What a market day must have been like in Manacor in the late 70s. This 16mm color footage shows that, while the urban planning and appearance of Plaça Ramon Llull have changed in these almost 50 years, there are others that continue to make the Manacor landscape very recognizable.

The history of the art trade in Mallorca cannot be understood without the emergence, at the end of the 19th century, of a society that turned painting into an object of desire and a business capable of moving significant capital. We are talking about the Foment de la Pintura i Escultura, a social entity active in the city between 1876 and 1904, but about which little has been said until now. The restorer of works of art José María Pardo Falcón now reconstructs that collective adventure in the essay-book "La sociedad del Fomento de la Pintura y Escultura. Palma 1876-1904", edited by Ensiola and with a prologue by professor Catalina Cantarellas. The volume will be presented on May 7 at the Quars bookstore, in a conversation between the author and Cantarellas herself.

The Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) Sobrasada de Mallorca closed 2025 with 5.6 million pieces and over two million kilos sold, according to a statement from the regulatory board. The organization describes these figures as "remarkable results due to their stability" and emphasizes that consumption trends are consolidating sobrasada as a benchmark product. Last year, the Balearic Islands accounted for 36.7% of the market, representing a 3% increase compared to 2024, thus confirming the product's recognition in its region of origin. The rest of Spain remains the main driver of sales, representing 59.3% of the total, despite a relative decrease of 2.7%, as production increased by 0.5%.

The Palma Organic Market is the only 100% organic farmers' market in the Balearic Islands. In fact, according to the Spanish Society of Organic Agriculture (SEAE), this market is the most important in the entire country in terms of the number of stalls and its frequency. The project, which began fifteen years ago and can be visited every Tuesday and Saturday in Plaça Patins in Palma, is experiencing a period of growth while maintaining its essence: a loyal clientele, exclusively local and organic producers and products, and a relationship between buyers and sellers more akin to that of friends or family than to that of business transactions. "It's an example of how a market can thrive in a city while also protecting local and organic products," remarked Marialaura Dolfi of Apaema.

The Menorca People's Party (PPP) will open an internal investigation into its president in Mercadal and Fornells, who is also the spokesperson and first deputy mayor of the municipality, Cristóbal David Pons, after learning from ARA Baleares that he had been convicted of a crime of bodily harm.

The first deputy mayor and councilor for Sports, Urban Development, Commerce, and Cleaning of Mercadal, Cristóbal David Pons Sintes, of the Popular Party, was sentenced "as criminally responsible for a minor offense of bodily harm" for intentionally causing the fall of a woman, a relative of his, whom he tripped while walking.