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    <title><![CDATA[Ara Balears in English - town councils]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[The PP town councils in the Balearic Islands request the suspension of migrant regularization "due to the chaos it causes"]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/0a196fe0-6de8-4221-a0e7-bced2b0b2bb2_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The PP mayors of the Balearic Islands have called this Friday for the suspension of the extraordinary regularization of migrants due to the impact that, as they claim, it is having on the town councils. They consider that the process has generated situations of collapse in municipal services from day one.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:52:49 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Migrants queuing to regularize their situation]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The town councils report saturation of municipal services and lack of instructions on the first day of the process]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nearly 90% of Balearic Islands city councils fail in transparency, according to the UAB.]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/nearly-90-of-balearic-islands-city-councils-fail-in-transparency-according-to-the-uab_1_5474556.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/73295443-f84d-4bae-9762-e0f5268b1fc3_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>88% of the Balearic Islands' municipalities fail to comply with the Transparency Law, which requires administrations (state, regional, and municipal) to publish all information of interest to citizens on their websites. The remaining 24% receive a score below 1 out of 10.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:50:56 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Inca Town Hall headquarters in Plaza Espanya.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The university points out that nine years after the regulations were approved, the level of compliance by the councils is very low.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Three sound level meters installed in the Serra de Tramuntana]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/974161f3-11b1-409c-91df-8f441b8ebbec_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The Sierra de Tramuntana Association (Mancomunidad de la Sierra de Tramuntana) has acquired three mobile sound level meters, which have already begun to be used to impose fines of up to €300,000 on vehicles exceeding 90 decibels. This measure, which will be applied only in urban areas—where the local councils have jurisdiction—aims to "raise awareness" so that residents of the Serra "can feel safe in their homes," explains the president of the Association, Bernat Isern.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura López Rigo]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 21 Jul 2025 20:53:30 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[For exceeding 90 decibels, fines can reach up to 300,000 euros.]]></subtitle>
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