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BRITISH property hunters are in for a shock as lawmakers weigh plans to ban non-residents from buying homes on the Balearic Islands. Left-wing party Mes per Mallorca has drafted a proposal that would bar anyone from purchasing property in Mallorca,…
TORRENTIAL rain has hit the Mediterranean coast triggering flash floods and leaving tourists stranded. The extreme weather, driven by Storm Alice, has flooded streets, triggered emergency alerts and caused severe travel disruption. Ibiza, Barcelona and Formentera are among the popular…
AUTHORITIES in Menorca have shut down an illegal well supplying a luxury hotel where suites cost up to $3,000 a night, even as the island suffers one of its worst droughts in decades. The Cap Menorca agrotourism complex, which boasts…
THE theft of a gold chain turned into a disaster for a man who was bitten by his victim and then chased down by eye-witnesses in Palma. He was arrested by the Policia Nacional on a charge of robbery with…
A SENIOR Spanish police inspector has been thrown behind bars without bail over claims he leaked top-secret information to a ruthless European drug gang. Inspector Faustino Nogales, once head of the elite Group II Narcotics Unit in Palma, was arrested…
THE Balearic Islands faced another wave of migrant arrivals, as 351 people reached the archipelago in 20 separate pateras within 48 hours. The latest boat, carrying 20 passengers, was spotted late Thursday night off the southeast coast of Cabrera. Earlier…
‘BIENVENIDO tourists!’ say a group of Mallorca hoteliers who are hitting back against anti-tourism protests seen on the island. Thousands of residents took to Palma’s streets in June, urging tourists to stay home and not overwhelm the island they call…
A BRITISH tourist was brought back to life after suffering a cardiac arrest while in a Mallorca hotel swimming pool. The 67-year-old man was enjoying a dip shortly before 3pm on Wednesday at the unnamed hotel in Sa Coma. Emergency…
THE Balearic Islands parliament has approved a controversial new law that will allow rural land to be used for new homes. It has also pardons illegal constructions on protected land in the Serra de Tramuntana before 1991 when the Law…
TWO British men have been arrested by the Guardia Civil for attempted murder following a mass brawl on Sunday morning in Palmanova, Mallorca. The Brits, aged 24 and 33, have also been charged with causing injury and public order disturbances.…
