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Two Spanish agents recognised among world’s best in international contest presented in Mallorca

TOP-PERFORMING insurance advisors from across the globe were honoured for their work at a special three-day gala event in Mallorca this month. The event, held

17 Oct, 2025 @ 11:07

Balearic Islands·Business & Finance·Mallorca·National News·Other News

WATCH: Cars are washed away and whole towns sink under raging torrents as Storm Alice wreaks havoc on Spain’s eastern coast and the Balearics

CARS were swept through streets like toys and helicopters were scrambled to rescue trapped drivers as Storm Alice unleashed torrential rain across eastern Spain and

14 Oct, 2025 @ 13:30

Balearic Islands·Lead·Valencian Community·Weather

Orange weather warning for the Balearic Islands as DANA Alice continues to drench Spain – with British ‘anticyclone’ to blame

AN orange weather warning has been issued for the Balearic Islands as DANA Alice continues to bring thunderstorms and torrential rain to Spain’s eastern coast.

14 Oct, 2025 @ 11:41

Balearic Islands·Lead·Weather

Brits ‘fight over remaining supermarket booze’ as DANA Alice continues to drench eastern Spain – with orange alert in place until Tuesday

DANA Alice has continued to wreak havoc across eastern Spain over the weekend – with the chaos reportedly extending to supermarket aisles as weary Brits

12 Oct, 2025 @ 17:29

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Valencia·Weather

Tourist, 67, dies in Mallorca after attempting to save wife from drowning

A GERMAN tourist has died in Mallorca after attempting to rescue his wife from drowning. The tragic incident occurred on Friday shortly before 6pm. The

12 Oct, 2025 @ 12:10

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Which is the richest neighbourhood in Spain’s Palma de Mallorca, where residents earn 63% more than in the poorest?

IT’S the postcode lottery with real-life consequences – the stunning income gap between the richest and poorest residents of Palma has been laid bare. Residents

9 Oct, 2025 @ 12:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Other News·Property

Concern over new ‘trend’ as parents holidaying in Spain appear to be ‘abandoning’ their children so they can stay and claim asylum

PARENTS on holiday in Spain appear to be abandoning their children in the country so they can stay and claim asylum. A new ‘trend’ seems

8 Oct, 2025 @ 16:42

Balearic Islands·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

WATCH: Last tour company still selling tickets to orca shows named and shamed during Mallorca travel conference

ANIMAL rights activists stormed the stage at a major travel industry convention in Mallorca to denounce Europe’s last big tour operator still selling tickets to

8 Oct, 2025 @ 15:30

Green·Lead·Mallorca

Mystery in Formentera as tourism boss wakes up to find his Italian girlfriend, 45, dead in his apartment

AN Italian entrepreneur who awoke to find his girlfriend dead in his Formentera apartment has been cleared of suspicion – but the woman’s death remains

7 Oct, 2025 @ 17:46

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Magaluf nightclub bouncer arrested for assaulting two British tourists- one of whom could lose their sight in one eye

British tourism industry chooses Magaluf as the venue for its annual conference – ‘it’s changed’

THE UK’s leading travel association has raised a few eyebrows by choosing the Mallorca resort of Magaluf as the setting for its annual industry conference.

7 Oct, 2025 @ 14:45

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Brit living in Mallorca who 'shattered eye' of passerby finally arrested - after trying to 'lay low and blend back into daily life'

Brit living in Mallorca who ‘shattered eye’ of passerby is finally arrested – after trying to ‘lay low and blend back into daily life’

A BRITISH expat in Palma has been arrested over a brutal August assault that left the victim partially blinded. The Policia Nacional detained the suspect

6 Oct, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Brit detained at Palma airport on drug trafficking warrant from South Korea

A BRITISH man was arrested at Palma de Mallorca airport after the Policia Nacional discovered he was wanted for drug offences in South Korea. The

6 Oct, 2025 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British expat conned out of €310k in Mallorca pyramid scam involving two Swedes and a Brit

THREE people have been arrested in Mallorca over a pyramid scam that swindled victims out of at least half-a-million euros. A British expat says he

3 Oct, 2025 @ 10:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Ibiza clocks up record rainfall with one day totalling a third of an average year's total

WATCH: Flood clear up continues after Ibiza clocks up record day of rainfall

IBIZA suffered Tuesday downpours described as ‘historic and extraordinary’ by Spain’s State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). It said accumulated figures reached 252 litres per m2 throughout

1 Oct, 2025 @ 13:45

Ibiza·Lead·Weather

WATCH: Ibiza airport waterlogged, streets flooded and port under water as RED ALERT batters holiday island

IBIZA and Formentera have been placed on red alert after torrential downpours left large parts of the islands under water on Tuesday. The state weather

30 Sep, 2025 @ 14:19

Ibiza·Lead·Weather

Mallorca madness: drink-driver nabbed after dragging car 14km on two wheels!

A WOMAN in Mallorca is under investigation after being caught tearing down a motorway for 14 kilometres without the left-side wheels of her car –

26 Sep, 2025 @ 15:10

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Beach rip-off: Cala Major tourists on Spain’s Mallorca charged 288% more for ‘premium’ hammocks!

SUNSEEKERS on one of Mallorca’s most popular beaches are being rinsed for cash, with deckchair bosses demanding up to €70 a day for so-called ‘premium’

26 Sep, 2025 @ 14:52

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Man locks himself in women’s toilet at Spain’s Palma airport – then threats fly at police

CHAOS erupted at Palma airport after a 36?year?old man locked himself inside a women’s washroom in the departures area and started shouting threats at police

26 Sep, 2025 @ 14:08

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s Balearics up the ante against invasive snakes with €2.5m spend and 2,600 traps

THE Balearic Government is going all?in on stopping slithery invaders, unleashing €2.5 million and deploying over 2,600 traps to shield the islands’ delicate ecosystems. In

26 Sep, 2025 @ 08:55

Balearic Islands·Environment·Green·Lead·Other News

Police catch international drugs gang boss who used helicopters to carry narcotics in Spain's Andalucia

SHOPLIFTING SHAME: Gang used kids to steal from Palma de Mallorca store

A SHAMELESS shoplifting gang has been busted in Palma after allegedly using children as decoys in a string of thefts that saw them swipe over

25 Sep, 2025 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

Back-to-school bill bites – but Balearics still cheaper than rest of Spain

FAMILIES in the Balearics are forking out an average of €1,293 per pupil for education – still a sting, but well below the Spanish national

25 Sep, 2025 @ 14:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Squalid rent scam exposed: 11 illegal slum homes found on Spain’s Mallorca

SPANISH police have busted an illegal housing racket in Manacor, where 11 makeshift slum homes were being rented out for cash, despite having no sanitation,

25 Sep, 2025 @ 12:12

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Robert Redford’s life in Spain’s Barcelona, Mallorca and Mijas revealed after Hollywood legend dies at 89

HE was one of Hollywood’s greatest stars – but Robert Redford once swapped the glitz of Los Angeles for a rustic farmhouse in Mijas with

18 Sep, 2025 @ 11:56

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

What’s behind the mysterious closure of a luxury German property empire in Mallorca just three years after it opened?

A HIGH-END German real estate firm has abruptly closed its Mallorca office just three years after launching with ambitious plans to dominate the island’s luxury

11 Sep, 2025 @ 12:00

Lead·Mallorca·Property

Bar fire forces evacuation of 20 apartments in Mallorca’s Santa Ponsa

A FIRE in Rebel’s Irish Bar in Santa Ponsa sparked a dramatic evacuation of 24 flats and left two people hospitalised for smoke inhalation. The

11 Sep, 2025 @ 09:36

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Motorcyclist in Spain’s Palma clocked at 124km/h in 50 zone

A MOTORCYCLIST in Palma (Mallorca) is facing criminal charges after being clocked doing 124km/h in a 50km/h zone. The reckless rider was caught on August

11 Sep, 2025 @ 08:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca