The School Council of the Balearic Islands (CEIB) has expressed its rejection of the measures relating to Catalan language knowledge included in the Omnibus Law, which it considers a “serious attack” on the linguistic normalization process. The body, responsible for analyzing regulations affecting the educational field, has placed special emphasis on two provisions: the exemption from the Catalan requirement for teaching staff accessing civil service positions in areas with very difficult coverage and the possibility that students temporarily residing in the Balearic Islands will not have to be examined in this subject.

If you were asked where Mallorca ends and Menorca begins, you probably wouldn't hesitate much. There is an evident physical separation, with a lot of water in between, a clear geographical border and a certain feeling that one thing is on one side and another on the other. The same would happen if the question were a little smaller and you were asked where Baix Camp ends and Baix Ebre begins. Perhaps the exact limit wouldn't be so present (those from Baix Camp and Baix Ebre certainly would, of course), but somehow we have assumed that territories can be divided: there is a point from which we leave a space behind and enter another.

Lara de la Torre is a Canary teacher who works in Early Childhood and Primary Education in the Balearic Islands and has explained in a social media video how she learned Catalan in three years, a process that culminated in obtaining the C1 certificate and which she assures is still ongoing. "First of all, reading in Catalan helped me a lot. At first it was difficult for me, but reading everything in Catalan allowed me to learn a lot of new vocabulary and also to better understand weak pronouns. Also, I joined a book club and it was incredible. Secondly, I started using Catalan for everything: at the hairdresser's, at the town hall, at the supermarket, in shops... and without shame, asking any doubt I had. And the most important thing for me has been going to class. This has helped me to have a good structure and good grammar. And this is how I learned Catalan, even though I am still learning."

The group Ginestà has consolidated itself as one of the most outstanding formations in the Catalan music scene, with a project that has grown from small venues to the major festivals of the Catalan Countries. With a proposal that claims making music in Catalan as an essential part of their artistic identity and focused on everyday emotions, the group has been expanding its connection with the audience. Now they arrive in Mallorca, where they will perform at TribuFest this weekend.

Plataforma per la Llengua will file a lawsuit against the call to cover the position of Deputy Director of Information at IB3 because it considers that it violates current linguistic regulations by not setting any Catalan language knowledge requirement. The entity demands that the procedure be annulled and revert to the moment of the approval of the bases, with the objective that a new call be published that expressly incorporates the level of Catalan required to hold the position.

The Department of Education has announced that positions for teachers and so-called "field" positions will not be able to go through the urgent interim process and that, from now on, they will only be processed through the weekly ordinary procedure. As explained by the counselor Antoni Vera in a parliamentary commission, this is "the only way" to guarantee the control of the Catalan requirement, since the urgent system does not allow verification of the linguistic competence of the applicants. "A position for a teacher or a field position that does not have the Catalan requirement will not be given again," stated the counselor. In the words of a union representative, the urgent procedure "is a sieve" for people who do not master the language.

The PP has insisted throughout the entire legislature that, no matter how much Vox asks for it, they will not touch the Law of Linguistic Normalization. But the truth is that the omnibus law that is being debated in the plenary session this Tuesday and will presumably be approved with the votes of the popular party and the far-right does affect an article of this law: specifically, 23.2. Although government sources insist that not a comma of the rule will be modified on paper, both MÉS per Mallorca and the OCB warn that once the omnibus law comes into effect, it can be violated.

Biology classifies living beings into kingdoms. This classification is not arbitrary: it describes life forms with different metabolic and structural characteristics. From here, zoology uses terms like 'herbivore', 'carnivore', and 'omnivore' to describe dietary conditions. There is no moral judgment in these words: they only describe physiological adaptations.

Sidonie is one of the benchmark bands of Spanish alternative pop with its own discourse that, over more than two decades of career, has evolved without losing its identity. Recently, however, the Barcelona-based group made an unexpected and significant turn: their latest album, Catalan graffiti (2025), is the first entirely in Catalan. On the eve of their concert at TribuFest in Felanitx, on Friday, May 29, their singer, Marc Ros, also talks about the life stage they are going through, their doubts, their successes, and the need to reconnect with music from a freer and more essential perspective.

“My name is Lara, I am a teacher in the Balearic Islands and I have a C1 in Catalan. After three years living here, of a lot of effort, of hours of study, of a lot of patience, of many days when I said: ‘I don’t understand anything! What are these weak pronouns?’. But finally I have the C1 in Catalan and I can say it very proudly. Has it been difficult for me? Yes. If one day I go to live abroad, will I have wasted my time? No. Demanding that teachers know the language of the place where they teach is not an obstacle: it is a sign of respect for the culture, for the families and for the children”, explains Lara, a teacher in the Balearic Islands who has obtained the C1 certificate after three years of effort and linguistic immersion.

A study by Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) in Barcelona has found that not guaranteeing healthcare in patients' language can jeopardize diagnostic accuracy, trust between doctor and patient, and quality of care.

Mata de Jonc, a school promoted by idealistic and brave families and teachers, was the first to conduct all teaching in Catalan in the Balearic Islands. It began to be formed in April and May 1976, 50 years ago. It was born with the will to become a new school, breaking with the traditional model, with active teaching, rooted in its environment and, above all, in Catalan. It took its name from the "Crònica" by Ramon Muntaner (1325-1328) from a paragraph that exemplifies how unity makes strength: "If the whole bunch of reeds tied together with a strong rope and you all want to pull it up together, I tell you that ten men, no matter how much they pull, will not pull it up, nor even if more were to join. And if you remove the rope, a young man of eight years will break it from reed to reed, so that not a single reed will remain".

The pets of future bilingual teachers have ended up occupying an unexpected role: that of perfect interlocutors for practicing Catalan without pressure, without corrections, and without possible linguistic debate. The first survey on linguistic uses of students at the Faculty of Education. The study reveals that talking to pets is one of the few contexts in which Catalan clearly gains ground. On a scale where 6 means "six" and 1 "never", the use of Catalan reaches 3.35, while that of Spanish remains at 2.96. In fact, this is one of the few areas —along with the relationship with one of the parents— where Catalan prevails over Spanish among students bilingual in the two official languages.

The Faculty of Education is a linguistic oasis within the UIB and also in relation to society as a whole. Despite this, Catalan is also receding within it: students predominantly use Spanish in personal relationships and two out of three believe that the language will be spoken less in five years' time. This is confirmed by the first report prepared by the center to analyze the linguistic uses of the student body. The situation is approaching diglossia: Catalan maintains its hegemony in teaching and in relations with administrative services, but is losing presence in informal spaces among students. Professor Ivan Solivellas, a member of the linguistic model commission, summarizes the situation with a clear idea: “Catalan is becoming residualized in very specific areas”.

Josep de Luis and Josep Alonso have been practicing law in the Balearic Islands for years, and from day one, they have been clear that Catalan would be the central focus of their professional practice. De Luis, with 22 years of experience, explains that he has always addressed bodies or institutions with territorial headquarters from Salses to Guardamar and from Fraga to Maó in Catalan.

It was towards the end of the 80s that I started seeing cars with metallic paint. They were colors that, to the eyes of a child from that time, were fascinating. An older boy told me that color was “turquoise green,” but another contradicted him, “it’s turquoise blue.” I didn’t know what to say. But the truth is they couldn’t agree on whether it was green or blue. It was a color in between, and we didn’t have a clear label for it. The confusion was total when another day another car appeared and a third person said, “what a great turquoise pink!” The cat was out of the bag, I thought. That boy identified the metallic effect with “turquoise.” So, who is right? The one who said “turquoise green” or the one who said “turquoise blue”? If we search online, we’ll see that both turquoise green and turquoise blue are used. Scottish Gaels lean towards ‘turquoise blue’ (‘tuirc-ghorm’) and the English, more pragmatically, simply say ‘turquoise’. How can it be that we see the same thing, but identify it differently?

A total of 137 professionals have registered for the first edition of the B2 level Catalan course, taught by the Health Service in collaboration with the Institut d'Estudis Baleàrics. The course, which began 15 days ago, initially had sixty places. As a result of the high number of registrations, it was decided to expand to 137. The Health Service plans to launch a second edition in October.

It is a joy to see deputies, councilors and members of the Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands with the Correllengua t-shirt, filling social networks with their enthusiasm to protect the Catalan language.

The Correllengua Agermanat 2026 reached its end with a resounding success, that of becoming a historic mobilization in defense of the Catalan language. During the two weeks of its duration, more than 180,000 people have participated in this first edition, covering 1,500 kilometers, passing through 500 municipalities, and 30,000 people have been torchbearers. The spokesperson for Correllengua Agermanat, Pau Emili Muñoz, assures that the event's success is "a demonstration of strength" and emphasizes it as follows: "As a society, Catalan-speaking territories have regained the enthusiasm to fight for the Catalan language and demand its real normalization".

The PP has accepted Vox's amendment to eliminate the Catalan requirement for teaching positions in very hard-to-cover locations through the strategic projects acceleration law. Also those that lower the Catalan grade in secondary school needed to obtain the Catalan certificate (B2 and C1), allow local police to have tasers, and eliminate the ban on shooting the turtledove and the quail. Although this acceptance is still in the committee stage, meaning it is not definitive, the novelty is that the popular party has not submitted any amendments to these texts. Therefore, they will not introduce any obligation for hundreds of teachers affected by the regulations to have to prove their Catalan proficiency, not even to be able to choose their destination center once they consolidate their position, as they had said they would do.