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Fresh crackdown on youth hostels and party boats as Mallorca targets a different profile of visitor

PALMA de Mallorca will ban new youth hostels and tourist rentals, as well as all party boats, in a sweeping move to tackle overtourism. Palma’s

21 Oct, 2025 @ 11:04

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Investigation underway after drone sighting grounds flights at Mallorca’s Palma airport

SPANISH police have opened an investigation after the appearance of a rogue drone near Palma de Mallorca airport on Sunday forced flight operations to be

21 Oct, 2025 @ 09:51

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Two Spanish agents recognised among world’s best in international contest presented in Mallorca

TOP-PERFORMING insurance advisors from across the globe were honoured for their work at a special three-day gala event in Mallorca this month. The event, held

17 Oct, 2025 @ 11:07

Balearic Islands·Business & Finance·Mallorca·National News·Other News

Tourist, 67, dies in Mallorca after attempting to save wife from drowning

A GERMAN tourist has died in Mallorca after attempting to rescue his wife from drowning. The tragic incident occurred on Friday shortly before 6pm. The

12 Oct, 2025 @ 12:10

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Which is the richest neighbourhood in Spain’s Palma de Mallorca, where residents earn 63% more than in the poorest?

IT’S the postcode lottery with real-life consequences – the stunning income gap between the richest and poorest residents of Palma has been laid bare. Residents

9 Oct, 2025 @ 12:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Other News·Property

WATCH: Last tour company still selling tickets to orca shows named and shamed during Mallorca travel conference

ANIMAL rights activists stormed the stage at a major travel industry convention in Mallorca to denounce Europe’s last big tour operator still selling tickets to

8 Oct, 2025 @ 15:30

Green·Lead·Mallorca

Magaluf nightclub bouncer arrested for assaulting two British tourists- one of whom could lose their sight in one eye

British tourism industry chooses Magaluf as the venue for its annual conference – ‘it’s changed’

THE UK’s leading travel association has raised a few eyebrows by choosing the Mallorca resort of Magaluf as the setting for its annual industry conference.

7 Oct, 2025 @ 14:45

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Brit living in Mallorca who 'shattered eye' of passerby finally arrested - after trying to 'lay low and blend back into daily life'

Brit living in Mallorca who ‘shattered eye’ of passerby is finally arrested – after trying to ‘lay low and blend back into daily life’

A BRITISH expat in Palma has been arrested over a brutal August assault that left the victim partially blinded. The Policia Nacional detained the suspect

6 Oct, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Brit detained at Palma airport on drug trafficking warrant from South Korea

A BRITISH man was arrested at Palma de Mallorca airport after the Policia Nacional discovered he was wanted for drug offences in South Korea. The

6 Oct, 2025 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British expat conned out of €310k in Mallorca pyramid scam involving two Swedes and a Brit

THREE people have been arrested in Mallorca over a pyramid scam that swindled victims out of at least half-a-million euros. A British expat says he

3 Oct, 2025 @ 10:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Mallorca madness: drink-driver nabbed after dragging car 14km on two wheels!

A WOMAN in Mallorca is under investigation after being caught tearing down a motorway for 14 kilometres without the left-side wheels of her car –

26 Sep, 2025 @ 15:10

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Beach rip-off: Cala Major tourists on Spain’s Mallorca charged 288% more for ‘premium’ hammocks!

SUNSEEKERS on one of Mallorca’s most popular beaches are being rinsed for cash, with deckchair bosses demanding up to €70 a day for so-called ‘premium’

26 Sep, 2025 @ 14:52

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Man locks himself in women’s toilet at Spain’s Palma airport – then threats fly at police

CHAOS erupted at Palma airport after a 36?year?old man locked himself inside a women’s washroom in the departures area and started shouting threats at police

26 Sep, 2025 @ 14:08

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Police catch international drugs gang boss who used helicopters to carry narcotics in Spain's Andalucia

SHOPLIFTING SHAME: Gang used kids to steal from Palma de Mallorca store

A SHAMELESS shoplifting gang has been busted in Palma after allegedly using children as decoys in a string of thefts that saw them swipe over

25 Sep, 2025 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

Back-to-school bill bites – but Balearics still cheaper than rest of Spain

FAMILIES in the Balearics are forking out an average of €1,293 per pupil for education – still a sting, but well below the Spanish national

25 Sep, 2025 @ 14:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Squalid rent scam exposed: 11 illegal slum homes found on Spain’s Mallorca

SPANISH police have busted an illegal housing racket in Manacor, where 11 makeshift slum homes were being rented out for cash, despite having no sanitation,

25 Sep, 2025 @ 12:12

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Robert Redford’s life in Spain’s Barcelona, Mallorca and Mijas revealed after Hollywood legend dies at 89

HE was one of Hollywood’s greatest stars – but Robert Redford once swapped the glitz of Los Angeles for a rustic farmhouse in Mijas with

18 Sep, 2025 @ 11:56

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

What’s behind the mysterious closure of a luxury German property empire in Mallorca just three years after it opened?

A HIGH-END German real estate firm has abruptly closed its Mallorca office just three years after launching with ambitious plans to dominate the island’s luxury

11 Sep, 2025 @ 12:00

Lead·Mallorca·Property

Bar fire forces evacuation of 20 apartments in Mallorca’s Santa Ponsa

A FIRE in Rebel’s Irish Bar in Santa Ponsa sparked a dramatic evacuation of 24 flats and left two people hospitalised for smoke inhalation. The

11 Sep, 2025 @ 09:36

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Motorcyclist in Spain’s Palma clocked at 124km/h in 50 zone

A MOTORCYCLIST in Palma (Mallorca) is facing criminal charges after being clocked doing 124km/h in a 50km/h zone. The reckless rider was caught on August

11 Sep, 2025 @ 08:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

BUSTED!: Two squatters arrested trying to break into Palma flat with crowbar

TWO would-be squatters were caught red-handed trying to break into a Palma flat in the early hours – and one of them was already wanted

10 Sep, 2025 @ 16:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

Outrage in Palma and Marbella as horses collapse in tourist carriages scandals

FURY has erupted in Mallorca after a carriage horse collapsed in the scorching heat while dragging a tourist cart through the centre of Palma –

10 Sep, 2025 @ 15:34

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Marbella

Basketball coach faces jail over Easter tournament scam in Mallorca

A BASKETBALL coach in Palma is facing three years behind bars after allegedly pocketing nearly €8,000 from a bogus Easter tournament that never took place.

8 Sep, 2025 @ 16:41

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

WATCH: Beachgoers stunned by dead shark washed up on Mallorca beach – with a depressing cause of death

BEACHGOERS sunning themselves on a popular Mallorca beach were left stunned when the corpse of a huge shark washed up on shore. Video footage posted

8 Sep, 2025 @ 13:35

Environment·Lead·Mallorca

Mallorca first: Black vulture nest outside the Spanish island’s mountains spotted

THEY’RE massive, they’re rare – and now they’ve gone off-piste. For the first time on Mallorca ever, a pair of black vultures have been caught

7 Sep, 2025 @ 09:00

Balearic Islands·Environment·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

Spain’s Mallorca cracks down on yachts as new marine mega-zone takes shape

MALLORCA’S millionaire yachts and thrill-seeking jet-skiers are being reined in as the Balearic government launches the Illes del Ponent Marine Reserve – a vast new

2 Sep, 2025 @ 12:18

Balearic Islands·Environment·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

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Fresh crackdown on youth hostels and party boats as Mallorca targets a different profile of visitor

Investigation underway after drone sighting grounds flights at Mallorca’s Palma airport

Two Spanish agents recognised among world’s best in international contest presented in Mallorca

Tourist, 67, dies in Mallorca after attempting to save wife from drowning

Which is the richest neighbourhood in Spain’s Palma de Mallorca, where residents earn 63% more than in the poorest?

WATCH: Last tour company still selling tickets to orca shows named and shamed during Mallorca travel conference

British tourism industry chooses Magaluf as the venue for its annual conference – ‘it’s changed’

Brit living in Mallorca who ‘shattered eye’ of passerby is finally arrested – after trying to ‘lay low and blend back into daily life’

Brit detained at Palma airport on drug trafficking warrant from South Korea

British expat conned out of €310k in Mallorca pyramid scam involving two Swedes and a Brit

Mallorca madness: drink-driver nabbed after dragging car 14km on two wheels!

Beach rip-off: Cala Major tourists on Spain’s Mallorca charged 288% more for ‘premium’ hammocks!

Man locks himself in women’s toilet at Spain’s Palma airport – then threats fly at police

SHOPLIFTING SHAME: Gang used kids to steal from Palma de Mallorca store

Back-to-school bill bites – but Balearics still cheaper than rest of Spain

Squalid rent scam exposed: 11 illegal slum homes found on Spain’s Mallorca

Robert Redford’s life in Spain’s Barcelona, Mallorca and Mijas revealed after Hollywood legend dies at 89

What’s behind the mysterious closure of a luxury German property empire in Mallorca just three years after it opened?

Bar fire forces evacuation of 20 apartments in Mallorca’s Santa Ponsa

Motorcyclist in Spain’s Palma clocked at 124km/h in 50 zone

BUSTED!: Two squatters arrested trying to break into Palma flat with crowbar

Outrage in Palma and Marbella as horses collapse in tourist carriages scandals

Basketball coach faces jail over Easter tournament scam in Mallorca

WATCH: Beachgoers stunned by dead shark washed up on Mallorca beach – with a depressing cause of death

Mallorca first: Black vulture nest outside the Spanish island’s mountains spotted

Spain’s Mallorca cracks down on yachts as new marine mega-zone takes shape

Andalucia has the highest rate of deaths from cardiovascular diseases – Spain’s biggest killer

MULLINS IT OVER: Learning to tango with Spanish bureaucrats… and when that fails, get back to work

A National Hero: This week in 2006, Fernando Alonso won his second consecutive Formula One World Championship. MICHAEL COY ponders the importance of professional sport in our lives.

LIFE IN SPAIN: A tale of three Spanish exiles

Passing police officer heroically bursts into Estepona apartment and stops woman from throwing herself off the balcony