experiencing a romantic second youth with Lorenzo Lamas

Alejandra Palés

Pudent Pond, the legend of an underwater estate

Joan Carles Palos

Check if you'll be able to see the August 12 eclipse from your home

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Flipau with Pere Garau reports a series of power outages in the neighborhood since the end of July

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The Government justifies the dismissal of the Director General of Coasts: "Anyone who goes to the beach in Formentera and wants to rent a sunbed can't find one."

Maria Llull

The heat is accelerating the grape harvest in Mallorca: grape harvesting began on July 21st

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Italy sees Sánchez's reaction to its border controls as "disproportionate"

Xavi Tedó

Netanyahu rejects Trump's plan to move towards peace in Gaza

Catherine Carey Arribas

Back in the liberated zone of southern Lebanon, where Israeli explosions continue: "The state controls nothing"

Ethel Bonet

Pablo la Parra:

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

Xavi Serra

Open-air cinema

Open-air cinema 2026 in Palma: all films, dates and locations

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Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis join forces to show the darker side of the 80s

Àlex Gutiérrez

Maria Joaquina Ferrer.

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

While the PSOE celebrates visitor records, the Minister of Tourism visits a luxury cruise ship

The Government is considering closing the Serra for the eclipse: "We see it as an emergency"

Archive image

The great eclipse experiment: 42 recorders will follow the animals of the Balearic Islands

The State will reinforce controls at Balearic airports for passengers coming from Italy

Aemet activates the yellow warning for heat in Mallorca and the Pitiüses with maximums of up to 38 degrees

Protest in front of the Pimem headquarters this Monday

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

Education allocates 1.2 million to draft the project for the future Arts District of Palma

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

A fisherman by the sea

The eclipsed sea

Daniel Harding directs the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in Pollença.

Daniil, Daniel and Mahler

Javier Morales (Paco Pecado): "I wanted to create a classic, but 'tacky' character"

Love of Lesbian, Lax'n'Busto and Celtas Cortos headline the Sant Agustí festivals of Felanitx

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

The evacuated Afghans: their lives, five years later

Mònica Bernabé

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

Maria Rovira (Oye Sherman)

A century sailing with the most Catalan vessel

Toni Padilla

The ancient invention that can save us from the heat

Sílvia Rosés

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

Alejandra Palés

Roger Bastida recommends a "surprising" historical novel

Jordi Nopca

Dafnis Balduz recommends a novel he read "for absolute pleasure"

Núria Juanico Llumà

For bread and salt

Per pa i per sal |

Almond preparations

Caterina Gelabert

Do we really not know how to boil an egg?

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

Pickled sardines, Joan Roca's summer recipe from Bodega de Can Roca

Trinitat Gilbert

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

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez