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EXCLUSIVE: Spanish firemen strip off for charity calendar: Warning as picture special may leave you very hot under the collar

A GROUP of very strapping firemen have stripped off for a charity calendar in Spain. The firefighters with the Spanish Airports and Air Navigation (AENA) organisation are raising funds for Asnimo, a

17 Nov, 2023 @ 12:48

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Shock figures over consequences of smoking in Spain's Balearic Islands

Shock figures reveal the health effects of smoking in Spain’s Balearic Islands

MORE than one in 10 people in the Balearic Islands suffer from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), according to new Ministry of Health figures. The condition affects 11.1% of the adult population,

16 Nov, 2023 @ 15:45

Balearic Islands·Health·Ibiza·Mallorca·Menorca

This island in Spain is among the 12 best places to visit in Europe next year – according to Conde Nast

CONDE Nast has revealed Europe’s top destinations to visit in 2024 and a Spanish island has made the list. Every year, the travel magazine chooses its must visit destinations from all over

16 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Olive Press Travel

Former Tourism Minister in Spain's Mallorca accuses hotels of exploiting staff

Mallorca’s former tourism minister in hot water for suggesting hoteliers exploit staff

MALLORCA hoteliers have slammed the island’s former tourism minister for branding them ‘exploiters’ in a speech at the Balearic parliament. Iago Negueruela criticised the government for not bringing in extra employment inspectors

16 Nov, 2023 @ 14:00

Balearic Islands·Mallorca

‘Indian Summer’ to end next week on Spain’s Mallorca as temperatures set to plummet as heavy rain and strong winds strike

A COLD polar front will radically change Mallorca’s weather next week with temperatures falling by around ten degrees according to the State Meteorological Agency(Aemet). The long anticyclone that has brought sunshine and

16 Nov, 2023 @ 13:01

Balearic Islands·Mallorca·Weather

Ex-judge and prosecutor given jail time for breaking the law during high profile investigations in Spain’s Mallorca

A FORMER Mallorca judge and prosecutor who broke the law during a probe into corruption within the Palma Policia Local have both been jailed for nine years. The sentences- which will be

16 Nov, 2023 @ 11:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Mallorca

Taylor Swift ‘is looking for a house in Spain’s Mallorca’

TAYLOR Swift is reportedly house hunting in Mallorca after visiting the area earlier this year. According to the Sun, who did not cite a source, the pop star has begun looking for

16 Nov, 2023 @ 10:48

Balearic Islands·Celebrity·Lead·Mallorca

Stunning photo of Mallorca taken from Barcelona defies science – just how did the photographer do it?

AN INCREDIBLE photo of Mallorca taken from Barcelona a full 200km distant has wowed viewers and delivered a rare lesson in atmospheric refraction. Catalan photographer Alfons Puertas captured the ghostly silhouette of

15 Nov, 2023 @ 15:15

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Mallorca

Squatter farce: Thug, 21, takes over stunning €3million villa in Spain’s Mallorca before installing alarm system, hiring cleaner and moving in a stolen PONY and pit bull

A SQUATTER has been living in a €3million villa in Mallorca for a year, it has emerged. The 21-year-old took over the stunning chalet in the upmarket Son Vida urbanisation, just a

12 Nov, 2023 @ 11:20

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Man sparks panic after putting gagged and bound woman in the boot of his car and speeding off in Spain’s Mallorca – before giving police a VERY awkward explanation

POLICE were called on Friday, October 27, after a couple’s sex game went awry. An elderly woman called the police after seeing her neighbour, gagged and bound, being put into a car

2 Nov, 2023 @ 15:39

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Miracle baby: Lesbian couple in Spain are first in Europe to give birth to child they BOTH carried

A SPANISH lesbian couple have become the first in Europe to give birth to a baby they both carried. Derek, weighing 3.3kg, was born in the Hospital Juaneda Miramar de Mallorca on

2 Nov, 2023 @ 14:00

Balearic Islands·Health·Lead·Mallorca

American invasion: Number of US tourists in Spain are soaring as figures show they spend DOUBLE that of the average Brit or German visitor

DESPITE being the eighth largest group to visit the Balearic Islands, figures show Americans spend twice as much as Brits and Germans. So far this year, American tourists have spent €520 million

2 Nov, 2023 @ 12:05

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

‘Demon barber of Palma’: Samurai-sword-wielding hairdresser who calls himself ‘the devil’ and ‘a Power Ranger’ released on bail yet again

PALMA residents are up in arms after a crazed barber who has terrorised them with machetes, swords, and even hairdressing razors has once again been released from jail. He has roamed the

1 Nov, 2023 @ 17:30

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Anti-tourism march in Spain’s Mallorca sees 1,000 fed-up locals demand controls against the ‘devastating’ industry

A THOUSAND people took to the streets of Palma to demand ‘less tourism, more life’, ahead of an EU tourism summit being held in the city. On Monday, October 30, protestors marched

1 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Group of German tourists down 1,254 beers in less than THREE hours: Record-breaking session began at 10:30am at bar in Spain’s Mallorca

GERMAN tourists set a new beer drinking record in Mallorca last week, guzzling 1,234 beers in less than three hours. The group spent €2,838.20 to break the record for largest round ordered,

1 Nov, 2023 @ 12:24

Balearic Islands·Mallorca·Must Read

Spain narrowly avoids its worst terror attack in YEARS: How Jihadist, 17, successfully built a ‘mother of Satan’ bomb and planned to blow up a school in Andalucia

Two men arrested a YEAR after German expat, 20, was found run over in Spain’s Mallorca: Police say victim was thrown into the road from a van before being hit by a car

TWO men have been arrested in Palma and Malaga for killing a young German tourist in Mallorca after they threw him out of a van straight in the path of an oncoming

30 Oct, 2023 @ 17:31

Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

Lucky EuroMillions player wins life-changing €27 million jackpot in Spain’s Mallorca

LADY luck came to the door of one Mallorca resident on Tuesday. Just the one solitary winner correctly guessed all six numbers – as well as two lucky stars – to clinch

25 Oct, 2023 @ 15:54

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Mallorca town to finally get flood defences FIVE years after 13 people were swept away by a ‘five-metre wall of water’

FIVE years on since 13 died in a devastating torrent of flooding which reached a massive five metres high, prevention measures are finally ready to be put in place. The town of

21 Oct, 2023 @ 15:00

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German expat, 27, is arrested for ‘stabbing man to death after argument in bar spilled onto the street’ in Spain’s Mallorca

A GERMAN national living in the Balearic Islands has been arrested by the National Police on suspicion of stabbing a man to death. The 27-year-old suspect, who lives in Palma on the

20 Oct, 2023 @ 13:55

Crime & Law·Mallorca

WATCH: Bouncers give brutal beatdown to biker outside popular bar in Spain’s Mallorca: Gang ‘plotting revenge’

TENSIONS in Mallorca over the proliferation of biker gangs seem to be coming to a head after one member got a savage beating from a bar’s security personnel. Shocking video shows four

19 Oct, 2023 @ 16:30

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Briton, 43, accused of raping his son’s friend at a hotel in Spain’s Mallorca faces up to nine years in jail if convicted

A BRITISH man, 43, faces nine years in prison after being charged with raping his son’s female friend at a Magaluf hotel in May. The man was arrested by the Guardia Civil

19 Oct, 2023 @ 16:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Hotels on Spain’s Mallorca to study the working methods and hours of room cleaners

THE 850 or so hotels that belong to the Mallorca Hotel Business Federation have begun a study into the working methods and hours of cleaning staff, with the aim of ‘improving their

19 Oct, 2023 @ 15:45

Mallorca·Travel News

British Tourist, 25, Seriously Injured After Falling From Second Floor Hotel Balcony In Spain's Mallorca

40% of Mallorca’s hotels will still have their doors open come November

SOME 40% of Mallorca’s hotels will still be open and operating when November arrives. Of these, 20% will gradually close their doors for the winter season as the month progresses, while the

19 Oct, 2023 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Mallorca

Philip Green docks in Spain: British tycoon’s €142m superyacht complete with helipad, jacuzzi and more drops anchor in Mallorca

CONTROVERSIAL British fashion tycoon Philip Green has docked in Mallorca. He has brought his boat, Lionheart, dubbed ‘the most luxurious yacht in the world’ to Palma. The 90-metre yacht worth an estimated

19 Oct, 2023 @ 14:19

Balearic Islands·Mallorca

Russian warship and submarine are intercepted off the coast of Spain’s Mallorca

THE Spanish Navy has intercepted a Russian warship and submarine off the coast of Mallorca. The Spanish ship known as ‘Rayo’ stopped the vessels in the Mediterranean ocean close to Spanish waters.

19 Oct, 2023 @ 14:14

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Ukraine

Girl, 4, dies after she and her mother are knocked off their bike by a drug driver in Spain’s Mallorca

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl riding a bicycle with her mother in Llubi on Wednesday was killed after they were struck by a driver who had taken drugs. A female motorist, 42, is being

19 Oct, 2023 @ 13:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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