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Footage of the armed suspect in Palma.

Mallorca knife attacker arrested at gunpoint

The police have doubts about some of the versions given.

Humphrey Carter21/01/2025 12:52

The housing problem is driving the anti-mass tourism movement.

Short term rental regulations will cost Spain billions and jobs

This year, ten million euros will be spent in the Balearics in the ongoing fight against illegal holiday rentals.

Humphrey Carter21/01/2025 11:47

The lack of affordable housing in Mallorca and across Spain is a mounting problem.

Spain PM looks for support for ban on non-EU citizens buying properties

Over 65 percent of readers maintain Spain is taking the wrong approach to solving the housing problem.

Humphrey CarterReuters21/01/2025 09:35

Rugulopterix okamurae seaweed in Tarifa, Andalusia

Mallorca coasts threatened by invasive seaweed

Preventive measures are needed against Rugulopterix okamurae.

Andrew Ede21/01/2025 09:23

The authorities are cracking down on illegal holiday rentals.

Illegal tourist flats in Mallorca to be closed down

The Balearic Islands are ramping up their economic, technological, and human resources to combat illegal activities in the tourist rental sector.

Humphrey Carter20/01/2025 13:01

Firefighters at the scene of the blaze.

Dog dies in Mallorca motorhome blaze

Controversy over motorhome and caravans in Mallorca has been mounting

Humphrey Carter20/01/2025 10:34

Pedro Fiol, the president of Aviba, the Balearic Association of Travel Agents, told the Bulletin that the region may have reached a tipping point and needs to have a serious think about the direction in which it wants the tourist industry to travel in the

“Mallorca can’t continue putting prices up but offer nothing new”

“I’m on holiday. I’ve invested in that destination, I’m spending money there, I’m helping the local economy, it’s up to the politicians to sort out their domestic problems, not me and I shouldn’t be blamed for them either.”

Humphrey Carter19/01/2025 18:37

Squatters at a hotel in Mallorca

Last squatters leave Cala Bona aparthotel

Left on the condition that no civil or criminal action is taken against them.

Andrew Ede19/01/2025 12:38

The Night Manager: Episode 3 Teaser 1

Night Manager set in Pollensa opening to the public; and the glamour of Formentor

A pilot scheme for visits to La Fortalesa by groups of senior citizens will start in February.

Andrew Ede19/01/2025 11:43

Ski-resort accident in Jaca, Spain

Two 18-year-olds seriously injured in Spain ski-lift accident

Around eighty people were on the ski lift at the time of the accident.

Agencies18/01/2025 19:17

Water being supplied at a Mallorca hotel squat

The Cala Bona hotel squat waiting game

Only three squatters remain, and the Guardia Civil hope their resistance will soon end.

Andrew Ede18/01/2025 11:42

The weapon confiscated by the police in Palma.

Gunman arrested for threatening to shoot Mallorca police

It has been recently reported that Aragon, the Canary Islands and the Balearics are the autonomous communities with the highest increase in crime up to the third quarter of 2024.

Humphrey CarterGuillermo Esteban18/01/2025 10:07

The pine climb in Pollensa, Mallorca

16-year-old conquers Pollensa's Sant Antoni pine

It took Jaume Coll just twenty minutes to be the first to the top of the pine.

Andrew Ede18/01/2025 09:12

Palma, Mallorca

Palma affordable housing - The town hall's number one priority

The housing councillor stresses that "housing is a problem that we must confront".

Andrew Ede18/01/2025 08:07

Opponents of a giant chicken farm in Mallorca

Government blocks the plan for a giant chicken farm in Mallorca

A decree outlaws poultry farms on the scale that had been planned for Sineu.

Andrew Ede17/01/2025 18:19