Food prices rise alongside soaring electricity costs in Spain’s Balearic Islands
THE rise in electricity costs is responsible for an increase on average of 1.5% in food prices throughout the Balearic Islands. According to Consumer Price
Mallorca’s bar and restaurant owners take to the streets to protest against continued COVID-19 restrictions
PROTESTORS will take to the streets of Palma this week to demonstrate against the restaurant and bar restrictions enforced in Mallorca. Workers in the hospitality
Stranded ferry finally returns to Spain’s Ibiza after spectacular crash that left 10-year-old boy in intensive care
The fast ferry was en route to Formentera from Ibiza on Saturday evening when it ran aground on the islet of Es Malvins with 35
Police in Spain hunt Mallorca youngsters who videoed themselves flooring drunk man with one slap
Police are looking for a group of youngsters who filmed themselves slapping a drunk man in the face ‘for a laugh’ while on a night
MALLORCA: The Island of reinvention
MALLORCA forces you to re-evaluate who you are and what you want in life. After moving here at the start of the COVID crisis I
Making a splash: British pair snorkel around Spanish island of Mallorca in just 33 days
TWO Brits have snorkelled round the entire coast of Mallorca in just 33 days. Team Mallorca 360 set off on their sea adventure on June
Covid-19 infections plummet in Spain’s Balearic islands with ban of botellon
HEALTH authorities in the Balearic Islands report a huge drop in infection rates since they imposed a ban on botellones – the practice of drinking
Still got it! Dame Joan Collins steals the show at charity gala in Spain’s Mallorca
DAME Joan Collins stole the show when she attended a glitzy charity ball in Spain. The 88-year-old and hubby Percy Gibson, 56, were at the
Beachgoer in Spain’s Mallorca is arrested for knocking out teeth of a man who picked up his back pack
A Mallorca beachgoer has been arrested for over-reacting with a punch after a man picked up his back pack in error. The angry assailant whacked
FAMILY BLISS: Terenia’s son has helped her discover more of Mallorca
SO my son arrived and is now staying until September. We miss our kids when we’re not with them, but it doesn’t take long for
A Japanese feast: ROKA opens in Mallorca for two months only
THE world famous Japanese restaurant, ROKA, has opened its doors in Mallorca for a temporary summer pop-up on the Island. Based inside the luxury five
High demand: Half of properties already sold in new Palma development
A NEW development in Palma has already sold 50% of properties – and it’s not even finished yet. Real Estate developer, Inbisa, has recently begun
Billionaire brothers buy swathes of Mallorca to preserve coastal paradise
A PAIR of British brothers who have made fortunes investing in property and aluminium have turned their sights on Spain. But this time, David and
Tourism reboot: Balearics receive millions to develop new tourism strategy
THE Balearics are to get a €233 million tourism boost from the European Union. The €133 million will come from a €2 billion fund set
Covid-denier doctor suspended and fined in Spain’s Balearic Islands
A Covid-denier doctor has been suspended for six years and fined €16,660 for staging protests insisting that the coronavirus pandemic wasn’t real. Angel Ruiz-Valdepeñas, 55,
Mercadona gets €2.5 million fine for installing facial-recognition cameras in their supermarkets in Spain
MERCADONA has been fined €2.5 million by Spain’s data protection agency over a ‘facial recognition’ system trial. The aim was to spot supermarket customers that
From beach paradise to holiday hell: What happens when you test positive for COVID before you fly home from Spain
“WE feel like prisoners,” says 22-year-old Gabriella Fernandez, adding: “We decided to come out here and we knew the risks but nobody told us how
Travelling to Spain’s Balearic Islands? These are the new COVID-19 rules you need to know about
These measures will come into force from this Saturday, July 24, and are aimed at curbing a sharp increase in infections among young people
Face masks will be mandatory outdoors in Spain’s Balearic Islands as active COVID-19 cases exceeds 7,000
Just over a month since being scrapped, the Balearic government has decided to reintroduce the measure in response to a sharp increase in coronavirus cases
OPINION: Green list for Mallorca was not just about holidaymakers
IT was great news when the UK government put the Balearic Islands on the Green list, especially as I’d booked for my son to come
Spanish TikTok star Naim Darrechi under investigation for tricking women into having unprotected sex
Asked about his sexual experience in an interview, the Mallorcan born 'influencer' claimed that he found it 'difficult to wear a condom' so tells his
COVID-19 positive teenager found by police at illegal party in Spain’s Mallorca after refusing quarantine orders
The youngster had been directed to stay at home after testing positive for COVID-19
Terraces in Spain’s Palma de Mallorca face imminent new COVID-19 restrictions as current rules ‘abused’
These could include limits on capacity and seating at tables, or in a more extreme move, reduced opening hours
Police bust criminal gang that preyed on unsuspecting tourists in Spain’s Mallorca
Policia Nacional arrested nine gang members in S'Arenal in the early hours of this morning
Spain’s Balearic Islands BAN sale of alcohol in shops after 10pm in bid to crackdown on ‘super-spreader’ parties
The new rule, which will come into force from this Saturday (July 10), will prohibit alcohol being sold after 10pm in supermarkets, shops and petrol
New restrictions enforced in Spain’s Ibiza and Mallorca as Balearic Islands welcome flood of British tourists
From today, San Antonio in Ibiza and Magaluf, Playa de Palma and S'Arenal in Mallorca will be hit with new restrictions