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WATCH: MotoGP driver Aleix Espargaro shows off €20,000-a-day villa in Ibiza complete with private chef and massage therapists

WHILE many an Easter vacation was ruined in Spain this year thanks to widespread rain showers, there were some who still managed to have a

9 Apr, 2024 @ 10:41

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Sport

Help our Alfredo: Celebrity British DJ Fat Tony backs a fundraiser for Ibiza legend, 71, after a heart attack left the ‘pioneer’ out of work

A CELEBRITY British DJ has backed a fundraiser to help pay for an Ibiza legend’s health care. DJ Fat Tony, 56, revealed this week how

7 Apr, 2024 @ 08:53

Balearic Islands·Celebrity·Ibiza·Lead·Other News

Kate Middleton’s uncle Gary Goldsmith has swapped his Ibiza villa for the Big Brother House

GARY Goldsmith, Kate Middleton’s uncle, has swapped his luxury Ibiza villa for the Big Brother House as he stars in the celebrity edition. The ‘black

7 Mar, 2024 @ 18:00

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Two French nationals slapped with jail sentences for sexually abusing British tourist in Spain’s Ibiza

TWO French citizens have accepted two-year jail sentences for sexually abusing a British woman who was on holiday in Ibiza. The Balearic Islands’ Provincial Court

4 Mar, 2024 @ 11:23

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Other News

Ibiza port suffers huge sewage spill: Emergency plan is launched to clean up the affected water

EMERGENCY plan put in place after Ibiza port suffers a huge sewage spill. The Balearic Port Authority (APB) has detected a spill of fecal matter

28 Feb, 2024 @ 10:13

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Man, 46, arrested after swallowing 150 pellets of Moroccan hashish and trying to smuggle them into Spain’s Ibiza in his guts

A DRUG trafficker was caught smuggling drugs into Ibiza concealed in an unusual location. Police at Ibiza airport stopped a 46-year-old Moroccan man after his

27 Feb, 2024 @ 13:15

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

Revealed: How a wanted Dutch fugitive blended into the expat community in Spain by taking up dog walking, odd jobs and therapeutic massages – before his arrest for a €70m diamond heist almost 20 years ago

IT was one of the most audacious and daring heists of all time, with up to €70 million in diamonds and jewellery snatched from Amsterdam

9 Feb, 2024 @ 17:00

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Dutch fugitive mastermind, 59, who stole €70m worth of diamonds in the infamous Schiphol Airport heist is arrested in Spain almost 20 years later – but where’s the money?

A DUTCH fugitive wanted for the notorious 2005 Schiphol airport heist that made off with €70 million worth of diamonds has been arrested in Ibiza.

7 Feb, 2024 @ 14:31

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

‘Salt Bae’ is opening a new restaurant in Spain: Controversial internet star is pictured on a construction site in Ibiza

CONTROVERSIAL internet star, ‘Salt Bae’ is opening a restaurant in Ibiza as he is pictured at a local construction site. READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE: Meet the

2 Feb, 2024 @ 12:20

Balearic Islands·Celebrity·Ibiza·Other News·Property

Renting crisis is laid bare in Ibiza: Guardia Civil agents are forced to sleep in their CARS because they cannot afford a home

GUARDIA Civil agents in Ibiza are forced to sleep in their cars due to soaring rent prices as the island’s dire housing crisis is exposed.

25 Jan, 2024 @ 11:16

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Calum Best is CLEARED of sexual assault charge in Spain: Reality star, 42, is found not guilty of attack at Lineker’s nightclub due to ‘lack of evidence’

CALUM Best has been acquitted of sexually assaulting a British holidaymaker at Wayne Lineker’s Ibiza beach club. The judges ruled that the prosecution failed to

17 Jan, 2024 @ 16:33

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

Thief caught with €10,000 timepiece on his wrist preparing to board flight after pinching it from security scanner tray at Spain’s Ibiza airport

A TRAVELLER at Ibiza airport underwent an ordeal when he found that his luxury watch had vanished from his belongings tray after going through the

15 Jan, 2024 @ 15:00

Ibiza·Lead

Scabies surges in Spain: Health experts detect 44 outbreaks since early November - with 11 linked to schools

Scabies surges in tourist area of Spain: Health experts detect 44 outbreaks this year- with 11 linked to schools

THE Balearic Islands has reported 44 outbreaks of scabies this year up to early November with 19 affecting families or homes, 12 in social and

26 Dec, 2023 @ 17:30

Balearic Islands·Health·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca·Menorca

How a gang posing as famous footballers rented luxury homes in Spain’s tourist hotspots before staging violent robberies

A VIOLENT robbery gang that rented homes in Spain posing as famous footballers has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Operation ‘Neckars’ led to the

17 Dec, 2023 @ 16:00

Balearic Islands·Castellon·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Madrid·Valencia·Valencian Community

Fresh hopes for ‘world’s biggest nightclub’ in Spain: Privilege in Ibiza gets green light for multi-million euro refurb

IBIZA could once-again be home to the ‘world’s biggest nightclub’ as multi-million refurb plans have been approved. The €8.2 million renovations are part of a

16 Nov, 2023 @ 18:00

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Boss of no-nonsense eviction firm Desokupa demands ‘abusive’ Ibiza couple hand over their pitbull in three days – ‘or else’

THE Desokupa founder has threatened a couple mistreating their pitbull with an ‘eviction’ if they do not hand the dog over within three days. Lia

16 Nov, 2023 @ 17:30

Ibiza·Lead

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

16 Nov, 2023 @ 15:45

Balearic Islands·Health·Ibiza·Mallorca·Menorca

Brits prove vital for Ibiza’s economy after accounting for 25% of foreign tourists this year

A QUARTER of Ibiza’s tourists were Brits this year, with 800,000 visiting the island. In 2023, many Brits chose Ibiza as their holiday destination and

6 Nov, 2023 @ 13:28

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Benidorm-based British paedophile given 133 year prison term by court in Spain

Russian mafia trial on Spain’s Costa Blanca will see five face charges of money laundering – including powerful ‘lobbyist’ connected to the conservative PP party

A BENIDORM judge is to prosecute five members of a Costa Blanca-based Russian money laundering gang- almost three years after they were arrested. The judge’s

24 Oct, 2023 @ 12:28

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Madrid·Valencia·Valencian Community

Giant Hell’s Angel boss, 38, is finally extradited from Spain: ‘Special operation’ was required to fly drug trafficker from Ibiza to Germany after failed first attempt

IBIZA authorities have finally got rid of a Hell’s Angel leader who was wanted in his native Germany on drugs trafficking charges after hiding out

19 Oct, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Giant ‘Hell’s Angel boss’ escapes justice after ‘violent episode’ cancels extradition flight from Spain’s Ibiza to Germany

A TOWERING Hell’s Angel member was ejected from a repatriation flight from Ibiza to Germany on Monday after a ‘violent episode’. The 37-year-old man, who

10 Oct, 2023 @ 15:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead