Miquel Mayol Torrens, Cotó, (Petra, 1953) started working at 13 years old as a mechanic's apprentice in his hometown. He specialized as a panel beater and nowadays, once retired, he still dedicates himself to it, but only for those jobs and projects that motivate him. He has a collection of vintage cars of the SEAT brand, among which is a very 'special' one in which, however, he only wants his dog to get in.

The National Police have arrested a man for the fire that burned three caravans this Wednesday at the Son Hugo sports center parking lot, in the Son Oliva neighborhood (Palma).

A man and a woman have been seriously injured in a traffic accident that occurred this morning on the Llucmajor highway (MA-19), at kilometer 27, within the municipality of Llucmajor.

Can Morató, the old mat factory located in Pollença, is being transformed after decades of abandonment. Colonya Caixa Pollença will move its central services there and set up cultural spaces. The work must also resolve how to preserve a factory that had reached a state of ruin. The façade will recover its original configuration and, inside, the warehouses and the remains of the facilities will allow for explaining how wool was converted into carpets and how the people who made them worked there.

With an archaeological excavation, the remains of James IV, titular king of Mallorca, have been sought in Soria. In principle, it seems disconcerting that the bones of a sovereign of the Islands, even though he never managed to take possession of the crown, are found lost in the world. But this is just one more case of the strange adventures, after death, of those who in life were monarchs of the 'kingdom in the middle of the sea', between the 13th and 14th centuries: transfers, disappearances, a tomb with two heads and another with a strange object inside. Just as if they were victims of some kind of curse or, at the very least, of colossal bad luck.

The Federation of Business Owners of the Balearic Islands (Afedeco) has filed an appeal for reconsideration against the expansion and reorganization of the ORA in Palma within the scope of the Low Emission Zone (ZBE). The entity demands the suspension of the measures, scheduled for January 1, 2027, because it considers that the reduction of short-stay parking spaces could harm the commercial activity of the center.

The GOB has submitted allegations against the project for new nautical facilities at the Can Picafort Nautical Club and asks Ports-IB not to approve it in its current configuration. The environmental organization considers that the proposal, with 79 moorings, 5 piers, and nearly 70 anchors on the seabed, does not offer sufficient environmental guarantees.

The Emergency service of the Hospital of Manacor has been recognized with the BSH (Best Spanish Hospitals Awards) 2026 award as the best hospital Emergency service among medium-sized public hospitals. The award compares the results of the centers based on real data from their healthcare activity.

Llorenç Brunet (Manacor, 1971) has been an architect from the Vallès School of Architecture since 1996 and founder of Llorenç Brunet i Associats SL, in 2006. He recently celebrated three decades of practice and has been attempting to transform the face of the island from the pearl city. A good opportunity to speak with him about how he has seen this evolution from a very particular and recognizable way of working.

The ‘Maricarmen decree’ has already served as a legal basis to suspend at least four evictions in Mallorca in just a few days. The latest one was stopped this Friday morning in Palma, where the eviction of a family in a situation of social and economic vulnerability living at 44 Bisbe Cabanelles street, in the Pere Garau neighborhood, was scheduled.

Rhythm is born in Africa. It is worth starting here before asking ourselves what jazz is. Because there are still those who imagine it as music of dark clubs, expensive drinks, and a certain cultural liturgy reserved for the initiated.

Eroski presented its special Easter campaign this Friday in Palma, focusing on typical and local products from the Balearic Islands. During 2025, the chain sold 283,000 traditional sweet breads and pastries, a 3% increase compared to the previous year. Total sales of local Easter products reached €3 million, 8% more than in 2024. Eroski has made available to customers all the necessary ingredients to prepare these specialties at home: flour, lard, jams, angel hair (a type of sweet pumpkin preserve), eggs, oil, oranges, and sobrasada (a type of cured sausage). Also available are owl-shaped sweet breads, sweet meat and pea pastries, chicken curry, tuna and pea pastries, as well as the traditional crespells (a type of fritter) and rubiols (a type of almond cookie).