What are gardens that seem so much taken from Granada in the very heart of Palma, at the foot of the Almudaina and a few steps from the Born and the sea? And even more so when the elderly people of Ciutat still remember that right here, in Hort del Rei, there were the Líric theatre, the Alhambra hotel, the mythical Riskal café... The truth, however, is that with the demolition of those buildings, what had already been a green area in the Middle Ages was recovered, only this time it was not done for the enjoyment of a monarch, but for the entire citizenry – and tourists, of course. We recall the history of Hort del Rei as sixty years have passed since the project that the architect Gabriel Alomar Esteve made in 1966 and which envisaged the recovery of that space.

The Minister of Youth and Childhood, Sira Rego, has visited the Naüm Foundation with the aim of learning firsthand about the protection and good treatment policy promoted by the entity, within the framework of the deployment of the Organic Law for the Comprehensive Protection of Children and Adolescents (LOPIVI). During the visit, the minister was able to get closer to the work that the foundation carries out in matters of guaranteeing rights, preventing violence, and promoting the well-being of children, adolescents, and young people in situations of special vulnerability.

"What a shame to be poor", one reader of romantasy tells another as she considers a hardcover edition with a colored spine of Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros's bestselling saga. After a brief debate with her friend and several knowing glances, the book ended up in the bookseller's hands and the credit card did the rest. Transaction completed, happy reader. The scene took place in the space that one of the main bookstores has set up for Sant Jordi in Plaça d'Espanya in Palma. Like this one, hundreds, perhaps thousands, have been repeated this Book Day.

A new development of homes on Joan Bauzà street, in the Palman neighborhood of Pere Garau, has ignited debate among residents over sale prices. Most apartments exceed 330,000 euros before VAT, with amounts that can reach over 530,000 euros (including VAT), figures that many residents consider beyond the reach of the area's usual population (and which expel them from the neighborhood where they have grown up and want to live).

The Palma City Council has taken a new step towards the transformation of Plaça Major, aiming to open the underground galleries and turn them into an open agora. The Cort Governing Board approved this Wednesday the contracting file for the drafting service of the integral works project that will develop the ‘Àgora’ preliminary project, aimed at improving Plaça Major, its lower floors, and its surroundings.The contract also includes the technical direction of the works and will be processed by means of a negotiated procedure without prior publication. The base tender budget is 1.4 million euros (VAT included) and the action will be partially financed with funds from the Sustainable Tourism Tax (ITS).

The Palma City Council has taken a new step in the transformation of the Plaza Mayor, aiming to open the underground galleries and turn them into an open agora. The Cort Governing Board approved this Wednesday the tender for the drafting service of the integral construction project that will develop the 'Agora' preliminary project, aimed at improving the Plaza Mayor, its lower floors, and its surroundings.The contract also includes the technical direction of the works and will be processed through a negotiated procedure without prior publication. The base tender budget is 1.4 million euros (VAT included) and the action will be partially financed with funds from the Sustainable Tourism Tax (ITS).

The Llonguet Fair will celebrate its tenth edition this Sunday, April 26, in the es Pil·larí neighborhood, in Palma, with a program that will run from 9 in the morning until 5 PM and will combine gastronomy, crafts, and family activities. The event, already consolidated in the city's festive calendar, expects to gather thousands of visitors throughout the day.

MÁS por Palma has shown its deep concern about the possibility that Palma will be left without the celebration of Pride 2026, as denounced by Ben Amics this Friday, and has demanded accountability from the mayor of Palma. The party has expressed its support for Ben Amics in light of the possibility that Pride 2026 cannot be celebrated in Palma due to the Palma City Council's lack of response to the requests processed by the entity.

The National Police has dismantled in Palma a network accused of laundering about 10 million euros from an international cryptocurrency macro-scam, in an operation in which five people have been arrested and assets in Spain and Sweden valued at about 15 million have been seized. The investigation, initiated more than two years ago by the Capital Laundering Group in the Balearic Islands, within the framework of the so-called 'Acantilado' operation, has had the collaboration of the FBI, the Swedish and German police, which has made it possible to trace the money through countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Georgia or Sweden.

The Palma City Council and the Local Police unions have reached an agreement that will allow progress in improving the organization of the force and the adaptation of their working conditions, after months of tension and protests. The pact, reached this Friday, incorporates a new bonus linked to driving emergency vehicles, with the aim of recognizing the special conditions and risk associated with this function. Additionally, a special dedication bonus is added, intended to reflect the sustained increase in workload in recent years.On the other hand, the City Council has committed to studying the inclusion of weekends and holidays within the specific bonus. Overall, the City Council estimates that the implementation of the plan will have an impact of 10 million euros and could mean increases of more than 2,500 euros gross per month in bonuses.The agreement comes after the force's latest demonstration, in which a hundred officers walked the streets of the city while Cort maintained that there was a "firm proposal". Over the last four months, the unions had intensified protests against the mayor, Jaime Martínez, for failing to meet the commitment to approve the plan by January 1st.Tension reached a peak with internal changes in the City Council, when Llorenç Bauzà took over Public Function, replacing Mercedes Celeste, and the direction of the Local Police. After an initial meeting with Bauzà, now as the highest responsible for the areas involved in developing the plan, the unions considered that the change of personnel had been futile. "The plan remains blocked," they declared.the unions considered that the change of personnel had been futile. "The plan remains blocked," they declared.

A group of workers from the Department of Social Welfare of the Palma City Council has denounced the "serious overload" suffered by the Citizen Atención Office (OAC), after having received "political instructions not to reinforce the service" in the face of the extraordinary regularization.

The Palma City Council reiterated this Wednesday that there is a "firm proposal" for the Local Police Organization Plan, amid unrest within the force and a new protest in the streets of the city. Nevertheless, the Consistory has avoided commenting on the mobilization led by the officers.

The Palma City Council has reiterated this Wednesday that there is a "firm proposal" for the Local Police Organization Plan, amid discontent within the force and a new protest in the streets of Ciutat. Nevertheless, the City Council has avoided commenting on the mobilization led by the officers.

The new train between Palma and Llucmajor will begin construction in 2028 and, if the planned deadlines are met, will become operational in 2032. The infrastructure will connect a dozen neighborhoods in the two municipalities and will allow travel to Palma airport in just over ten minutes.

The Palma City Council has decided to postpone the celebration of the Angel Sunday scheduled for this Sunday, April 12, due to the forecast of bad weather. The festival will finally be moved to Sunday, May 10, as reported by Cort.

A group of people staged a protest action this Thursday in front of the Congress Palace against the Art Cologne fair. The participants, disguised as souls in pain or bubotes, carried out a performance to denounce that this cultural event "favors elitism and contributes to the "touristification" of the island.

A fire declared this Thursday at 6:45 a.m. in paper and plastic containers on Ticia street in Palma has generated an intense plume of smoke and has forced the Local Police to cordon off the area while several units of the Palma Firefighters worked to extinguish the flames.

A group of Son Reus volunteers has launched a public campaign to denounce the situation at Palma's animal shelter. They claim that the animals' conditions have severely deteriorated and demand the resignation of those responsible for the facility.

One night like any other, Ariadna tucks her daughter into bed inside her home, a caravan. Every evening she faces the same uncertainty: how long can she live like this; when will the Administration recognize her right to officially exist where she lives? The girl is six years old and has been trying to register her address at her home for three years. Without success.