Balearic Islands News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Trial begins in Mallorca of €3.3 million luxury property fraud in the Lujo Casa Baleares case

THE real estate macro-scam of Lujo Casa began its trial today, with the understanding that sessions will be held in July and September. The start

26 Jun, 2025 @ 17:25

Balearic Islands·Lead·Other News·Property

Brit couple arrested on Alicante flight for 'loudly joining the mile high club in the toilets'

Flights cancelled across Spain as EasyJet cabin crew begin three days of strike action

DOZENS of flights have been cancelled across Spain today as EasyJet cabin crew began a three-day strike. Over 650 workers belonging to the USO trade

25 Jun, 2025 @ 16:33

Alicante·Barcelona·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Travel News

WATCH: Locals outraged as boozy Brits brawl in chaotic summer for Spain’s Ibiza

NEW videos keep emerging of tourists behaving badly in Ibiza this summer. Two new incidents captured on camera show holidaymakers trading punches both at a

25 Jun, 2025 @ 12:03

Ibiza·Lead

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

TWO British men have been arrested by the Guardia Civil for attempted murder following a mass brawl on Sunday morning in Palmanova, Mallorca. The Brits,

24 Jun, 2025 @ 18:24

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Police probe migrant bodies with ‘bound hands and feet’ found floating in Balearic Islands waters

THE Guardia Civil is investigating the appearance of bodies with tied hands and feet in Balearic Island waters. The probe started in mid-May and so

24 Jun, 2025 @ 14:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

British woman adrift for four days at sea is rescued in Spain’s Balearic Islands

A BRITISH woman who hired a boat in the Balearic Islands and ended up missing for four days, has been rescued. The 39-year-old Brit lives

23 Jun, 2025 @ 11:10

Balearic Islands·Lead

WATCH: Shocking reality of Ibiza workers living in tents opposite luxury flats they can never afford

THE Olive Press has discovered hundreds of legal workers living in makeshift tent-style homes in scrubland in Ibiza. Our investigation also found, at least the

20 Jun, 2025 @ 18:55

Ibiza·Lead·Video

Airbnb strikes deal with Mallorca to stop illegal tourist home listings

AIRBNB has signed an agreement with the Consell de Mallorca to stop illegal holiday lets being advertised on the online portal. The general director of

20 Jun, 2025 @ 18:30

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Tennis legend Rafa Nadal is made a marquis by Spain’s King Felipe

RETIRED tennis legend Rafa Nadal has been made a marquis by King Felipe in recognition to his contribution to Spain. The announcement was made in

20 Jun, 2025 @ 15:00

Lead·Mallorca

‘I’ve got a good job at the airport but I have to live in a shanty town!’: Ibiza workers say the holiday island is about to blow up

The Olive Press investigates WORKERS on the party island of Ibiza have told the Olive Press the rental situation is ‘set to explode’. It comes

20 Jun, 2025 @ 13:02

Balearic Islands·Lead

Gun-toting Brit gang who ‘busted UK kingpin out of police van in Ibiza’ are finally nabbed

FIVE members of a British mafia outfit have been tracked down and arrested for their role in a broad daylight assault on a police van

20 Jun, 2025 @ 11:24

Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Ibiza launch for amazing new photographic book on the darker unseen world of a superstar DJ

A SEMINAL photo of superstar DJ Seth Troxler sleeping on a bench at Barcelona airport and others spread on the floor at Ibiza airport are

19 Jun, 2025 @ 15:26

Balearic Islands·Ibiza

British female tourists 'drunkenly ridicule and attack Polish woman at a Mallorca beach'

Palma cracks down on buying from illegal street sellers

PALMA Police have enacted the city´s new ordinance which places fines of up to 750 euros on people who buy products from illegal street sellers.

19 Jun, 2025 @ 15:00

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

Bodies of migrants are increasingly washing up on Spain’s Balearic shores – 320 deaths estimated so far

MORE than 320 migrants have lost their lives trying to reach Spain via the Algerian Route between January and May, their bodies increasingly washing up

19 Jun, 2025 @ 13:26

Balearic Islands·Lead

Tourist warning: Person gets fined for buying sunglasses from illegal street seller in Mallorca

PALMA’S Policia Local have slapped a fine on a person who bought a pair of sunglasses from an illegal street seller. It’s their first sanction

19 Jun, 2025 @ 13:17

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

‘Sperm whales, loggerheads and coral forests’: Spain to expand its protected sea reserves

SPAIN has taken another important step forward to protect its oceans by expanding marine reserves yet the road ahead is long, a marine scientist says.

18 Jun, 2025 @ 16:58

Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Environment·Lead

Former MMA fighter Conor McGregor floors party goer ‘like bowling pin’ in Ibiza nightclub

IRISH UFC champion Conor McGregor was filmed pounding a fellow reveller with two left hooks during a night out at Pacha nightclub in Ibiza on

18 Jun, 2025 @ 10:23

Celebrity·Ibiza·Lead

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

Mallorca hotel worker who suffered broken jaw at hands of British tourist says his life ‘has been ruined’

A MAGALUF hotel worker who had his jaw broken by a British tourist says his life ‘has been ruined’. Speaking to Mallorca’s Ultima Hora newspaper,

16 Jun, 2025 @ 18:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

‘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

Balearic Islands- Page 8

Trial begins in Mallorca of €3.3 million luxury property fraud in the Lujo Casa Baleares case

Flights cancelled across Spain as EasyJet cabin crew begin three days of strike action

WATCH: Locals outraged as boozy Brits brawl in chaotic summer for Spain’s Ibiza

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

Police probe migrant bodies with ‘bound hands and feet’ found floating in Balearic Islands waters

British woman adrift for four days at sea is rescued in Spain’s Balearic Islands

WATCH: Shocking reality of Ibiza workers living in tents opposite luxury flats they can never afford

Airbnb strikes deal with Mallorca to stop illegal tourist home listings

Tennis legend Rafa Nadal is made a marquis by Spain’s King Felipe

‘I’ve got a good job at the airport but I have to live in a shanty town!’: Ibiza workers say the holiday island is about to blow up

Gun-toting Brit gang who ‘busted UK kingpin out of police van in Ibiza’ are finally nabbed

Ibiza launch for amazing new photographic book on the darker unseen world of a superstar DJ

Palma cracks down on buying from illegal street sellers

Bodies of migrants are increasingly washing up on Spain’s Balearic shores – 320 deaths estimated so far

Tourist warning: Person gets fined for buying sunglasses from illegal street seller in Mallorca

‘Sperm whales, loggerheads and coral forests’: Spain to expand its protected sea reserves

Former MMA fighter Conor McGregor floors party goer ‘like bowling pin’ in Ibiza nightclub

Mallorca hotel worker who suffered broken jaw at hands of British tourist says his life ‘has been ruined’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Irish brothers arrested over alleged serious sexual assault in Mallorca hotel

Blue shark spotted metres from shore at a popular Cadiz tourist beach sparks panic – but don’t worry it was just a baby

It’s a lot of fun… but San Juan’s hangover leaves Spain’s beaches looking like rubbish tips and jeopardises the coastal environment

Spain’s economic growth slows down in first quarter of 2026 due to lower exports and people spending less

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says there’s no widespread corruption in Spain following conviction of ex-minister and close ally

Spain’s Supreme Court rules parents can legally block children’s euthanasia requests after harrowing Noelia Castillo case

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