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Will Starmer be returning to Soller for New Year?
If he does come back to Mallorca he better watch his 90 day movements!
Mallorca driver eight times over the limit with a 4 year old child
The man is charged with an alleged offence against road safety and has not yet been able to prove that he has a valid driving licence in Spain, so he could also be investigated for this offence.
Russian cargo ship sinks in Mediterranean heading south of Mallorca
LSEG ship tracking data shows the vessel departed from the Russian port of St. Petersburg on Dec. 11 and was last seen sending a signal at 2204 GMT on Monday between Algeria and Spain where it sank - any futher and she would have been off Mallorca.
Mallorca police investigating serious injuries to a baby
The baby was admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit.
Palma has a week to decide if buses will be 'free' in 2025
The town hall has regularly complained that the subsidy is insufficient.
Report points to potentially massive pandemic aid fraud in the Balearics
The Public Audit Office has drawn attention to a "total lack of control" in verifying aid requests.
New helicopter for Mallorca’s firefighters
In the last ten years, he stressed, this unit has tripled its number of rescues, from 100 to 300 sorties a year.
Palma will not fine for the Low Emission Zone in 2025
The council had initially reported that there would be a three-month moratorium, but has finally decided to extend it to the whole year in order to carry out “an information campaign” so that citizens are clear about the rules.
Britons told to “reconsider” Mallorca
Fodor’s other destinations of concern are Bali, Indonesia, Koh Samui, Thailand, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy, British Virgin Islands, Kerala, India, Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan,Oaxaca, Mexico, Scotland North Coast 500 and Mount Everest.
Fresh move to scrap new tourist registration scheme in Spain
This situation causes a competitive disadvantage with respect to the European market, as obligations are imposed on companies that the national laws of other European states do not impose.
Mallorca's tourism sustainability pact - Where is it going?
The ambitions for the social and political pact for sustainability are that it will lead to economic transformation. Will it?
Santa Ponsa businesses suffering losses because of roadworks are considering legal action
One restaurant has seen revenue drop by up to 70 per cent.
190 million euro investment in Mallorca water treatment plants
Plants in Palma and Can Picafort plus a new submarine outfall.
Calvia acquires the old Es Capdellà convent
It has been bought at a price below market value.
Highly polluting materials on the Alcudia seabed and no one is doing anything about them
A boat sank during a recent storm; nothing has been done with it.
Two deaths, five accidents on Mallorca's roads on Friday evening
The two fatalities were in Felanitx and Palma.
Sentences of 12 and 15 years for the death of a tourist in Mallorca
Tim Vogt was thrown out of a van and killed when he was run over.
Free public transport in Mallorca all year in 2025
No confirmation as yet whether Palma's buses will be free.
Two-year sentence for Palma pyromaniac
He started four fires in the space of half an hour.
A luxury 'castle' of events in Mallorca - but does it have the necessary licence?
A licence has been issued, but it is being challenged as planning regulations only allow residential use.
The 'double life' of the man accused of the Marratxi murder
Sebastián confessed to his girlfriend that he had killed Federico.
'Free' public transport in the Balearics for the first six months of 2025
The Spanish Government intends to gradually reduce the universality of the funding for free transport.
Cybercrime threat to the Balearics rises
Crime in Spain - both conventional and cybercrime - has risen by 1.2% up to the third quarter of 2024 compared to last year.
Top Spanish job for former British Ambassador to Spain
Elliott took up the post of Ambassador to Spain and non-resident Ambassador Extraordinary to Andorra in August 2019.
UPDATE: Spain probes Airbnb in crackdown on tourism rentals
Other European countries including Italy and Croatia have also taken measures to limit the growth of tourism rentals.
Spain's Navantia to buy shipyards of Titanic builder Harland & Wolff
The government said the deal would ensure three ships to transport munitions, spares and supplies to UK aircraft carriers would be built and delivered.
Mallorca home to nearly one million people
The population of Calvià has reached 53,826 inhabitants on 1 January 2024.
Tourist accused of causing the death of a Palma Airport worker insists he never touched her
The defence maintains there is a lack of evidence.
Balearic Government open to a reduction in the working week
But the government stresses the need for caution, as the Balearic economy is "intensive in services".
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