Tag: 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...
Brexit is contributing to an ‘alarming’ plummet in property sales on Spain’s Balearic Islands: Purchases by Brits, Germans and...
BREXIT is contributing to an 'alarming' plummet in property sales to foreigners in the Balearics, experts have warned.
The number of homes sold to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
UPDATE: Police confirm to the Olive Press they ‘suspect’ bodies found off Spain’s Mallorca are of missing German father...
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...
Brits could soon fly to Spain in world’s biggest aircraft dubbed ‘The Flying Bum’
SPAIN'S Air Nostrum has increased its commitment to helium airships by ordering an extra 10 craft from UK firm, Hybrid Air Vehicles(HAV) which are...
Invasive SNAKES are on the rise in Spain’s Mallorca, experts warn, after 1.6 metre serpent is discovered
HORSESHOE WHIP snakes are rising in population and size in Mallorca after a large specimen of the invasive species was discovered on a Llucmajor...
Two bodies are found floating in the waters off Mallorca: Tests to determine whether they are German father and...
TWO bodies have now been recovered in the waters off Mallorca, with tests due to be carried out to determine whether they belong to...
Man who ‘filmed his killer dogs eating live GOATS before posting the videos online’ is arrested in Spain’s Mallorca
A MAN has been arrested in Mallorca for animal cruelty charges after he was recorded offering live baby goats to his two dogs for...
Michelle Obama visits Spain: US’s former First Lady, 59, goes unnoticed as she dines with friends in Mallorca surrounded...
FORMER US First Lady Michelle Obama is enjoying a few days of vacation on Mallorca- her third visit to the island.
Earlier this year, she...
TERROR IN MAGALUF: Man with fake gun causes chaos in Magaluf hotel threatening to shoot clients
A MAN who caused chaos in a hotel in Magaluf by pointing at clients with a fake gun has been arrested in Mallorca.
The accused,...
‘Carnage’ at Palma airport: Hours-long delays and families forced to sleep on the floor after severe storm rocks Spain’s...
BRITISH tourists have reported chaotic scenes at Palma airport including hours-long delays following a severe storm across Mallorca on Sunday.
Pictures shared online show fed-up...
WATCH: Chairs and debris fly through the air while streets are turned into rapids during severe storm in Spain’s...
THIS is the moment a woman runs to safety as scores of chairs and debris come flying towards her during a dramatic storm on...
Three British men are arrested over ‘drugging and rape’ of woman, also British, at hotel in Spain’s Magaluf resort
THREE British tourists have been arrested after a woman was allegedly drugged and raped at a hotel in Magaluf.
The trio were arrested on...
Police reveal the identity of the body found floating near a harbour in Spain’s Mallorca
POLICE has confirmed the identity of the body that was discovered floating near Port Adriano harbour in Mallorca’s municipality of Calvia two days ago.
Spain’s...
Residents forbidden to use drinking water to water plants or fill pools due to exceptional drought in Mallorca’s Esporles
THE city council of Esporles has announced urgent measures due to a serious drought that the municipality is experiencing.
The measures include prohibiting the watering...
German tourist ‘is stabbed and robbed’ by ‘six North African youths’ outside nightclub in Spain’s Mallorca
A MIDDLE-AGED German tourist was stabbed and robbed in the early hours of Wednesday by a group of six young 'North African' men in...
Body of woman ‘aged between 50 and 60’ found floating in waters of upmarket port in Spain’s Mallorca
THE BODY of a woman in her 50's was found floating in the waters at the mouth of Port Adriano on Wednesday morning.
She was...
Tourists are branded ‘pigs’ by Mallorca locals for ‘defecating’ at the island’s drinking water reservoirs
RAGING Mallorca residents are complaining about tourists swimming and defecating in two of the island’s drinking water reservoirs.
A local that works near the Cuber...
BREAKING: Irish tourist accused of drug dealing arrested in Spain’s partying hotspot Magaluf
ANOTHER Irish tourist accused of drug dealing has been arrested in Spain’s Balearic Islands, the second in less than a week.
The Irishman, who is...
Irish ‘drug trafficker’ is busted by police dog: German Shepherd named Ahzarus alerts cops to cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana...
AN Irishman has been arrested after being caught carrying various drugs within his luggage at Ibiza Airport.
Officers allegedly found 28 g of cocaine, 15...
Car ‘oozing blood from its boot’ sparks police panic in Spain – but all is not as it seems
Police rushed to the scene of a car that appeared to have blood oozing from its boot in the early hours of this morning.
Policia...
Drunken Dutch tourist arrested after brutally assaulting German holidaymaker in Mallorca
A DUTCHMAN who brutally assaulted a German tourist by kicking him on the head has been arrested in the Mallorcan municipality of Llucmajor.
The 26-year-old...