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Autistic boy, 11, who went missing on a school trip in Spain’s Mallorca is found just as hypothermia was setting in

THE authorities are breathing a sigh of relief after an enormous search for an 11-year-old autistic boy who went missing while on a school excursion in Mallorca was found safely. The boy

10 Jan, 2024 @ 16:00

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Government official accused of ‘licking woman’s face and punching a policeman’ claims ‘alcoholic beverages impaired my decision-making abilities’ in Spain’s Mallorca

A BALEARICS government official who faces accusations he sexually abused a woman and attacked a policeman has blamed his actions on being ‘very drunk.’ Juan Serra Ferrer, who ran the region’s telecommunications

10 Jan, 2024 @ 14:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Jet2 suspends flights and holidays from UK to Spain until late June due to 'uncertainty' over British government travel proposals

Two British pensioners’ Mallorca holiday nightmare as they are put on the wrong plane despite FIVE ticket checks

TWO elderly Brits going on holiday to Mallorca suffered a nightmare when they were put on the wrong plane by Jet2 thanks to a ‘catalogue of disasters’. Linda Trestrail, 69, and Wendy

9 Jan, 2024 @ 16:00

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German and British tourists to Spain failed to match pre-pandemic figures despite a record-breaking year in 2023 – apart from this ONE region

SPAIN has disappointingly failed to return to its pre-pandemic visitor numbers from its key markets of the United Kingdom and Germany – apart from in one region. The overall figures for tourists

9 Jan, 2024 @ 08:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

WATCH: British tourist claims he was savagely beaten by Guardia Civil officers in Spain who told him they ‘hate the English’

A BRITISH tourist has claimed he was placed in handcuffs and beaten by Guardia Civil officers during a holiday to Spain. TikTok user Chris Kingswood (@chriskingswood85), shared his story on the social

2 Jan, 2024 @ 18:32

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Expat stabs himself with a knife to get his wife arrested for attempted murder at their home in Spain's Mallorca

Expat stabs himself to get wife arrested for attempted murder in Spain’s Mallorca

A 58-YEAR-OLD Dutchman has been arrested for trying to frame his wife on an attempted homicide charge at their Mallorca home. The man stabbed himself and when police arrived at their property

29 Dec, 2023 @ 13:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Scabies surges in Spain: Health experts detect 44 outbreaks since early November - with 11 linked to schools

Scabies surges in tourist area of Spain: Health experts detect 44 outbreaks this year- with 11 linked to schools

THE Balearic Islands has reported 44 outbreaks of scabies this year up to early November with 19 affecting families or homes, 12 in social and health centres and 11 in schools. Mallorca

26 Dec, 2023 @ 17:30

Balearic Islands·Health·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca·Menorca

Popular tourist resort in Spain offers tax break to restaurants and bars that ban smoking on terraces

BAR and restaurant owners in Mallorca’s capital have been given a financial incentive to ban smoking on their terraces. As rumours circulate that Spain’s Health Ministry is mulling a nationwide ban, Palma

22 Dec, 2023 @ 19:00

Balearic Islands·Health·Lead·Mallorca

Serial fraudster Mark Acklom is living in Spain with his family following his early release from prison - as courts in the UK attempt to recover some of the money he swindled

British expat wife who abused and ‘humiliated’ her husband in Spain over a 12-YEAR period is jailed

A BRITISH woman has been handed down a 26-month prison term for regularly abusing her husband over 12 years in Arta, Mallorca. A Palma court determined that she subjected her partner to

22 Dec, 2023 @ 18:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

The Olive Press is offering a special Christmas deal with an incredible 50% discount on our online subscription packages

For €3.49 per month or just €8.75 for three months (quarterly package), readers can have full, advert-free access to our premium content – that’s the equivalent of less than €1 a week.

22 Dec, 2023 @ 15:44

Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca

Costa Blanca bar customers told to follow COVID health rules like no smoking and mask wearing to avoid new closures

New smoking ban in Spain ‘would spark fights between waiters and customers’, warns restaurant boss in Mallorca

A NEW proposal to ban smoking and vaping in terraces could provoke fights between smokers and bar staff, a Mallorca hospitality chief has warned. The controversial plan would see a return of

17 Dec, 2023 @ 08:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Alleged ‘trusted member’ of Irish Kinahan cartel is extradited from Spain to Britain to face firearms charges

AN alleged ‘highly trusted’ member of the Kinahan cartel has been extradited to the UK to face a string of firearms charges. Liam Byrne, 42, was escorted to Britain by a team

14 Dec, 2023 @ 14:13

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

This resort in Spain has BANNED horse drawn carriages for tourists in win for animal rights groups

A Mallorcan town will become the first council in Spain to ban horse drawn carriages in a ‘historic’ move. The measures will ‘put an end to the suffering of animals’ by replacing

13 Dec, 2023 @ 14:14

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Irish tourist, 28, who flashed his genitals to three minors after a booze-fuelled night out in Spain avoids jail

Irish tourist, 28, who flashed his genitals to three minors after a booze-fuelled day out in Spain avoids jail

A DRUNK Irish tourist who exposed himself to three girls in a Mallorca street has escaped being jailed. A Palma court on Tuesday gave the 28-year-old man a six month prison term

13 Dec, 2023 @ 11:11

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Man is fined €100 for shouting ‘viva España’ and ‘Sanchez is a traitor’ during anti-government protest in Spain’s Mallorca

A MALLORCA protestor who shouted slogans against Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has been fined €100 for his outburst. Jesus Revuelta believes the penalty is a mistake after a document claimed he organised

12 Dec, 2023 @ 12:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Politics

Cosmetic surgeon being investigated over death of British patient in Spain dies suddenly

A SURGEON who performed a cosmetic surgery procedure on a British woman who died following ‘complications’ at a Palma clinic in September, has himself died. The Ultima Hora newspaper has revealed simply

11 Dec, 2023 @ 18:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Mallorca

Barack Obama’s ambassador to Spain faces local bureaucracy headache after his ambitious renovation plans for a famous finca in Mallorca are blocked

BARACK Obama’s former ambassador to Spain has purchased a sprawling finca in Mallorca. But he will have to brush off his diplomacy skills if he wants to go ahead with his planned

6 Dec, 2023 @ 15:03

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Spain’s Rafael Nadal announces when he will return to the tennis court

MALLORCA’S Rafa Nadal will return to tennis at the Brisbane International in Australia in January, the 22-time Grand Slam champion said on Friday. The 37-year-old has not played since last January, when

1 Dec, 2023 @ 18:30

Lead·Mallorca·Sport

These are the tiny hidden cameras used by an expat in Spain to take HUNDREDS of pictures of his tenants in their most intimate moments

THE TINY camera pictured above was the tool used by a landlord in Mallorca to secretly record 10 of his tenants, most of them female, over a five-year period. Police managed to

1 Dec, 2023 @ 16:26

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Three pitbulls are shot dead by police in Spain just hours after they attacked a woman enjoying a morning walk

THREE PITBULLS that seriously injured a Mallorcan woman when she was out for a walk have been shot dead by police. The 38-year-old victim was attacked by the dogs shortly before 10.00am

1 Dec, 2023 @ 16:00

Animals·Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Empty party-area Magaluf hotel could be bought and then pulled down for at least €1 million on Spain’s Mallorca

CALVIA council wants to buy a disused Magaluf hotel to demolish it and then create an open space amidst the busy nightlife zone, but it could cost them at least €1 million.

30 Nov, 2023 @ 17:40

Balearic Islands·Mallorca

Easyjet announces two new connections between UK and Spain’s Mallorca for 2024

TWO new flights from budget airline, EasyJet, are set to connect the UK and Mallorca next year. Already available to book, the flights will set off from Belfast and Southampton from next

30 Nov, 2023 @ 16:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Two adorable and VERY rare goats are born in Spain’s Mallorca in boon for animal conservationists

MALLORCAN conservationists have bred two rare goats in danger of extinction in a triumph for local wildlife. The species, known as ‘pitius goats’, were born on Monday, November 27. Native to Ibiza

30 Nov, 2023 @ 15:30

Animals·Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

DUNGEON DEWLLINGS: Palma in shock as police officer’s ‘basement of terror’ is revealed: Reports of deaths in tiny cockroach-infested storage units

A POLICEMAN is facing a €2 million fine and other charges for illegally renting out dozens of tiny, squalid storage units in the basement of a former hotel for people to live

30 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Lead·Mallorca

Chef from Spain’s Mallorca and his wife are shot to death at their restaurant: Woman’s naked body is discovered on the street after she tried to escape via balcony

A MALLORCAN chef and his wife have been killed in a brutal attack at their restaurant. David Peregrina, 53, and his wife, 38-year-old Brazilian, Erika da Silva Santos were killed in a

30 Nov, 2023 @ 14:24

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Speed limit going up by 20km/hr on major road in Spain’s Mallorca

MOTORISTS will be able to travel up to 100km/hr on the Palma ring road in Mallorca from December 18. The only stretch where the current 80 km/h limit will be maintained is

18 Nov, 2023 @ 09:30

Balearic Islands·Mallorca

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