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The minute and a half that transformed Playa de Palma

Jaume Cladera Mas

Overcrowding in the Balearic Sea to view the eclipse is a reality: what will the consequences be?

Josep Genovard

The darker side of the eclipse: robberies, rescues, and burning boats

Héctor Rubio

Ibiza experiences the eclipse in extra time

Vicent Tur

The Tramuntana mountain range fades away as it meets the sea

Anna Mascaró

Night in broad daylight: the best images of the total eclipse in the Balearic Islands

Ismael Velázquez, Llucia Costa

Palma is deserted during the eclipse: "We left at home. We're afraid to look at it."

Maria Llull

This is how the total eclipse that plunged the Balearic Islands into darkness was experienced

Anna Mascaró , Jaume Cladera Mas , David Marquès , Héctor Rubio , Marcos Torío , Josep Genovard and Vicent Tur

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The eclipse thrills at the summit of Menorca

David Marquès

The eclipse in Manacor and Portocristo in pictures: "What a sight, it looks like a planet from 'Star Wars'!"

Sebastià Vanrell

“Out, out!”: Residents rebel against yachts in Valldemossa and El Trenc

Anna Mascaró

Coastal officials stand up to the Government in defense of Ferrer

Marcos Torío

An administrative error forces Cort to repeat the study of the works in the Plaza Mayor

Héctor Rubio

They denounce the impact of the Omnibus Law on protected buildings in Palma: they could be converted into hotels

Héctor Rubio

This is the seabed of Mallorca that you can see live from home

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Council of Mallorca

The Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating Pedro Bestard for embezzlement in the use of official cars

Anna Mascaró

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

Eye discomfort the day after the eclipse: should we be worried?

ARA

What's behind LitRPG, the new literary phenomenon that sells millions of books?

Núria Juanico Llumà

Kaia Gerber, Cindy Crawford's daughter: "I would love to have my mother's body"

Biel Roura Amat

“Centuries pass and Shakespeare continues to touch people’s souls.”

Clàudia Darder

Així era i no era... |

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

Clàudia Darder

The festivals of Menorca, in the spotlight

David Marquès

"Outright privatization and forced marches": the new decree on concerts ignites the educational community

Jaume Cladera Mas

The government provides water to municipalities in tanker trucks, but does not guarantee any volume.

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Palma airport will exceed its capacity on more than half the days in August, according to Eurocontrol

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The White House press secretary is leaving her post just months before the midterm elections.

Antònia Crespí Ferrer

A new heat wave is sweeping across Europe: "We have buildings designed for a climate that no longer exists."

Xavi Segura

What is it like to film a major Palestinian production in the midst of the war in Gaza?

Biel Roura Amat

Island rock is rejuvenated

Celestí Oliver

There are (or are there?) too many tourists

Elga Cremades

Pudent Pond, the legend of an underwater estate

Joan Carles Palos

La filla única |

Dear straight white friends

Alba Tarragó

Mallorca, the paradise of sundials

Antoni Janer Torrens

Image of the burial of two Spanish commanders during the war in Sidi Ifni in the late 50s of the last century

Morocco, a century and a half of turmoil in Spain's lower belly

Three years of proposals from society against saturation without response

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

Two Civil Guard agents.

Investigate the death of an old man found on the coast of Ràpita

You don't have glasses for the eclipse? This way you can see it safely with a box

All traffic closures for the eclipse are already active in Mallorca

Children in the classroom.

'Live Culture' premieres 36 new activities to bring the heritage of the Balearic Islands closer to students

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

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

In enough, enough

Laheq Halak

Poster of the proposal

The ME_MMIX kicks off at Red Carpet the pre-festival experiences

The Much of Sineu, in photos

The total solar eclipse of 1905 in Mallorca: scientists and smokeless factories

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

Pablo la Parra:

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

Xavi Serra

A century sailing with the most Catalan vessel

Toni Padilla

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

Maria Rovira (Oye Sherman)

10 memorable literary and cinematic eclipses

Jordi Nopca and Xavi Serra

Esty Quesada (Soy una Pringada) recommends a book that "captures the essence of the United States"

Xavi Serra

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

Alejandra Palés

For bread and salt

Per pa i per sal |

Almond preparations

Caterina Gelabert

Interview Sílvia Subirós i Mercader:

"My father has never taken a vacation, not even a day off, and the verb 'to rest' is not part of his vocabulary."

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

Do we really not know how to boil an egg?

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez

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

Trinitat Gilbert Martínez