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Easter in Mallorca: Holy Week takes a theatrical turn with music, musicals, and a dash of Disney magic

MALLORCA’S Holy Week might be best known for solemn processions and spiritual reflection – but this long weekend, the island is bursting with music, musicals,

17 Apr, 2025 @ 12:59

Balearic Islands·La Cultura·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

Squatters move into seafront ruin in Spain’s Palma de Mallorca as housing crisis spirals

MALLORCA’S spiralling housing crisis has taken another bizarre twist – with a gang of Algerian squatters moving into an abandoned lobster hatchery perched above the

17 Apr, 2025 @ 12:11

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Other News·Property

Exotic animal traffickers charged €60k for a panther with Mallorca couple running sales via social media

A RUSSIAN couple accused of trafficking exotic animals have been arrested in Mallorca. The man, 48, and woman, 46, sold protected species internationally via social

14 Apr, 2025 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

These just might be the best burgers in Spain: Who do YOU think does the best hamburger?

FOR the best part of Easter fortnight, Mallorca will be home to The Champions Burger. It’s a competition dedicated to producing gourmet hamburgers, and they

14 Apr, 2025 @ 14:20

Balearic Islands·Food & Drink·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

Hit TV series ‘White Lotus’ recreated in the flesh at iconic Mallorca hotel – amid speculation that the fourth series is coming to the island

THE luxurious Four Seasons Resort Mallorca at Formentor is offering guests an immersive experience inspired by HBO’s acclaimed series, ‘The White Lotus’. From March 17

13 Apr, 2025 @ 17:00

Entertainment·Lead·Mallorca·Property

Drunk German faces serious punishment after abusing cabin crew and causing Mallorca plane to abort takeoff

A GERMAN tourist faces hefty consequences after delaying a flight to Mallorca thanks to his drunkenness. A Ryanair flight from Bremen, Germany, to Palma de

13 Apr, 2025 @ 09:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s Mallorca considering ‘range of measures to control tourism’ as summer season starts

THE temporary ban on establishing new beds for tourists continues in Mallorca and its surrounding islands. The Balearic government is working to control overtourism on

10 Apr, 2025 @ 14:40

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Happy Easter – Get €20 off our Annual Subscription

Happy Easter to all our readers!! We are offering €20 off our usual annual subscription price so you can all treat yourselves to some chocolate

4 Apr, 2025 @ 17:35

Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca

Anti-tourism in Spain latest: Outrage in Mallorca as ‘foreign property speculators pose as locals to buy homes at cheaper prices’

FOREIGN property speculators have begun posing as local residents searching for homes on sale in Mallorca, according to local activists. An anti-tourism group claims to

27 Mar, 2025 @ 13:00

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Mallorca’s San Moix plans to become first-ever ‘waste free’ stadium in Spain

A MALLORCA stadium has set the ‘ambitious’ goal of becoming Spain’s first ever ‘waste free’ football venue. Mallorca San Moix says it will work with

27 Mar, 2025 @ 12:06

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Superyacht belonging to British billionaire Manchester United owner docks in Mallorca: Mammoth vessel is worth €150m

ONE of Britain’s richest men, and the minority owner of Manchester United, has parked his superyacht in Mallorca this week. Jim Ratcliffe, who took a

27 Mar, 2025 @ 12:00

Celebrity·Lead·Mallorca

Spanish holiday islands fear locals will be ‘expelled’ by growing housing crisis if mass tourism continues

LOCALS are warning they could be ‘expelled’ from Spanish holiday islands if mass tourism continues to exacerbate the housing crisis. Balearic Island real estate associations

27 Mar, 2025 @ 11:34

Lead·Mallorca·Property

British YouTube star Yung Filly is accused of raping a tourist at Spanish holiday resort

BRITISH rapper Yung Filly is being investigated over the alleged rape of a woman in Magaluf last summer. Filly, 29, had travelled to the Mallorcan

24 Mar, 2025 @ 11:09

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

‘Do not come!’: Residents in Spain’s Mallorca warn British and German tourists ‘you are the problem’

ANTI-tourism activists in the Balearics have one message for sunseekers this summer: do not come to Mallorca. Seven environmental organisations have put their signature to

19 Mar, 2025 @ 17:30

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Body Of British Man, 20, Found Floating In Water At Mallorca Beach In Spain

Sixth suspected migrant body found floating in the sea this month in Spain’s Mallorca

THE authorities in Mallorca are investigating yet another body that was found floating in sea, marking the sixth just this month alone. The body, found

19 Mar, 2025 @ 16:00

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Flight chaos in Spain as paraglider flies over airport causing diversions and delays

A PARAGLIDER illegally flew over Palma de Mallorca airport on Sunday, forcing four planes to be diverted and schedules to be disrupted throughout the afternoon.

17 Mar, 2025 @ 16:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Spanish gems are named among the world’s top 100 travel destinations

SPAIN has three of the top 100 cities in the world for travel, according to a new ranking. Madrid claimed second place in the list,

15 Mar, 2025 @ 10:00

Barcelona·Lead·Madrid·Mallorca·Travel News

British tourist wanted in Spain for ‘slashing Mallorca bouncer’s face with a bottle’ is arrested

A BRITISH tourist wanted for slashing a bouncer’s face with a bottle in Mallorca has been caught. Interpol Agents have arrested a young Brit accused

13 Mar, 2025 @ 11:51

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Bizarre moment tourist beach in Spain is covered by thousands of jellyfish

Mallorca’s Cala Millor was invaded by thousands of Velella jellyfish last Friday. The sea creatures washed up on the shore in a seasonal phenomenon where

12 Mar, 2025 @ 15:55

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Anger mounts in Mallorca over ‘worsening’ property crisis as locals are increasingly ‘turfed out’ by rising prices

MALLORCA protestors claim ‘nothing has changed’ one year after historic action against the island’s growing housing crisis. The Banc del Temps de Sencelles has published

12 Mar, 2025 @ 12:22

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‘Vital’ cancer support for expats in Mallorca continues to grow

WALK Against Cancer Mallorca, spearheaded by Anita Vince, a 53-year-old English woman who has lived on the island for nearly two decades, is back for

2 Mar, 2025 @ 13:00

Balearic Islands·Health·Mallorca

DNA tests confirm missing woman, 24, was incinerated after being trapped inside waste bin in Mallorca

THE Policia Nacional in Mallorca have closed their investigation into a missing Argentinian woman after DNA analysis confirmed that two bones found at a waste

28 Feb, 2025 @ 18:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

What is Balearic Islands Day? How the annual festival is celebrated with the party starting TODAY

BALEARIC Islands Day 2025 will be marked by a range of activities across Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera. Celebrations will begin on February 28 and

28 Feb, 2025 @ 08:00

La Cultura·Lead·Mallorca

Outrage in Spain’s Balearic Islands after health authorities ‘forget’ to enroll 4,000 women for breast cancer screening

THE Balearic Islands health agency ‘forgot’ to enroll over 4,000 women in the island’s Breast Cancer Prevention Programme, it has emerged. Between 2021 and 2024,

26 Feb, 2025 @ 12:25

Health·Lead·Mallorca