Tag: balearics
Magaluf hit-and-run Brit is younger sister of expat drug lord
THE British woman accused of running over her love rival in Magaluf is the younger sister of a ‘machete wielding’ drug kingpin.
Kemi Coaker, 29,...
Balearic president to meet with airlines to safeguard resident discounts
THE President of the Balearics has vowed to prevent airlines increasing their prices after new resident discounts look likely to come into force from...
Read all about it! Plaques to explain benefits of tourist tax
A SERIES of brochures and plaques are to go up highlighting the good work of the Balearic tourist tax.
The plaques are to be erected...
Toff of the pops! Georgia flies in for exclusive club opening
SHE is the hot new fashion columnist for the Sunday Times… and recently won smash TV show I’m a Celebrity...Get me out of here!
So,...
SHOCK: Cursach bailed for €1 million despite facing 80 years imprisonment
DISGRACED former nightlife magnate Tolo Cursach has been released on bail for a whopping €1 million.
The shock ruling comes after three previous attempts for...
Road rage! Taxi driver arrested after running over fellow motorist
A TAXI driver has been arrested after running over a man he was arguing with.
The 42-year-old from Calvia had been arguing with the driver...
Mallorca to host almost 100 speakers from around the world for island congress
A MASSIVE group of 95 speakers will come together for the Smart Island World Congress in Calvia on April 23.
They will talk about a...
Lionel Messi expands luxury hotel chain with Balearic purchase
THERE is set to be a new hotspot in Ibiza following the expansion of Lionel Messi's MiM brand.
The Barcelona star has purchased Hotel Es Vives...
Entire island in Spain bought by British family for €255 sold for €18 MILLION
The island is a protected nature reserve
Balearic Islands pledge to phase out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 in ambitious green manifesto
THE Balearic Islands has pledged to phase out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
In an ambitious plan, Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca and Formentera will take new...
Spain property market ‘officially recovers’ from 2008 as sales reach pre-crisis levels
SPAIN’S property market has officially recovered from the 2008 crash, with 2017’s transactions reaching levels last seen before the crisis.
New figures released this week...
New Year’s emergencies soared into the hundreds in the Balearics
ON New Year's Eve, an astonishing 693 emergency calls were made, with 157 incidents declared around the Balearics.
The Emergency System of the Balearic Islands...
New whale corridor between Balearics and Catalunya will help preserve species
Known as the Corridor of the Mediterranean, the area will also help protect sperm whales, bottlenose dolphins, striped dolphins and the loggerhead turtle as well as various species’ of bird.
Spain’s government agrees to whale corridor to protect species’ migratory route
Stretching from the Balearics to the eastern coastlines of Catalunya and Valencia, the 45,000 square kilometre corridor will become a protected area allowing fin whale to migrant to their north Mediterranean feeding grounds in peace.
BRIT BOOM: Almost one in three Brits have visited Spain so far this year as Andalucia tourism figures soar...
ANDALUCIA has seen a 10% rise in foreign tourists in the first ten months of this year compared to the same period in 2016.
Some...
Spanish government wants to make it legal to KILL bulls again after it was banned on Balearic Islands just...
MADRID has announced that it is contesting a law on the Balearic Islands which bans the killing of bulls in bullfights.
A spokesman for the...
MORE MORE MORE: Spain is going to smash all tourism records…again
MORE than 57 million tourists visited Spain up until August this year.
The figure is a 9.9% increase on the same period last year.
According...
CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR: Spain would lose BILLIONS of euros per year without British tourists
SPAIN could lose more than €13 billion a year if British holidaymakers boycotted the country.
It comes after waves of anti-tourism protests in Barcelona, Mallorca,...
Deadly bacteria which killed thousands of olive trees in Italy detected for first time on mainland Spain
The bacteria emerged in southern Italy in 2013
Briton who was told he would never run again to compete in Mallorca Ironman Triathlon
It took a year of treatment before he could even put a shoe back on
Plastic cups and plates to be banned on Mallorca
The law has been a year in the making and contains 62 articles
IN PICTURES: Mallorca’s Palma boat show most successful ever
The five-day event, which ended yesterday, saw 20% more boats and 10% more exhibitors than last year
73-year-old woman becomes third Briton to be killed by a car in the Balearics in just TWO weeks
Traffic cops are investigating the incident
Rapper in Mallorca given three years for lyrics about terrorism and King Juan Carlos
Valtonyc has been convicted of threats, glorifying terrorism and insulting the crown
Presidential perks
Antonio Flores asks if presidents of communities of owners can receive remuneration?
Palma de Mallorca crowned best place to live in the world
It won out of 50 worldwide destinations in the Sunday Times ranking