Tag: Balearic Islands
Three pitbulls are shot dead by police in Spain just hours after they attacked a woman enjoying a morning...
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...
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...
Where are Brits and other foreigners buying property in Spain? New data reveals the hottest locations
AS SPAIN'S real estate sector continues to contract for domestic buyers due to higher interest rates, foreign purchasers are getting a higher percentage...
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...
Fresh hopes for ‘world’s biggest nightclub’ in Spain: Privilege in Ibiza gets green light for multi-million euro refurb
IBIZA could once-again be home to the ‘world’s biggest nightclub’ as multi-million refurb plans have been approved.
The €8.2 million renovations are part of a...
Shock figures reveal the health effects of smoking in Spain’s Balearic Islands
MORE than one in 10 people in the Balearic Islands suffer from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), according to new Ministry of Health figures.
The...
This island in Spain is among the 12 best places to visit in Europe next year – according to...
CONDE Nast has revealed Europe’s top destinations to visit in 2024 and a Spanish island has made the list.
Every year, the travel magazine chooses...
Mallorca’s former tourism minister in hot water for suggesting hoteliers exploit staff
MALLORCA hoteliers have slammed the island's former tourism minister for branding them 'exploiters' in a speech at the Balearic parliament.
Iago Negueruela criticised the government...
‘Indian Summer’ to end next week on Spain’s Mallorca as temperatures set to plummet as heavy rain and strong...
A COLD polar front will radically change Mallorca's weather next week with temperatures falling by around ten degrees according to the State Meteorological Agency(Aemet).
The...
Ex-judge and prosecutor given jail time for breaking the law during high profile investigations in Spain’s Mallorca
A FORMER Mallorca judge and prosecutor who broke the law during a probe into corruption within the Palma Policia Local have both been jailed...
American invasion: Number of US tourists in Spain are soaring as figures show they spend DOUBLE that of the...
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...
Two men arrested a YEAR after German expat, 20, was found run over in Spain’s Mallorca: Police say victim was thrown...
TWO men have been arrested in Palma and Malaga for killing a young German tourist in Mallorca after they threw him out of a...
Briton, 43, accused of raping his son’s friend at a hotel in Spain’s Mallorca faces up to nine years...
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...
Girl, 4, dies after she and her mother are knocked off their bike by a drug driver in Spain’s...
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...
Giant Hell’s Angel boss, 38, is finally extradited from Spain: ‘Special operation’ was required to fly drug trafficker from...
IBIZA authorities have finally got rid of a Hell's Angel leader who was wanted in his native Germany on drugs trafficking charges after hiding...
Giant ‘Hell’s Angel boss’ escapes justice after ‘violent episode’ cancels extradition flight from Spain’s Ibiza to Germany
A TOWERING Hell's Angel member was ejected from a repatriation flight from Ibiza to Germany on Monday after a 'violent episode'.
The 37-year-old man, who...
British prisoner’s plan for a great escape during visit to the dentist in Ibiza fails miserably
A HUNT is on in Ibiza for two armed masked men who held up a Guardia Civil van taking a British prisoner for dental...
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...
‘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...
Elderly man faces nearly four years in prison after he shot dead home raider in Spain’s Mallorca
AN ELDERLY man who shot dead one of two robbers that entered his house in the Balearic Islands has been found guilty of murder...
Inferno rages through Palma care home leaving six hospitalised
A FAULTY phone charger is feared to have sparked an inferno at a care home in Palma.
More than 150 staff and residents had to...
British and German tourism plummets in Spain but continues to rise in Balearics
SPAIN and the Balearics have always attracted both British and German tourists.
Yet, issues such as economic conditions, higher prices of holidays, the heat, and...
British cyclist, 56, dies while cycling in Spain’s Mallorca
A BRITISH man, 56, died from a heart attack on Friday while cycling in the Formentor area of Mallorca.
Reports described him as 'English' and...
Spain’s Queen Sofia visits Mallorca food bank amid surge in demand and drop in donations
SPAIN’S Queen Sofia paid the Mallorca Food Bank a visit last Monday, September 4, to show her support for the work the foundation has...
Sorry we’re NOT full: Restaurants in Spain’s Mallorca are charging up to €120 for last minute cancellations
ONE IN FIVE Mallorca restaurants are charging for last minute reservation cancellations and no-shows, with more businesses set to follow suit.
Alfonso Robledo, president of...
Brits could soon fly to Spain in world’s biggest aircraft dubbed ‘The Flying Bum’
SPAIN'S Air Nostrum has increased its commitment to helium airships by ordering an extra 10 craft from UK firm, Hybrid Air Vehicles(HAV) which are...
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