The National Police have arrested a minor as the alleged perpetrator of the stabbing that ended the life of a 19-year-old youth on Sunday evening in Son Gotleu, in Palma. The victim died hours later at the hospital due to the severity of the wounds. Hours after his arrest, the juvenile court ordered the detainee's admission to a juvenile detention center where he will remain until the trial arrives.

A 63-year-old woman has died this Wednesday after drowning on a public street in Felanitx during the episode of heavy rain and storms that is affecting several municipalities in Mallorca. The incident took place around 3 p.m. on Bellpuig street.

Celestí Alomar, former Minister of Tourism of the Balearic Government and one of the key figures of the first Pacte de Progrés, died this Monday at the age of 76. Alomar, born in Llubí in 1949, held the Ministry of Tourism between 1999 and 2003, during the first Government of Francesc Antich, and was one of the main promoters of the ecotax, after a strong confrontation with the hotel employers' association. Alomar, also a geographer, maintained an active presence in public debate on tourism, territory, and the economic future of the Islands until his final years, also as a columnist for ARA Balears as a columnist for ARA Balears.

Miquel Duran i Ordinyana died this Wednesday at the age of 96. Born in Sencelles in 1930, he was an oceanographer specializing in ichthyology, director of the Oceanographic Center of the Balearic Islands, and, over the years, one of the foremost scholars of fish names and marine lexicography. His scientific career was accompanied by a commitment to language, culture, and Mallorcan identity, which also led him to participate in politics during the early years of the Transition.

Fabrizio Plessi, one of the great pioneers of video installations, has died at 86. The Italian artist, born in Reggio Emilia on April 3, 1940, died this Sunday in Venice, the city where he trained and which marked a good part of his career. But for three decades he also maintained a particularly close bond with Mallorca, to the point of establishing his residence in Santanyí and developing an important part of his work from the island.

My grandmother passed away suddenly. She started to break down without warning, in fact. But dying did not take so long. How much time do we need to die? At what point can we say that we are already dead? She was diagnosed with a type of dementia that in a few months reduced her to a thousandth of what she had been. Or so we would say from the outside, those of us who did not witness her evaporation on the front lines. My cousin Cristina, on the other hand, knew how to find her in the most unexpected corners of her personality – in a wink, for example – cornered by the minimal capacity for expression that was still available to her.

The doctor specializing in gynecology and obstetrics and researcher Javier Cortés Bordoy, considered a "reference figure in Balearic medicine", has died. The President of the Government, Marga Prohens, announced his death and conveyed her condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues in a message published this Saturday on X.

Salvador Martínez, coordinator of the Mallorca per la Pau platform and one of the most active voices in the island's pacifist movement, has died from cancer. The news has prompted numerous expressions of condolence from the social groups with whom he had shared years of mobilizations and networking.

The waters of the Balearic Islands have been the scene of two new migratory tragedies known this Tuesday. On the one hand, the testimony of two survivors suggests that at least 17 people died after spending 15 days adrift trying to reach the Archipelago. On the other hand, Maritime Rescue and the Civil Guard have recovered the bodies of two more migrants after the shipwreck of a makeshift boat southeast of Cabrera, where they also rescued 19 survivors. In this second case, the search operation remains active because several people could still be missing.

The premature death of Joan Roca, bassist and founding member of Antònia Font, has caused a tsunami of expressions of affection and love among lovers of Catalan music. His bandmates, institutional representatives, and numerous people linked to the world of culture and music have wanted to pay tribute to the musician from Son Sardina.

A 58-year-old man died this Tuesday afternoon while working on a construction site in Cala Sant Vicenç, in the municipality of Pollença.

The Civil Guard and the Mallorca Firefighters found this Wednesday in an apartment in Port d'Andratx the body of a 79-year-old man who died a month ago.

The Palma Aquarium Foundation has reported the discovery of two specimens of elephant shark (Hexanchus griseus) dead at sea between Illetes and Cala Nova, in Mallorca, with severe injuries compatible with possible interaction with fishing activity.

A man of Irish nationality and about 40 years old died this Monday after falling off a cliff in the municipality of Sant Joan, in Ibiza.

The Civil Guard has located the lifeless body of a 28-year-old young man inside a car, which was located at an exit of the Andratx highway, hours after suffering a traffic accident.

The Civil Guard is investigating the death of British model and former footballer Jake Hall, 35, who was found dead on Wednesday in a tourist rental villa in Santa Margalida after a night of partying. The main hypothesis of the investigators points to an accident after the man hit himself against a glass door of the house.

A 30-year-old young man died this Wednesday afternoon after being stabbed in Platja d’en Bossa, in the municipality of Sant Josep de sa Talaia, Ibiza. The events occurred shortly after 4:45 p.m. in front of the El Campito bar, as reported by SAMU 061.

A 56-year-old man has died this Friday and another person has been seriously injured after having difficulty getting out of the water at Cala Mandia beach, in Portocristo (Mallorca).

The Euthanasia Law, in force in Spain since June 2021, has been progressively implemented in the Balearic Islands, where, to date, 116 people have requested this medical procedure and 40 have died after availing themselves of it within the public healthcare system.

The archaeologist Josep Maria López Garí has passed away in Ibiza at the age of 61, as confirmed by various cultural institutions. Born in Palma, he developed much of his career in the Pitiusas, where he became a prominent figure in the study and defense of historical heritage.