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Rising Mallorcan Vicky Luengo nominated for Best Actress Goya for Catalan language film Suro

MALLORCAN actress Vicky Luengo has been nominated for a Goya award in her first major breakthrough role. Basque-born Luengo is in the running for best

4 Dec, 2022 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

€1 Mil Fines Tabled For Grafitti Vandals In Mallorca's Serra

Spain’s Mallorca plans €1 million fine for graffiti artists vandalising heritage areas

VANDALS daubing graffiti on protected elements of the Serra de Tramuntana could be fined up to €1 million under plans for a new law. The

1 Dec, 2022 @ 17:15

Balearic Islands·Environment·Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s Balearic Islands wants to restrict non-resident property buyers but EU law forbids it

THE Balearic Islands regional government is looking to see if can limit property sales to non-residents. High prices and availability of homes to islanders have

1 Dec, 2022 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca·Menorca·Property

Fears grow for Mallorca hiker who fell on track near Raixa, missing since Monday

Emergency crews are still searching for a hiker who has been missing in bushland on Mallorca for five days. The hiker, a Spanish national and

1 Dec, 2022 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Cursach case: Sobbing prosecutor begs forgives and drops all lurid corruption charges against Mallorca’s king of the night

In the latest sensational twist to the long-running Cursach saga, a sobbing prosecutor begged forgiveness and dropped all the lurid corruption charges against the nightclub

30 Nov, 2022 @ 19:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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Ancient Egypt comes back to life with new exhibition in Palma de Mallorca

A new exhibition showcasing the works and wonders of ancient Egypt has come to Mallorca this winter period. Entitled ‘Treasures of Egypt, it is timed

30 Nov, 2022 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Water sweeps away two men to their deaths while canyoning on Spain's Mallorca

Strong water currents sweep away two men to their deaths while canyoning on Spain’s Mallorca

TWO canyoners died on Mallorca on Monday after being swept away by a strong current in the Lassarell torrent in Pollenca. A third person was

29 Nov, 2022 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Seven years jail for Dutchman over brutal Mallorca bashing of Carlo Heuvelman

A man, 20, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for landing the fatal blow that eventually killed a Dutch tourist in Mallorca last

22 Nov, 2022 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Luxury Mallorca estate in Spain used in hit BBC TV series ‘The Night Manager’ has new owner

A luxurious Mallorca estate that became internationally known in 2016 as one of the settings for the BBC espionage thriller, The Night Manager, has a

18 Nov, 2022 @ 11:52

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Property

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Lift off for Richard Branson’s new exclusive Son Bunyola Estate hotel in Mallorca

New photos have revealed the stunning inside of a British billionaire’s new swanky hotel in Mallorca. Richard Branson’s new hotel at a UNESCO world heritage

18 Nov, 2022 @ 11:17

Balearic Islands·Hotels·Lead·Mallorca·Olive Press Travel

Stay away! Mallorca tourism boss in hot water after telling Brits they are not welcome

THE HEAD of the Mallorca tourism board has been slammed for telling Brits they are not welcome on the island this summer. Lucia Escribano, the

17 Nov, 2022 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Dope! Palma drug dealer in Spain’s sunny isle of Mallorca tries selling coke to cops

An unfortunate drug dealer committed the cardinal sin among narcos when he attempted to sell cocaine to police officers. The bumbling pusher, 39, from Senegal,

17 Nov, 2022 @ 12:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Free Public Transport For Residents Of Balearic Islands

Public transport to be free for all Balearic Islands residents in Spain next year

PUBLIC transport throughout the Balearics will be free next year, it has been announced, in a massive boon to the islands. Whether taking the train,

16 Nov, 2022 @ 17:15

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca·Menorca

Convicted child murderer on Spain’s Mallorca arrested for violently robbing an old women months after his release from jail

A Mallorca man convicted of murdering his eight-year-old stepdaughter in 2011 has been arrested for brutally robbing and assaulting a pensioner in Palma. Miguel Ángel

16 Nov, 2022 @ 13:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Italian gang arrested for stealing luxury watches from elderly foreign tourists in Spain’s Balearic Islands

THE Policia Nacional, in association with their Italian counterparts, have busted a Naples-based gang who made special summer trips to Mallorca and Ibiza to steal

3 Nov, 2022 @ 13:35

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Madrid·Malaga·Mallorca

Mallorca’s Rafa Nadal is richest sportsperson in Spain

THE world’s leading Grand Slam title winner, Rafa Nadal, is Spain’s wealthiest sports person according to Forbes magazine. The Mallorcan tennis star, who lost to

3 Nov, 2022 @ 11:35

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Sport

Palma residents on Spain’s Mallorca slapped with hefty traffic fines blame delivery company for not handing over letters

HUNDREDS of residents of Palma face having to pay hefty traffic fines from previous years because, they claim, the company in charge of delivering them

2 Nov, 2022 @ 18:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca