Pepita Costa (Ibiza, 1967) has been president of the Balearic Islands School Council since June 2021. Her career is linked to defending families' rights and promoting quality public education. Since assuming the presidency, the advisory body has spoken out against controversial measures, such as the creation of single school zones in municipalities and the Linguistic Segregation Plan.

The Balearic Islands ended 2025 with 19,500 households in which all members are unemployed, a figure that represents an increase of over 90% compared to the previous quarter, when 10,100 were recorded. This is reflected in the data from the Active Population Survey (EPA) published this Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). Between October and December, the number of Balearic households with all members employed stood at 330,100, while households with at least one employed member reached 378,700. Meanwhile, in 94,100 households in the archipelago, there is no employed person, according to the same official statistics. The evolution of the data in the Balearic Islands contrasts with the trend recorded in Spain as a whole. In Spain, 2025 ended with 772,300 households where all members were unemployed, a figure that represents a reduction of 61,200 households compared to the previous year (-7.3%) and marks the lowest level since the third quarter of 2008. In the last quarter of the year alone, these households saw a decrease of 0 (-2.3%). In contrast, households with all members employed reached a new all-time high nationwide, with 12,166,300 homes, after increasing by 262,000 throughout 2025 (+2.2%). In the final quarter of the year, the increase was 128,600 households, 1% more than the previous quarter.

Parents' associations have expressed their concern following the possible disappearance of the school cafeteria model managed by Parents' Associations (AFAs) in the Balearic Islands, a system currently active in about ten schools serving approximately 1,500 students and now threatened by the reform of the Decree. In a statement released this Monday, the organizations emphasize that "no one questions that the school cafeteria is, or should be, another educational space within the school. A space where education, participation, health, coexistence, sustainability... are present, or where they should be." It is precisely this pedagogical integration that, according to the families, is at stake if the current management model changes. Among the affected schools are CEIP Rafal Vell (Palma), whose cafeteria has been managed by families since 1980; and CEIP Es Pont (Palma), since 1996. CEIP Sa Indioteria (Palma), since 2006. Other affected schools are located in Llucmajor, Santa María, Alaró, Campanet, Inca, Colonia de Sant Pere, and Sant Joan.

The Balearic Health Service (IB-Salut) will launch, from October 1, a new model of continued pediatric palliative care in the community, which will be operational 24 hours a day, every day of the year. The Regional Minister of Health, Manuela García, explained that this initiative aims to provide assistance to children and adolescents, and their families, with palliative care needs. In the Balearic Islands, it is expected that between 134 and 179 patients will require pediatric palliative care. The measure will allow those affected to receive continuous care from their referral teams and also spend as much time as possible at home, with maximum comfort and dignity until the end of their lives. Currently, the autonomous regions that offer continuous pediatric palliative care are Madrid, Catalonia, and Murcia.

A Swiss woman living in Mallorca and a relative living in the Alpine country have initiated a process to claim part of an inheritance left by a 19th-century French millionaire named Esteban Descloux, who married a woman from Menorca some 200 years ago. According to Europa Press, both relatives contacted the Osuna Law Firm, a specialist in these types of cases, to claim their share of a large estate that allegedly includes castles, palaces, houses, rural properties, jewelry and other assets, as well as many works of art.

Bea Oliver's pregnancy was perfect, "like a movie." "Everything was normal. No vomiting, not a single discomfort." Guiem was born and rushed out of the delivery room. Something wasn't right. She received no explanations, only uncertainty. Bea felt "very questioned" because they asked her repeatedly if she had used drugs during pregnancy. When she finally saw her son, "there wasn't a part of his body where he didn't have a wire." "I wanted to die. I just cried while I watched the woman next to me give birth to a completely healthy child. You never erase these moments from your mind. You just accept what you've been dealt. You live with it," she confesses.

The STOP Evictions association reported this Thursday that the National Police are cutting off power to families living in substandard housing rented by a local police officer in Palma. According to Europa Press, the group told the media that police officers, accompanied by an electrician, went to the homes located at 24 Joan Miró Street to cut off power to the people who are "being besieged" by the owner of the storage units where they live. This Monday the evictions were stopped of two people living in these storage rooms owned by a local police officer from Palma who was sanctioned by the Government for renting out these substandard homes.

Mallorcan Henar (fictitious name) was 18 years old and studying Biology when she saw a report on television about the first Spanish doll conceived through fertilization. in vitro. Then, out of curiosity, she started talking to her mother about the subject and said, "We also conceived you through artificial insemination." But she assured her that they had used her father's sperm.

Álex is nine years old. He's "fun, kind, and loving." He gets up saying "I love you" and giving out kisses. He handles frustration badly and "is the town's mayor" because "he greets everyone on the street." Aina will be two. She's "smiling, independent, always in a good mood, and sleeps well at night." In short, "she's come to enjoy life." Rosa "has a lot of vitality and character, a sweet baby." Her adoptive parents proudly describe them. Andrés and Alberto are Álex's parents; Miguel is Aina's; and Marta is Rosa's mother. They have been deemed suitable by the Mallorcan Institute of Social Affairs (IMAS) of the Consell de Mallorca (Mallorcan Institute of Social Affairs) after completing training and interviews with all the necessary guarantees for minors. "We look for the best families for the children, not children for the families. They are the ones who have the right to be adopted, as a protective measure. And it shouldn't necessarily be as long a process as people think. We try to make it as quick as possible, but always taking into account the child's time and needs," explains Apol lònia Socias, Island Director of Services.