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Palma de Mallorca’s crackdown on tourism: City will ban new Airbnb-style lets and could reduce number of cruises and rental cars

PALMA has joined mainland cities like Barcelona and Valencia in planning measures to combat tourist saturation. The City Council will not allow any additional properties

29 May, 2024 @ 14:49

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Santiago Abascal Indignado Con Tve Quot Se Les Ha Olvidado Pintarme Los Cuernos Quot

Spain’s far-right Vox leader visits Israel: Santiago Abascal vows to ‘undo’ Pedro Sanchez’s recognition of Palestine in surprise meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu

SANTIAGO Abascal, the leader of the far-right Vox party, made a surprise visit to Israel on Tuesday where he promised to ‘undo’ Spain’s recognition of

29 May, 2024 @ 14:19

Lead·Politics

Fight them on the beaches! Anti-tourism activists in Mallorca plan to storm popular beaches and ‘take them back’ from Brits and other tourists

ANTI-tourism activists in Mallorca are planning to ‘occupy’ popular beaches with a mass demonstration designed to disrupt holidaymakers. A protest group known as Mallorca Platja

29 May, 2024 @ 13:37

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

TUI vows to stop expansion on the Balearic Islands after reaching ‘capacity’: UK travel agency says it will look to other destinations amid growth of ‘anti-tourism’ movement in Spain

THE CEO of TUI, Sebastian Ebel, says they have reached their ‘capacity’ on the Balearic Islands. They are now looking into other, less crowded Mediterranean

29 May, 2024 @ 13:17

Balearic Islands·Lead·Travel News

WATCH: Popular pool club is raided by armed police in Marbella: Cops in riot gear move through groups of tourists at Ocean Club ‘in operation against organised crime’

COPS in riot gear stormed Marbella’s popular Ocean Club as part of an ‘operation against organised crime,’ as armed police move through groups of tourists.

29 May, 2024 @ 12:44

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Swimming pools across Spain’s Costa del Sol will FINALLY be filled this weekend

THE Costa del Sol can finally fill its private pools this weekend as a drought-related ban will be lifted this Saturday. PRIVATE pools on the

29 May, 2024 @ 12:06

Costa del Sol·Lead

‘Paedo’ in Spain ‘kept his seven-year-old stepdaughter as a sex slave in a cellar under his desk for five years’

A MAN has been arrested in Mallorca after allegedly keeping a 12-year-old girl as a sex slave in his cellar for five years. The 49-year-old

29 May, 2024 @ 11:57

Lead·Mallorca

Body of ‘foreign’ man, 73, is found on a beach in Marbella: Corpse is seen covered by a white sheet just metres from tourist hotspot in Puerto Banus

THE body of a man has been discovered on a beach in Marbella. The man is of foreign origin and was 73 years old, according

29 May, 2024 @ 11:21

Lead·Marbella

Baby boy drowns in Mallorca swimming pool

Baby boy drowns in a swimming pool in Spain: One-year-old fell into water after being left with his grandmother in Mallorca

A BABY boy died on Tuesday after drowning in a swimming pool at a Palma house. The one-year-old child was being cared for by his

29 May, 2024 @ 11:02

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

How a Spaniard raised in the UK could become the first British saint of the 21st century following his tragic death from cancer

A SPANIARD raised in the UK could become the first British saint of the 21st century after succumbing to cancer in 2018. In 2014, Pedro

28 May, 2024 @ 16:49

La Cultura·Lead

Russia ‘could attack Gibraltar’ if British weapons are used by Ukraine in its territory, Putin’s foreign ministry warns

RUSSIA has warned it ‘will not hesitate’ to attack strategic military bases like Gibraltar if Ukraine uses British weapons in its territory. The threat, made

28 May, 2024 @ 14:47

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Tourist, 57, plunges 100 metres to her death during mountain walk with her daughter in Spain

A TOURIST has died after falling 100 metres off a cliff during her holiday to Spain. The 57-year-old was walking on top of a mountain

28 May, 2024 @ 14:01

Canary Islands·Lead

British expats blast Conor McGregor’s plans to bring bare knuckle fighting to Marbella

CONOR McGregor’s plans to bring bare knuckle fighting to Marbella have sparked outrage amongst local British expats. The MMA legend announced his plans during a

28 May, 2024 @ 13:03

Lead·Marbella

Mallorca beach club where four people died after its roof caved in ‘did not have correct licences’

THE beach club restaurant in Palma de Mallorca that suddenly collapsed last week killing four people did not have a licence for the area that

28 May, 2024 @ 12:56

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

The super yacht 'Moonrise', which belongs to WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum

Huge €220m yacht belonging to a WhatsApp co-founder visits Spain’s Costa del Sol

MEASURING 100 metres in length, and 16 metres wide, the Moonrise is the kind of yacht that is only within the reach of the super-rich

28 May, 2024 @ 12:31

Celebrity·Lead·Malaga

Racism row engulfs popular beach club on Spain’s Costa del Sol after a black man claims he was refused entry due to the colour of his skin

A BLACK man has claimed he was refused entry to a beach club on Spain’s Costa del Sol due to the colour of his skin,

28 May, 2024 @ 12:10

Costa del Sol·Lead

Revealed: How the Chinese mafia in Spain ‘trafficked HUNDREDS of people and drugs into Britain via Gibraltar’

A CHINESE mafia is suspected to have made profits of a million euros by trafficking hundreds of their fellow countrymen into Spain, only to then

28 May, 2024 @ 12:05

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Spain approves recognition of state of Palestine: Madrid declares Jerusalem as the capital and says 1967 borders should return – but Israel accused PM Pedro Sanchez of ‘inciting genocide’

SPAIN will join 140 member states of the United Nations today by officially recognising a Palestinian state as Israel’s foreign minister claimed Spanish PM Pedro

28 May, 2024 @ 11:40

Lead·Politics

Taylor Swift takes over Madrid: More than 100 huge trailers fill the streets ahead of pop star’s concert – infuriating locals trying to get to work

FOR ‘Swifties’ from Spain, and those who have travelled to Madrid this week to see their musical hero Taylor Swift play in Madrid, the countdown

28 May, 2024 @ 11:33

Entertainment·Lead·Madrid

Spain agrees to send €1billion of arms to Ukraine – as Putin’s forces hammer the north of the country

SPAIN has pledged to send €1billion worth of military aid to Ukraine this year after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

28 May, 2024 @ 10:50

Lead·Politics

Victory for expat family trying to prevent tourist flats being built on 'their land' on Spain's Costa Blanca

Expats fall prey to tourist flat surge in Spain: Family is forcibly arrested on the Costa Blanca while attempting to block Airbnb-style homes being built on ‘their’ land

TWO members of an Austrian family have been arrested in a last-ditch effort to stop a new housing development on land which they say is

27 May, 2024 @ 18:02

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Conor McGregor hopes to bring bare knuckle fighting to Marbella

BARE knuckle fighting will come to Marbella under MMA legend Conor McGregor. With only the protection of bandages, bare knuckle boxing is one of the

27 May, 2024 @ 17:08

Lead·Sport

APPEAL: US-based couple search for elderly Spanish gentlemen who saved them from a holiday nightmare in southern Spain

A COUPLE of US tourists have launched an appeal to track down two Spanish gentlemen who helped rescue them from a holiday nightmare. Jyothish Rajan,

27 May, 2024 @ 16:31

Cadiz·Lead

Move over oats: This ancient Egyptian ‘super cereal’ is the best at reducing cholesterol, say global health experts

GLOBAL health experts have revealed THIS ancient Egyptian ‘super cereal’ is the best at reducing cholesterol. Cereals have been the cornerstone of the human diet

27 May, 2024 @ 15:21

Health·Lead

Spain refuses to make the AP-7 toll road free along the Costa del Sol despite horrendous daily traffic jams – but WILL open up a toll road in Alicante

THE government is hoping that the AP-7 and A-70 Alicante by-pass will very soon become a toll-free road. The imminent move will free up a

27 May, 2024 @ 15:14

Alicante·Costa del Sol·Lead

Ukraine President Zelensky to address Spain's parliament next week

Zelensky lands in Spain: Ukraine president is met by King Felipe in Madrid ahead of sit down with PM Pedro Sanchez

UKRAINIAN President Volodymyr Zelensky landed in Madrid on Monday morning, where he was greeted off the plane by Spanish King Felipe VI. The Ukrainian leader

27 May, 2024 @ 12:59

Lead·Politics

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