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Graffiti Vandal Gets Stung With Big Penalty For Daubing Historic Train Station In Spain's Mallorca

Graffiti vandal gets stung with big penalty for defacing historic train station in Spain’s Mallorca

A MAN who daubed graffiti on the front of Mallorca’s historic Soller railway station has been convicted of a crime against historical heritage. The station

20 Apr, 2023 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Habitual Criminal Breaches Palma Restraining Order In Spain's Mallorca

Habitual criminal breaches restraining order banning him from Palma in Spain’s Mallorca

A HABITUAL criminal, who was banned from entering Palma, breached the restraining order after just five days to steal a pair of trainers. 46-year-old Bartolome

20 Apr, 2023 @ 13:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Extra summer ferries announced between Spain’s Costa Blanca and the Balearic Islands

FERRY company Balearia has announced extra summer services from Denia on the Costa Blanca to Ibiza and Palma in the Balearic islands. The Bahama Mama

19 Apr, 2023 @ 19:15

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca·Valencia·Valencian Community

‘Enough with drugs, drunks and fights’: Residents of Palma neighbourhood up in arms over gangs and yobs in Spain’s Mallorca

THE citizens of a troubled, gang-ridden Palma neighbourhood are up in arms over ongoing yobbish and thuggish behaviour. Residents of Carrer Faust Bonafe in Son

19 Apr, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·Mallorca

Squatter under 24-hour police protection from escaped violent ex in Mallorca found to have been harbouring him all along

A WOMAN who was under 24-hour police protection after her abusive ex managed to escape from jail was discovered to have been harbouring him in

19 Apr, 2023 @ 15:00

Lead·Mallorca

Police Raid Brothel To Arrest 'madame' Who Exploited Women On Spain's Mallorca

Brothel raided by police to arrest ‘madame’ who exploited women on Spain’s Mallorca

A 43-year-old Argentinian brothel owner in the Pere Garau district of Palma has been arrested for crimes relating to prostitution and infringing labour laws. The

10 Apr, 2023 @ 18:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Businesses Could Close Due To Paseo Maritimo Revamp Works In Palma On Spain's Mallorca

Bars and restaurants could close due to Palma’s Paseo Maritimo revamp works on Spain’s Mallorca

BUSINESSES in Palma’s Paseo Maritimo area- which is undergoing a major conversion to a boulevard- say they are struggling to survive as people are not

6 Apr, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Man barricades himself in room and threatens to set fire to hospital in Spain’s Mallorca

A MAN threatened to set fire to the Son Llatzer hospital in Palma after hearing he was going to lose custody rights to his new-born

23 Mar, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Delivery company removed after thousands of fine-notification letters get dumped in Spain’s Mallorca

PALMA council will use a new company to notify people about fines after the current contractor CI Postal didn’t deliver notifications on time or employees

9 Mar, 2023 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Mallorca

Ilegal Airbnb-style flats in Spain's Valencia are causing a drop in hotel bookings, claim industry leaders

Fraudster lies about advance payment to enjoy free stays in hotels on Spain’s Mallorca

A conman duped three Palma hotels out of over €3,000 by falsely claiming he’d paid beforehand. The fraudster used online reservation sites and produced fake

6 Mar, 2023 @ 12:24

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Rain and snow storms batter Mallorca and rest of Spain’s Balearic Islands

STORM Juliette has left significant amounts and rain and snow in the Balaeric Islands with power cuts and closed roads causing problems in Mallorca, which

28 Feb, 2023 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca·Menorca·Weather

Family exposed to toxic fumes in Palma, rushed to hospital

Six people have been rushed to hospital with poisoning after being exposed to fumes from a butane stove in Palma. The four women and two

26 Feb, 2023 @ 14:23

Balearic Islands·Health·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Spain’s Mallorca plays host again to one of the country’s biggest fairs

ONE of Spain’s biggest fairs- the Ram fair- returns to Mallorca this Friday and runs until April 16. Son Fusteret in Palma will once again

23 Feb, 2023 @ 15:32

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Robbers who stole Rolex watch from elderly man on Mallorca street in Spain are caught by police

TWO members of a Mallorca robbery gang have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Palma and Barcelona, with a third person still at large.

23 Feb, 2023 @ 13:03

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Two thieves jailed for 14 years after committing four robberies in a day in Spain’s Mallorca

TWO Mallorca robbers have been jailed for 14 years after staging four hold-ups in less than a day in April 2022. The men- with a

23 Feb, 2023 @ 11:57

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

New Look Coming To Big Square In Spain's Palma De Mallorca With Non Slip Surface For Pedestrians

Key square in Spain’s Palma de Mallorca getting new look with non-slip surface for pedestrians

PALMA’S Plaza de España is getting a €2.5 million upgrade including the renewal of the underground sewage system which dates back to 1945. Work started

9 Feb, 2023 @ 15:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Firefighter from Spain’s Mallorca joins rescue efforts in Turkey

MALLORCAN firefighter, Toni Jaume, has travelled to Turkey to help in the rescue efforts following Monday’s earthquake disaster. 42-year-old Toni from Palma(pictured left with colleague)

9 Feb, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Mallorca rapist who assaulted store owner three times gets 37-year jail term in Spain

Mallorca rapist who assaulted store owner on three occasions gets 37-year jail term in Spain

A MAN, 22, has been given a 37-year prison sentence for robbing and raping the same Mallorca shopkeeper on three different occasions. The assailant pled

26 Jan, 2023 @ 12:50

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British gang charged over mass food poisoning scam involving hotels on Spain’s Mallorca

EIGHT British people are being prosecuted for fraud by a Palma court after setting up a scam to make money out of bogus cases of

26 Jan, 2023 @ 12:21

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Forgetful father faces homicide charge in Spain after 'his daughter, 2, dies in locked car in ordeal lasting for hours

Elderly couple found dead after two months in Spain’s Mallorca with suicide pact suspected

THE Policia Nacional believe an elderly couple may have entered into a suicide pact after their bodies were found in their Palma apartment. The landlord

4 Jan, 2023 @ 11:22

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Spain's Mallorca Stages Ancient Ceremony As Curtain Raiser To New Year's Eve Celebrations

Spain’s Mallorca stages ancient banner carrying ceremony ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations

ONE of Europe’s oldest non-religious celebrations takes place in Palma, Mallorca this Saturday. The Festa de l’Estandard(banner) has its roots back to the early 13th

31 Dec, 2022 @ 08:30

Balearic Islands·La Cultura·Lead·Mallorca

British woman fatally mowed down by car on Spain’s Mallorca with driver claiming a puncture

A British woman died and a man- also British- suffered serious injuries in Palma on Wednesday when a vehicle hit them while waiting to use

22 Dec, 2022 @ 11:26

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Menorca man in Spain jailed after putting lethal dose of MDMA inside wife’s glass of sangria

A man who murdered his wife after lacing her glass of sangria with MDMA before drowning her in a jacuzzi in Menorca has been jailed

17 Dec, 2022 @ 13:30

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

Strep A Cases Above Normal Levels Among Children On Spain's Mallorca

Strep A cases rise above normal levels among children on Spain’s Mallorca

THREE children with serious cases of the invasive streptococcal A infection are currently in Palma’s Son Espases Hospital. Six infections have been confirmed since November

15 Dec, 2022 @ 11:32

Balearic Islands·Health·Lead·Mallorca

Palma residents on Spain’s Mallorca slapped with hefty traffic fines blame delivery company for not handing over letters

HUNDREDS of residents of Palma face having to pay hefty traffic fines from previous years because, they claim, the company in charge of delivering them

2 Nov, 2022 @ 18:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

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‘My only purpose in life is to f*** you!’: Mallorca bar owner ordered to pay compensation to Spanish rivals after years-long campaign of harassment

A Palma bar owner has been sanctioned over a years-long campaign of harassment against a rival bar that saw him make false accusations against them

1 Nov, 2022 @ 18:30

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

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