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Costa Blanca bar customers told to follow COVID health rules like no smoking and mask wearing to avoid new closures

New smoking ban in Spain ‘would spark fights between waiters and customers’, warns restaurant boss in Mallorca

A NEW proposal to ban smoking and vaping in terraces could provoke fights between smokers and bar staff, a Mallorca hospitality chief has warned. The

17 Dec, 2023 @ 08:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

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,

14 Dec, 2023 @ 14:13

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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

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

13 Dec, 2023 @ 11:11

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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

12 Dec, 2023 @ 12:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Politics

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.

11 Dec, 2023 @ 18:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Mallorca

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

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

1 Dec, 2023 @ 18:30

Lead·Mallorca·Sport

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,

1 Dec, 2023 @ 16:26

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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

1 Dec, 2023 @ 16:00

Animals·Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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

30 Nov, 2023 @ 17:40

Balearic Islands·Mallorca

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

30 Nov, 2023 @ 16:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

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

30 Nov, 2023 @ 15:30

Animals·Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

DUNGEON DEWLLINGS: Palma in shock as police officer’s ‘basement of terror’ is revealed: Reports of deaths in tiny cockroach-infested storage units

A POLICEMAN is facing a €2 million fine and other charges for illegally renting out dozens of tiny, squalid storage units in the basement of

30 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

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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

30 Nov, 2023 @ 14:24

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Speed limit going up by 20km/hr on major road in Spain’s Mallorca

MOTORISTS will be able to travel up to 100km/hr on the Palma ring road in Mallorca from December 18. The only stretch where the current

18 Nov, 2023 @ 09:30

Balearic Islands·Mallorca

EXCLUSIVE: Spanish firemen strip off for charity calendar: Warning as picture special may leave you very hot under the collar

A GROUP of very strapping firemen have stripped off for a charity calendar in Spain. The firefighters with the Spanish Airports and Air Navigation (AENA)

17 Nov, 2023 @ 12:48

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Shock figures over consequences of smoking in Spain's Balearic Islands

Shock figures reveal the health effects of smoking in Spain’s Balearic Islands

MORE than one in 10 people in the Balearic Islands suffer from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), according to new Ministry of Health figures. The

16 Nov, 2023 @ 15:45

Balearic Islands·Health·Ibiza·Mallorca·Menorca

This island in Spain is among the 12 best places to visit in Europe next year – according to Conde Nast

CONDE Nast has revealed Europe’s top destinations to visit in 2024 and a Spanish island has made the list. Every year, the travel magazine chooses

16 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Olive Press Travel

Former Tourism Minister in Spain's Mallorca accuses hotels of exploiting staff

Mallorca’s former tourism minister in hot water for suggesting hoteliers exploit staff

MALLORCA hoteliers have slammed the island’s former tourism minister for branding them ‘exploiters’ in a speech at the Balearic parliament. Iago Negueruela criticised the government

16 Nov, 2023 @ 14:00

Balearic Islands·Mallorca

‘Indian Summer’ to end next week on Spain’s Mallorca as temperatures set to plummet as heavy rain and strong winds strike

A COLD polar front will radically change Mallorca’s weather next week with temperatures falling by around ten degrees according to the State Meteorological Agency(Aemet). The

16 Nov, 2023 @ 13:01

Balearic Islands·Mallorca·Weather

Ex-judge and prosecutor given jail time for breaking the law during high profile investigations in Spain’s Mallorca

A FORMER Mallorca judge and prosecutor who broke the law during a probe into corruption within the Palma Policia Local have both been jailed for

16 Nov, 2023 @ 11:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Mallorca

Taylor Swift ‘is looking for a house in Spain’s Mallorca’

TAYLOR Swift is reportedly house hunting in Mallorca after visiting the area earlier this year. According to the Sun, who did not cite a source,

16 Nov, 2023 @ 10:48

Balearic Islands·Celebrity·Lead·Mallorca

Stunning photo of Mallorca taken from Barcelona defies science – just how did the photographer do it?

AN INCREDIBLE photo of Mallorca taken from Barcelona a full 200km distant has wowed viewers and delivered a rare lesson in atmospheric refraction. Catalan photographer

15 Nov, 2023 @ 15:15

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Mallorca