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German pilot, 34, returns home amid homicide investigation after his 20m yacht crashed into a fishing boat and killed a young man in Spain’s Mallorca

THE skipper of a luxury yacht that collided with a small fishing boat in Mallorca killing a 21-year-old man, has returned home to Germany. Air

30 Aug, 2024 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

British girl, 15, is in a serious condition after falling from a balcony in Spain’s Mallorca

A BRITISH girl, 15, was seriously injured on Tuesday after suffering a first floor balcony fall in Mallorca. The accident happened in S’Illot in the

28 Aug, 2024 @ 11:23

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Salma Hayek, 57, shows off her incredible figure as she poses in a yellow bikini during holiday to Spain

IT was in 1996 when Salma Hayek first enchanted audiences with her sensual moves in the film From Dusk Till Dawn. The Mexican actress, now

28 Aug, 2024 @ 08:00

Balearic Islands·Celebrity·Ibiza·Lead

Scottish minister blasts ‘balconing league table’ which mocks deaths of tourists in Spain as ‘vile’ – just days after Scot’s fatal fall from an Ibiza hotel

A GOVERNMENT minister has blasted a balconing league table as ‘vile’ and called for its website to be taken down after it celebrated the UK

27 Aug, 2024 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Mallorca-based captain of the tragic Mike Lynch yacht is expected to face an investigation over sinking

ITALIAN prosecutors have launched an official investigation into the Mallorca-based captain of the Bayesian yacht which sank off the coast of Sicily last week, killing

26 Aug, 2024 @ 20:53

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Housing crisis is laid bare in Spain’s Balearic Islands: One in three homes are empty or are only used for a few days per year, figures reveal

SHOCKING figures have shed light on the Balearic Islands’ housing crisis, with up to one in three homes empty for all or most of the

26 Aug, 2024 @ 13:35

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Property

Drought crisis sees first closures of swimming pools and dismissals of lifeguards in Spain’s Malaga

Tragedy in Spain’s Mallorca: Six-year-old boy drowns in a hotel swimming pool

A SIX-YEAR-OLD French boy has died after drowning in a hotel swimming pool in Mallorca. The tragic incident occurred at 5pm on Sunday afternoon at

26 Aug, 2024 @ 12:18

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Fine dining in Mallorca: The best restaurants in Calvia – including Michelin Star winners

MALLORCA is a great destination for foodies and Calvia boasts three restaurants recognised by the Michelin guide. Sa Clastra, found in the Castell Son Claret,

24 Aug, 2024 @ 14:00

Balearic Islands·For Foodies·Mallorca·Olive Press Travel

Spain’s celebrity hotspots: Where have the biggest stars in film, music and sports holidayed this summer?

SPAIN’S glamorous coastline has long been a playground for the rich and famous, with Marbella and Ibiza emerging as the top contenders for celebrity hotspots.

24 Aug, 2024 @ 09:30

Ibiza·Lead·Marbella

British radio star Nick Grimshaw and his mother, 81, are gassed and robbed in Spain ‘by men in hazmat suits’

British radio star Nick Grimshaw and his mother, 81, are ‘sedated with gas and robbed’ in Spain ‘by men in hazmat suits’

BROADCASTER Nick Grimshaw and his 81-year-old mother Eileen were sedated with gassed and robbed while on holiday at an Ibiza villa. The former BBC Radio

23 Aug, 2024 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Warning for pirate taxi drivers as police launch crackdown on Spain’s Costa Blanca

‘I thought they were going to kill me’: Taxi driver, 71, is attacked by three German police officers in Spain’s Mallorca

A 71-YEAR-OLD Mallorca taxi driver was hospitalised after a brutal beating from a group of German tourists who claimed to be police officers. Three men

23 Aug, 2024 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Ryanair apologises for nightmare flight from Ireland to Spain after passengers were forced to wait more than four hours on the tarmac due to weather delay

A FAMILY is demanding €1,600 compensation following a four-hour delay to their flight from Dublin to Spain. The Spanish family, from Mallorca, have filed a

23 Aug, 2024 @ 06:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Exclusive: British expat claims local police in Spain told him to ‘go back to England’ as part of ‘years-long campaign of racist abuse’

A BRITISH expat claims he has been targeted by local police in a shocking campaign of ‘racist abuse and harassment’ because he can’t speak Spanish.

22 Aug, 2024 @ 16:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Pictured: Scottish tourist, 19, who fell to her death from hotel balcony in Spain’s Ibiza

IMAGES have been revealed of the 19-year-old Scottish tourist who fell to her death from a hotel balcony in Ibiza, Spain. Heartbroken tributes are pouring

22 Aug, 2024 @ 11:25

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Climate change experts warn that up to 71 beaches will disappear across Spain’s Balearic Islands by the end of the century – unless drastic action is taken

UP to 71 beaches will disappear in the Balearic Islands by the end of the century if global warming is not reversed, according to a

21 Aug, 2024 @ 15:11

Balearic Islands·Environment·Lead

Watch: Hotel cleaners in Spain’s Ibiza shame tourists for leaving their rooms in a ‘shocking state’

IBIZA based hotel cleaners have gone viral after showing the ‘shocking’ state tourists leave their hotel rooms in. The video, which has almost 70K views

21 Aug, 2024 @ 13:33

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Video

Swedish expat in Spain who once managed the tragic Mike Lynch superyacht gives her verdict on the incident – after 75m vessel sunk off coast of Italy

THE former chief stewardess of the ‘British Bill Gates’ superyacht which sank off the coast of Sicily has spoken out following the death of two

21 Aug, 2024 @ 12:40

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Smuggler steals a boat from tourist hotspot in Alicante to ferry migrants between Africa and Spain

THE Guardia Civil have impounded a boat stolen in Alicante province that ferried migrants from Algeria to the Balearic Islands. Officers intercepted the craft with

21 Aug, 2024 @ 11:14

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Lead

Pirate taxi driver in Spain’s Ibiza tests positive for every detectable drug, including cocaine and cannabis

A PIRATE taxi driver in Ibiza was pulled over by the police on Tuesday morning and was found to have consumed a dangerous cocktail of

20 Aug, 2024 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

British tourist, 19, plunges to her death from Ibiza hotel balcony

A 19-YEAR-OLD British tourist plunged to her death on Tuesday morning from her sixth floor balcony of an Ibiza hotel. The Guardia Civil reported that

20 Aug, 2024 @ 11:24

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Katy Perry row rumbles on in Spain: Authorities insist singer had ‘no verbal or written permission’ to shoot music video in Formentera

POP star Katy Perry is in hot water after it was revealed that she filmed her latest music video in a protected natural area in

19 Aug, 2024 @ 14:45

Balearic Islands·Celebrity·Lead

British tourist, 28, dies after falling from 15ft hotel wall in Spain’s Mallorca

A BRITISH tourist has died after falling over a 15ft wall in Spain. The holidaymaker plunged to his death following a night out on the

17 Aug, 2024 @ 23:41

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Lionel Messi demands €50,000 compensation from eco-warriors who spray-painted his luxury villa in Spain

LIONEL Messi has demanded environmental activists pay him €50,000 in damages after they spray-painted his luxury Spanish villa. Last week, members from Futuro Vegetal daubed

16 Aug, 2024 @ 22:43

Celebrity·Environment·Ibiza·Lead

Residents of picturesque town in Spain will vote on banning ALL tourists after ‘becoming trapped in their homes by selfie-obsessed holidaymakers’

A PICTURESQUE Menorca village is on the verge of taking the drastic step of banning tourists altogether after being overrun by visitors, the Telegraph reports.

16 Aug, 2024 @ 16:00

Balearic Islands·Lead

Watch: Dramatic moment police in helicopters rescue locals and pets trapped by freak summer floods in Spain – including a 102-year-old woman

THIS is the dramatic moment police in Spain launched a rescue operation amid freak summer floods in the Balearic Islands. Videos shared by the Guardia

16 Aug, 2024 @ 15:18

Balearic Islands·Lead·Weather

Watch: Luxury yachts worth millions of euros are washed up and damaged in Spain’s Balearic Islands amid ‘dangerous’ summer storms

A NUMBER of luxury yachts washed up on the shores of the Balearic Islands after an unseasonal late summer storm. The Wally Love, a sleek

16 Aug, 2024 @ 13:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

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