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Expats win 10-year bank battle over failed development

A SPANISH bank has been ordered to pay hundreds of thousands in damages to expats over a failed off-plan development. A Mallorca court ruled...

Top of the Pops: Spain’s most listened to song of 2017 revealed!

DESPACITO was the most listened to song in Spain for 2017, it has been revealed. According to Spotify, the Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee...

Spain chooses base for football World Cup in Russia

The players will use the training facilities of Krasnodar Academy, the local Russian Premier League club, which have both grass and artificial surfaces.

Thousands of fake toys pulled from being sold for health and safety reasons

MORE than 3,200 toys have been withdrawn from sale by the Guardia Civil following concerns for safety. The toys, mainly sold in low-cost bazaars,...

Olive Press property expert Amanda Bulter brings in the New Year

HAVING been in the UK for Christmas and not seen the sun once during the 7 days we were there - just cloud and...

CALL OUT! Ibiza Weekender angry with ITV2 for not promoting Balearic party show

IBIZA Weekender star Jordan Davies has called out ITV2 for not promoting the seventh season which began this January. The show, which saw the first...

Ryanair flight from southern Spain grounded to dump ‘drunk Irish couple’

A RYANAIR flight from southern Spain has been forced to make an unscheduled stop in San Sebastian to dump a 'drunk' Irish couple. The FR7063...

Spain trumps US to become world’s second-most visited country

SPAIN has trumped the US to become the world's second-most visited country. Speaking in Italy late last night, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said 82 million...

Speed cameras in the Balearic Islands have raked in millions

THE SPEED camera on the motorway in Calvia caught over 11,000 speeding drivers in the first ten months of 2017, the highest on the...

Madam ‘was telling truth’ on sex claims in Cursach case

TWO prostitutes have confirmed a madame's original testimony in the Cursach case. The pair have put an end to counter claims that she lied or...

AWKWARD: Catalunya to re-elect exiled Carles Puigdemont as president

CATALUNYA'S seperatist parties have agreed to re-elect exiled Carles Puigdemont as president of the region later this month. How they will do it within the...

BIKING IN: Harry Bikers to show off Balearic cuisine in ‘Mediterranean Adventure’

THE Hairy Bikers are to share the culinary delights of the Balearic Islands in their new BBC2 series starting last Thursday. The celebrated pair, Dave...

British mother-of-12 dubbed ‘Queen of Benefits’ avoids jail after paying for luxury holidays to Spain with stolen cash

A BRITISH mother-of-12 has avoided jail after using stolen cash to pay for luxury holidays to Spain. 'Queen of Benefits' Cheryl Prudham spent more than...

BUZZKILLERS: Ibiza’s West End area threatened by Mallorca style noise regulations

A CONTROVERSIAL noise clampdown in Ibiza's San Antonio has been approved by councillors. Bars and nightclubs that previously had a license to be open until...

SAVED: British Airlines has bought out Air Berlin’s Niki

INTERNATIONAL Airlines Group (IAG) has bought out Austrian airline Niki, founded by ex-driver for Formula 1 Niki Lauda. IAG, including British Airways, Iberia, Vueling and...

Tourism Warning: Expecting fallout from anti-tourism protests

BRITISH tour operators have warned that 'tourismaphobia' will deter holidaymakers from visiting Mallorca this year. The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) reported a 'turning...

New Year’s emergencies soared into the hundreds in the Balearics

ON New Year's Eve, an astonishing 693 emergency calls were made, with 157 incidents declared around the Balearics. The Emergency System of the Balearic Islands...

LOVE RUSH: Applications open for this season of Love Island

SEASON two of ITV2’s incredibly popular show Love Island, filmed right here in Mallorca, is now accepting applications for the 2018 season. In the first...

Mallorca home owner and billionaire Sir Richard Branson shares tips for resolution success

WE ARE coming to the end of the first week of 2018 and the dust has almost settled on the festivities, well, except for...

After this weekend’s King’s Day comes Mallorca’s largest gathering

ONE of the biggest festivals in Mallorca, Sant Sebastià, is just around the corner with city's most iconic party on January 19. The feast day...

December weather was colder than the average in Mallorca

DECEMBER was colder than usual in Mallorca, with an average temperature of 11C according to data from Aemet. The average December temperature is closer to...

Complete list of national and regional holidays in Spain for 2018

SPAIN has one of the highest amount of national and regional holidays in Europe. So you're not caught by surprise we have compiled this year's...

New Year’s Day supermoon will be the brightest of 2018

TONIGHT the winter supermoon will light up the sky, the brightest of three supermoons in 2018. The moon will be at the closest point to...

Rafa Nadal opts out of Brisbane Open, postponing the start of his season

MALLORCA tennis ace and ATP World Number One Rafael Nadal has announced he will not be playing in the 2018 Brisbane International tournament, but...

Tenth bus catches fire while en route and full of passengers

ANOTHER bus has caught fire while driving in Mallorca. It is the tenth bus to have caught fire on the island in just two years....

New Years Eve, or San Silvestre in Mallorca, is set to rock across the island

BOTH on the main street, Passeig des Born, and in front of the town hall at Placa de Cort, celebrations to ring in the...

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