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    <title><![CDATA[Ara Balears in English - foreign party]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Fiet fills Vilafranca with family theatre with 45 companies and four absolute premieres]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/culture/the-fiet-fills-vilafranca-with-family-theatre-with-45-companies-and-four-absolute-premieres_1_5883754.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/8cd99832-2114-4d6d-abdb-db036d81dd78_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Vilafranca de Bonany will once again be a meeting point for children's and youth theatre from October 21st to 25th. The 24th edition of the Balearic Islands Children's and Youth Theatre Fair (Fiet) will bring together 45 companies from the Islands, from various territories of the State, and from countries such as France, Denmark, and Brazil. The programme includes nearly fifty activities and thirty premieres: 4 absolute, 3 in the State, and 23 in the Balearic Islands, as reported by the organisers this Monday.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:15:05 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Basque artifacts.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The fair will gather proposals from the Balearics and from countries like France, Denmark and Brazil from October 21 to 25, with four absolute premieres]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[The neighbors take the Manacor City Council to court for authorizing a beach club in Cala Mendia]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/misc/the-neighbors-take-the-manacor-city-council-to-court-for-authorizing-beach-club-in-cala-mendia_1_5880477.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/3acc501d-e718-4f13-9f67-248313fcbe4e_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>David versus Goliath or how to organize from citizen action against a construction that the neighbors consider a new aggression to the Manacor coastal landscape. “If the Portocristo bridge ended up falling due to a poorly granted license, perhaps this one will too,” says Miquel Àngel Riera, the neighbor from Cala Mendia beach who is leading a joint lawsuit against the construction of a beach club for almost 300 users, which a few months ago began to grow by surprise in front of his terrace.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sebastià Vanrell]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:38:04 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The Cala Mendia beach club, under construction.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[A group of neighbors files an administrative litigation because it understands that the municipal license was poorly granted. The project provides for several outdoor terraces and a capacity for 300 users.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["I cannot be everywhere": Miquel Oliver leaves the mayoralty of Manacor, but will continue as a councilor]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/misc/cannot-be-for-everything-miquel-oliver-leaves-the-mayoralty-of-manacor-but-will-continue-as-councilor_1_5871472.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/e9e74e15-bfef-4b5f-92c2-29f7c535fdf3_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p><a href="https://en.arabalears.cat/politics/as-he-was-miquel-oliver-according-to-his-mother-there-has-never-been-anyone-as-calm-as-him_1_5726004.html" target="_blank">Miquel Oliver</a> Gomila (Més-Esquerra) will cease to be mayor of Manacor this Thursday, after more than seven years at the head of the City Council, to prepare his candidacy for the presidency of the Council of Mallorca in the May 2027 elections. The current Councillor for Culture, Ferran Montero, will replace him. Oliver, who has been a councillor for 17 years, will remain at the City Council and will take on the Culture area with a part-time commitment.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sebastià Vanrell]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:00:12 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The mayor of Manacor, Miquel Oliver, during the press conference where he has announced that he stops being mayor.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Ferran Montero will replace him this Thursday and Oliver will assume Culture with partial dedication to prepare the candidacy for the Council of Mallorca]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Final judgment: the path that crosses Son Lluís de Porreres is public]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/misc/final-judgment-the-path-that-crosses-son-lluis-porreres-is-public_1_5864091.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/f10325b9-1ac1-496c-9877-bc13312c111a_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The Court of First Instance number 4 of Manacor has dismissed the lawsuit filed by the Cirera Puig brothers against the Porreres City Council. The ruling, which is now final, confirms the public nature of two sections of the Son Lluís path and supports their continued inclusion in the municipal Path Catalogue.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joan Socies]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:11:44 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Path that crosses Son Lluís in Porreres.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The court dismisses the lawsuit of the Cirera Puig brothers regarding two sections of the road and points out contradictions in the delimitation of their properties]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[More than 5,000 people arrive in Lluc after the Walk to the Part Forana]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/more-than-5-000-people-arrive-in-lluc-after-the-walk-to-the-part-forana_1_5848741.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/008e44ac-66cc-4d79-abe8-9a3833750b20_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>More than 5,000 people from 45 municipalities of Mallorca arrived this Sunday morning at the sanctuary of Lluc after completing the 45th Lluc a Peu Walk from the Part Forana. The walk took place throughout the early morning without incidents and brought together participants for religious reasons, to maintain a tradition, or simply to share the route with family and friends.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:54:02 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Participants in the 45th Lluc on foot hike from the outlying areas.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The 45th Walk to Lluc on Foot from the Part Forana has gathered participants from 45 municipalities in a walk marked by tradition and the spirit of brotherhood]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["Our children have had Biniaraix stolen from them": the village that the residents no longer recognize]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/misc/our-children-have-had-biniaraix-stolen-from-them-the-village-that-the-residents-no-longer-recognize_1_5839733.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/6ba8770f-1ea4-4a34-82b6-4be11b770028_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The same doorway, two photographs separated by more than a century and the same square that today is hard to recognize for those who grew up there. The comparison was made on social media by a resident of Biniaraix, following the controversy caused by <a href="https://en.arabalears.cat/society/controversy-in-biniaraix-over-the-celebration-of-private-party-that-occupied-the-square-during-the-festivities_1_5826238.html" target="_blank">a private party at the Bar-Bodega</a> which ended up occupying a large part of the square during the village festivities.The old image shows the building at the beginning of the 20th century. As the author of the publication explains, it was sent to him by Joan Marroig <em>Piu</em> and it corresponds to the mother of his great-grandfather from Can Piu, who managed the grocery store that was in that same premises before the Bar-Bodega was installed there. Next to the historical photograph, there are others of the bar and the square in ancient times, and two current images.The assembly has served to bring to the table a feeling that is repeated in many of the comments: that the conflict this summer is not just a matter of a party, but the symptom of a deeper transformation of what had been for decades one of the meeting places of Biniaraix."I was born and raised in Biniaraix. I have stepped into this bar thousands of times, since back when it was run by Madò Antònia and her son, Pedro Antonio," explains another neighbor in a post that has also gone viral. She remembers the ice creams she used to buy there during summer afternoons, the games in the four corners of the square, and the parties. "She feels Biniaraix is like our home," she states. And she adds that what saddens her most is "seeing what is happening," because she believes it is no longer just a question of having a menu in Catalan or not, but of feeling that "the people from here no longer count."</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:26:15 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Biniaraix Bar-winery.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The controversy over the private party at the Bar-Bodega revives the unrest of the neighbors, who denounce the loss of meeting spaces, gentrification, and the contempt for the Mallorcan language]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Manacor will assume the organization of the Ascension to Lluc on foot due to the lack of support from the Council]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/manacor-will-assume-the-organization-of-the-pujada-lluc-peu-given-the-lack-of-support-from-the-council_1_5832828.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/a1089c4f-0ab2-4b35-9c9a-0a0b03a6fd10_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The Manacor City Council will assume the organization of the municipality's participation in the Pujada a Lluc a peu de la Part Forana, which reaches its 45th edition. After the attempted implementation of the new organizational model promoted by the Consell de Mallorca, the Manacor City Council has had to take the lead to directly address the needs of the people of Manacor and ensure they can participate, for another year and free of charge, in this deeply rooted event in Mallorca.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[S.V.]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:59:19 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The delegate of sports, Llorenç Mesquida and the delegate of the elderly of Manacor Maria Antònia Truyols.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The Department of Sports, with the support of the Department of the Elderly, will directly manage the registrations, will prepare the commemorative t-shirts and will contract the buses]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lloret puts order to the outfits of the Sequer festival]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/misc/lloret-puts-order-to-the-costumes-of-the-sequer-festival_1_5832371.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/ad92c62c-4139-416c-9212-2d971175d26a_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>With the next edition of the Sequer festival in mind, which will be held this Saturday, August 29, the organization of the Lloret de Vistalegre festival has called on citizens, and especially families, for boys and girls participating in the traditional parade to dress in accordance with traditional Mallorcan attire.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joan Socies]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:55:46 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Celebration of the Sequer Festival in Lloret.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The organization asks families for the children participating in the parade to wear traditional clothing and avoid sports shoes, makeup, painted nails, and sunglasses]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Government investigates the dumping of more than three tons of asphalt in Petra]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/misc/the-government-investigates-the-dumping-of-more-than-three-tons-of-asphalt-in-petra_1_5830755.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/ee059240-12af-4e2c-a139-ad02a25d01b0_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_1060151.jpg" /></p><p>The Government has already taken the first step in the proceedings arising from the complaint by the Nature Protection Service (Seprona) of the Civil Guard for the dumping of more than three tons of chipped asphalt remains on various rural paths and public spaces in Petra.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Josep Maria Sastre]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:27:14 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Dumps in Petra.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The Executive asks for explanations from the City Council and the Council of Mallorca and will open a sanctioning file if the legality of the discharges is not justified]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sencelles demands to stop the laundry and take the water pollution to the Prosecutor's Office]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/misc/sencelles-demands-laundry-stop-and-will-take-water-pollution-to-the-prosecutor-s-office_1_5806601.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/6f52429b-3dbe-4e43-b789-086331a2e45a_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.png" /></p><p>The Sencelles Town Hall will take the municipality's water situation to the Environmental Prosecutor's Office. The Consistory has announced this drastic measure so that both the origin of the chemical contamination detected in the Son Saletes network – which has forced the water to be declared unfit for human consumption – and the possible administrative omissions accumulated over more than two decades can be investigated. In parallel, the government team has demanded the immediate and precautionary suspension of discharges from the industrial laundry Elis Mallorca (formerly Lavanderías Diana) until it is clarified whether it is related to this episode.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[T. P.]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:35:42 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[View of the reported laundry.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Analyses have detected PFAS above the permitted limits in the Son Saletes network, declared unfit for human consumption]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Manacor recovers the municipal swimming pool after paying almost 150,000 euros]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/misc/manacor-recovers-the-municipal-swimming-pool-after-paying-almost-150-000-euros_1_5803890.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/68f3ac24-bb15-4ae7-af00-893f72c4a2a2_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Being able to swim again in the Manacor municipal pool will still take time, but the City Council has already taken a decisive step to recover the facility. The municipal plenary session has approved the agreement with the bankruptcy administration of Esquitxos de Blavor SL, the former concessionaire, which will allow the Consistory to regain full rights to the sports space.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sebastià Vanrell]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:28:30 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Manacor swimming pool.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The facility will remain closed beyond 2026 and will require works that could exceed one million]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sobrassada and identical surnames: what unites Petra and a town in Alicante 400 years later]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/misc/sobrassada-and-identical-nicknames-what-unites-petra-and-town-in-alacant-400-years-later_1_5793729.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/197d8623-f831-4dc4-b030-28f6f73ff8f4_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>On Saturday at 7:00 a.m., while waiting for the arrival of the delegation from Vall de Laguar (Alicante) at the port of Palma, the councilwoman of Petra, Catalina Gibert, thought that this group of people was making "the reverse journey" to what her Petrarchan ancestors did "more than 400 years ago, when they were expelled from Mallorca". The reflection summarizes the meaning of the twinning that these two municipalities have formalized this weekend, united by a shared history that is still preserved today in nicknames, gastronomy, and collective memory.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Josep Maria Sastre]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:17:42 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The visitors of the Vall de Laguar in Mallorca.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The Valley of Laguar formalizes a twinning with the Mallorcan municipality to claim a shared history that dates back to the repopulation after the expulsion of the Moors in 1609]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[The invisible cost of Pollença's tourism model]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/the-invisible-cost-of-pollenca-s-tourism-model_1_5789163.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/83533564-f18d-4997-ae1a-c687458f7888_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>When talking about tourist pressure in Mallorca, the image is usually that of a large hotel facade. In Pollença, however, the reality is different. The municipality has built a large part of its model on holiday rentals. Today it continues to be one of the municipalities with the most tourist-use homes in the Balearic Islands, and almost 68% of tourist places correspond to this type of accommodation, a reality very different from that of other primarily hotel destinations.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bruno Rodríguez]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 04 Jul 2026 15:13:46 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Discharges on the Colom promenade, in the Port of Pollença.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The bay accumulates decades of urban, tourist, and environmental pressure. The pollution episodes are only the most visible face of an ecosystem that has been showing signs of exhaustion for years.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Catalina Perelló makes history by becoming the first socialist mayoress of Sant Joan]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/politics/catalina-perello-makes-history-by-becoming-the-first-socialist-mayor-of-sant-joan_1_5775292.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/d66f022e-cafa-481c-8e90-30614c99002d_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_1058849.jpg" /></p><p>Historic day for Sant Joan and, especially, for local and regional socialism. Catalina Perelló Pascual has taken possession of the command staff of the City Council and has thus become the first mayor in the history of the municipality under the PSIB-PSOE banner. With this appointment, Perelló becomes the third woman to head the Sant Joan Council, following in the footsteps of her predecessors, Maria Teresa Munar Caimari (UM) and Catalina Gayà Bauzà (AxSJ).</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[J. Socies / J.M. Sastre]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 20 Jun 2026 15:12:26 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Catalina Perelló and Richard Thompson.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Perelló becomes the third woman to head the Consistory, following in the footsteps of Maria Teresa Munar Caimari and Catalina Gayà Bauzà]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Manacor will begin charging an annual fee for each niche in Son Coletes]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/manacor-will-start-charging-an-annual-fee-for-each-niche-in-son-coletes_1_5763461.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/2d2e3050-84a4-4d74-b28d-da229e52d629_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The latest problems and criticisms made public by users who have not been able to bury their loved ones, due to security issues, in family tombs, have led the City Council to now face the urgent need to reform the old part of the Son Coletes municipal cemetery in Manacor. Although the space, redeveloped between 1953 and 1957 after its initial use during the plague, has been in a state of evident degradation for years due to the passage of time and lack of maintenance, it is only in recent weeks that the Council has decided to take action.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sebastià Vanrell]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:27:14 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Niches of Son Coletes.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The Manacor council wants to update the municipal cemetery regulations from top to bottom, in order to speed up processes, but above all to be able to draw up a census of the more than 12,200 niches]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["After 55 years in Grace, we only ask the Bishopric for a dignified exit"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/misc/after-55-years-in-gracia-we-only-ask-the-bishopric-for-dignified-departure_1_5733519.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/a1115f46-d976-4a4b-b587-b150c63c0b32_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>There are places that have soul, spirit, and strength, but too often we forget that a good part of that soul is given by people. In the Randa massif - already within the municipality of Llucmajor - under the beauty of the majestic rock, is the <a href="https://en.arabalears.cat/misc/six-centuries-of-grace-contemplate-him_130_5430084.html" >Sanctuary of Our Lady of Grace</a>. A space that for more than half a century has had two faces that define it: the Algaidinians Sebastián Amengual and Francisca Miralles, the lay brothers of Gracia.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joan Socies]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 11 May 2026 10:21:02 +0000]]></pubDate>
      <media:content url="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/a1115f46-d976-4a4b-b587-b150c63c0b32_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
      <media:title><![CDATA[Sebastià Amengual, a Grace donor.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Sebastià Amengual and Francisca Miralles must leave the sanctuary in Randa after more than half a century as donated]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["In Senegal they make a living from footwear, as we did in Inca"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/misc/in-senegal-they-live-from-footwear-as-we-used-to-live-in-inca_1_5730466.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/cf953c9c-487c-4511-bba9-9674d38689f6_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>At number 27 on Joan d’Àustria street in Inca, behind a shop window full of fabrics and embroidery, there is a space where solidarity takes shape. It is the workshop of Punts amb Vida, the most visible project of the Inca Solidària association.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gisela Bandenes]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 07 May 2026 19:38:04 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Women working in the Punts amb Vida workshop in Inca.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[A group of women drives a solidarity sewing workshop in the capital of Raiguer that finances local aid and projects abroad]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["We are hurting ourselves collectively": trash cans thrown on the ground and vandalism in Sant Joan]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/misc/we-are-hurting-each-other-bins-thrown-the-ground-and-vandalism-in-sant-joan_1_5728671.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/7ddce40f-213d-467d-b560-3aa770aa78c3_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Trash cans thrown on the ground, misplaced dirt, and damage to public space. Sant Joan has had enough of a series of uncivil behaviors that, according to the City Council, not only degrade the municipality but also affect the sense of community.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Josep Maria Sastre]]></dc:creator>
      <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/misc/we-are-hurting-each-other-bins-thrown-the-ground-and-vandalism-in-sant-joan_1_5728671.html]]></guid>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 06 May 2026 09:26:48 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Plants uprooted in San Juan.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The City Council denounces uncivilized behaviors such as damage to landscaping, misplaced dirt, and acts of vandalism, and appeals to recover the sense of community]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Pollença Wine Fair: from a meeting between friends to a great showcase of Mallorcan wine]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/misc/the-pollenca-wine-fair-from-meeting-between-friends-to-great-showcase-of-mallorcan-wine_1_5721200.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/56ab6daa-1178-400f-b707-ee3bb4912593_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_1057835.jpg" /></p><p>More than twenty years ago, the Pollença Wine Fair was almost an excuse to meet, toast, and build community. A more festive than specialized event, where wine served as a common thread to bring together friends, producers, and the curious in a much more informal atmosphere than what we know today.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bruno Rodríguez]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:38:47 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[One of the exhibitors at the Pollença Wine Fair.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The event, which reaches its 23rd edition, reflects the sector's maturity and the change in public habits, increasingly interested in local product]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Government is already clear where the second electrical cable with the Peninsula will pass]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/misc/the-government-already-has-clear-where-the-second-electrical-cable-with-the-peninsula-will-pass_1_5721143.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/c33b33a5-293f-4079-b2e7-2024c4b75425_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The Government defends the project for the second electrical link between the Islands and the Peninsula as an "essential" infrastructure to guarantee supply and advance the energy transition. The Executive especially endorses the route planned through La Herradura, in Alcudia, which it considers the most viable option from both a technical and environmental point of view.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:44:45 +0000]]></pubDate>
      <media:content url="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/c33b33a5-293f-4079-b2e7-2024c4b75425_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
      <media:title><![CDATA[The Horseshoe in Alcúdia, where the route of the second electric cable to the Peninsula would pass.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The Executive backs the route through the Horseshoe, in Alcudia, and defends that it is the most viable option with the least environmental impact]]></subtitle>
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