He was Aragonese, from inland, but a long sea voyage, including a visit to the Islands, revealed his vocation: the study of the sea, oceanography, of which he was a pioneer in Spain by creating and directing the Oceanographic Laboratory of the Balearic Islands, the second in the State and an international reference. It was the final stages of his career when in July 1936, 90 years ago, he was arrested in Mallorca and imprisoned until August of the following year.

In the Balearic Islands, the Civil War is full of small great stories that would deserve a good film. One is the odyssey starring the Mahón musician Deseado Mercadal Bagur. The Alicante journalist Tomás Andújar, delegate of the Efe agency in the Archipelago, has just rescued him from oblivion in the book "Water is running out. The exile of Deseado Mercadal, edited by Dolmen. He has done it based on the testimony of Celeste, the granddaughter of the Minorcan, and on the two books she wrote years after returning to her island: I was in Kenadza: nine years of exile (1983) and The Civil War in Menorca 1936-1939: historical account of a witness (1994).

Pollença has already chosen the protagonists of the battle between Moors and Christians that will be held next August 2nd within the framework of the Patron Saint's festivities. Daniel Pérez will play the legendary Joan Mas, after obtaining more than 1,300 votes in this Friday evening's elections.

The Second Section of the Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands will hold next Wednesday the preliminary hearing of the trial against a family doctor and a caregiver, a romantic couple, accused of defrauding more than 7,000 euros from IB-Salut by manipulating the computer schedules of a health center in Mallorca.

The combination of meat, sugar, and fruit was for centuries one of the most distinctive characteristics of medieval cuisine. Far from understanding sweet and savory as two separate worlds, cooks sought harmony between different flavors. Andalusian cuisine had developed a wide repertoire of dishes where meat was combined with fruits, nuts, and aromatic spices, an influence that left a deep mark on the territories of the Crown of Aragon. At the same time, the great Catalan medieval recipe books, such as the Llibre de Sent Soví (14th century) and the Llibre del Coch, by Robert de Nola (1520), collect numerous preparations in which the use of sugar and fruit is common, especially in dishes of game, poultry, and veal.

Dozens of workers from the public company Sóller 2010 have gathered this Saturday in the Plaça de Sóller to demand that the City Council unblock collective bargaining and avoid the indefinite strike called for this Monday.

Residents of Santa Maria have urged support for the young women arrested this week during the town's festival. Through a message spread on social media, the initiators of the campaign encourage attendees to bring "flags, banners, t-shirts, and any creative proposal" to visualize their rejection of the police and judicial response to the case. "Now more than ever, let's stand together as a town and say that if they touch one of us, they touch all of us," the call to action states.

Hiper Centro inaugurates a new supermarket in Sóller today, located at Carrer de Manuel de Carrascosa García Ferrer, s/n, on a day marked by a great welcome.

If last week it seemed that part of public opinion had turned its back on the Menys Turisme, Més Vida platform after it published the manual encouraging direct action to protest against tourist overcrowding, the events of recent days have caused a plot twist.

"We no longer know what else we can do: banners, resist, demonstrations... But if you take one step further, like graffiti, they expose you in the media and come looking for you at your home; I don't know what else we can do." The indignation belongs to Margalida Castell, manager of the Quart Creixent bookstore, following the arrest of two young women for graffiti against tourist overcrowding in Santa Maria. Faced with this situation, the bookstore has reinforced the distribution of SOS Residents banners, which have almost run out after the Civil Guard's intervention.

Six out of ten Balearic residents would change autonomous community if they could choose where to live. This is one of the conclusions of the study Residential preferences of Spaniards, prepared by Grup Mutua Propietarios, which points to Asturias as the preferred destination for Balearic residents to start a new chapter.

The platform Menys Turisme, Més Vida has reported that the arrests of the two young women investigated for the graffiti against various real estate agencies in Santa Maria respond to a strategy of "repression" and "criminalization of protest" against the movement that questions Mallorca's tourism model.

Pep Coll, one of the best-known and most influential marine biologists in the Balearic Islands, has died in Palma after an illness, and his passing has left a strong impact on the conservation and marine sector. The death of Pep Coll leaves behind a career dedicated to the knowledge of the marine ecosystems of the Balearic Islands and, especially, to the study of marine reserves, the management of fishing resources, and the mechanisms that allow biodiversity to recover when a marine area is correctly protected.

Let's start with the conclusion: the protection of the Balearic lizard has failed; the snake invasion – first detected in Ibiza in 2003 – has been fatal for the most emblematic animal species of the Pitiusas Islands. In Ibiza, the lizard has disappeared from 90% of the territory; it has "two or three years left", according to Dr. Antònia Maria Cirer, a pioneer in the study of this reptile and a leading critic of the protection policies adopted by the Government. On the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List, the Balearic lizard currently appears as a species "in danger of extinction" and in rapid decline, with a "marginal" and "fragmented" population distribution. On the ground, almost any farmer in Ibiza will tell you that for years they haven't seen any of the lizards that, in the past, populated the traditional dry stone walls, a centuries-old symbiosis between humans and these animals.

The GEN-GOB has filed a complaint with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the Ministry for Ecological Transition, the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, and the State Air Safety Agency against AENA's plans to expand the capacity of Ibiza airport. The entity considers that the projects planned in the Airport Regulation Document (DORA III) violate the current Master Plan and prioritize economic benefit over the general interest and the protection of the territory.

The Government presented this Thursday the public safety and forest protection measures planned for the total solar eclipse that will take place on August 12. These actions include the shielding of the Serra de Tramuntana and the most sensitive natural areas, as well as the launch of 26 official observation zones (ZOO) distributed throughout the Balearic Islands so that this exceptional phenomenon can be experienced with the maximum safety guarantees.

The Minister of Labor, Public Function and Social Dialogue, Catalina Cabrer, has asked Aena to reopen the canteen at Palma airport so that it can function as a climate shelter for workers. The request is part of the prevention campaign against high temperatures launched this summer by the Balearic Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Ibassal). Regarding Son Sant Joan, the Executive has also established communication channels between Aena and ground service companieswith the objective of responding to the problems derived from working conditions during heat episodes.

The Association for the Rehabilitation of Old Centers (ARCA) has requested that the Pesquero bar project be rejected and that it be re-evaluated by the Palma City Council's Historic Center Commission. According to ARCA, the proposal approved by the Consistory is "disrespectful" to the heritage complex of the maritime facade and considers that the procedure followed "may have incurred irregularities".

The Civil Guard attributes to the two young women arrested for the graffiti on five real estate agencies in Santa Maria three alleged crimes: continuous damage, damage against historical heritage, and belonging to a criminal group. This is stated in the police report, of more than 116 pages, to which ARA Balears has had access and which was sent to the court before the two young women were released on provisional liberty.

The judge of the Palma Court of Instruction on duty has released this Wednesday the two young women arrested by the Guardia Civil as part of the investigation into the graffiti that appeared on five real estate agencies in Santa Maria del Camí. The judicial decision was announced while dozens of people, mostly young, were demonstrating in front of the courthouses on Alemanya Avenue to show their support.