Ground-breaking seaplane flights enjoy successful tests ahead of New Year launch in Mallorca and Ibiza
A NEW seaplane operator in the Balearic Islands has run test flights this week ahead of launching its service in the New Year. Isla Air
Ibiza chef ‘savagely beats 72-year-old tourist’ after he complained about his meal
AN ELDERLY customer at an Ibiza restaurant complained about his meal and was thrown to the ground by an angry chef. The 72-year-old German victim
Drunk British tourist seriously injured after falling off wall and rolling down an embankment in Mallorca
A DRUNK British tourist was seriously injured on Tuesday evening after falling off a wall and rolling 15 metres down an embankment in the Calvia
Drought warning in Mallorca: Balearic Islands are placed on ‘pre-alert’ as water supplies run low
PARTS of Mallorca have been put on drought pre-alert with situation in some areas just a level down as being categorised as an emergency. The
British couple who ‘trashed their Magaluf hotel room’ are arrested while trying to fly home
A YOUNG British couple were arrested at Palma airport on Friday after trashing a bedroom in their four-star Magaluf hotel. The man, 27, and woman,
Family of missing 24-year-old gather in Mallorca to plead for her return one week after she vanished: Homicide detectives lead the investigation
AROUND 50 people took part in a vigil in Palma’s Plaza España on Wednesday evening- a week after 24-year-old Agostina Rubini Medina vanished in the
Watch: Brit is robbed of his €80,000 Rolex in Spain’s Mallorca – police make two arrests
TWO Italians who stole a Rolex watch from a British tourist visiting Magaluf in April, have been arrested after returning to Mallorca to carry out
Major €690m train project is announced for Spain’s Mallorca
A NEW €690 million rail link between Palma and Llucmajor has been announced by the Balearic President, Marga Prohens. Work on the 27-kilometre line will
British expat and former BA stewardess is found dead in her Mallorca home: Police investigate ‘domestic accident’
A BRITISH woman died on Tuesday night at her home in Soller after suffering a domestic accident. The Guardia Civil are investigating the circumstances behind
Ibiza plans to limit the number of cruise ship arrivals amid overtourism backlash
AUTHORITIES in Ibiza have announced a crackdown on the number of cruise ships allowed to dock on the island amid a wave of anti-tourist protests.
British man dies after falling from sixth floor of hotel in Spain’s Mallorca
A BRITISH man has died after falling from the sixth floor of a building in Palma. Emergency services were called to Carrer Berenguer de Tornamira
German pilot, 34, returns home amid homicide investigation after his 20m yacht crashed into a fishing boat and killed a young man in Spain’s Mallorca
THE skipper of a luxury yacht that collided with a small fishing boat in Mallorca killing a 21-year-old man, has returned home to Germany. Air
British girl, 15, is in a serious condition after falling from a balcony in Spain’s Mallorca
A BRITISH girl, 15, was seriously injured on Tuesday after suffering a first floor balcony fall in Mallorca. The accident happened in S’Illot in the
Scottish minister blasts ‘balconing league table’ which mocks deaths of tourists in Spain as ‘vile’ – just days after Scot’s fatal fall from an Ibiza hotel
A GOVERNMENT minister has blasted a balconing league table as ‘vile’ and called for its website to be taken down after it celebrated the UK
Exploring Mallorca: Find all the best of Calvia from beaches and nightlife to sports and gastronomy
IT may sound like a cliche, but Calvià really does have it all. You need look no further if you seek a captivating blend of
British radio star Nick Grimshaw and his mother, 81, are ‘sedated with gas and robbed’ in Spain ‘by men in hazmat suits’
BROADCASTER Nick Grimshaw and his 81-year-old mother Eileen were sedated with gassed and robbed while on holiday at an Ibiza villa. The former BBC Radio
‘I thought they were going to kill me’: Taxi driver, 71, is attacked by three German police officers in Spain’s Mallorca
A 71-YEAR-OLD Mallorca taxi driver was hospitalised after a brutal beating from a group of German tourists who claimed to be police officers. Three men
Climate change experts warn that up to 71 beaches will disappear across Spain’s Balearic Islands by the end of the century – unless drastic action is taken
UP to 71 beaches will disappear in the Balearic Islands by the end of the century if global warming is not reversed, according to a
Smuggler steals a boat from tourist hotspot in Alicante to ferry migrants between Africa and Spain
THE Guardia Civil have impounded a boat stolen in Alicante province that ferried migrants from Algeria to the Balearic Islands. Officers intercepted the craft with
Pirate taxi driver in Spain’s Ibiza tests positive for every detectable drug, including cocaine and cannabis
A PIRATE taxi driver in Ibiza was pulled over by the police on Tuesday morning and was found to have consumed a dangerous cocktail of
British tourist, 19, plunges to her death from Ibiza hotel balcony
A 19-YEAR-OLD British tourist plunged to her death on Tuesday morning from her sixth floor balcony of an Ibiza hotel. The Guardia Civil reported that
Fisherman arrested for sexually assaulting a British tourist in scenic Mallorca port
A FISHERMAN has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for allegedly sexually assaulting a British tourist at Mallorca’s Port d’Andratx last Wednesday. The 40-year-old Senegalese
Reformed 500-year-old villa goes on sale for €10.8 million in Spain’s Ibiza
A TRADITIONAL Ibiza house dating back 500-years and which was totally redesigned has been for put for sale with a €10.8 million price tag. The
Illegal tourist flat crackdown in Spain: Building in Mallorca made up of 12 unlicensed Airbnb-style homes is fined almost €1million
MASSIVE fines totalling €960,000 against 12 unlicensed holiday apartment rentals in a Palma building have been notified by the Consell de Mallorca’s Tourism Department. The
Shock carbon monoxide death of a young Dutch tourist in Spain was caused by a bird’s nest blocking a pipe, say police
THE Policia Nacional have revealed that a Dutch tourist died at a Mallorca villa from carbon monoxide due to a bird’s nest blocking a pipe.
British tourist is placed in chokehold and robbed of his bum bag in Spain’s Mallorca
A YOUNG British tourist was placed into a chokehold by four men who stole his bum bag in the Mallorcan party resort of Magaluf. The