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‘Guiris go home!’ Mob harasses stunned tourists sitting in Mallorca terrace as anti-tourism protests escalate

AROUND 100 protesters surrounded tourists dining at an outdoor terrace in Palma for nearly an hour yesterday evening, harassing them with chants and banging pots.

16 Jun, 2025 @ 17:52

Lead·Mallorca

British president of Mallorca cancer charity awarded BEM in King’s Birthday Honours

ANGELA McGrath, the president of the Cala Nova Cancer Care charity shop in Mallorca, has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the King’s

16 Jun, 2025 @ 11:02

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Brit, 25, arrested for ‘attacking girlfriend, 16, and a woman who tried to intervene’ in Mallorca

A BRITISH man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his 16-year-old girlfriend in a Magaluf street during the early hours of Monday morning. He is

10 Jun, 2025 @ 18:12

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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Young Brits favouring Benidorm over Magaluf as Mallorcan resort tries to shake party reputation

IT’S been a slow start to Mallorca’s summer nightlife with more families choosing the island and young people choosing Benidorm in the mainland. The Mallorcan

10 Jun, 2025 @ 12:19

Balearic Islands·Benidorm·Lead·Mallorca

Two Brits behind botched ‘prison-break’ lose appeals against eight-year jail terms for drug trafficking in Ibiza

TWO British men behind a botched ‘prison-break’ to rescue a drug trafficker, have lost their Suprme Court appeal against drug convictions in Ibiza. The unnamed

9 Jun, 2025 @ 18:55

Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Spain’s Balearic islands ‘need 45,000 flats in the next five years to avoid a total collapse of public services’

Shocking warning from property developers as essential workers like doctors and police refuse postings due to sky-high rents THE housing crisis facing the Balearic Islands

9 Jun, 2025 @ 12:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Property

Spain’s Malaga to host World Karting Championship

British man, 62, dies in Spain during go-kart race with family

A BRITISH father-of-two has died on the Spanish island of Menorca while go-karting with his family. The unnamed 62-year-old reportedly suffered a heart attack at

9 Jun, 2025 @ 11:50

Balearic Islands·Lead·Menorca

Irish brothers arrested over alleged serious sexual assault in Mallorca hotel

TWO Irish brothers have been arrested over an alleged rape of a woman- also Irish- at a Magaluf hotel. The men, aged 20 and 23,

6 Jun, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Spain to be ‘epicentre of inhuman temperatures’: These will be the areas most affected

SPAIN is bracing for an ‘Iberian oven’ heat wave as temperatures set to soar to 42C in some regions. Temperatures are expected to soar to

6 Jun, 2025 @ 12:18

Balearic Islands·Costa Blanca·Costa del Sol·Lead·Weather

Eat, walk, discover: Jon Clarke takes an exciting tasting tour through the heart of Palma

YOU don’t really know a city until you’ve eaten your way through it. Palma, Mallorca’s buzzing capital, isn’t just a feast for the eyes with

6 Jun, 2025 @ 11:05

Balearic Islands·Food & Drink·For Foodies·Mallorca·Olive Press Travel·Sponsored

British boy dies in drowning tragedy at Ibiza villa swimming pool

A TWO-YEAR-OLD British boy drowned on Thursday in an Ibiza villa swimming pool. His family were staying at the holiday rental property in Sant Joan

5 Jun, 2025 @ 17:15

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Irish woman arrested for Turkish bath sex assault on young male tourist at Mallorca hotel

Irish woman, 37, is arrested for ‘fondling young Swedish tourist’s genitals’ in Mallorca Turkish baths

A MALLORCA hotel’s Turkish baths got very steamy when an Irish woman allegedly fondled a man’s penis without permission. The female- on holiday with her

5 Jun, 2025 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Aid for young renters in Mallorca: €250 offered to combat housing crisis

YOUNG people will soon be able to apply for aid of up to 250 euros for renting apartments and rooms in Mallorca. The second round

4 Jun, 2025 @ 17:30

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Spain's airports report record six-month passenger totals, surpassing 2019 figures

Travel chaos in Spain as hundreds of travellers left stranded at Mallorca airport

A wave of flight delays and cancellations has thrown travel plans into chaos at Palma de Mallorca Airport, as severe thunderstorms in Northern Europe triggered

4 Jun, 2025 @ 14:00

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Mallorca hotel worker who suffered broken jaw after punch from British tourist says his life 'has been ruined'

Brit, 33, arrested in Mallorca for ‘breaking security guard’s jaw’ after trying to enter woman’s hotel room

A MALLORCA hotel security guard suffered a broken jaw after getting punched by a British man. The incident happened early on Monday morning in the

3 Jun, 2025 @ 12:13

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Spanish legend Rafael Nadal makes history with epic Australian Open final fightback. Credit: Cordon Press.

On this day: Spain’s greatest tennis star, Rafael Nadal, was born

ON June 3, 1986, a boy named Rafael Nadal Parera was born in the small Mallorcan town of Manacor. 39 years later, he still lives

3 Jun, 2025 @ 09:30

Balearic Islands·Lead·Sport

British boy, 4, gets hand stuck in Mallorca hotel swimming pool suction pipe missing its safety grill

A BRITISH boy, 4, suffered a traumatic experience after his hand got stuck in the suction system of a Mallorca hotel swimming pool because there

2 Jun, 2025 @ 12:09

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

British woman quizzed over ‘unprovoked’ drunken attack in Mallorca street

A BRITISH woman has been quizzed by Palma’s Policia Local after a drunken attack in a city street. The 33-year-old has been accusing of punching

2 Jun, 2025 @ 11:20

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British boy, 5, saved from drowning at Mallorca hotel swimming pool

LIFEGUARDS saved the life of a 5-year-old British boy after he got into difficulties in a Mallorca hotel swimming pool. The incident happened around noon

30 May, 2025 @ 17:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Estate agency scraps controversial advert that critics said 'trivialised' Mallorca's housing crisis

Uproar forces German estate agency to sheepishly scrap advert that ‘trivialised’ Mallorca’s housing crisis

A GERMAN real-estate agency in Mallorca has scrapped an advertising campaign that used the ‘Game of Thrones’ TV series to ‘trivialise’ the island’s housing crisis.

30 May, 2025 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham parties in Ibiza with footballer brother and Wayne Lineker

JUDE Bellingham has been spotted enjoying a holiday in Ibiza together with his younger brother Jobe, and entrepreneur and Gary lineker’s brother Wayne. The Real

30 May, 2025 @ 11:20

Celebrity·Lead·Mallorca

Outrage in Mallorca as German real estate company ‘makes fun’ of island’s housing crisis

A SLOGAN has caused outrage among the inhabitants and visitors of Mallorca, with a text seemingly making fun of the island’s housing crisis. ‘Game of

29 May, 2025 @ 16:30

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Young tourist suffers punctured lung after being stabbed by pair of scissors outside Mallorca bar

Young tourist suffers punctured lung after being stabbed with a pair of scissors outside Mallorca bar

AN ALTERCATION outside a Playa de Palma bar in Mallorca resulted in a tourist being stabbed in the back with a small pair of scissors.

29 May, 2025 @ 15:49

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Pervert, 82, convicted of illegally entering home to sniff underwear belonging to female tenants in Spain

Landlord, 82, regularly ‘sneaked into rental home to sniff female tenants’ underwear’ in Spain

AN 82-year-old man illegally and frequently went into a Formentera property to smell underwear belonging to the female tenants. A Palma court agreed to a

29 May, 2025 @ 12:23

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead