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Balearic Islands: Stunning marine tornadoes spotted off Mallorca beach

WATCH: A spectacular natural phenomenon has occurred off the coast of Mallorca, and it’s been captured on camera. An impressive multiple waterspout phenomenon off the coast of Mallorca has been captured on

21 Sep, 2022 @ 16:03

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WATCH: Guardia Civil chopper picks up body of Brit who fell 120m to his death from a cliff in Spain’s Formentera

A MAN who fell 120 metres to his death while visiting a lighthouse on the eastern edge of remote Balearic island Formentera, has now been confirmed to be British. Authorities at first

16 Sep, 2022 @ 14:15

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Lighting Strike Kills Two Tourists On Mallorca Beach In Spain

Lightning strike kills two tourists on Mallorca beach in Spain

A lightning strike killed two tourists on a Mallorca beach on Thursday. The double tragedy happened shortly at around 3.40 pm on Cala Mesquida in Capdepera. Just minutes before, the state meteorological

9 Sep, 2022 @ 11:36

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Mallorca has the most expensive area of Spain to rent a property

Mallorca has Spain’s most expensive area for property rentals

CALVIA on Mallorca has overhauled long-time leader Barcelona as the costliest municipality in Spain for property rentals. The Balearic Islands as a whole are also getting pricier for tenants according to a

30 Aug, 2022 @ 18:52

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MUST READ: British gang arrested on Spain’s Ibiza in country’s biggest-ever ‘pink cocaine’ swoop with over €500,000 in cash seized

A British gang has been arrested on Ibiza after the Guardia Civil made Spain’s biggest-ever ‘pink cocaine’ swoop with 13.25 kilos seized plus over €500,000 in cash. 12 Brits have been detained

30 Aug, 2022 @ 15:52

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Does Spain really have a bed bug problem?

HEADLINES warning holidaymakers about a plague of bloodsucking bed bugs at hotels across Spain appeared this weekend in British tabloids. The reports claimed that popular tourist destinations including Costa Blanca, the Balearic

29 Aug, 2022 @ 15:30

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Tourists attacked after chasing female bag snatchers from Mallorca beach in Spain

TWO foreign tourists chased after two female robbers who snatched their bags from Palma beach on Monday. The women, aged 32 and 34, stole the items that had been placed on towels

25 Aug, 2022 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

September tourist numbers set for record high on Spain’s Mallorca

MALLORCA’S tourist industry is predicting a record September with arrivals set to exceed those recorded in the same month three years ago. The key indicator is that Palma airport is scheduled to

25 Aug, 2022 @ 12:15

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Tourism injected €187 BILLION into Spain’s economy last year, new figures show

Spain’s tourism rejoices with hotels filling up to 2019 levels

TOURISM in July returned to almost the same levels seen before the Covid pandemic in 2019. Figures from the National Statistics Institute show overnight hotel stays exceeded 42.3 million last month with

24 Aug, 2022 @ 14:30

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Drunk British tourist, 21, arrested after brutal attack on Magaluf taxi driver in Spain’s Mallorca

A 21-year-old British tourist has been arrested over a brutal beating of a Magaluf taxi driver at around 2.00 am on Tuesday. Witnesses saw three intoxicated British men climb onto the bonnet

23 Aug, 2022 @ 12:15

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Spain Surpasses 6,000 Confirmed Monkeypox Cases

Spain passes 6,000 mark in confirmed monkeypox cases

SPAIN has surpassed 6,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox according to Ministry of Health figures. Up to last Friday, 6,119 infections were recorded- two-thirds of them in the Catalunya and Madrid regions. Madrid

22 Aug, 2022 @ 12:00

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VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Tourist train flips over injuring 11 holidaymakers including four children on Spain’s Mallorca

AN EYEWITNESS has told the Olive Press that a tourist train crossing the resort of Santanyl on Mallorca was going too fast when it flipped over tipping its passengers onto the road.

18 Aug, 2022 @ 19:00

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British tourist sexually assaulted by Ibiza tattoo parlour owner in Spain’s Balearic Islands

A 47-year old Ibiza tattoo parlour owner has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for sexually assaulting a female client. He was detained last Thursday following a complaint made by a British

16 Aug, 2022 @ 16:26

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Rissaga: What you need to know about the meteotsunami warning issued in Spain’s Balearic Islands

SPAIN’S weather agency has activated an alert in the Balearic Islands for a weather phenomenon known as ‘rissaga’ which causes sudden wave swells of at least two metres. The yellow warning means

16 Aug, 2022 @ 12:45

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Wizz Air closing down four routes to Spain from Cardiff in mid-September

Wizz Air closing down routes to Spain from Cardiff from mid-September

BUDGET carrier Wizz Air is closing its summer season early on four routes linking Cardiff and Spain. The airline says it will stop flying from Wales to Alicante-Elche, Lanzarote, Palma de Mallorca

12 Aug, 2022 @ 16:40

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Insider tips to the ultimate Ibiza getaway

Here are some other great money-saving ideas for doing Ibiza on a budget without missing out on a thing

23 Jul, 2022 @ 08:45

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British Pervert Fined For Exposing Himself To Teenager At Mallorca Hotel Pool In Spain

British tourist fined for exposing himself to teenage girl at Mallorca hotel pool in Spain

A British man, 50, has been fined €960 for exposing himself to a 17-year-old girl at a Mallorca hotel swimming pool. The man appeared before a judge on Thursday and plead guilty

22 Jul, 2022 @ 10:51

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British tourist arrested over rape of UK holidaymaker on Spain’s Mallorca

A British man in his early 20’s has been arrested over the alleged rape of a female UK holidaymaker at a Magaluf hotel. Calvia’s Guardia Civil detained him on Saturday. He was

20 Jul, 2022 @ 10:57

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British tourist drowns in hotel swimming pool on Spain’s Mallorca

A 53-year-old British tourist drowned in a Mallorca hotel swimming pool on Sunday afternoon. The tragedy occurred at around 4.40 pm at the Globales Palmanova hotel in the Calvia municipality. The male

18 Jul, 2022 @ 13:30

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Ex-British boxer with violent past gets arrested for beating up girlfriend at Mallorca hotel in Spain

A British ex-professional boxer, Stephen Kinnersley, has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for assaulting his partner at a Mallorca hotel. Kinnersley, 43, was detained in the early hours of Tuesday after

22 Jun, 2022 @ 17:15

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Cristiano Ronaldo’s €2 million sports car smashes into Mallorca house entrance in Spain

AN employee of Manchester United and Portugal soccer star, Cristiano Ronaldo, crashed his €2.1 million sports car in Mallorca on Monday. The two-seater Bugatti Veyron hit the entrance wall of a property

20 Jun, 2022 @ 17:30

Balearic Islands·Mallorca

Spain’s Rafa Nadal plans Wimbledon bid despite problems with right foot

RAFA Nadal has told journalists in Mallorca on Friday that he plans to play at Wimbledon which starts on June 27. 36-year-old Nadal won the first two Grand Slams of the year

17 Jun, 2022 @ 15:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Sport

British Tourist Seriously Injured After Five Metre Dive Into Rocks On Spain's Ibiza

British tourist seriously injured after cliff dive goes badly wrong on Spain’s Ibiza

A British man, 33, was seriously injured on Sunday after a cliff dive into the sea went badly wrong after he plunged into rocks at an Ibiza beach. The five-metre dive happened

13 Jun, 2022 @ 13:56

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

A British man, 46, kicked off his Mallorca holiday with a night in the police cells and hospital, after a drunken rampage in his Camp de Mar hotel. His erratic behaviour included

9 Jun, 2022 @ 18:26

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Cruise ship passenger feared dead after falling overboard west of Spain’s Balearic Islands

AUTHORITIES are searching for a female cruise ship passenger who fell overboard on Sunday morning. The unnamed passenger fell into the water at 2.00 am on Sunday from the deck of the

6 Jun, 2022 @ 17:15

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Ryanair ordered to pay for flight delays by court in Spain's Mallorca after four-year tussle

Ryanair ordered to pay flight delay compensation by court in Spain’s Mallorca after four-year tussle

A Mallorca court has awarded six Ryanair passengers €1,533 in compensation after their flights were delayed in the summer of 2018. The Irish budget airline refused to cough up payments after a

6 Jun, 2022 @ 16:05

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