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Brits face attempted murder charges after mass brawl inside Mallorca tourist restaurant

The now ‘luxury’ Mallorca is pricing out even the all-conquering Germans as their famous economic prowess wanes

MALLORCA’s transformation into a high-end destination is finally hitting the wallets of German tourists, who are feeling the pinch after years of economic stagnation. For

20 Aug, 2025 @ 14:00

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‘Tinder date’ horror in Spain: Woman is strangled to death with a dog leash and set on fire

Top Spanish anti-drugs cop in Mallorca remanded in custody over links to mafia-style drug and money laundering gang

A SENIOR Spanish police inspector has been thrown behind bars without bail over claims he leaked top-secret information to a ruthless European drug gang. Inspector

15 Aug, 2025 @ 16:07

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

German man, 23, ‘sneaked across Mallorca hotel balcony and stroked woman’s leg while she slept’

A GERMAN man has been arrested after allegedly entering a hotel room in Mallorca and touching a sleeping woman’s leg in the early hours. The

14 Aug, 2025 @ 15:30

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Mallorca eco-retreat busted for selling fake ‘extra virgin’ olive oil

A LUXURY agrotourism retreat in Mallorca is under investigation for allegedly duping guests with dodgy olive oil – and even boasting about a non-existent organic

14 Aug, 2025 @ 11:52

Balearic Islands·Food & Drink·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

Mallorca’s former top anti-drug cop arrested in money laundering probe linked to Ibiza cocaine pipeline

A FORMER head of the Policia Nacional’s narcotics unit in Mallorca has been arrested as part of a probe into money laundering of drug trafficking

12 Aug, 2025 @ 11:47

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British tourist robbed of €40k Rolex watch in Mallorca street as young daughter screams in horror

A BRITISH tourist had his Rolex watch wrenched off his wrist while walking down a Mallorca street with his wife and young daughter. The violent

11 Aug, 2025 @ 13:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Irish teens arrested for brutal assault on elderly tourist and his grandson in Mallorca

TWO teenage Irish tourists were jailed and then bailed after a brutal attack on a 71-year-old man and his grandson, 20, in Santa Ponsa, Mallorca.

7 Aug, 2025 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

American father and 13-year-old son die after small plane crashes into sea off Spain’s Mallorca

The Guardia Civil have confirmed the death of ex-military fighter pilot and his teenage son after their aerobatic plane crashed into the sea this Saturday

4 Aug, 2025 @ 13:03

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British tourist found dead in Mallorca hotel swimming pool

A BRITISH tourist was found dead in a Mallorca hotel swimming pool on Tuesday morning. Emergency services were called to the hotel in s’Illot in

29 Jul, 2025 @ 10:37

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Blackspot Branded As The 'road Of Death' On The Costa Blanca In Spain Claims Another Victim In A Head On Collision Horrific crash at blackspot known as the ‘Road of Death’ on the Costa Blanca in Spain claims another victim

Tourist sends waiter to hospital after argument over son’s stuffed animal at Mallorca hotel

A 38-YEAR-OLD tourist has been arrested in Mallorca after attacking a hotel waiter in a row over whether his son’s stuffed animal toy had been

28 Jul, 2025 @ 16:09

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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

Tourist, 19, in hospital after third-floor fall from hotel in Spain’s Mallorca

A TEENAGE tourist is in hospital after falling from a third-floor hotel room balcony in Mallorca. The young Swiss, 19, was injured after the incident,

28 Jul, 2025 @ 12:35

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Angry passenger head-butted and broke teeth of female Ryanair worker during excess luggage dispute at airport in Spain

Summer travel chaos to hit one of Spain’s busiest airports as workers plan strike

WORKERS at Palma de Mallorca Airport are planning a strike lasting four hours for today, July 25. The strike has been organised by the ‘Union

25 Jul, 2025 @ 12:10

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s coastal holiday flats are largely booked up for August – with touristphobic Mallorca almost at 100%

SPAIN’S coastal holiday rental market is shrugging off the anti-tourism sentiment as 84% of properties within 15 kilometres of a beach are already booked in

24 Jul, 2025 @ 14:08

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Amazing security breach as bogus police officer regularly visited military barracks to 'recruit' soldiers for fake spy jobs in Spain

Drunk British tourist punches police officer in the jaw- just hours after arriving in Mallorca

A DRUNK British tourist has been arrested in Playa de Palma after punching a Policia Nacional officer in the jaw. The 29-year-old Brit had only

24 Jul, 2025 @ 13:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Swimmers ordered out of the water in shark alert at Mallorca beach

RED flags were raised on part of Playa de Palma on Tuesday between Balneario 1 to 10 after an elderly Italian bather was bitten in

22 Jul, 2025 @ 17:41

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Elderly couple's nightmare ends after British squatter leaves Mallorca apartment- owning over €20k

Elderly couple’s nightmare ends after British squatter leaves Mallorca apartment- owing over €20k

AN ELDERLY Spanish couple have breathed a sigh of relief after a British squatter moved out of their Mallorca apartment after not paying rent for

21 Jul, 2025 @ 18:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Opportunist thief, 72, finds wallet containing €3.5k and tries to keep it at Mallorca airport

Police officer bitten by man fuming over lost luggage at Mallorca airport

A MAN has been arrested at Mallorca’s Palma airport after biting a Guardia Civil officer in a row over lost luggage. The 32-year-old aggressor was

19 Jul, 2025 @ 08:01

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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

German tourist, 37, runs amok- vandalising cars before dropping dead in Mallorca street

A 37-YEAR-OLD German tourist dropped dead in a Playa de Palma street on Friday after going on a vandalism spree. Eyewitnesses reported the man behaving

18 Jul, 2025 @ 17:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Mallorca hotels fight back against ‘tourismophobia’ in new campaign welcoming foreigners

‘BIENVENIDO tourists!’ say a group of Mallorca hoteliers who are hitting back against anti-tourism protests seen on the island. Thousands of residents took to Palma’s

16 Jul, 2025 @ 17:27

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Olive Press Travel

‘Tourism is not misery, it’s the engine of solutions’: Mallorca minister fumes at graffiti on official building

THE Mallorcan government has strongly condemned the tourism-criticising graffiti spray painted onto the walls of its Ministry of Tourism. The graffiti, signed by the name

15 Jul, 2025 @ 11:53

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Retired tennis ace Rafa Nadal serves up golfing first on Mallorca course

WHILE tennis headlines are being made at Wimbledon this week, retired star Rafa Nadal celebrated getting a ‘hole-in-one’ on a Mallorca golf course. Nadal, who

11 Jul, 2025 @ 14:34

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Police bring British tourist back to life after cardiac arrest in Mallorca hotel swimming pool

A BRITISH tourist was brought back to life after suffering a cardiac arrest while in a Mallorca hotel swimming pool. The 67-year-old man was enjoying

10 Jul, 2025 @ 18:59

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Owner of van advertising erotic dancing with denigrating female images faces €600k fine in Mallorca

A VAN promoting an erotic dancing venue with images of scantily-clad women has been pulled over by the Palma Policia Local with the owner facing

10 Jul, 2025 @ 18:19

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Michael Douglas, 80, announces retirement from acting and escapes to the Basque Country after holidaying with his daughter in Menorca

HOLLYWOOD legend Michael Douglas has announced his retirement from acting at the age of 80 as he battles throat cancer. The Wall Street star revealed

7 Jul, 2025 @ 17:00

Basque Country·Celebrity·Lead·Mallorca

‘Drunk’ British tourist falls off boat and is seriously injured by propeller in Mallorca

A BRITISH tourist was seriously injured after falling off a motorboat in Magaluf and being struck by the craft’s propeller. The man, 22, was rushed

7 Jul, 2025 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Revolts in Spain’s Mallorca over new law set to ‘transform island into developer’s paradise’

PROTESTORS are set to take to the streets of Mallorca this weekend as fury mounts over a new law that could see the island’s countryside

3 Jul, 2025 @ 17:09

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The now ‘luxury’ Mallorca is pricing out even the all-conquering Germans as their famous economic prowess wanes

Top Spanish anti-drugs cop in Mallorca remanded in custody over links to mafia-style drug and money laundering gang

German man, 23, ‘sneaked across Mallorca hotel balcony and stroked woman’s leg while she slept’

Mallorca eco-retreat busted for selling fake ‘extra virgin’ olive oil

Mallorca’s former top anti-drug cop arrested in money laundering probe linked to Ibiza cocaine pipeline

British tourist robbed of €40k Rolex watch in Mallorca street as young daughter screams in horror

Irish teens arrested for brutal assault on elderly tourist and his grandson in Mallorca

American father and 13-year-old son die after small plane crashes into sea off Spain’s Mallorca

British tourist found dead in Mallorca hotel swimming pool

Tourist sends waiter to hospital after argument over son’s stuffed animal at Mallorca hotel

Tourist, 19, in hospital after third-floor fall from hotel in Spain’s Mallorca

Summer travel chaos to hit one of Spain’s busiest airports as workers plan strike

Spain’s coastal holiday flats are largely booked up for August – with touristphobic Mallorca almost at 100%

Drunk British tourist punches police officer in the jaw- just hours after arriving in Mallorca

Swimmers ordered out of the water in shark alert at Mallorca beach

Elderly couple’s nightmare ends after British squatter leaves Mallorca apartment- owing over €20k

Police officer bitten by man fuming over lost luggage at Mallorca airport

German tourist, 37, runs amok- vandalising cars before dropping dead in Mallorca street

Mallorca hotels fight back against ‘tourismophobia’ in new campaign welcoming foreigners

‘Tourism is not misery, it’s the engine of solutions’: Mallorca minister fumes at graffiti on official building

Retired tennis ace Rafa Nadal serves up golfing first on Mallorca course

Police bring British tourist back to life after cardiac arrest in Mallorca hotel swimming pool

Owner of van advertising erotic dancing with denigrating female images faces €600k fine in Mallorca

Michael Douglas, 80, announces retirement from acting and escapes to the Basque Country after holidaying with his daughter in Menorca

‘Drunk’ British tourist falls off boat and is seriously injured by propeller in Mallorca

Revolts in Spain’s Mallorca over new law set to ‘transform island into developer’s paradise’

Malaga ‘set to lose one-fifth of its GDP by 2050 thanks to extreme weather driven by climate change’, alarming study finds

Saharan dust cloud connecting Madrid to Marrakech to blanket parts of Spain with fabled ‘blood rain’ as temperatures hit 25C

Transition to luxury: A five-star stay steeped in history at the former home of Adolfo Suarez in Avila

36 Hours in Avila: Discover Spain’s medieval walled masterpiece on the plains of Castilla y Leon

Spain’s Pedro Sanchez vows to release all top-secret files related to failed coup d’état attempt made 45 years ago today