A driver ran a stop sign in Palma and left a one-year-old baby and her father, who were in another vehicle driving correctly, with minor injuries.

A driver ran a yield sign in Palma and left a one-year-old baby and her father, who were in another vehicle driving correctly, with minor injuries.

The Pla de Mallorca Association of Municipalities has launched a tender for the supply and installation of new connected information elements to link the heritage and natural resources of the 14 municipalities in the region. This tender is for the supply, installation, and commissioning of a new smart tourist signage network. The project has a budget of €220,830.58 plus VAT and is fully funded by the European Union's Next Generation EU funds. The project details that the main objective is to transform the Pla de Mallorca region into a smart and connected destination. To achieve this, a wide variety of elements will be installed, from urban and wooden information points to steel totems, interpretive lecterns, and specific beacons for cycle tourism. All these displays will incorporate QR codes that will allow visitors to access detailed information about local culture, nature, and agriculture in three languages: Catalan, Spanish, and English. Regarding the timeline, the company in charge of the project must complete the work within a maximum period of five months from the signing of the contract, with the commitment that the entire installation will be finished before June 30, 2026.

Catalan has practically disappeared from the signs at the headquarters of the Consell de Mallorca (Island Council of Mallorca). This was denounced by Joan Llodrà, a councilor for MÉS per Mallorca, this Thursday during the plenary session of the Consell, where he criticized the island institution for replacing some of the interior Catalan signage in the main building with signs in Spanish and even English. The party explained in a statement that the changes were made "selectively": while signs like 'extinguisher' (fire extinguisher) – which are the same in both Catalan and Spanish – remained unchanged, signs like 'exit' were simply replaced with 'exit'. Therefore, Llodrà denounced the use of public funds for this initiative. "We thought it might be a joke, but these signs have been on the upper floors of the building for almost two months now, and we believe it's wise to rectify this."