Homeless man killed by umbrella during outdoor sleeping spot argument in Valencia

Homeless crisis hits Mallorca’s hotspots as spate of thefts reported at Palma airport ahead of Spain’s tourist season

THE Balearic’s ongoing housing crisis is causing homeless people to seek shelter in makeshift homes around the islands, including Palma Airport terminal and abandoned hotels

13 Feb, 2025 @ 11:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

‘What pigs!’: Mallorca local blasts tourists for polluting habit

A MALLORCA local has blasted tourists for throwing rubbish off tour buses. Ever taken a red tourist bus to discover a new city? A Mallorca

13 Feb, 2025 @ 11:31

Lead·Mallorca·Video

Desperate search for 12-year-old girl who vanished from Mallorca almost a YEAR ago

AN appeal has been made to find a Mallorcan girl who disappeared last May. The SOS Desaparecidos Association and The National Centre for the Disappeared

6 Feb, 2025 @ 17:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Ancient palace turned hotel in Mallorca is named among ‘the most beautiful in the world’

THIS Mallorca hotel on the former site of an ancient palace has been named the ‘world’s most beautiful’. The Prix Versailles 2024 have officially named

4 Feb, 2025 @ 13:56

Mallorca·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Europe’s first Hell’s Kitchen to open in Ibiza

GORDON Ramsay is set to unleash culinary chaos on the party island with Europe’s first Hell’s Kitchen restaurant. The fiery chef will bring his trademark

1 Feb, 2025 @ 11:00

Food & Drink·Ibiza·Lead

British artist creates ‘Angel of Ibiza’ sculpture

A BRITISH artist and fashion designer has created a sculpture to spread ‘hope’, ‘inspiration’ and ‘positivity’ in Ibiza. Known as the ‘undisputed king of expensive

1 Feb, 2025 @ 10:00

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·La Cultura·Lead

Man ‘spiked his friend’s 17-year-old daughter and filmed aftermath’ during a party at a tourist hotspot in Spain’s Balearics

A MAN is facing 10 years in prison for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting his female friend’s 17-year-old daughter during a party in Menorca. A

1 Feb, 2025 @ 07:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Policeman’s leg nearly lopped off in high speed chase with e-scooter going 80kmh in Spain’s Mallorca

A POLICEMAN’s leg was severely wounded in a high speed chase through tourist-packed streets after two men had struck a child on an overpowered e-scooter.

30 Jan, 2025 @ 12:30

Lead·Mallorca

Robert Lewandowski buys second Mallorca home: Barcelona striker snaps up €11m seafront villa

ROBERT Lewandowski has bought his second home on the Spanish island of Mallorca. According to German tabloid BILD, the Barcelona FC striker (pictured above inset)

30 Jan, 2025 @ 09:00

Lead·Mallorca·Property

Saint Sebastian concludes with a bang

ON Sunday 26, the traditional Correfoc celebration rounded off Mallorca’s 2025 Saint Sebastian festivities. The festival, which is held in the Balearic Islands but focused

28 Jan, 2025 @ 19:27

Balearic Islands·La Cultura·Lead·Mallorca

Six German national cycle team members hit by a car near Mallorca airport

SIX members of the German national track cycling team were involved in a car crash on Monday morning near Mallorca airport, suffering serious but non-life-threatening

28 Jan, 2025 @ 19:25

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

United Airlines to increase flight frequency from New York to Palma

ONE of the largest airlines in the world has revealed its decision to boost flight numbers from New York to Palma de Mallorca. In 2022,

28 Jan, 2025 @ 19:22

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Greek hotel chain looking for 200 new employees in Spain

HOTEL chain Ikos is looking for 200 new employees to work the high season at their Costa del Sol, Mallorca and Greek locations. They will

24 Jan, 2025 @ 18:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

Illegal tourist flat owners fined €800,000 after residents protested outside them in Mallorca last summer

Illegal tourist flat landlords fined €800,000 after residents protested outside Mallorca apartment block

10 ILLEGAL tourist flats in a Palma apartment block have each been fined €80,000 for not having a licence and the owners have been told

20 Jan, 2025 @ 18:30

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Olive Press annual subscription for only 30€!

Start the new year with our discounted subscription price of only 30€ for the first year! Access all our articles online advert free! Receive daily

17 Jan, 2025 @ 17:54

Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca

Spanish FA finally apologises for sexual harassment suffered by players’ wives at the Super Cup in Saudi Arabia

Spanish football chiefs have finally apologised for the sexual harassment players’ wives were subjected to at the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia. A full

17 Jan, 2025 @ 11:14

Lead·Mallorca·Sport

Police in Mallorca on high alert as 30 squatters continue in hotel takeover

MALLORCA police are on high alert after 30 squatters took over a hotel in Cala Bona, destroying the reception, breaking windows and vandalising the walls.

16 Jan, 2025 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Benidorm in line for its first overnight motorhome park with 284 spaces

Motorhome numbers rise in popular tourist area of Spain with major city to soon impose overnight parking ban

REGISTRATION of new motorhomes in the Balearic Islands grew by 36% last year, according to the Spanish Association for the Caravanning Industry and Commerce. The

16 Jan, 2025 @ 16:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Flu warning with infections set to peak next week in Mallorca and rest of Balearic Islands

CASES of flu and other respiratory viruses are set to peak next week in the Balearics on the back of the Sant Antoni and Sant

16 Jan, 2025 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Health·Lead

Marbella villa robberies: Spanish police bust Albanian gang

Italian bar owner who raped drunk customer in Spain’s Mallorca dodges jail in exchange for paying €8k and undergoing ‘re-education program’

AN Italian bar owner in Palma’s popular Paseo Marítimo has been handed a two-year suspended prison sentence after admitting to raping an drunk customer in

16 Jan, 2025 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

How is Palma, Spain celebrating San Sebastian’s saints day this weekend?

PALMA will celebrate San Sebastian festivities this weekend, honouring their patron saint. The official saint’s day falls on January 20, Monday, but celebrations are being

16 Jan, 2025 @ 10:00

Balearic Islands·La Cultura·Lead

Party protesting Mallorca’s housing crisis to take place in Mallorca this weekend

PROTESTORS have organised a party in Mallorca to highlight the island’s ongoing housing crisis. ‘Revival of the Resident Martyrs’ will be celebrated on January 19

15 Jan, 2025 @ 16:10

Lead·Mallorca·Property

Domestic violence has skyrocketed in Mallorca, growing 25% in the last year

GENDER based violence in Mallorca has grown 25% in 2024, according to a new report. Cases have shot up from 3,400 in 2023 to 4,284

15 Jan, 2025 @ 14:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Man plummets six metres in Spain’s Palma while trying to save his beer from falling

A 24-year-old has fallen six metres in Palma while trying to save their beer. The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning on

15 Jan, 2025 @ 14:24

Balearic Islands·Lead

Beach in Spain is ranked among the 10 best in the WORLD by Lonely Planet

Respected travel publication Lonely Planet has revealed their top ten beaches in the world and this Spanish destination has made the cut.

9 Jan, 2025 @ 11:57

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

House prices in Spain's coastal areas soar by up to 300% in just five years to match exclusive areas of Barcelona and Madrid

Ibiza town loved by the rich and famous breaks all-time record for house prices in Spain

A TOWN on Ibiza has set a new record for Spanish second-hand property prices according to a report from the Fotocasa real estate portal. Santa

8 Jan, 2025 @ 18:00

Ibiza·Lead·Property

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Homeless crisis hits Mallorca’s hotspots as spate of thefts reported at Palma airport ahead of Spain’s tourist season

‘What pigs!’: Mallorca local blasts tourists for polluting habit

Desperate search for 12-year-old girl who vanished from Mallorca almost a YEAR ago

Ancient palace turned hotel in Mallorca is named among ‘the most beautiful in the world’

Europe’s first Hell’s Kitchen to open in Ibiza

British artist creates ‘Angel of Ibiza’ sculpture

Man ‘spiked his friend’s 17-year-old daughter and filmed aftermath’ during a party at a tourist hotspot in Spain’s Balearics

Policeman’s leg nearly lopped off in high speed chase with e-scooter going 80kmh in Spain’s Mallorca

Robert Lewandowski buys second Mallorca home: Barcelona striker snaps up €11m seafront villa

Saint Sebastian concludes with a bang

Six German national cycle team members hit by a car near Mallorca airport

United Airlines to increase flight frequency from New York to Palma

Greek hotel chain looking for 200 new employees in Spain

Illegal tourist flat landlords fined €800,000 after residents protested outside Mallorca apartment block

Olive Press annual subscription for only 30€!

Spanish FA finally apologises for sexual harassment suffered by players’ wives at the Super Cup in Saudi Arabia

Police in Mallorca on high alert as 30 squatters continue in hotel takeover

Motorhome numbers rise in popular tourist area of Spain with major city to soon impose overnight parking ban

Flu warning with infections set to peak next week in Mallorca and rest of Balearic Islands

Italian bar owner who raped drunk customer in Spain’s Mallorca dodges jail in exchange for paying €8k and undergoing ‘re-education program’

How is Palma, Spain celebrating San Sebastian’s saints day this weekend?

Party protesting Mallorca’s housing crisis to take place in Mallorca this weekend

Domestic violence has skyrocketed in Mallorca, growing 25% in the last year

Man plummets six metres in Spain’s Palma while trying to save his beer from falling

Beach in Spain is ranked among the 10 best in the WORLD by Lonely Planet

Ibiza town loved by the rich and famous breaks all-time record for house prices in Spain

Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem return to Barcelona to purchase luxury home in exclusive Pedralbes barrio

Blow to Mango murder case as police admit they cannot prove ‘other people’ were involved in billionaire Isak Andic’s fatal mountain fall

Spain passes housing decree extending leases and ban on evicting vulnerable families but rules out indefinite contracts

One in five people living in Spain is now born abroad as the population expects to break 50 million imminently

FROM THE ARCHIVES: How Spain’s far-right extremists are emerging from under the rocks – and growing bolder every day

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