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    <title><![CDATA[Ara Balears in English - citizen advocate]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[They open an investigation in the Palma City Council for the Pride controversy]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/they-open-an-investigation-at-the-palma-city-council-for-the-pride-controversy_1_5765643.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/500d68fb-94b0-4e5d-8a95-33fd4a7ee43f_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The Ombudsman has opened an investigation into the Palma City Council following a complaint filed by Ben Amics, which accuses the Consistory of violating fundamental rights due to the repeated difficulties that, according to the entity, it has placed in organizing the Pride events.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Héctor Rubio]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:02:11 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The Defender of the Citizen has initiated this procedure for "violation of rights" at the request of Ben Amics]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[The groups explode against the limitation of the correfocs: "It is an attack on culture"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/the-groups-explode-against-the-limitation-of-the-correfocs-it-is-an-attack-culture_1_5723082.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/559e6c23-3a81-4e1e-9d0d-9110f41276ec_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Indignation and bewilderment among the devil groups of Palma after <a href="https://www.arabalears.cat/etiquetes/ajuntament-de-palma/" target="_blank">the City Council </a>has limited to 11 the number of annual correfocs in the neighborhoods of the entire City. The measure, recently approved, represents a radical change from the previous situation, in which there was no limit and activities were managed according to the demand and organizational capacity of the neighborhoods and the groups. </p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Héctor Rubio]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:22:14 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Fire run in Sant Sebastià.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[MÉS per Palma denounces a model based on "improvisation, lack of resources, and disregard" for neighborhood associations. The associations criticize that the new regulations reduce activity and add more bureaucracy]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Citizen Defender of Palma, on the paralysis of the 2026 subsidies: "Some entities may disappear"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/the-citizen-defender-of-palma-the-paralysis-of-the-2026-subsidies-some-entities-may-disappear_1_5721825.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/d2e3df93-8cf0-4756-9190-3ac18c7d74a9_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p><a href="https://www.arabalears.cat/etiquetes/defensora-de-la-ciutadania/" target="_blank">The Ombudsman of Palma</a>, Anna Moilanen, has issued a warning about the paralysis of municipal subsidies: if the situation is not resolved quickly, "it could mean the disappearance of a part of the associative fabric" of the City. The suspension, which is already extending towards the fifth month without a clear resolution timeline, affects "a wide range of activities – educational, sports, cultural, social, and neighborhood – and puts services at risk" which, in some cases, compensate for "shortcomings of the Administration itself", she explained.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Héctor Rubio]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:02:01 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[An old man sitting on a bench.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Anna Moilanen claims from the City Council an urgent solution and more transparency to give way to aid]]></subtitle>
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