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British tourist is rescued by firefighters' cherry picker from top of major cathedral in Spain

Iconic building opens rooftop for visitors until the autumn on Spain’s Mallorca

MALLORCA’S most spectacular building, Palma Cathedral, has reopened its rooftop area for visitors to enjoy spectacular views and appreciate a different perspective on the structure.

5 May, 2023 @ 10:30

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Hundreds descend on Magaluf for three days of hard-hitting hijinks for Mallorca Beach Rugby tournament

MALLORCA’s famous Beach Rugby tournament has come and gone again for another year, leaving behind a trail of battered bodies and broken shot glasses. Over

4 May, 2023 @ 19:45

Lead·Mallorca

Spain's top supermarket Mercadona announces €150m in food price cuts including olive oil

Mercadona to hire nearly 200 employees for the summer season in Baleares

Mercadona has announced the hiring of almost 200 employees for the summer season (May to the end of September) in Baleares. The Valencian supermarket chain

4 May, 2023 @ 17:15

Balearic Islands·Business & Finance·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca·Menorca

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Squatters Rights 101: British family unable to evict gang of usurpers living in their Ibiza holiday home

A BRITISH family received a nasty introduction to Spanish squatter’s rights when they arrived at their Ibiza holiday home to find the locks changed and

4 May, 2023 @ 15:00

Lead·Mallorca

Baleares was the region in Spain with the largest decrease in unemployment in April

THE number of unemployed in the Baleares fell by 10,904 in April, according to the Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration. These numbers

4 May, 2023 @ 13:30

Balearic Islands·Business & Finance·Lead·Mallorca

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Man arrested for kicking and making death threats to a woman in Mallorca

A 53-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested for allegedly holding a woman against her will in a night time establishment in Pere Garau (Palma). He is

4 May, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Drunk British Tourist, 21, Arrested After Brutal Attack On Magaluf Taxi Driver In Spain's Mallorca

British hooligans who beat Mallorca taxi driver till his skull cracked facing jail in Spain

TWO British thugs – one a marine commando – who beat a taxi driver unconscious in Mallorca last summer have had the book thrown at

4 May, 2023 @ 12:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Boris Becker’s former estate on Spain’s Mallorca is bought by German businessman

A BUSINESSMAN from southern Germany has bought Boris Becker’s former Mallorca estate. The new owner- who wishes to remain anonymous- told the German newspaper Bild

4 May, 2023 @ 12:11

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Drunk tourist bites off part of hotel security guard’s finger in Spain’s Mallorca

A POLISH tourist has been arrested after biting off part of a hotel security guard’s finger in Mallorca. The 35-year-old drunk struck at the Sahara

4 May, 2023 @ 11:37

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Six arrested after big brawl between 15 employees of two Indian minimarkets in Mallorca

SIX INDIAN NATIONALS have been arrested after a street fight between employees from two Indian fruit minimarkets in Can Pastilla (Palma). A total of 15

3 May, 2023 @ 17:45

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

Copper thief arrested in Mallorca

A MAN has been arrested for allegedly attempting to steal 300 kg of copper from a recycling plant in (Bunyola) Mallorca. The arrested and another

3 May, 2023 @ 11:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Crime spree over after team of tunnelling bandits wielding industrial tool ‘hotter than the sun’ arrested in Mallorca

A PAIR of tunnelling burglars have pulled off their last heist after police brought their crime spree to a close. The unlikely Spanish nationals are

2 May, 2023 @ 19:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Arsonist Starts Six Fires Damaging 12 Cars And An Office Building In Spain's Mallorca

Arsonist starts six fires damaging 12 cars and office building facade in Spain’s Mallorca

A 23-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for starting six fires in Porreres in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The blazes

2 May, 2023 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Two British Tourists Beat Up Hotel Security Guard In Spain's Mallorca

Two British tourists beat up Magaluf hotel security guard in Spain’s Mallorca

A MAGALUF hotel security guard was beaten up by two British tourists after refusing them entry in the early hours of Friday morning. The men

2 May, 2023 @ 13:41

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

Watch out drunk tourists: Crackdown on anti-social behaviour to begin next week in Spain’s Mallorca

PALMA police are set to crackdown on drunken tourists and other anti-social behaviour next week as the summer season heats up. The long arm of

28 Apr, 2023 @ 13:30

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

OCU consumer group awards lowest marks to Palma, Alicante, and Sevilla

Three ‘dirtiest’ cities in Spain revealed in street cleaning consumer survey

SPAIN’S dirtiest cities have been named in an OCU consumer group survey that quizzed 6,863 residents in 69 locations. Mallorca’s Palma, Alicante, and Sevilla got

27 Apr, 2023 @ 11:15

Alicante·Lead·Mallorca·National News·Sevilla

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WATCH: The bed-bug horror that awaited one British family after they turned on the lights at 3am in their four-star Mallorca hotel

THIS is the moment that Gary, 57, and Jutta Turner, 55, awoke to in horror after spending eight nights sleeping in a bed-bug-infested hotel room.

26 Apr, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Leader of giant international crypto scam who scammed ‘many’ Brits and other northern Europeans’ arrested in Palma, Mallorca

A FRAUDSTER has been arrested in Palma de Mallorca accused of the misappropriation of over €100 million through a crypto scam. The Spaniard, 60, is

24 Apr, 2023 @ 18:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Wiber Rent A Car Reduction In Working Week Photo By Pixabay

Spain based car rental company starts implementing 32-hour working week

Spain-based car hiring company Wiber rent a car has introduced a 32-hour working week across all its offices in the country. The company has offices

24 Apr, 2023 @ 15:45

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Business & Finance·Ibiza·Malaga·Mallorca·Valencia·Valencian Community

EXCLUSIVE: Holiday operator offers measly compensation to family terrorised by eight nights of bed bugs in four-star Mallorca hotel

A BRITISH family were left flabbergasted by a derisory compensation offer from their tour operator after their dream Mallorca holiday turned into a bed-bug-infested nightmare.

22 Apr, 2023 @ 10:30

Lead·Mallorca·Must Read

Locus Of Story 24 Year Old Dead In Street Palma

Young man found dead in Palma city centre

A 24-year-old ‘foreign’ man was found dead in Palma city centre on Wednesday morning. His girlfriend called emergency services around 9.50am when the man collapsed

20 Apr, 2023 @ 20:31

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

Train taggers given prison sentence and fines in Mallorca

TWO men aged 30 and 31 face jail sentences of two years for spray painting graffiti and ‘tags’ on a train in Marratxi. The duo

20 Apr, 2023 @ 20:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Mallorca·Other News

Free transport offered to elderly and disabled voters on May 28 in Spain's Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

Voter Turnup in Mallorca

‘LET’S not allow abstention to win’ was the message from Visc a Mallorca at a demo outside the Parlament on Tuesday. The collective has gained

20 Apr, 2023 @ 19:45

Balearic Islands·Mallorca·Politics

From tennis to tearing up the dancefloor

FOLLOWING the news that Rafael Nadal will not be playing at the Barcelona Open, the tennis star was snapped partying in Porto Cristo. Nadal announced

20 Apr, 2023 @ 19:15

Balearic Islands·Celebrity·Mallorca·Other News

Good mews! The abandoned cat doused in boiling oil in Mallorca is on the mend and has a new owner lined up

MIA, the abandoned cat who was horribly scalded with boiling oil in an appalling case of animal cruelty, is doing well and has a new

20 Apr, 2023 @ 18:00

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Man arrested after throwing bicycle at shop owner in Palma de Mallorca

A 35-year-old Moroccan was arrested after allegedly throwing his bike at the owner of an internet cafe in Palma’s Pere Garau neighbourhood around 8pm on

20 Apr, 2023 @ 15:58

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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