The earth’s core has a “escape.” And it’s gold

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Our planet hides, thousands of kilometers under our feet, a mainly composed nucleus ironwith an important nickel concentration, and also with other intermingled elements. And among these latest elements, there is gold. Gold leak. Gold that, according to a recent study, It is leaked towards upper layers, in the direction of the surface and through the land mantle. A gold, in addition, that would have “escaped” of the earth’s core along with other precious metals. A tiny portion. Gold has been considered, since time immemorial, a precious metal and its “rarity” has been related to the value we have given to this element throughout the history of mankind. “Rareness”, quoted, since it is a contextual rarity. Gold is rare on the surface of our planet and in the most accessible areas of the cortex through mining. But this element is not universe in the universe, and it is not scarce on our planet Earth. So much that the “superficial” gold represents less than 0.001% of the total of this gold. Before and after. Someone might wonder why the gold of our planet has been distributed so capricious. It is because this cast has little or nothing capricious, and the reason is in the geological history of our own planet. When the land was still in the process of formation, about 4.5 billion years ago, gold and other metals ended up trapped in the planet’s core, due to gravity. Until now we believed that these metals would have been separated from the surface by the terrestrial mantle. The origin of surface gold, following this logic, could be for example in spacethanks to the infinity of meteorites that have reached the surface of our planet throughout its geological history. After the track of Ruthenium. This, we pointed out, not only with gold, also with other similar metals such as The Ruthenium (RU). The recent study was based precisely on this metal and a significant fact: that the Ruthenium typical of the Earth’s core presents a significant abundance of a concrete isotope, Ruthenium-10 (100ru), which distinguishes it from superficial root. The team responsible for the new study analyzed Ruthenium traces found in the volcanic rocks of the Hawaii archipelago to determine the presence of the 100ru isotope. Something that would have been impossible a few years ago, The team stands outit has now been possible thanks to new tools developed for analysis. Analysis that allowed linking the ruthenium found in these rocks with the earth’s core, which implies that this metal from the border region between the nucleus and the mantle would have risen until it sneaks into the volcanic magma. The details of the study were published In an article In the magazine Nature. Aboard the convective magma. Investigating what happens under the surface of the Earth has been over the years a task on the verge of the impossible. The propagation of the seismic waves revealed at the time very valuable information about the mantle and the nucleus, but increasingly precise measurement techniques have gone Opening new doors Over the years. In Xataka | We take centuries without understanding how gold nuggets formed in quartz. The answer was in electricity and tremors Image | Göttingen University (Openai)

The most risky and decisive in the vertiginous history of the rocket

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All ready for the ninth Starship test flight, the most important mission so far after the final explosives of the previous releases. With Elon Musk back in Starbase, Spacex seeks to complete pending objectives and, as if that were not enough, try for the first time the reuse of one of the rocket stages, the super heavy propeller. Date and time of launch. Following the pattern of the previous flights, the ninth launch of Starship is scheduled to take off in the afternoon, so that the reentry of the ship on the Indian ocean occurs in the sunlight. The launch window opens on Tuesday, May 27 at 6:30 p.m., local time of the newly incorporated city of Starbase, Texas. In other cities: Madrid, Spain (CEST, UTC+2): Wednesday, May 28 at 01:30 Mexico City, Mexico (CST, UTC-5): Tuesday, May 27 at 6:30 p.m. Buenos Aires, Argentina (Art, UTC-3): Tuesday, May 27 at 8:30 p.m. Bogotá, Colombia (COT, UTC-5): Tuesday, May 27 at 6:30 p.m. Lima, Peru (Pet, UTC-5): Tuesday, May 27 at 6:30 p.m. Santiago, Chile (CLT, UTC-4): Tuesday, May 27 at 7:30 p.m. Caracas, Venezuela (Vet, UTC-4): Tuesday, May 27 at 7:30 p.m. How to see it live. Spacex will broadcast the flight Through its website and His official X profile. The retransmission will begin 30 minutes before takeoff. On this occasion, too They will broadcast live A talk by Elon Musk about the future of the company and its path to the conquest of Mars, which will take place about six and a half hours before the launch. For the most enthusiastic, YouTube channels like Nasaspaceflight, Lab Padre and Everyday Astronaut They usually offer retransmissions with their own cameras from the immediate vicinity of the launch platform. In Spanish, the coverage of Space border, Mission control, Manuel Mazzanti either Spacexstormamong others. All eyes put on the ship. This ninth attempt comes after the investigations of flights 7 and 8, which ended in the loss of the upper stage of the rocket. Spacex has clarified that the causes were different. The seventh flight succumbed to unexpected vibrations that caused a liquid oxygen leak. The eighth, with the vibrations already mitigated, failed for a hardware problem in one of the central raptor engines of the ship, which caused a mixture of propellents and a violent explosion. With the lessons learned, all looks are put on this ninth flight. Double Tirabuzón of the Super Heavy. One of the great milestones of this mission is that the propeller, whose serial number is Booster 14, will be the first to be reused after a successful take -off and landing in the seventh mission. Although 29 of its 33 Raptor engines have already flown, Spacex has carried out exhaustive inspections and replaced single -use components. This time, Booster 14 will not try to be caught by the tower. Instead, he will perform a series of risky experiments during his descent on the Gulf of Mexico: Post-separation controlled turn: several hot separation adapter vents will be blocked so that the thrust of Starship engines make it spin in a known direction, saving propellant. Greater angle of attack: it will try to fly with a more aggressive angle during the descent to increase atmospheric resistance and reduce speed, needing less propenting for landing. Motor tests in spareness: one of the three central engines will be deactivated intentionally during the final phase of the landing ignition to test the capacity of a backup engine. Then, it will go to only two central engines before hard ametering in the Gulf. Many experiments to do. The Starship ship (the number S35) also has a full agenda because it must complete the objectives that Spacex could not demonstrate in the two previous flights: First load deployment: It will display in its suborbital trajectory eight Starlink satellite simulators, similar in size to the next generation of the Spacex constellation. Motor reached in space: he will try again to reade of a Raptor engine in a vacuum to get out of his trajectory. Recentrada experiments: Spacex has eliminated a significant number of thermal tiles of the ship’s shield to test vulnerable areas. It will also test new metal tiles (one with active cooling) and functional capture accessories for future landings in the second tower. In addition, the borders of the tiles have softened to avoid hot points. To top it off, the reentry profile will be more aggressive to deliberately stressed the rear ailerons. The objective is a controlled ameter in the Indian Ocean, where there will already be dawn. Why this flight is so crucial. Starship’s ninth flight is not just one more test. It is an attempt of Spacex to demonstrate the rapid reuse of the super heavy, validate solutions to previous failures in the Starship and, above all, to collect critical data in extreme conditions to approach the objective of a totally reusable launch system. The success in these experiments could accelerate the program, which already has permission to make 25 annual flights. For now, this is the third flight of 2025. Whatever happens, the emotion is guaranteed. Image | Spacex In Xataka | Spacex has been scratching his head for 11 weeks to relaunch Starship. Now he finally has green light to fly again

lose up to 60% of air traffic

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They threatened and fulfilled. Ryanair has left or reduced its operations in seven Spanish cities, leaving semi -vaiors some airports in our country or, directly, eliminating more than half of the routes that came out from them. Now, the exit and without a company that occupies the hole left by the Low Cost Irish, we already know the impact. I set up. They announced it in January of this year. Ryanair made his bags and sought routes, in his opinion, more profitable than the Spanish. In total, 800,000 places less this summer, the closure of its activity in two Spanish cities and a reduction of its operations in five other cities. Specifically, 12 routes that suppose 18% of the company’s activity in our country. Jerez and Valladolid have fired Of the flights offered by the company and in Vigo, Santiago, Zaragoza, Asturias and Santander the operations between 5% (Santander) and 61% (Vigo) have been reduced. The reasons. “Despite the decision of the Spanish government in 2021 to freeze rates at airports until 2026, Aena has tried to increase rates every year and more accentuated in Spanish regional airports, where traffic is maintained below the levels prior to the Covid crisis,” with these words Ryanair explained its march. The decision also described it as “completely avoidable” and stressed that it would be “devastating for regional connectivity, employment and tourism in Spain.” That is, Ryanair directly pointed to the government and Aena rates that are charged for the maintenance of airports. The reasons? Despite Ryanair’s explanations, other reasons float in the air. The most obvious is that Fine of 107.78 million euros that the government has applied to Ryanair for its regulations regarding hand luggage has been decisive in the succession of events. The company’s own CEO, Michael O’Leary, He came to qualify as “clown” To the Minister of Consumption, Pablo Bustinduy. That fine is controversial because For consumption there is no doubt that a cabin suitcase is “essential” to travel. Ryanair defends himself saying that European regulations do not clearly specify what the measures of the “essential” bulk that must be embarked should be. Therefore, they ensure that the government is financially punishing the company for no reason. And justice does not end up being clear. Even in Spain, Ryanair has received favorable and opposite sentences in litigation related to the hand suitcase and the collection of it when it comes to what is popularly known as a cabin troley. Aena’s rates, therefore, seem only the excuse to break the routes. Its impact. In his march, Ryanair knew where he could hurt. He has left behind airports with very little activity, which means the closure of many routes that had the foreigner. Now, many citizens have to travel to Madrid, Barcelona and other large cities to take flights outside Spain. The most affected airport is Valladolid, where 63.2% of its passengers have vanished, according to data collected by Aena. It is the most affected city of the previous list. Together added 779,226 passengers in April, for the 871,070 passengers of the same month of last year. And that specifies in the economic environment, which Holy Week has been held in that period, which adds extra passengers (last year it was held in March). In total, 92,000 passengers have been lost in the sum of all airports and, according to Expansion75% of these operations correspond to trips offered by Ryanair. Zaragoza grows. Of the cities where Ryanair has reduced its operations, only Zaragoza manages to grow Regarding the month of April 2024. Its traffic grew by 13.6% despite the fact that the company had announced the withdrawal of 20% of the operations on the soil. Contrast with any other city that has reduced its operations to a greater or lesser extent. Jerez has lost 25% of passengers and Santiago 16.8%. In Santander, the decrease in passengers has been minimal with a 0.3% fall and in Asturias it has been contained in 1.7% decrease. In spite of everything, the average in reducing operations has been 10%. And in the future? Who knows. Because Ryanair continues to tension the rope And only a few weeks ago that he threatened to continue withdrawing routes if from Aena they do not yield to his demands regarding airport rates. A declaration of intentions of which Aena defends himself ensuring that these are very low in regional airports, almost testimonial. The truth is that Ryanair has operated, Also in Spainwith regional aid disguised as advertising campaigns which has allowed him to hold routes that were not filled. In his march he has applied that same strategy On routes that, for example, have Morocco as destination And in which nobody is traveling. Photo | Marty Sakin In Xataka | The great secret of Ryanair’s success is that he does not earn money to fly: he does so squeezing you in everything else

WhatsApp for iPad has just launched

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WhatsApp finally has application for iPad. More than 15 years have passed since Apple’s tablet reached the market And, until now, there was no official way to use the most popular messaging app in it. The only alternative was to use WhatsApp Web From the browser. That is over: goal has launched the Native app for iPad, already available at the App Store. The initial announcement has been discreet. No press releases or promotional videos: simply A message posted in X (Before Twitter) For the official WhatsApp account. In it, the company wrote “WhatsApp for iPad Now”, having hinted at the arrival of the app With an eye emoji shortly before. An experience adapted to the iPad. The new application allows to do practically the same as the iPhone version, but adapted to the screen and iPad ecosystem. It is possible to participate in voice and video calls with up to 32 people, use both cameras of the device (the front and the rear), and share screen during a video call. In addition, the app takes advantage of the multitasking functions offered by Ipados, such as Split View, Slide Over or Stage Manager. This means that you can maintain a conversation by WhatsApp while navigating the Internet, consultations documents or see a video, all from the same screen and without the need to change application. Synchronization, privacy and encryption. The messages, calls and files are synchronized between devices, maintaining end -to -end encryption that characterizes the service. If you use WhatsApp on your iPhone or Mac, everything will also be linked to the iPad without compromising privacy or security. Click on the image to see whatsapp for iPad in the App Store A promise fulfilled. In 2022, Will Cathcart, director of WhatsApp, He affirmed that “They would love to develop a native experience for iPad” and that “many people had asked for for years.” Although he did not offer concrete dates, his statement was one of the first official signals that at some point we would see the application land on the tablet. Today, that has materialized. Instagram is still pending. With this launch, target a historical debt with iPad users. But it is not the only one. Instagram still does not have an optimized version for Apple’s tablet, although its mobility use and audiovisual content edition fit perfectly with the format. In 2021, Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, acknowledged that an IPAD app “would be great”, But it also made it clear that It was not a priority in the company’s roadmap. Images | Goal In Xataka | OnePlus was the last bastion of the silence button. He has just replaced him to get into the AI ​​car

We promised them happy with the 7,000mah batteries. But Android is still Android

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I have been able to try the Realme GT 7one of the first phones in the market (generalist, no gaming) with 7,000mAh battery. A full -fledged mobile with a battery whose duration is good, but not superlative. The point is that this is not the first time something like that happens to me. I have tried mobiles with 4,500mAh batteries that lasted a lot more than others with 5,000Mah. Mobile with 5,000MAH with completely disparate durations, and then we have Apple with a 4,600mAh battery that lasts more than some much larger. Not everything is the ability. Welcome is the ability. Between 7,000mah and 5,000mah I have it clear: big horse. A battery with greater nominal capacity, to equal optimization and consumption of the components, is a battery aimed at having a longer duration. A clear example is the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge With its 3,900mah battery. Miracles do not exist and, with that capacity and the screen of a Galaxy S25+I was destined to have a battery that lasts little. Android is very Android. Android is a relatively free system, and this has as many advantages as inconvenience. There is nothing more efficient at an energy level than an AOSP ROM, based on “Pure Android” and with hardly any background processes. The issue is that manufacturers want to put their icing: customization layers. Although they provide added value, starting to build on Android is not simple, and adding both applications and extra processes, sometimes, does not work out. If a version is not optimized, it will devour resources, have the physical battery that the device has. There are even more elements. To the optimization that each manufacturer has to do in the system if you want the ROM to work well, you have to add that each phone element (screen, modem, Bluetooth, Wifi), has its associated controllers. A bad optimization or adjustment in the software that manages basic hardware elements can translate into triggered consumption. And, beyond optimization, hardware elements themselves can consume more or less. There are more or less efficient screens, there are more or less efficient processors, thermal management … The cocktail to create a mobile with a battery that lasts what must last is complex. The solutions. Sometimes, it is best to admit that there is no solution. If your mobile lasts little because milliamps are missing, there is no way out. In the opposite case, there is hope. If a telephone has a brutal battery, but it does not last enough, it is necessary to know the manufacturer to work in an update that solves it. It is not something, unfortunately, too common. But it is neither the first nor the last time that a phone does not work as fine in launch and, within a few weeks, it all starts stabilizing. In fact, this is not just an Android problem, although the system is more prone to these instabilities in the battery. I still remember The terrible battery of the iPhone 12 Pro. Yes, he had “only 2.815mah”, but the iPhone 13 pro lasted much more with 300mAh more. Super -healing problems, a total (health) capacity that touched 80% in just one year of use … Image | Xataka In Xataka | Save battery on your mobile: 28 things that increase their consumption on Android or iPhone and you can avoid

The Inditex formula for Zara’s success is not new. The new thing is that they tell her

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Inditex has put numbers and letters to its operation. His CEO, Óscar García Maceiras, presented the group’s formula in an academic forum, according to Expansion: (m + c + s + p) · v Fashion, client, sustainability and people, all multiplied by values. The idea is simple: translate half a century of business evolution into an understandable structure. And give clues about what is coming. The context. Zara turns 50 with difficult figures to discuss: more than 38,000 million income and 6,000 million benefit. But the environment has changed to the point of rethinking priorities before The rise of online sale. It is no longer enough for the model to work; Now you also have to explain it. And do it well. The formula does not provide revelation, but a signal: large companies not only compete in products, also in a story. And in a sector under greater pressure than ever – by its environmental footprint, its consumption model, its public exhibition – that story has to be clear, assumed and, above all, credible. In detail: m: Fast but reactive fashion. c: Customer as a sensor and motor. s: Sustainability as a process, not as achievement. p: People as the basis of the system. v: Values ​​that cohesive culture and direction. It is a frame. And as such, more useful to align inwards than to convince out. Between the lines. The equation comes at a time where companies need to seem as transparent as efficient. Converting complexity into formula is a form of story control: decides what to tell before others count on you. The relevant thing is not that Inditex has a formula, but that it believes it is necessary to communicate it. In that is the key: fashion is no longer defended only in catwalks or balances, also in the frames that build their legitimacy. In Xataka | Inditex has been opening Zara Megatiendas for years throughout the world. The problem is that they are ceasing to be so profitable Outstanding image | Praswin Prakashan in Unspash

A complete range in which a 98 “model with a groundbreaking price stands out

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Haier is no newcomer. This Chinese company landed in the Spanish market more than two decades ago and we followed the track very closely For almost twenty years. During this time we have had the opportunity to thoroughly analyze several of its televisions, such as the model HQLED S800which, despite being a mid -range TV, left me a good taste for its ability to perform well in any use scenario. Anyway, this manufacturer’s commitment for 2025 is more ambitious than The one of previous years. Although it has presented a range consisting of nine series in this article we will investigate in the six families that seem more interesting to us for their price/benefits ratio. There goes a small advance: there is everything from an OLED model to the last to several very interesting mini-read televisions, through a 98-inch giganton with an approachable price. C95: The flagship model proposes an OLED panel up to 144 Hz Haier C95. On paper, the specifications of this television are at the height of which the models equipped with a more advanced organic panel of the competition propose. Your OLED matrix works a maximum soda frequency of 144 Hz and live with an image processor capable of dealing so much with DOLBY VISION IQ CONTENTS such as HDR10+, HDR10 and HLG. Nothing to object to here. The heart of this C95, beyond its organic panel, is a socote with four nuclei that works side by side with a main memory map of 3 GB. On the other hand, Haier has resolved the sound of this TV betting on a 2.1 channel configuration and the ability to decode audio Dolby Atmos. Soon it will reach Spanish stores with a price of 1,999 euros for the 55 -inch model and 2,799 euros for the 65 -inch version. M96, M95, M90 and M80 Series: Total Bet for Mini-Led technology Haier M96. The M96 model is the LCD TV with the most ambitious mini-read retroilumination of Haier. Your panel can work at a maximum soda frequency of 144 Hz with videogames and incorporates a SOC that works in Tandem with 4 GB of main memory. The 100 -inch version proposes us 5.2.1 Sound channelswhile those of 75 and 85 inches have a slightly more modest audio hardware (2.1.2 channels). Haier M95. Just below the M96 model in the Porfolio de Haier resides the very interesting M95. Its Mini-LED backlit matrix is ​​capable of delivering a maximum brightness of 2,000 Nits according to this manufacturer, and, as in the M96, the panel refreshes a maximum of 144 Hz with video games. Its four -core socates coexists with 3 GB of main memory and is able to process Dolby Atmos sound. The 65 -inch version costs 1,999 euros, while the 75 -inch price has a price of 2,599 euros. The M90 ​​series, on the other hand, is committed to an LCD panel and MEMC type image for, as well as the other models we have reviewed, give ourselves a maximum soda of 144 Hz. With regard to the HDR contents it is compatible with all the formats currently used: Dolby Vision IQ, HDR10+, HDR10 and HLG. And a hardware of 2.1 channels is in charge of the sound. The 55 -inch model costs 1,099 euros, while 65 inches is priced at 1,499 euros. Haier M80. The most affordable mini-read retroilumination series that Haier is currently in catalog is the M80. However, although its price is lower than that of the other families, it does not sacrifice the ability to process all the HDR formats currently available or the Dolby Atmos audio reproduction through its 2.1 channel hardware. It also implements VRR and Allm technologies linked to the standard HDMI 2.1so, on paper, it is an adequate television for video games. This series is available in 55, 65, 75 and 85 inches with a starting price of 899 euros. S90: 98 inches at a very competitive price Haier S90. The S90 model is one of the gigantones of the Haier catalog. He proposes an LCD panel with nanocrystalsa 120 Hz soda and FALD type backhoration (Full Array Local Dimming), so its ability to control light is not as precise as that of the mini-led models in which we have just inquired. Even so, on paper it is an interesting TV. And it is because it costs 3,299 euros, an attractive price if we are in mind that it is a television of no less than 98 inches. In Xataka | China is devouring the televisions market. So much that Panasonic considers abandoning it In Xataka | The television market has been dominated for years by Korea and Japan. Now they have a new rival: China

Spain has its own Mykonos. And share with her something more than the coast and the wrapped houses: mass tourism

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Its wrapped houses, terraces, alleys and landscapes of the Mediterranean coast earned him Binibeca Vell The nickname “Mykonos Español”but over time this small town in Menorca has ended looking to the famous island of the cycles for another different reason: the Tourist saturation. As is the case in the Greek destiny, The town It fills every summer of thousands of visitors, an avalanche that is not always easy to fit in the routine of its neighbors. Hence they have decided to take action. A Spanish Mykonos? Yes. In fact, this informal title is disputed by several locations in the country, such as Frigilianain Malaga, or The Moorish Isletin Almería. Both stand out for their low houses of enchanted facades, narrow alleys, terraces and coastal landscapes bathed by the light of the Mediterranean. Exactly the same as Binibeca Vella small urbanization located in the south of Menorca, within the municipality of Sant Lluís. Its landscapes have made time win the nickname “Mykonos Menorquín” and a hole on the websites of the travel agencies, Blogs And even in The promotion of the Balearic institutions. What is its origin? Binibeca is not only known as “Mykonos de Baleares”. The locals also usually refer to it as “fishing village”, although in reality its origin has little to do with the people who make a living in the Mediterranean. The settlement is located in an old sailor shelter, but what we see today rose in the early 1960s as a residential urbanization driven by the rigger Antonio Sintes and the architect Corsini beardwho were inspired by Greece. The result is a picturesque populated with white houses glued to each other, 165 constructions distributed by an built surface of about 8,000 square meters located in a privileged environment, just in front of the sea. The Binibeca owners community stands out Another of its peculiarities: the settlement is “an urbanization”, “a private property” in which it is the residents themselves who are responsible for paying a fee for the maintenance of the area. And do tourists receive? Yes. Many. The community of owners ensures that in recent years visits “have increased significantly” to overcome the 800,000 annuallya considerable fact if one takes into account that in the area they reside just 200 people And during the winter months that figure is minimized. Maybe this disproportion between the number of residents and the great flow of visitors, but makes enough sense. To start with the tourist success of the Balearic Islands in General and Menorca in particular, which receives each year hundreds of thousands of tourists. Secondly, due to the visibility and promotion of the town, both in the networks and through Agencies, Forums And even Balearic institutions. “If you put the Menorca word on Instagram, of every 10 images that appear, three are from Binibeca Vell,” assured last year to The country Óscar Monge, president of the community of owners. What is coexistence like? If the neighbors of Mykonos island know something (the authentic, the one located in the cycles) is that living in a Mediterranean paradise is not always simple. On the website of the urbanization the residents themselves They recognize That the avalanche of tourists has a direct effect in its day to day, “complicating coexistence.” “Port adventure looks like, but they at least charge you the entrance,” summarize Monge. In practice that translates into dealing with tourists eager to achieve the best Selfie They do not hesitate to sneak into a private terrace to get it. “Tourists touch everything. One of our neighbors has many plants in pots and tourists move them to get a better photo. They sit in chairs in private porches,” explained a few months ago to The Telegraph one of the inhabitants of the urbanization. “They speak very high and the noise resonates because the town is small and closed. They sit on the stairs and, when the owner asks them to move, they refuse because they want to get the perfect photo.” And what have they done? Move token. That Binibeca is a private urbanization with a community of owners, not a real town of fishermen, makes its residents face tourist saturation with a different approach to that of other Balearic residents. Last year The community decreed that would allow visits only in a certain time slot, during the day. The rest of the time the space would remain closed with chains with notices. In The urbanization website A small plane can be consulted in which the visible areas, passage areas and the visiting schedule are detailed, restricted from 10.00 to 22.00 h. There are also certain guidelines for visitors: they are silent, keep the environment clean, not take photos for commercial purposes or inside the houses and, of course, that they do not enter into private homes or feel on the terraces. “When you visit us remember that you have entered a private property and you must respect the privacy of the neighbors,” They underline. Is there more? Yes. In 2023 the community and the Consell de Menorca reached a pact to lighten tourist pressure on the town, which passed among other issues to regulate the arrival of buses or help in the conservation of the area. The agreement It was not renewed However and a year ago the community threatened to go further and Vote the total closure From urbanization to tourism, a drastic measure because the flow of tourists is key to the businesses located in the area. “We pay expensive to be the most popular tourist attraction of Menorca”, Monge lamented. “Binibeca is promoted by the island administration and tourism companies, but what benefit do we get from it? We have nothing against tourism, but sometimes it seems that we live in Disneyland.” Their complaints of 2024 have served for the moment to promote a change in tourists, among which they appreciate (except exceptions) an attitude “a bit more moderate.” And what do they plan to do? A few days ago residents shared with … Read more

or pay more or will have to look for another floor

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Housing is, by differencethe greatest economic expense for households in Spain. According to dataof The countrythroughout 2025 more than 300,000 households in Spain will see how their rental contracts signed for 2020 expire, the year in which the pandemic promoted a large number of renewals and new leases. The renewal of these contracts will bring an increase in their fee to update to the market price, which will not only raise the economic pressure of householdsbut will initiate a process of deepest changes As for the population and availability of rental housing. THE GREAT RENTAL REVIEW. In 2019 the Urban Lease Law (LAU)extending the duration of the contracts of three to five years (or seven if the landlord is a company). Therefore, 2020 contracts signed after the approval of that law will begin to expire throughout 2025. This mass review is a kind of “funnel effect” in the rental housing market that will increase in the monthly installments that were signed in 2020, or the cancellation of these contracts. There is no exact figure of the number of contracts that will be affected by this review in their quotas but, according to The data collected by The countrythe figure would range between 220,000 and 300,000 lease contracts. Bad news for tenants. Many of these tenants signed in 2020 rental contracts With moderate pricesconditioned largely by the uncertainty generated by the pandemic. Five years later, and with the rent market for the clouds, the tenants face revaluation that can range between 20% and 30%, increasing even more in very tension or tourist areas. According to data From idealist, the average price of rental housing in April 2020 was 10.7 euros per square meter per month. In the same period of 2025, its price has increased up to 14.3 euros, which represents an increase in the monthly fee of 38.3%. That assumes that a tenant paid average in 2020 a monthly rental of 856 euros for an 80 square meter house, but in 2025 that same house will cost 1,144 euros per month. The cities like Madrid or Barcelona, ​​the current price would have doubled. Tensioning areas. The Government approved aProtection measures package for tenants before the disproportionate increase of rental fees, following the wake of the measures that already had been taken in Catalonia. This new regulation established limitations to the increase in the rental price by renewing the contracts and linked those increases to the Lease reference index which varies month by month. At present, it places that increase in 2.09%. The problem: 1. The regulations only apply when the rental housing is in a tension zone and its contract is in a renewal situation. So the measure does not apply to new contracts. 2. The declaration of tension zone depends on Each autonomous community. In April 2025, only Catalonia, Navarra, Asturias, the Basque Country, the Canary Islands and the Valencian Community had declared municipalities as a tension zone. So, the homes located in the rest of the communities that they have not declared themthey cannot benefit from the limitation of increases in the price of rentals and renewal is done according to market prices. An unprecedented situation. The conjunction of the entry into force of the Housing Law with the extension of the duration of the contracts and the price escalation in the rentals of recent years leaves an unpublished scenario in the real estate market, but which will be repeated from now on. Now, the landlords of those rental floors, in their Most small ownersare faced with two options: or renew the contract with an increase in limited price or cancel the current contract and put the house in the market again with current prices. The decision is not so obvious. The dilemma of the landsters. If the house is in a tensioning area, the owner is obliged to respect the increase marked by the lease index in renewal, but ceases to be canceled and signed a new contract. That is, as Javier Gil, a researcher at the CSIC and in the Urban Critical Studies Group (GECU) to El País, these episodes always facilitate the circles of speculation by the homemade. ” The homemade could prefer to risk not renew the current contract and put the house again in the market to Obtain greater profitabilitysell it or allocate it for tourist rental. On the other hand, those little owners who are satisfied with your tenants They might choose to apply moderate increases below the market value, even in non -tensioning areas where the law does not force it, in order to maintain stable and guaranteed profitability, although it loses short -term profitability. Greater rental demand. One of the effects that this large -scale renovation is that, if many of these contracts are canceled, the pressure on the rental market will increase more since more tenants will be forced to look for an affordable rent, and each time they will have and move away more from the urban nuclei to get them. In turn, the rental offer will be reduced with those properties that pass for long -term rental for tourist rental, seasonal or that goes into the sale market. According to data From idealist the number of interested parties in each rental offer that was published on the platform had increased by 20% during the first quarter of 2025. that is, a greater demand for a Lower rental offer long lasting. In Xataka | In Catalonia a house of 12 square meters for 600 euros per month is rented. It is a garden booth Image | Unspash (Anton Khmelnitsky)

A marginal city in Italy established a direct flight with New York. Now they are not so clear if it was a good idea

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In front of massive cities Like Venice either Romein Italy there are other enclaves that look with some envy how the economies and investments produced by the paradoxical arrival of the arrival of Tourist hordes. One of those places was Bari, until recently a marginal port city with high crime rates. Then it was decided that it was time to fly and hug tourism. What happened later has left them serious doubts with the decision. The new jewel. I told this week The New York Times. After decades of being seen as a secondary scale on the way to more famous destinations in southern Italy or the Greek Islands, the port city from Bari He has begun to become an unexpected protagonist of European tourism. This metamorphosis has been largely driven by the effort of Antonio Maria Vasile, director of the airports of Pugliawho managed to establish the First direct flight Between Bari and New York, a symbolic bridge between the region and the millions of Italian Americans who share that origin. With this international connection, Bari seeks to claim its place not as a relegated south, but as a vibrant center of culture, history and gastronomy. Although for years his old town was Synonym of crime And abandonment, the city has experienced an urban rebirth that has given way to coastal walks, coffees, cultural routes and, very important, security, returning to its inhabitants a sense of pride so far scarce. First tourist line. He counted the medium that Puglia has silently conquered celebrities, investors and tourists, and has done so with its mix of crystalline sea, baroque architecture, rural hospitality and discreet luxury. While resorts like Burgi Egnazia They welcome G7 peaks And the Lamborghinis wait in the rental garages, Bari begins to benefit from the Halo effect which has elevated the region to the new epicenter of the Italian charm. The legacy of San Nicoláswhose grave is in the city, joins a Bari Vecchia completely renovated, where the medieval churches and the street sale of Orechiette They compete in attractive with The focaccia local. The walks through the historic center, before dominated By mafia clansnow they are full of visitors and residents who rediscovered the city with new eyes. In other words, the narrative of the impoverished and forgotten south begins to give in to a modernity, heritage and opportunity. Gentrification No doubt, this also entails others known evilsbecause the tourist boom does not come without tensions. The sudden popularity of Bari has Turned prices of the rent in the center, expelling pensioners and students, and putting in check To the young population which represents the demographic and creative future of the city. The massive reconversion of housing in tourist rentals has emptied traditional residential areas, repeating Dynamics seen In other saturated cities Like Venice, Madrid either Lisbon. Thus, more and more people fear that, after having rebuilt their identity, Bari loses it under the pressure of an economic model seasonal and fragile. Criticism also aims at the lack of investment in public transport, a basic lack that hinders both the daily mobility of residents and the full integration of tourist flows. As a local teacher synthesized to the Times: “In Puglia it is easy to rent a Ferrari, but finding a bus is another story.” Between the authentic and the fanfare. Explained at the NYT that Bari’s revitalization has been so deep that those who knew her in her most decadent stage barely recognize her. Ancient neighborhoods now shine with cultural routes, film festivals and a nightlife that, however, has begun to collide with the traditional social fabric, as was demonstrated recently when the neighbors They threw water cubes to disperse the hordes of tourists of the San Nicolás Festival. Enthusiasm coexists with the same concern of so many other enclaves: Can a city reinvent itself without selling itself completely, attract without blurring? The answer is not clear and, meanwhile, Vasile imagines a future where Bari does not depend on fleeting summers or celebrity names, but on a deep and sustainable consolidation. Under that prism, the new connection with New York should not be synonymous with tourism without more, but in his words“The inaugural symbol of a different era. We have realized new possibilities.” Now it remains to be seen if the city knows how to become a reality … without losing its essence along the way. Image | Jason Chung In Xataka | Italy has had an idea for mass tourism not to be attracted: higher and more places for travelers In Xataka | In full debate about tourist massification, Spain already has the first photo of how summer is going. And there are surprises

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