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Stunning photo of Mallorca taken from Barcelona defies science – just how did the photographer do it?

AN INCREDIBLE photo of Mallorca taken from Barcelona a full 200km distant has wowed viewers and delivered a rare lesson in atmospheric refraction. Catalan photographer

15 Nov, 2023 @ 15:15

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Mallorca

Squatter farce: Thug, 21, takes over stunning €3million villa in Spain’s Mallorca before installing alarm system, hiring cleaner and moving in a stolen PONY and pit bull

A SQUATTER has been living in a €3million villa in Mallorca for a year, it has emerged. The 21-year-old took over the stunning chalet in

12 Nov, 2023 @ 11:20

Lead·Mallorca

Man sparks panic after putting gagged and bound woman in the boot of his car and speeding off in Spain’s Mallorca – before giving police a VERY awkward explanation

POLICE were called on Friday, October 27, after a couple’s sex game went awry. An elderly woman called the police after seeing her neighbour, gagged

2 Nov, 2023 @ 15:39

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Miracle baby: Lesbian couple in Spain are first in Europe to give birth to child they BOTH carried

A SPANISH lesbian couple have become the first in Europe to give birth to a baby they both carried. Derek, weighing 3.3kg, was born in

2 Nov, 2023 @ 14:00

Balearic Islands·Health·Lead·Mallorca

American invasion: Number of US tourists in Spain are soaring as figures show they spend DOUBLE that of the average Brit or German visitor

DESPITE being the eighth largest group to visit the Balearic Islands, figures show Americans spend twice as much as Brits and Germans. So far this

2 Nov, 2023 @ 12:05

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

‘Demon barber of Palma’: Samurai-sword-wielding hairdresser who calls himself ‘the devil’ and ‘a Power Ranger’ released on bail yet again

PALMA residents are up in arms after a crazed barber who has terrorised them with machetes, swords, and even hairdressing razors has once again been

1 Nov, 2023 @ 17:30

Lead·Mallorca

Anti-tourism march in Spain’s Mallorca sees 1,000 fed-up locals demand controls against the ‘devastating’ industry

A THOUSAND people took to the streets of Palma to demand ‘less tourism, more life’, ahead of an EU tourism summit being held in the

1 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Group of German tourists down 1,254 beers in less than THREE hours: Record-breaking session began at 10:30am at bar in Spain’s Mallorca

GERMAN tourists set a new beer drinking record in Mallorca last week, guzzling 1,234 beers in less than three hours. The group spent €2,838.20 to

1 Nov, 2023 @ 12:24

Balearic Islands·Mallorca·Must Read

Man exploited 40 migrants by cramming them into his flat in Spain and charging €100 per month in rent

Two men arrested a YEAR after German expat, 20, was found run over in Spain’s Mallorca: Police say victim was thrown into the road from a van before being hit by a car

TWO men have been arrested in Palma and Malaga for killing a young German tourist in Mallorca after they threw him out of a van

30 Oct, 2023 @ 17:31

Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

Lucky EuroMillions player wins life-changing €27 million jackpot in Spain’s Mallorca

LADY luck came to the door of one Mallorca resident on Tuesday. Just the one solitary winner correctly guessed all six numbers – as well

25 Oct, 2023 @ 15:54

Lead·Mallorca

Mallorca town to finally get flood defences FIVE years after 13 people were swept away by a ‘five-metre wall of water’

FIVE years on since 13 died in a devastating torrent of flooding which reached a massive five metres high, prevention measures are finally ready to

21 Oct, 2023 @ 15:00

Lead·Mallorca

German expat, 27, is arrested for ‘stabbing man to death after argument in bar spilled onto the street’ in Spain’s Mallorca

A GERMAN national living in the Balearic Islands has been arrested by the National Police on suspicion of stabbing a man to death. The 27-year-old

20 Oct, 2023 @ 13:55

Crime & Law·Mallorca

WATCH: Bouncers give brutal beatdown to biker outside popular bar in Spain’s Mallorca: Gang ‘plotting revenge’

TENSIONS in Mallorca over the proliferation of biker gangs seem to be coming to a head after one member got a savage beating from a

19 Oct, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·Mallorca

Gay killer gets 25 years in jail with four murder trials still pending in Spain

Briton, 43, accused of raping his son’s friend at a hotel in Spain’s Mallorca faces up to nine years in jail if convicted

A BRITISH man, 43, faces nine years in prison after being charged with raping his son’s female friend at a Magaluf hotel in May. The

19 Oct, 2023 @ 16:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Hotels on Spain’s Mallorca to study the working methods and hours of room cleaners

THE 850 or so hotels that belong to the Mallorca Hotel Business Federation have begun a study into the working methods and hours of cleaning

19 Oct, 2023 @ 15:45

Mallorca·Travel News

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

40% of Mallorca’s hotels will still have their doors open come November

SOME 40% of Mallorca’s hotels will still be open and operating when November arrives. Of these, 20% will gradually close their doors for the winter

19 Oct, 2023 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Mallorca

Philip Green docks in Spain: British tycoon’s €142m superyacht complete with helipad, jacuzzi and more drops anchor in Mallorca

CONTROVERSIAL British fashion tycoon Philip Green has docked in Mallorca. He has brought his boat, Lionheart, dubbed ‘the most luxurious yacht in the world’ to

19 Oct, 2023 @ 14:19

Balearic Islands·Mallorca

Russian warship and submarine are intercepted off the coast of Spain’s Mallorca

THE Spanish Navy has intercepted a Russian warship and submarine off the coast of Mallorca. The Spanish ship known as ‘Rayo’ stopped the vessels in

19 Oct, 2023 @ 14:14

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Girl, 4, dies after she and her mother are knocked off their bike by a drug driver in Spain’s Mallorca

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl riding a bicycle with her mother in Llubi on Wednesday was killed after they were struck by a driver who had taken

19 Oct, 2023 @ 13:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Two German men arrested for ‘raping young German girl while other watched’ in Spain’s Mallorca

TWO German men have been arrested in Mallorca for the alleged rape of a fellow countrywoman in a hotel room. Identified as Stefan B and

17 Oct, 2023 @ 18:00

Lead·Mallorca

Bans from the Balearics for boozed-up Brits: Proposed new ‘responsible tourism law’ to introduce even stiffer penalties for badly behaved tourists

AFTER a summer of excesses, the Balearic government is set to revamp its tourism laws which could see bans from the islands for unruly individuals.

17 Oct, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

German tourist, 60, plunges to his death from Mallorca hotel room after arguing with his wife

A 60-YEAR-OLD German tourist has died after falling from a balcony in Capdepera, Mallorca. According to witnesses at the Hotel Illot Park, the man was

13 Oct, 2023 @ 16:25

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WATCH: German reckless driver in Spain’s Mallorca runs a female taxi driver off the motorway and flees the scene

POLICE in Mallorca tracked down and arrested a German driver who ran a taxi off the motorway and sped away from the scene of the

10 Oct, 2023 @ 14:36

Lead·Mallorca

Police probe serious group assault on Grindr dating app user in Valencia

Two British men ‘rape young man they met on Grindr’: Victim needed stitches after brutal attack at Mallorca hotel

TWO BRITISH men, both aged 36, have been arrested in Mallorca after raping another British male they’d agreed to meet for a threesome. The two

10 Oct, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Irish teenagers arrested for selling laughing gas in the street to Mallorca tourists

‘Hippy crack seller’ is arrested while offering laughing gas to four British tourists in Spain’s Magaluf

POLICE have arrested a man for selling laughing gas to young British tourists in Mallorca, as a gang distributing the gas on the mainland has

5 Oct, 2023 @ 15:45

Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

Mallorca's biggest real estate scam sees three people jailed for 28 years after pocketing €3.3m for non-existent homes

Drink driver is ACQUITTED of killing British expat, 39, in hit-and-run in Spain’s Mallorca – despite being TWICE over the alcohol limit

A PALMA court has backed a lower court verdict that cleared a motorist of running over a British expat at a pedestrian crossing- despite being

4 Oct, 2023 @ 17:33

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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Stunning photo of Mallorca taken from Barcelona defies science – just how did the photographer do it?

Squatter farce: Thug, 21, takes over stunning €3million villa in Spain’s Mallorca before installing alarm system, hiring cleaner and moving in a stolen PONY and pit bull

Man sparks panic after putting gagged and bound woman in the boot of his car and speeding off in Spain’s Mallorca – before giving police a VERY awkward explanation

Miracle baby: Lesbian couple in Spain are first in Europe to give birth to child they BOTH carried

American invasion: Number of US tourists in Spain are soaring as figures show they spend DOUBLE that of the average Brit or German visitor

‘Demon barber of Palma’: Samurai-sword-wielding hairdresser who calls himself ‘the devil’ and ‘a Power Ranger’ released on bail yet again

Anti-tourism march in Spain’s Mallorca sees 1,000 fed-up locals demand controls against the ‘devastating’ industry

Group of German tourists down 1,254 beers in less than THREE hours: Record-breaking session began at 10:30am at bar in Spain’s Mallorca

Two men arrested a YEAR after German expat, 20, was found run over in Spain’s Mallorca: Police say victim was thrown into the road from a van before being hit by a car

Lucky EuroMillions player wins life-changing €27 million jackpot in Spain’s Mallorca

Mallorca town to finally get flood defences FIVE years after 13 people were swept away by a ‘five-metre wall of water’

German expat, 27, is arrested for ‘stabbing man to death after argument in bar spilled onto the street’ in Spain’s Mallorca

WATCH: Bouncers give brutal beatdown to biker outside popular bar in Spain’s Mallorca: Gang ‘plotting revenge’

Briton, 43, accused of raping his son’s friend at a hotel in Spain’s Mallorca faces up to nine years in jail if convicted

Hotels on Spain’s Mallorca to study the working methods and hours of room cleaners

40% of Mallorca’s hotels will still have their doors open come November

Philip Green docks in Spain: British tycoon’s €142m superyacht complete with helipad, jacuzzi and more drops anchor in Mallorca

Russian warship and submarine are intercepted off the coast of Spain’s Mallorca

Girl, 4, dies after she and her mother are knocked off their bike by a drug driver in Spain’s Mallorca

Two German men arrested for ‘raping young German girl while other watched’ in Spain’s Mallorca

Bans from the Balearics for boozed-up Brits: Proposed new ‘responsible tourism law’ to introduce even stiffer penalties for badly behaved tourists

German tourist, 60, plunges to his death from Mallorca hotel room after arguing with his wife

WATCH: German reckless driver in Spain’s Mallorca runs a female taxi driver off the motorway and flees the scene

Two British men ‘rape young man they met on Grindr’: Victim needed stitches after brutal attack at Mallorca hotel

‘Hippy crack seller’ is arrested while offering laughing gas to four British tourists in Spain’s Magaluf

Drink driver is ACQUITTED of killing British expat, 39, in hit-and-run in Spain’s Mallorca – despite being TWICE over the alcohol limit

Spain’s highest-paying jobs: Big earners in the top profession take home up to €250k a year – as they say you can’t earn in Spain

Motorhome sales in Spain skyrocket 84% with foreigners outnumbering Spaniards 2 to 1 – but is there space for everyone?

Almost three out of four tourist flats in Malaga flout rules designed to rein them in

Easter getaway warning as strikes begin at Spanish airports: These are the affected destinations and dates

WATCH: Thick smoke cloud stretches across Barcelona after fire rips through cargo containers in city’s port

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