After announcing their brief return, Ossifar has released a new song, I Don't Like Reggaeton, which can now be heard on digital platforms. The track is the result of this reunion with the public and was presented this past Wednesday at El Corte Inglés, where the group also announced that on May 30th they will have a meet-and-greet with fans, including a signing and photo session.

The Urban Planning Department of the Palma City Council has granted a permit this Tuesday to demolish the building located at number 27 on 31 de Diciembre street, a construction designed by the architect Gaspar Bennàssar, with the condition of preserving the facade. The action will allow for the construction of a new multi-family building with a total of 15 homes, as well as parking spaces and storage rooms.

The Consell de Mallorca has declared the traditional production technique of 'tela de lenguas' (fabric of languages) as Intangible Cultural Heritage (Bicim), with the aim of protecting, preserving, and guaranteeing the continuity of this living heritage deeply rooted in Mallorcan identity.

The College of Civil Engineers, Canals and Ports of the Balearic Islands has included three infrastructures from the Islands in its Catalogue of Actions in the Public Works Heritage: the na Pòpia lighthouse, in sa Dragonera; the Colàrsega bridge, in Ciutadella; and the Son Verí viaduct, at the Llucmajor station. These are engineering elements with historical and heritage value that, according to the entity, require rehabilitation, restoration and conservation actions, as well as better identification and dissemination.

The Palma City Council has approved the conservation of the facade of the Gaspar Bennàssar building on 31 de Desembre street. The initial plan by the developer, which had been approved, was to demolish the current construction and erect a new building that would faithfully reproduce the original facade of the architect's project. After ARCA's intervention, the demolition was halted. This Tuesday, the Councilor for Urbanism, Óscar Fidalgo, explained that the Historic Center Commission has given the go-ahead to the new project that will preserve the facade and through which a multi-family building will be constructed with 15 homes, parking spaces, and storage rooms.

The Palma City Council has finally approved the conservation of the facade of the Gaspar Bennàssar building located on 31st December street. The initial project, which had been approved, by the developer, provided for the demolition of the current building to erect a new one that faithfully reproduced the original facade designed by the architect.

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.

Almost at the same time, just a few days ago, two pieces of news reached us. One: the State denied the temporary loan of the three prehistoric bull heads found over a century ago in Costitx, to be exhibited at the Museum of Mallorca. "The Ministry of Culture is laughing at the Majorcans," stated the president of the Council, Llorenç Galmés. Two: the discovery in the Tramuntana mountain range of a small bull head – precisely! – which this time will remain on the island. We recall the discovery of the bulls and how and why they ended up in Madrid, at the National Archaeological Museum (MAN).

Plataforma per la Llengua has submitted allegations to the draft bill for the regulation of the cultural landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana to demand that the regulations explicitly protect and promote the Catalan language.

The story ofAgama in Mallorca It could have ended differently. The Damm group Agama was open to handing over the factory and the Agama brand, but after months of negotiations, the proposal was rejected. This offer came during talks to create a cooperative in Mallorca to manage dairy production on the island, bringing together the Balearic government, Agama workers, farmers, and some private investors. What was meant to be a lifeline for Mallorca's dairy sector failed to materialize and has led to its collapse and demise.another part of the Balearic Islands industry.

Pollença has finally approved its Heritage Catalogue, a key tool for the protection and regulation of cultural assets, after more than two decades of unsuccessful attempts. The document, validated in the ordinary plenary session in February, puts an end to a long period of gridlock and places the municipality in line with the rest of Mallorca's towns, which have had this type of instrument, required by law, for years. The delay has been significant. As the architect who drafted the catalogue, Jaume Lluís Salas, explains, "The Balearic Islands' urban planning regulations state that all municipalities must have an approved Heritage Catalogue, and Pollença has a particular situation, since attempts to approve it have been made since 2005 and, until now, have not been successful." These difficulties have prevented the municipality from having a fundamental tool for regulating growth and protecting elements of historical, architectural, and landscape value. The new catalogue covers the entire municipality and includes diverse areas such as the town center of Pollença, Port de Pollença, Cala Sant Vicenç, and the Formentor area, thus incorporating a comprehensive view of the heritage that defines the municipality's identity. It is not just an inventory of buildings, but a regulatory document that establishes how these properties and their surroundings should be managed. Until now, Pollença was among the long list of municipalities that still fail to comply with the regulations that, for decades, have required the creation of a catalogue clearly defining the properties and elements that deserve protection. Often, according to heritage experts, private interests and the fear among local councils of generating controversy with certain building owners have prevented the catalogue from being approved. It is important to remember that when an element is catalogued, its owners cannot alter its most significant features, much less demolish the house or element in question.

La Menorquina has discontinued Punky, one of the most historic and famous ice creams in the Balearic Islands, a brand that has marked the childhood of many generations. This is yet another example of the loss of traditional products and elements that the archipelago has been gradually losing in recent years. After Laccao's farewellas a Mallorcan product, to become 100% CatalanNow Punky disappears too.

Víctor Madera Núñez (Oviedo, 1961) has been the talk of the town for several years now. The president of Quirón has become the leading magnate of private healthcare in Spain, benefiting from urban development plans to build a private hospital in Madrid as much as he salvages castles, mansions, and estates from ruins across the country. From his native Asturias to the Balearic Islands, where he has already acquired dozens of properties over the last decade. Madera, considered the main landowner in Menorca, has transformed himself into a real estate tycoon since, nine years ago, he sold Quirón Salud, the largest private hospital group in Spain, to the German company Fresenius Helios, the largest healthcare group in Europe. The deal was closed for 5.76 billion euros, of which 450 million went directly to the Asturian doctor. Married and a father of four, he has not even come close to disengaging from this company, of which he is the non-executive chairman. Quirón currently manages more than 80 hospitals and day centers, employing 35,000 people.

Little by little, without much noise, traditional cuisine of the Balearic Islands It's fading away. It's not happening for a single reason or overnight, but as a consequence of a profound change in how we live, eat, and relate to time. Globalization, the culture of immediacy, and a fast-paced diet have been displacing a cuisine that requires slow cooking, patience, and oral tradition. This has led to the disappearance of part of the culinary vocabulary and linguistic heritage that has defined the cultural identity of the Balearic Islands for centuries. Words that once circulated naturally in the islands' kitchens are increasingly unfamiliar to younger generations, reflecting how the disappearance of traditional dishes is accompanied by the loss of language and cultural knowledge.

Like an ancient sibyl, 93-year-old Maria Capó Navarro concentrates and begins to sing one of the tunes from her youth, when she worked on the family farm in Sóller. It's her way of evoking a world of connection to the land and precise words that vanished with the boom A tourist attraction in the 1960s. The first person to hear that same tune live 74 years ago was the American ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax. "In 1952," he says, "he saw me perform at an international folklore competition held in the Palma bullring. I sang with my village group, Los Danzadores del Baile de Oro (The Dancers of the Golden Dance). We were one of the prize winners. Apparently, my family liked it a lot and asked to come. I was the only doll." Capó remembers that visit perfectly. "The sun was blazing, and Lomax arrived hunched over and sweltering. He took out his tape recorder and recorded the moment when my father, my grandfather, and I were singing while we threshed grain on the threshing floor with a sledgehammer. He must not have understood a thing. He only knew a little Spanish."

The Civil Guard has seized more than 1,500 pieces of great heritage and historical value in Mallorca, after discovering that three German citizens residing on the island had accumulated them over the years, allegedly illegally. Among the confiscated items are 1,574 ancient coins, amphorae, unguent jars, lamps, jugs, jewelry, sculptures, and swords. The investigation began in October 2024, when an elderly woman was stopped at Palma airport carrying approximately 50 coins dating from the Greek era to the Middle Ages. Her cooperative attitude allowed officers to locate the rest of the collection at her residence in Cales de Mallorca (Manacor).

Internal resistance to the new right-wing policies is growing in the Menorca Island Council. Virtually since the beginning of its term, the PP's governing actions have been questioned—with good reason—by the institution's own staff, leading Adolfo Vilafranca's team to seek the necessary support outside the council, support it is not receiving internally.

Today, giants are the protagonists of many civic celebrations. Their origin, however, was religious, within the context of Corpus Christi. The most important ancient feast of Christendom was instituted in Europe in the 13th century. It was set on the calendar 60 days after Easter Sunday to venerate 'the body of Christ,' personified in the consecrated host. Initially, it took place inside churches, but from the 14th century onward, it moved into the streets in the form of a procession. Attention then turned to men in costumes and on stilts who recreated episodes from sacred history with the aim of making it known to the illiterate population. Very soon, those actors became giants. The first one in the West dates from 1424 and was built in Barcelona. It was a replica of Goliath, the Philistine giant whom David, the future king of Israel, captured with a powerful slingshot. It already had the characteristic rigid shell that encases the man wearing it. In the Balearic Islands, the appearance of enormous anthropomorphic figures occurred two centuries later. The first is documented in Sóller in 1630 and the second in Sineu in 1653, the latter already integrated into a local festival, that of Sant Roc. The first Mallorcan giant whose name we know, Puput, dates from 1762 and is from Sant Llorenç. And in Menorca, the oldest giants are those of Maó. They arrived rented in 1934 from Barcelona to liven up the festivities of the Virgen de Gracia – the City Council would eventually buy the figures, which would not be given names (Tomeu and Guida) until 1992. In the Pitiusas Islands, however, the giant tradition was entirely nonexistent.

The Algaida Town Council today officially announced the purchase of the building under construction in the town center, which was left behind by Toni Puente after his sudden death in 2021.

"The transformation of landholdings has deep roots. At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, there was a first major separation, when the territories were divided from the lineages that had historically owned them," reflects historian Tomás Vibot, one of the leading experts on the subject. "But at that time, their customs were still maintained. Back then, the Mallorcan nobility owned a lot of land, but they didn't have cashAs soon as many properties were sold to other Mallorcans, in some cases they went to the original owners, the tenants who had made enough money to buy them; others passed to the new industrial bourgeoisie or even to those who had made their fortunes in the Americas. The latter is the case of Raixa, which the Despuig family sold, almost gave away, to Navidades, who had become rich in South America. Now, a hundred years later, the second great disconnection is not between territory and surnames, but between territory and nationality and, above all, between territory and utility,” he reflects.