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TRAVELLERS from beyond the EU have been bracing for ‘nightmare’ scenarios at European airports since the new digital border control system was gradually rolled out across the continent in October 2025. But the moment of truth arrived last week on…
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,…
BUDGET carrier Ryanair has paid nearly €5,000 to a passenger scalded by hot coffee during a flight to Mallorca. The out-of-court settlement went to Denise Elliott, 63, from Hampshire who was travelling with a group of friends from Bournemouth. En…
EYE-OPENING new figures have lifted the lid on Spain’s best and worst airports for delays and cancellations. According to data crunched by boffins at AirHelp – an online service that helps airline passengers apply for compensation – more than one…
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…
AN entire Costa del Sol urbanisation has been classified as the most expensive street for property buyers in Spain. The annual price survey by the Idealista property portal puts the exclusive Coto Zagaleta urbanisation in Benahavis at the top 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…
‘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…
