New home construction falls by 17% in first half of 2023 on Spain’s Mallorca
NEW HOME construction in Mallorca has fallen by 17% in the first half of the year according to the island’s Official College of Quantity Surveyors.
Iconic ‘chic’ hotel on Spain’s Mallorca in demolition dispute
POLLENCA council has provisionally fined a company for demolishing the interior rooms of the Hotel Formentor without having a licence to do so. The initial
Man arrested for attempting to steal a newborn baby from a hospital in Palma
A MAN has been arrested after trying to steal a newborn baby from a hospital in Palma. A number of witnesses allegedly saw the accused
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The search is on for a photo which captures the essence of Spain
Specsavers Ópticas’ Summer Photography Competition offers prizes of a €100 Amazon voucher and a pair of designer sunglasses for the best photo On Monday the
British man accused of rape stopped flying home from Palma de Mallorca airport in Spain
A BRITISH man has been arrested at Palma Airport after being accused of raping his girlfriend- also British- hours earlier at their Magaluf area hotel.
British tourist, 25, seriously injured after falling from hotel balcony in Spain’s Mallorca
A BRITISH tourist suffered serious injuries after falling from a second floor hotel balcony in Can Picafort, Mallorca. The 25-year-old man plunged four metres to
Family uses child below arrestable age to steal gold bracelet in Spain’s Mallorca
A FAMILY has been arrested by the Policia Nacional after a €4,000 gold bracelet was stolen from a Palma jewellery shop. The group used a
Smoking allowed again on bar and restaurant terraces in Spain’s Balearic Islands
SMOKERS in the Balaeric Islands can once again legally enjoy a cigarette on a bar or restaurant terrace after all Covid-19 health restrictions ended on
Tourist spending soars to new records in Spain’s Balearic Islands
TOURIST spending in the Balearic Islands soared to €4.5 billion over the first five months of 2023- €500 million more than in the same period
Drunk Irish mother arrested for abandoning young child in Spain’s Mallorca
A 45-YEAR-OLD Irish tourist has been arrested for going on all-day drinking sprees at her Manacor hotel and leaving other guests to look after her
Spain’s Balearic Islands slammed for continuous destruction and pollution of its coastline
THE Balearic Islands have been flagged up as a key black spot for the ‘chronic cancer’ of environmental destruction. Ecologistas en Accion has slammed the
Meet the new Blues Brothers-loving, Catalan-talking, BRITISH mayor of a town in the heart of Spain’s Mallorca
THE results of local elections in a small village in the Balearics surprised more than a few people – not least the winner himself. For
Computer company employee stole over €92,000 after first week at work in Spain’s Mallorca
A COMPUTER company worker in Palma has been jailed for four years and nine months after stealing €92,306 from her employee just a few days
Eight outdoor athletes rescued in Mallorca in the last week alone
A TOTAL of eight outdoor athletes have been rescued by Guardia Civil officers in Mallorca only last week. A careless couple swimming under cliffs were
Successful sea plane test carried out with hope of services between Spain’s Balearic Islands
A SUCESSFUL test flight of a seaplane owned by Isla Air Express has given the company hope that it is one step closer to launching
Fatal error as pleasure boat captain runs over one of his passengers in Spain’s Mallorca
THE GUARDIA CIVIL has charged the skipper of a boat with reckless homicide after he fatally ran over a woman while she was swimming at
48 black flags handed to environmentally ‘destroyed’ beaches and coastal areas across Spain
ECOLOGISTS in Action has handed their unwanted black flags to 48 beaches across the Spanish coast. The environmental group, which exposes a number of beaches
Mallorca residents complain German tourists now as boozy and awful as the Brits
EXASPERATED Mallorca residents are complaining that the ‘Brits abroad’ mentality has spread to Germans and other nationalities when they holiday on the island. Locals residing
Sandy beach in Spain’s Mallorca named as ‘best in the world’ in online survey
MALLORCA’S Playa de Muro has been voted the world’s best beach in an online survey from nautical retailer Rightboat. Over 300,000 people gave their opinions
Homophobic attack: Woman punches man and calls him ‘mechanical monster’ in Spain’s Mallorca
A WOMAN has been accused of punching a man on the face as part of a homophobic assault in Palma de Mallorca. The assailant allegedly
German football team orders 1,000 beers at a bar in Spain’s Mallorca
A GERMAN football team of 50 members ordered 1,000 beers at Bamboleo Bar in Palma de Mallorca. The players of FV Bonn-Endenich 1908, a club
WATCH: “This is going to end badly” Taxi and Uber drivers at each other’s throats again in Spain’s Mallorca as tensions boil over
SIMMERING tensions between taxi drivers and Uber drivers have flared once again on Mallorca after a video emerged showing a confrontation between the two. A
Mallorca weather: After the rain, the roasting heatwave with a possible 39 degrees
MALLORCA has been told to brace itself for temperatures hitting 39 degrees Celsius next week. After a week of storms, meteorologists at Aemet have issued
Retired police chief arrested on Spain’s Mallorca after child pornography is found in his former office
THE FORMER head of the Policia Local in Palma has been arrested by the Policia Nacional after child pornography was found in an office previously
Baleares is the Spanish region where people spend less money on clothes
BALEARES is the Spanish region where less money is spent on clothes, according to textile business association ACOTEX. The study displays that on average, residents
‘She didn’t care’: House collapses in Mallorca with five people inside as landlord faces questions over negligence
FIVE tenants have miraculously survived after their two-storey house collapsed on top of them. All five people were at home when a balcony and then