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Smoking ban extensions and tobacco tax rises backed by most people in Spain

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

22 Dec, 2023 @ 19:00

Balearic Islands·Health·Lead·Mallorca

Young woman wins 'right to die' case following first euthanasia law challenge in Spain

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

22 Dec, 2023 @ 18:00

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

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.

11 Dec, 2023 @ 18:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Health·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

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

30 Nov, 2023 @ 17:40

Balearic Islands·Mallorca

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 share of

30 Nov, 2023 @ 17:16

Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Costa Blanca·Costa del Sol·Lead·Property

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

18 Nov, 2023 @ 09:30

Balearic Islands·Mallorca

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

16 Nov, 2023 @ 18:00

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Shock figures over consequences of smoking in Spain's Balearic Islands

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

16 Nov, 2023 @ 15:45

Balearic Islands·Health·Ibiza·Mallorca·Menorca

This island in Spain is among the 12 best places to visit in Europe next year – according to Conde Nast

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

16 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Olive Press Travel

Former Tourism Minister in Spain's Mallorca accuses hotels of exploiting staff

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

16 Nov, 2023 @ 14:00

Balearic Islands·Mallorca

‘Indian Summer’ to end next week on Spain’s Mallorca as temperatures set to plummet as heavy rain and strong winds strike

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

16 Nov, 2023 @ 13:01

Balearic Islands·Mallorca·Weather

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 for

16 Nov, 2023 @ 11:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Mallorca

American invasion: Number of US tourists in Spain are soaring as figures show they spend DOUBLE that of the average Brit or German visitor

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

2 Nov, 2023 @ 12:05

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Man exploited 40 migrants by cramming them into his flat in Spain and charging €100 per month in rent

Two men arrested a YEAR after German expat, 20, was found run over in Spain’s Mallorca: Police say victim was thrown into the road from a van before being hit by a car

TWO men have been arrested in Palma and Malaga for killing a young German tourist in Mallorca after they threw him out of a van

30 Oct, 2023 @ 17:31

Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

Gay killer gets 25 years in jail with four murder trials still pending in Spain

Briton, 43, accused of raping his son’s friend at a hotel in Spain’s Mallorca faces up to nine years in jail if convicted

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

19 Oct, 2023 @ 16:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Girl, 4, dies after she and her mother are knocked off their bike by a drug driver in Spain’s Mallorca

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 taken

19 Oct, 2023 @ 13:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Giant Hell’s Angel boss, 38, is finally extradited from Spain: ‘Special operation’ was required to fly drug trafficker from Ibiza to Germany after failed first attempt

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 out

19 Oct, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

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

10 Oct, 2023 @ 15:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

British expat is bludgeoned to death with a gardening hoe ‘for walking his dog near neighbour’s home’ in southern Spain

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 treatment

10 Oct, 2023 @ 13:39

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Police probe serious group assault on Grindr dating app user in Valencia

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

10 Oct, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Irish teenagers arrested for selling laughing gas in the street to Mallorca tourists

‘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 has

5 Oct, 2023 @ 15:45

Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

Drunk British tourist causes chaos on Spain's Mallorca with hotel and police assaults, just hours into his holiday

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 by

27 Sep, 2023 @ 16:10

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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

21 Sep, 2023 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Mallorca

Airport terminals in Spain will reopen for people to greet or wave goodbye to family and friends

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

11 Sep, 2023 @ 21:30

Balearic Islands·National News

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

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

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

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

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

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

Where are Brits and other foreigners buying property in Spain? New data reveals the hottest locations

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

Fresh hopes for ‘world’s biggest nightclub’ in Spain: Privilege in Ibiza gets green light for multi-million euro refurb

Shock figures reveal the health effects of smoking in Spain’s Balearic Islands

This island in Spain is among the 12 best places to visit in Europe next year – according to Conde Nast

Mallorca’s former tourism minister in hot water for suggesting hoteliers exploit staff

‘Indian Summer’ to end next week on Spain’s Mallorca as temperatures set to plummet as heavy rain and strong winds strike

Ex-judge and prosecutor given jail time for breaking the law during high profile investigations in Spain’s Mallorca

American invasion: Number of US tourists in Spain are soaring as figures show they spend DOUBLE that of the average Brit or German visitor

Two men arrested a YEAR after German expat, 20, was found run over in Spain’s Mallorca: Police say victim was thrown into the road from a van before being hit by a car

Briton, 43, accused of raping his son’s friend at a hotel in Spain’s Mallorca faces up to nine years in jail if convicted

Girl, 4, dies after she and her mother are knocked off their bike by a drug driver in Spain’s Mallorca

Giant Hell’s Angel boss, 38, is finally extradited from Spain: ‘Special operation’ was required to fly drug trafficker from Ibiza to Germany after failed first attempt

Giant ‘Hell’s Angel boss’ escapes justice after ‘violent episode’ cancels extradition flight from Spain’s Ibiza to Germany

British prisoner’s plan for a great escape during visit to the dentist in Ibiza fails miserably

Two British men ‘rape young man they met on Grindr’: Victim needed stitches after brutal attack at Mallorca hotel

‘Hippy crack seller’ is arrested while offering laughing gas to four British tourists in Spain’s Magaluf

Elderly man faces nearly four years in prison after he shot dead home raider in Spain’s Mallorca

Inferno rages through Palma care home leaving six hospitalised

British and German tourism plummets in Spain but continues to rise in Balearics

Mystery in Almeria as body of British woman is found outside her burning farm house – with husband trapped inside

The Spanish Indiana Jones: How a ten-year-old boy from Granada became a hero in Italy after unearthing rare Roman coin

Storm Oriana ‘red alert’ weather warning issued for winds of up to 140km/hour in Spain’s Valencia

Rain for Cadiz Carnaval: Weather alerts to dampen festivities across much of Andalucia this weekend

Spain is selling six houses a minute – one in three in cash – despite prices soaring by double digits