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Anti-tourism march in Spain’s Mallorca sees 1,000 fed-up locals demand controls against the ‘devastating’ industry

A THOUSAND people took to the streets of Palma to demand ‘less tourism, more life’, ahead of an EU tourism summit being held in the

1 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Group of German tourists down 1,254 beers in less than THREE hours: Record-breaking session began at 10:30am at bar in Spain’s Mallorca

GERMAN tourists set a new beer drinking record in Mallorca last week, guzzling 1,234 beers in less than three hours. The group spent €2,838.20 to

1 Nov, 2023 @ 12:24

Balearic Islands·Mallorca·Must Read

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

German expat, 27, is arrested for ‘stabbing man to death after argument in bar spilled onto the street’ in Spain’s Mallorca

A GERMAN national living in the Balearic Islands has been arrested by the National Police on suspicion of stabbing a man to death. The 27-year-old

20 Oct, 2023 @ 13:55

Crime & Law·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

British Tourist, 25, Seriously Injured After Falling From Second Floor Hotel Balcony In Spain's Mallorca

40% of Mallorca’s hotels will still have their doors open come November

SOME 40% of Mallorca’s hotels will still be open and operating when November arrives. Of these, 20% will gradually close their doors for the winter

19 Oct, 2023 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Mallorca

Philip Green docks in Spain: British tycoon’s €142m superyacht complete with helipad, jacuzzi and more drops anchor in Mallorca

CONTROVERSIAL British fashion tycoon Philip Green has docked in Mallorca. He has brought his boat, Lionheart, dubbed ‘the most luxurious yacht in the world’ to

19 Oct, 2023 @ 14:19

Balearic Islands·Mallorca

Russian warship and submarine are intercepted off the coast of Spain’s Mallorca

THE Spanish Navy has intercepted a Russian warship and submarine off the coast of Mallorca. The Spanish ship known as ‘Rayo’ stopped the vessels in

19 Oct, 2023 @ 14:14

Balearic Islands·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

German tourist, 60, plunges to his death from Mallorca hotel room after arguing with his wife

A 60-YEAR-OLD German tourist has died after falling from a balcony in Capdepera, Mallorca. According to witnesses at the Hotel Illot Park, the man was

13 Oct, 2023 @ 16:25

Mallorca

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

Mallorca's biggest real estate scam sees three people jailed for 28 years after pocketing €3.3m for non-existent homes

Drink driver is ACQUITTED of killing British expat, 39, in hit-and-run in Spain’s Mallorca – despite being TWICE over the alcohol limit

A PALMA court has backed a lower court verdict that cleared a motorist of running over a British expat at a pedestrian crossing- despite being

4 Oct, 2023 @ 17:33

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·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

EXCLUSIVE: Englishman released on bail after allegedly assaulting his partner, a British woman, at a hotel in Spain’s Mallorca

AN Englishman was arrested after allegedly assaulting his partner, a British woman, at a hotel in Mallorca in the early hours of Monday, a Policia

19 Sep, 2023 @ 18:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Man conceals gun from police in his boxer shorts and fires bullet into his penis resulting in emergency surgery in Spain's Alicante area

German tourist ‘reborn’, as he recovers from severe cuts caused by a 3-metre fall into a glass panel in Spain’s Mallorca

A GERMAN holidaymaker has miraculously survived from a horrendous 3-metre fall into a glass panel at a villa he had rented in Playas del Muro,

19 Sep, 2023 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

BREAKING: Two planes collide on the tarmac at major airport in Spain’s Mallorca

TWO planes have collided at Palma Airport after the wing of an aeroplane hit the horizontal stabiliser of a second plane this morning. No people

19 Sep, 2023 @ 12:35

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Knife-wielding gang members who threatened the family of a local policemen in Mallorca arrested

TWO members of a gypsy clan who pulled out a knife and made threats to the wife of a local police officer have been arrested

18 Sep, 2023 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

German tourist stabbed and robbed by group of six young 'North African' men outside Mallorca nightclub

Brexit is contributing to an ‘alarming’ plummet in property sales on Spain’s Balearic Islands: Purchases by Brits, Germans and others fall by 28% as ‘worrying’ trend emerges

BREXIT is contributing to an ‘alarming’ plummet in property sales to foreigners in the Balearics, experts have warned. The number of homes sold to foreign

14 Sep, 2023 @ 13:20

Balearic Islands·Lead·Property

Wet weekend for Spain: Weather warnings for rain and storms across Andalucia, Costa Blanca, Mallorca and Ibiza

SPAIN is headed for another wet weekend following the torrential downpours that marked the beginning of September. A DANA weather front will once again bring

14 Sep, 2023 @ 11:27

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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

British man, 56, dies while cycling on Spain's Mallorca

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

8 Sep, 2023 @ 17:20

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

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 been

7 Sep, 2023 @ 17:15

Balearic Islands·Mallorca

Tourists making multiple restaurant reservations and not turning up are getting their credit cards docked in Spain's Mallorca

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

7 Sep, 2023 @ 16:00

Balearic Islands·Food & Drink·Lead·Mallorca

Body of woman 'aged between 50 and 60' found floating in waters of upmarket port in Spain's Mallorca.

UPDATE: Police confirm to the Olive Press they ‘suspect’ bodies found off Spain’s Mallorca are of missing German father and son

Spain’s Guardia Civil have told the Olive Press they ‘suspect’ that two bodies recovered off the Manacor coast on Monday are a German father and

7 Sep, 2023 @ 13:09

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

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Anti-tourism march in Spain’s Mallorca sees 1,000 fed-up locals demand controls against the ‘devastating’ industry

Group of German tourists down 1,254 beers in less than THREE hours: Record-breaking session began at 10:30am at bar in Spain’s Mallorca

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

German expat, 27, is arrested for ‘stabbing man to death after argument in bar spilled onto the street’ in Spain’s Mallorca

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

40% of Mallorca’s hotels will still have their doors open come November

Philip Green docks in Spain: British tycoon’s €142m superyacht complete with helipad, jacuzzi and more drops anchor in Mallorca

Russian warship and submarine are intercepted off the coast of Spain’s Mallorca

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

German tourist, 60, plunges to his death from Mallorca hotel room after arguing with his wife

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

Drink driver is ACQUITTED of killing British expat, 39, in hit-and-run in Spain’s Mallorca – despite being TWICE over the alcohol limit

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

EXCLUSIVE: Englishman released on bail after allegedly assaulting his partner, a British woman, at a hotel in Spain’s Mallorca

German tourist ‘reborn’, as he recovers from severe cuts caused by a 3-metre fall into a glass panel in Spain’s Mallorca

BREAKING: Two planes collide on the tarmac at major airport in Spain’s Mallorca

Knife-wielding gang members who threatened the family of a local policemen in Mallorca arrested

Brexit is contributing to an ‘alarming’ plummet in property sales on Spain’s Balearic Islands: Purchases by Brits, Germans and others fall by 28% as ‘worrying’ trend emerges

Wet weekend for Spain: Weather warnings for rain and storms across Andalucia, Costa Blanca, Mallorca and Ibiza

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

British cyclist, 56, dies while cycling in Spain’s Mallorca

Spain’s Queen Sofia visits Mallorca food bank amid surge in demand and drop in donations

Sorry we’re NOT full: Restaurants in Spain’s Mallorca are charging up to €120 for last minute cancellations

UPDATE: Police confirm to the Olive Press they ‘suspect’ bodies found off Spain’s Mallorca are of missing German father and son

‘Completely out of character’: Family worried as Ukrainian woman, 36, disappears after a traffic accident in Algeciras

Urgent search for South African hantavirus cruise ship passenger who made ‘several day’ layover in Barcelona

Spanish music superstar Rosalia to give free concert in Sevilla this weekend

Fresh raids launched on Benidorm ‘English Zone’ bars and clubs – with one popular spot punished for improper insurance

What are ‘narcolanchas’? The boats used by drug traffickers to carry tonnes of narcotics into Spain – after two Guardia Civil officers killed in pursuit