Tag: Palma
Drunk British tourist causes chaos on Spain’s Mallorca with hotel and police assaults, just hours into his holiday
A British man, 46, kicked off his Mallorca holiday with a night in the police cells and hospital, after a drunken rampage in his...
Ryanair ordered to pay flight delay compensation by court in Spain’s Mallorca after four-year tussle
A Mallorca court has awarded six Ryanair passengers €1,533 in compensation after their flights were delayed in the summer of 2018.
The Irish budget airline...
German tourists accused of setting fire to Mallorca bar in Spain by throwing fag ends from balcony are jailed
A Palma judge has got tough with a group of German tourists accused of setting fire to a bar terrace that was destroyed in...
‘Very drunk’ British teenager cheats death after falling from fourth-floor hotel balcony on Spain’s Mallorca
A British teenager is fighting for his life in a Palma hospital after surviving a fall from the fourth-floor balcony of his Mallorca hotel.
The...
British teenager may be paralysed after diving head-first into shallow end of Magaluf swimming pool on Spain’s Mallorca
A British teenager may be paralysed for life after he jumped into the shallow end of a Magaluf beach club swimming pool on Tuesday.
The...
Wife goes berserk in violent attack on drunk husband for refusing to drive car in Spain’s Mallorca
A Mallorca woman lashed out at her husband on Tuesday morning for refusing to drive home because he had too much to drink.
The man...
World’s biggest cruise liner docks in Spain’s Palma
THE world’s biggest liner, Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas, has docked in Palma, bringing with it 4,000 passengers.
The ship weighs 236,857 tonnes and...
Woman on trial for verbal outburst at congregation in Spain’s Palma
A WOMAN described as ‘obsessed with priests’ could face two years in prison.
The 49-year-old, known as Merlinda M, is facing trial for verbal outbursts...
Irish holidaymaker seriously injured after falling off apartment balcony in Spain’s Mallorca
AN Irish holidaymaker was seriously injured on Tuesday after falling off a second-floor apartment balcony on Mallorca.
The man, 50, was said by the Guardia...
International Boat Show returns to Palma in Spain’s Balearic Islands
THE International Boat Show is returning to Mallorca with more than 200 exhibitors and hundreds of boats set to be open to the public.
From...
British man arrested on Spain’s Mallorca for sexually corrupting vulnerable underage girl
A British man, 43, has been arrested in Palma, Mallorca over the sexual exploitation of a vulnerable underage girl.
A 20-year-old Ecuadorian was also detained...
Platoon sergeant faces jail over shooting of Spanish Legionnaire during army exercise in Spain’s Mallorca
A PLATOON sergeant faces seven-and-half years in jail for shooting dead a 21-year old Spanish Legionnaire from Palma during a military exercise.
The sergeant is...
Sailing: Mallorca stages first major Olympic classes regatta in two years with Trofeo Princesa Sofia
THE 51st Trofeo Princesa Sofia sailing competition reaches its climax on Saturday
The regatta has featured over 1,000 sailors, 800 boats and competitors from 62...
Spain’s Palma to switch off lights for one hour to raise awareness of climate change
PALMA City Council is supporting the Earth Hour again this weekend, and raising awareness of global warming.
Between 8:30pm and 9:30pm on Saturday, March 27,...
Man charged over alleged ‘glass bottle’ assault inside Palma nightclub
A MAN has been arrested in connection with an alleged assault at a nightclub in Palma.
It comes after reports a man was struck with...
Sex fiend owner of exclusive Mallorca school in Spain gets eight years in Scottish prison
THE former owner and headteacher of Mallorca's King Richard III College in Portals Nous has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years after sexually abusing two...
Mallorca’s biggest-ever real estate fraud case involving over €3 million goes to trial in Spain
A Palma judge has ruled there's plenty of evidence to prosecute nine people over a €3.3 million fraud in the biggest recorded case of...
Man arrested for robbing his brother-in-law in Spain’s Mallorca
A MAN has been arrested after he took advantage of his brother-in-law’s absence on holiday to steal his car and burgle his house.
The Palma...
Headmaster of British school on Spain’s Mallorca found guilty of sex abuse in Scotland
THE headmaster of an exclusive British school in Mallorca has been convicted by a Glasgow court of sexually abusing two women in Scotland.
A jury...
Scandal-hit Princess Cristina of Spain splits from husband Iñaki Urdangarin days after female co-worker photos appear
KING Felipe's sister, Cristina, has split from husband Iñaki Urdangarin by 'mutual agreement' just days after photos were published of him with another woman.
A...
Lucky escape as roof collapses on teenage girl in Mallorca home in Spain
A 13-year-old girl was taken to hospital on Wednesday after a roof collapsed in a Palma property.
The accident happened at a flat on Calle...
Brutal revenge gang attack as shop gets trashed in Mallorca tourist spot in Spain
FIVE men have been arrested after a fight spilled over into a Paseo Maritimo shop in Palma.
One man was struck all over his body...
Residents in Palma on Spanish island of Mallorca queue up before dawn in hope of securing prime car park...
HOW early would you wake up for a prime parking spot?
For residents of Calle Nuredduna in the Mallorca capital Palma, getting up long before...
Ryanair ordered by court in Spain’s Mallorca to compensate barred passenger who refused to pay cabin luggage fee
A Mallorca court has ordered Ryanair to pay compensation of €387 to a man barred from a flight because he would not pay a...
IN PICS: It’s a hat-trick as International Hat Week kicks off in Spain’s Mallorca
THE third International Hat Week will be held in Artà this year following the success of last year’s event in Palma.
Despite Covid, organisers of...
Gang of 15 youths violently attack man in Mallorca street to steal just €10 and a mobile phone
A man was beaten and robbed in Palma by fifteen youths for €10 and a mobile phone
Police are investigating the attack in Palma after...
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