This year's summer officially began this Sunday at 10:24 AM and it does so with the first heatwave of the season. The entry of warm air from the south will raise temperatures generally across a large part of the State, with maximums that could reach 40 degrees in some parts of the Peninsula.

Temperatures above average and numerous tropical nights. This is the conclusion reached by Aemet and presented this Tuesday. According to the State Meteorological Agency, the Islands will have a hotter than usual summer, especially during the months of July, August, and September, when the average temperature could be between 0.5 and 1 degree above normal values.

Fright this weekend at Muro beach after several women detected a man secretly recording bathers with his mobile phone hidden. The mother of two of those affected explains what happened: “My two daughters went to Muro beach. They were with my granddaughter, who is four years old.” The woman explains that one of the young women “noticed that an individual was filming them and then some foreign girls nearby.”

One more summer, the cultural agendas of the Balearic Islands multiply their capacity between June and September with the arrival of dozens of cycles and festivals that lead to hundreds of concerts that, with so much competition, do not always achieve the expected diffusion and often end up buried by the avalanche of parallel proposals. We have asked performers, critics, and music managers to help us make a selection of essential live performances. The selection that has emerged goes through Mallorca, Menorca, and Formentera – in Ibiza, electronics monopolizes the summer musical programming – and includes proposals of all styles and for all tastes, from Celtas Cortos to La Zowi, passing through Antònia Font and the Symphony.

Daylight saving time will come into effect on Saturday night into Sunday, when at 02:00 AM clocks will be moved forward to 03:00 AM. It is a practice that is increasingly questioned, but which will remain in force for at least until 2031 after the European Commission has automatically renewed the calendar.

Blank stare, head stiff, muscles relaxed, mouth open: mind completely blank. It's not the result of any yoga session, nor the effect of a guided meditation, nor anything that has to do with mindfulness, like this, in English. It's the product of vacation, of true rest. The kind that, when I take it seriously, rewards me with a fleeting moment like this, of absolute nothingness, in which for a few moments my existence seems lighter, more ethereal, almost imperceptible. Then, the weight of my body is relieved, as if suspended, and if I remain still, in silence, I can come to feel how my atoms and those of the matter that surrounds me—breeze, sea, plants, light—are part of a whole.

Chef Anna Petrillo, from the Es Foraster restaurant in Palma, has taken home first prize in the fourth edition of the 'Best Summer Bread with Olive Oil' competition by Olives Rosselló, held at the Son Mesquidassa oil mill. The winning bread with olive oil, surprising and innovative, combined mousse Black garlic and olives, candied cherry tomatoes, grilled squid stuffed with springs and sobrasada, smoked mozzarella and eggplant, topped with kimchi, guacamole, and tobiko sauce. A daring proposal that captivated the jury with its balance between tradition and modernity.

Temperatures will rise slightly this weekend in the Balearic Islands, reaching a maximum of 34 and 36 degrees, while a cold front starting Monday afternoon will cause a drop in temperatures and some showers and rain.

Palma's ice cream shops are offering an increasingly wide and exotic selection. They must satisfy the tastes of tourists without losing sight of trends emerging on social media. A clear example is the success of Dubai chocolate, a viral flavor that combines chocolate, pistachio paste, and kataifi (a crunchy thread pastry), which originated on TikTok. Several ice cream shops consulted by ARA Baleares confirm that this flavor has become one of their best-selling thanks to the impact of digital platforms. This chocolate originates in the United Arab Emirates, where Sarah Hamouda founded Fix Dessert in 2021, a company that makes chocolate bars combining ingredients. In the case of Dubai chocolate, she wanted a flavor that reminded her of the Arabic knafeh desserts. The title Tasting the Dubai chocolate, videos have gone viral in which users eat this ice cream for the first time. Users even share recipes for its preparation, which have accumulated millions of views. Its success has spread to supermarkets, where sales have also increased.

It's been quite a few years since the State Lottery and Betting Company, a public company, began selling Christmas lottery tickets in the middle of July. This year has been different: sales began on June 30th. Anxiety is growing, and the need to move faster to place bets for what is still the ultimate dream of many subjects of the Kingdom of Spain: winning the Christmas Gordo. In this sense, a comparison can be made with the Spanish Football League, which each year takes its holidays shorter and starts again earlier. Both the Christmas Gordo and the Spanish Football League are two great dreams for many people; for many, perhaps the greatest dreams, who knows, perhaps the only ones. This makes it important to keep them going for a long time, to give people their chance to dream. To ask themselves what they would do if they won a massive prize, or perhaps just a sliver, but worth several tens of thousands of euros. Wondering if your favorite player will score many goals this year, if injuries will respect your team (they say that, if injuries will respect the team), and above all, and most importantly, if things will go badly for the opponent, and if possible, terribly badly. These are the dreams of good people, and it's really necessary to keep them burning as long as possible throughout the year. The emotional and psychological stability of many people depends on them, and also, let's face it, huge businesses that generate impressive amounts of money.

Summer and the heat arrive, and temple becomes the quintessential dish in Mallorcan homes. Easy to prepare, refreshing, and made with local produce, it's the ideal accompaniment to all kinds of dishes, including bread with oil, another staple of outdoor dinners in Mallorca. This recipe is characterized by its simplicity: tomato, onion, and green pepper, cut into small pieces and seasoned with oil, salt, and a little vinegar.

With the boom In the 1960s, our coast began to be colonized not only by hotels but also by housing developments. The emerging consumer society of the time allowed some families to build a second home on the seashore, a place that, curiously, had been feared for centuries as a gateway to epidemics and pirates. The democratization of the car, a symbol of freedom and modernity, facilitated family travel along the coast.