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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Man arrested for punching pregnant girlfriend in the stomach at Malaga home

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

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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

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

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

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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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Drunk British tourist Bogus crowdfunding scheme cheated small investors out of €7.7m 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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‘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

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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

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