The same doorway, two photographs separated by more than a century and the same square that today is hard to recognize for those who grew up there. The comparison was made on social media by a resident of Biniaraix, following the controversy caused by a private party at the Bar-Bodega which ended up occupying a large part of the square during the village festivities.The old image shows the building at the beginning of the 20th century. As the author of the publication explains, it was sent to him by Joan Marroig Piu and it corresponds to the mother of his great-grandfather from Can Piu, who managed the grocery store that was in that same premises before the Bar-Bodega was installed there. Next to the historical photograph, there are others of the bar and the square in ancient times, and two current images.The assembly has served to bring to the table a feeling that is repeated in many of the comments: that the conflict this summer is not just a matter of a party, but the symptom of a deeper transformation of what had been for decades one of the meeting places of Biniaraix."I was born and raised in Biniaraix. I have stepped into this bar thousands of times, since back when it was run by Madò Antònia and her son, Pedro Antonio," explains another neighbor in a post that has also gone viral. She remembers the ice creams she used to buy there during summer afternoons, the games in the four corners of the square, and the parties. "She feels Biniaraix is like our home," she states. And she adds that what saddens her most is "seeing what is happening," because she believes it is no longer just a question of having a menu in Catalan or not, but of feeling that "the people from here no longer count."

The President of the Government, Marga Prohens, has demanded explanations from Pedro Sánchez for having said, during his appearance at the Congress of Deputies, that he received reports from the National Police regarding a risk of migrant arrivals on the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands.

The PP and Vox have blocked the appearance of the Minister of the Sea, Juan Manuel Lafuente, to give explanations for the dismissal of the Director General of Coasts and Littoral, Maria Joaquina Ferrer. The two parties have announced that they will oppose the opposition's request for the minister to be held accountable in Parliament for this departure, which 21 officials questioned in an open letter.

The President of the Government, Marga Prohens, joins the PP's state war against Pedro Sánchez. In a media briefing, she encouraged the citizens of the Balearic Islands to participate in the demonstration called for this Wednesday in support of Ceuta, and accused the Spanish government of "hiding information" about the massive entry of migrants into the autonomous city.

The PSIB has kicked off the political year by rescuing two old initiatives to see if, after this summer's wave of anti-massification protests, the PP will agree to negotiate them. These are a bill to increase the Sustainable Tourism Tax (ITS, known as the ecotax) by two euros and another to declare areas of the Islands as tense residential markets, to combat the rising cost of housing.

The video of an argument between a carriage driver and a German tourist in the center of Palma continues to generate reactions. Progreso en Verde has demanded the withdrawal of the driver's license and has announced that it will take the case to the Prosecutor's Office, considering that the facts could constitute several crimes.

The Civil Guard has arrested a 33-year-old man as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of robbery with force after accessing a home in Marratxí by climbing the facade and forcing one of the doors.

The Government has once again challenged the distribution of minor migrants from the Canary Islands promoted by the Spanish executive. This is a new challenge presented by the Executive as part of its opposition to this process. In March 2025, it appealed to the Constitutional Court the reform of the Immigration Law that allows mandatory distribution. The same summer, it took the royal decree regulating the distribution protocol to the Supreme Court (and it was admitted for processing), and in September it challenged the royal decree that set 406 places as the ordinary capacity for the Balearic Islands. It has also attempted to stop at least three specific transfers of minors to the Islands before the Court of First Instance of Las Palmas. Now, the Executive has gone to the Supreme Court against the royal decree that raises the capacity of the Islands to 434 places.

What would you do if from now on your days had twenty-six hours instead of twenty-four? With these two extra hours, would you start a new hobby? Would you sleep more? Or perhaps you would do the same as you do now, but with more calm and tranquility? We propose some daily time-saving and productivity habits so you can choose the ones you like best and dedicate this new time you can gain to doing what makes you happiest.

With the next edition of the Sequer festival in mind, which will be held this Saturday, August 29, the organization of the Lloret de Vistalegre festival has called on citizens, and especially families, for boys and girls participating in the traditional parade to dress in accordance with traditional Mallorcan attire.

Conversations between the PP and Vox about the agricultural law remain stalled where they were at the beginning of June. Vox does not see certain points of the regulation clearly and, for now, does not support it. Meanwhile, the Government is moving forward. Sources from the Executive explain that the bill will be approved in the Governing Council in the coming weeks: foreseeably, the second half of September. Along with the limitation of vehicles in Mallorca, it is the last important law that the PP wants to approve before the end of the term, but for now, negotiations with the far-right are at a standstill.

The Civil Guard has arrested a 52-year-old man accused of stealing a boat valued at more than one million euros in the port of Sóller and attempting to ram the patrol boats pursuing him as he fled towards Ibiza. The operation, in which a helicopter and two boats from the Maritime Service participated, lasted approximately half an hour.

Hundreds of dead fish and thousands more at risk. This is the scene that the Riuet de l’Illot, a wetland located between the municipalities of Manacor and Sant Llorenç des Cardassar, has left this weekend. The recent rains and strong winds, which particularly affected the coast of Manacor between Thursday and Friday, have washed dirt and debris into the Riuet, adding to the sewage discharges that still occur in the area.

The Government has already taken the first step in the proceedings arising from the complaint by the Nature Protection Service (Seprona) of the Civil Guard for the dumping of more than three tons of chipped asphalt remains on various rural paths and public spaces in Petra.

A 30-year-old man has died and another, 25, has been seriously injured this Sunday morning after suffering a motorcycle accident in Coll d'en Rabassa, in Palma. The incident took place on Cardenal Rosell street at 7:55 AM, when the motorcycle on which the two men were traveling went off the road on a curve and ended up impacting a wall.

The Inca City Council will hold this Wednesday, August 26, an institutional event to recognize and repair the memory of Antoni Bestard Seguí, one of the most prominent figures of Inca anarchism and a victim of Francoist repression. The event will take place at 7 p.m. at Carrer de Sant Antoni, 23.