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Real Mallorca defy the odds to reach the Copa del Rey final in Spain for just the fourth time ever

REAL Mallorca have reached the final of the prestigious Copa del Rey for just the fourth time in their history after a dramatic penalty shootout victory over Real Sociedad. The Balearic minnows

28 Feb, 2024 @ 11:52

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German tourist is robbed of €50,000 Rolex in Spain’s Mallorca

A GERMAN tourist has been reunited with his €50,000 Rolex watch that was wrenched off his wrist in Mallorca’s Port d’Andratx on New Year’s Day. The thief was arrested in Andratx on

27 Feb, 2024 @ 17:30

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Farmer strikes enter third week in Spain: Andalucia, Catalunya and the Balearics are among the targets for tractor road blocks

FARMER protests in Spain have entered their third week with roadblocks continuing to cause chaos on the nation’s roads. Protests show no sign of slowing despite the government proposing a new 18-point

19 Feb, 2024 @ 14:23

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Lucky Brit wins a £3 million villa in Spain after entering a lottery by chance

A 52-year-old man from Edinburgh has won a villa in Spain worth £3 million as well as £250,000 in cash after entering a lottery while trying to buy a battered second-hand armchair.

13 Feb, 2024 @ 12:00

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Dozens of elderly tourists are struck down with stomach virus in Spain: Popular hotel in Mallorca is forced to close its kitchen

A STOMACH bug that’s hit elderly guests at Mallorca’s Palma Bay Club Resort complex has led to the precautionary closure of the hotel’s kitchens. Guests staying in the Acapulco apartments under the

7 Feb, 2024 @ 15:35

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Drunk driver blames Google Maps after being caught travelling down a flight of STAIRS in Spain’s Mallorca

A DRUNK motorist got stuck driving down some stairs in Palma’s Plaza Mayor area and blamed the transgression on his Google Maps navigating system. The bizarre event happened on Monday night on

24 Jan, 2024 @ 14:00

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British expat who lost her ‘young’ husband in Spain just before Christmas is raising €10k to fund research into the cancer that killed him

A BRITISH woman who has lived in Palma since 2016 has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise €10,000 for cancer research in memory of her late husband who died last November. Meg

12 Jan, 2024 @ 11:33

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Rafael Nadal is back on form: Spain’s tennis champ thrashes Dominic Thiem in straight sets following a months-long break due to injury

RAFA NADAL returned to singles tennis with a win on Tuesday with a straight sets defeat of Dominic Thiem at the Brisbane ATP 250 event. The 37-year-old Mallorcan wrapped up the first

2 Jan, 2024 @ 12:19

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Expat stabs himself with a knife to get his wife arrested for attempted murder at their home in Spain's Mallorca

Expat stabs himself to get wife arrested for attempted murder in Spain’s Mallorca

A 58-YEAR-OLD Dutchman has been arrested for trying to frame his wife on an attempted homicide charge at their Mallorca home. The man stabbed himself and when police arrived at their property

29 Dec, 2023 @ 13:30

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Revealed: The 10 richest people in Spain as Zara founder Amancio Ortega reigns supreme with €81bn fortune

Zara founder Amancio Ortega, 87, splashes €35 million on TWO boutique hotels in Spain’s Mallorca

THE BILLIONAIRE founder of the Inditex fashion group, Amancio Ortega, has purchased two boutique hotels on Spain’s Balearic island of Mallorca for €35 million. The properties were bought via his investment company

27 Dec, 2023 @ 13:23

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Scabies surges in Spain: Health experts detect 44 outbreaks since early November - with 11 linked to schools

Scabies surges in tourist area of Spain: Health experts detect 44 outbreaks this year- with 11 linked to schools

THE Balearic Islands has reported 44 outbreaks of scabies this year up to early November with 19 affecting families or homes, 12 in social and health centres and 11 in schools. Mallorca

26 Dec, 2023 @ 17:30

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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 Ministry is mulling a nationwide ban, Palma

22 Dec, 2023 @ 19:00

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Serial fraudster Mark Acklom is living in Spain with his family following his early release from prison - as courts in the UK attempt to recover some of the money he swindled

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 determined that she subjected her partner to

22 Dec, 2023 @ 18:00

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Alleged ‘trusted member’ of Irish Kinahan cartel is extradited from Spain to Britain to face firearms charges

AN alleged ‘highly trusted’ member of the Kinahan cartel has been extradited to the UK to face a string of firearms charges. Liam Byrne, 42, was escorted to Britain by a team

14 Dec, 2023 @ 14:13

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This resort in Spain has BANNED horse drawn carriages for tourists in win for animal rights groups

A Mallorcan town will become the first council in Spain to ban horse drawn carriages in a ‘historic’ move. The measures will ‘put an end to the suffering of animals’ by replacing

13 Dec, 2023 @ 14:14

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Irish tourist, 28, who flashed his genitals to three minors after a booze-fuelled night out in Spain avoids jail

Irish tourist, 28, who flashed his genitals to three minors after a booze-fuelled day out in Spain avoids jail

A DRUNK Irish tourist who exposed himself to three girls in a Mallorca street has escaped being jailed. A Palma court on Tuesday gave the 28-year-old man a six month prison term

13 Dec, 2023 @ 11:11

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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 mistake after a document claimed he organised

12 Dec, 2023 @ 12:00

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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. The Ultima Hora newspaper has revealed simply

11 Dec, 2023 @ 18:30

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Barack Obama’s ambassador to Spain faces local bureaucracy headache after his ambitious renovation plans for a famous finca in Mallorca are blocked

BARACK Obama’s former ambassador to Spain has purchased a sprawling finca in Mallorca. But he will have to brush off his diplomacy skills if he wants to go ahead with his planned

6 Dec, 2023 @ 15:03

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Spain’s Rafael Nadal announces when he will return to the tennis court

MALLORCA’S Rafa Nadal will return to tennis at the Brisbane International in Australia in January, the 22-time Grand Slam champion said on Friday. The 37-year-old has not played since last January, when

1 Dec, 2023 @ 18:30

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These are the tiny hidden cameras used by an expat in Spain to take HUNDREDS of pictures of his tenants in their most intimate moments

THE TINY camera pictured above was the tool used by a landlord in Mallorca to secretly record 10 of his tenants, most of them female, over a five-year period. Police managed to

1 Dec, 2023 @ 16:26

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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 attacked by the dogs shortly before 10.00am

1 Dec, 2023 @ 16:00

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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 could cost them at least €1 million.

30 Nov, 2023 @ 17:40

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Easyjet announces two new connections between UK and Spain’s Mallorca for 2024

TWO new flights from budget airline, EasyJet, are set to connect the UK and Mallorca next year. Already available to book, the flights will set off from Belfast and Southampton from next

30 Nov, 2023 @ 16:00

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Two adorable and VERY rare goats are born in Spain’s Mallorca in boon for animal conservationists

MALLORCAN conservationists have bred two rare goats in danger of extinction in a triumph for local wildlife. The species, known as ‘pitius goats’, were born on Monday, November 27. Native to Ibiza

30 Nov, 2023 @ 15:30

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Chef from Spain’s Mallorca and his wife are shot to death at their restaurant: Woman’s naked body is discovered on the street after she tried to escape via balcony

A MALLORCAN chef and his wife have been killed in a brutal attack at their restaurant. David Peregrina, 53, and his wife, 38-year-old Brazilian, Erika da Silva Santos were killed in a

30 Nov, 2023 @ 14:24

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