Crime
20 arrested in Magalluf and Palmanova
Police operation against drug dealing and public order offenses in key resorts.
Police
120 new bobbies on the beat in Palma
The town hall and the local police have identified the capital’s blackspots needing extra police.
Police
Police fining Playa de Palma businesses in corruption probe
Despite the pledges and promises from City Hall, the Playa de Palma has become a highly conflictive resort again this summer with Neo Nazis on the loose.
Police
Tighter police for Calvia
There was agreement as to an easing of tension and of anti-social behaviour, in Magalluf in particular.
Majorca
Police on the beaches: the week in Majorca
The Guardia Civil intervened in beach unruliness, there were worries about the lack of local police, the fight against false compensation claims was having some success, and there was a curious plan for the bay of Palma.
Society
National Police and Guardia are Balearics' most admired institutions
Political parties receive the lowest approval rating among a total of fourteen institutions.
Police
Three children found living with their dead mother for days
For the moment, the police are ruling out foul play as it appears that the mother of three died a natural death, but the autopsy will reveal the exact cause of death.
Police
Calls for more summer police on the beat
Presence of foreign police officers in the Balearics will continue during the summer season.
Police
Police overcome by toxic gas at suicide scene in Palma
Three members of the National Police were overcome by fumes from a toxic cloud at the scene ofa suicide in Palma yesterday.
Majorca
Fines, financing and bad management: the week in Majorca
The tourism ministry was relishing the opportunity to add significantly to government coffers through revenue from fines, the Canaries joined forces with the Balearics to pressurise Madrid into giving them better deals, unemployment was up and Palma town hall admitted it had a problem with its management.
Police
Es Jonquet blighted by noise from street drinking
"The police don't come. We don't see them and we've stopped ringing them because they say they are busy."
Police
Calvia police made 100 arrests during the summer
Over a quarter of the "actions" that police were involved with were for illegal selling.
Police
Illegal selling out of control in Playa de Palma
Lack of police and lack of police action are being blamed for the problems in Playa de Palma.
Police
Palma police charges for street drinking up by 700%
There were 929 charges for breaches of the bylaw on street drinking, of which 126 were classified as having been serious.
Majorca
Appalling and all-including: the week in Majorca
Police had to deal with the grim and the nasty but provided a hero. There was rain and there was the tourism minister talking all-inclusives, holiday rentals and tourist tax.
Majorca
Tourist tax, rentals, ice-cream, prostitutes: the week in Majorca
The hoteliers federation's challenge to the tourist tax was accepted, Airbnb was in the firing-line, police were being dismissed, the ice-cream saga of Pollensa continued and Calvia was no longer taking prostitutes to court.
Police
Palma and Pollensa town halls dismiss police sentenced for kicking prisoner
The court said that the prisoner, who was drunk and tied up, had been the victim of "contemptuous and humiliating" degradation.
Magalluf
Hotel expulsions in Magalluf increase by 50%
Hotels have been less permissive this year when it comes to hooligan and excessive behaviour.
Crime
Palma graffiti artists caught red-handed
The police intercepted two 21-year-olds, both Palma residents, and seized spray cans, marker pens and more.
Police
Port police upset by Palma local police action against illegal sellers
The port police object to what they see as an "invasion" of their powers by the town hall.