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Spain smashes tourism record thanks to almost 20 million Brits visiting so far this year

SPAIN has already smashed last year’s international tourism record before December figures have even been counted. From January to November, some 77.8 million international visitors

29 Dec, 2017 @ 11:02

Business & Finance·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Sóller Tunnel opens early to the public for free access

HOURS before the official opening, the Sóller tunnel was opened with free access for all. A ceremonial opening with President Francina Armengol and Consell President

29 Dec, 2017 @ 09:26

La Cultura·Mallorca·Politics

British mother is suing travel company after daughter caught disease in Mallorca

Gemma Moran, alleges her eight-year-old daughter Clio caught the life-long disease after she was bitten by ticks while staying in a ‘disgusting’ apartment in Mallorca.

28 Dec, 2017 @ 15:51

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Firefighters tackle massive blaze as fire rips through Mallorca endangering residents

Some 60 properties were evacuated as a precaution as the fire spread from the Coll de Siller area having been caused by electrical faults in

28 Dec, 2017 @ 11:12

Environment·Lead·Mallorca·Nature

Finding the great escape, writes Amanda Butler

Not much to report on the property front this week as we head into Christmas, apart from receiving a visit from a well known

27 Dec, 2017 @ 17:40

Amanda Butler: Keys to the Island·Mallorca·Property

Penal Colada! Family busted after drug smuggling operation using pineapples

ELEVEN members of the same family have been arrested after police discovered they had been smuggling drugs to Europe inside pineapples. A number of vessels

27 Dec, 2017 @ 14:28

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca

Concerned Labour MPs demand Chancellor publishes Brexit studies

A GROUP of Labour MPs have written to the UK Government urging them to release the results of studies into the impact of Brexit on

27 Dec, 2017 @ 13:00

Lead·Mallorca·Politics

NEW ROUTES: More flights coming to Palma as airlines shut down

NEW flights from Berlin Tegel airport to Palma de Mallorca will start the first week of January with easyJet. The orange airline is squaring up

27 Dec, 2017 @ 10:34

Mallorca·Travel News

WEATHER ALERT: Strong winds and high waves sweeping across the Balearics

HIGH winds and waves across the Balearics through Wednesday causing yellow and orange alerts. Winds of up to 100 kilometres per hour will blow through

26 Dec, 2017 @ 19:15

Environment·Mallorca·Nature

NEW YEAR SPARKLE: Making New Year plans writes Lesley Heath

Here we are at the end of the year, frankly, I haven’t got used to putting the date as 2017 yet so how I’m going

26 Dec, 2017 @ 17:21

La Cultura·Mallorca

Malaga scoops incredible €128 million El Gordo winnings

THE city of Malaga is celebrating a bumper Christmas as residents won €128 million in the annual El Gordo lottery. Thirty-two of the top prize

26 Dec, 2017 @ 14:00

Entertainment·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca

Storm Bruno set to bring snow to Andalucia, fierce winds to the Balearics

SNOW is predicted to fall in the mountains of Andalucia tomorrow ahead of a week of inclement weather. Storm Bruno will hit the peninsula hard,

26 Dec, 2017 @ 13:53

Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca·Nature

Seven migrants rescued in the Strait on Christmas Day

THE migrant crisis saw no letting up over the festive period, with seven people rescued in the Strait of Gibraltar on Christmas Day. The migrants

26 Dec, 2017 @ 13:39

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca

BETTING ON PALMA: New casino coming soon

GAMBLING will come to Palma bay when a new casino opens in the Playa de Palma before summer 2018, pending the agreement of final details

26 Dec, 2017 @ 09:45

La Cultura·Mallorca·Travel News

SMACK MY BASE UP: Legends opening Mallorca music festival

‘THE Godfathers of Rave’ are coming en masse to light up the Mallorcan sky next year. Widely regarded as one of Britain’s most successful electronic bands of all time, The Prodigy

25 Dec, 2017 @ 15:44

Celebrity·Entertainment·La Cultura·Mallorca

Tipple too far! Thousands of bottles of champagne confiscated by Spanish police

ALMOST 20,000 bottles of fake French champagne have been seized by the Policía Nacional. The impounded plonk is the result of several operations into the

25 Dec, 2017 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Food & Drink·Lead·Mallorca

75-year-old drug dealer caught in Malaga after TEN years on the run

A NOTORIOUS drug dealer is set to face justice after a joint British and Spanish police operation snatched him after ten years in hiding. Michael

25 Dec, 2017 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

LEGENDARY tennis player Boris Becker has been in Mallorca visiting Rafa Nadal at the Manacor academy. The former number one in the world and Olympic

25 Dec, 2017 @ 10:15

Celebrity·Mallorca·Sport

Santa Claus arrives in the Sierra Nevada for festive frolicks

Santa Claus has paid a Christmas visit to the Sierra Nevada to launch an array of festive celebrations in the resort. St Nicholas successfully navigated

25 Dec, 2017 @ 10:00

Entertainment·Gibraltar·La Cultura·Lead·Mallorca·Sport

King of Spain calls for Christmas Catalunya unity

THE King of Spain has used his Christmas message to urge for a peaceful outcome to the Catalunya crisis. Felipe VI emphasised the importance of

25 Dec, 2017 @ 02:46

Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca·Politics

LAPPING IT UP: Tennis star and Football hubby holiday in Mallorca

TENNIS ace Ana Ivanovic has been holidaying in Mallorca after announcing her pregnancy. The retired Serbian tennis star and former world number one has been

24 Dec, 2017 @ 14:15

Celebrity·Mallorca·Sport

Algaida Fisherman still lost at sea from Storm Ana

STORM Ana might have done some damage around Mallorca, but none more so than to the Nopere family. Algaida resident Steve Nopere, 34, has been

24 Dec, 2017 @ 09:22

La Cultura·Mallorca

TRAGEDY: Baby born too early on Menorca honeymoon

A MENORCA honeymoon has been tragically cut short after the couple’s child was prematurely born 17 weeks early and passed away an hour later. Jamie

23 Dec, 2017 @ 15:22

Health·Mallorca

Catalan independence highly opposed by the area’s expats

OVER 75% of expats living in Catalunya are strongly opposed to the region obtaining independence, according to a survey run by Spanish Property Insight. Shockingly,

23 Dec, 2017 @ 09:36

La Cultura·Mallorca

TOUR DE FORCE: Grand tour returns to sun kissed Mallorca

SEASON two of The Grand Tour has begun with petrolheads James May, Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson talking about Mallorca’s beauty and their adventures on

23 Dec, 2017 @ 08:00

Celebrity·Entertainment·Mallorca

Puigdemont vows to obtain independence for Catalunya after regional election success

The deposed former president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, has confirmed he intends to continue his fight for the region’s independence. His comments come after yesterday’s

22 Dec, 2017 @ 14:15

Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca·Politics

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