Massive security crackdown in Playa de Palma
The police presence will be increased and the officers will be provided with more resources, especially at night.
Humphrey Carter26/02/2025 16:39 Border control
Britons will soon have to provide fingerprints landing in Mallorca
Passport control officers will scan your fingerprints or take a photo of your face.
How Valldemossa is winning the war on pickpockets
Countless arrests have been made.
Greece and Portugal cash in as Spain says adios to Golden visa
Spain is also planning to introduce a new tax on non-resident/non EU property purchases.
Mallorca set to welcome back young British seasonal workers
British prime minister Keir Starmer is preparing to offer European nations a new youth mobility scheme.
Police tackle crime wave in top Mallorca resort
Local council under pressure to take concrete measures such as increasing the police presence in the area.
Travel
Majority of Britons will avoid “overcrowded” destinations
63% of Britons likely to reject a destination because of overcrowding.
Residents furious in Palma NO-GO area
‘They come into our crowded restaurant, ask for cigarettes, money - or steal spoons to inject themselves with.’
Airbnb to provide a Mallorca phone service for residents to report "disturbances"
For reporting Airbnb tourist noise, vandalism and anti-social behaviour.
- Another body found by a Mallorca beach
- The growing problem in the Balearics of the illegal marketing of second homes as tourist accommodation
- As the town hall announces 21 million euros investment, Playa de Palma residents denounce drugs and homelessness
- Sunday weather in Mallorca - Feeling some effect from Storm Jana
- Balearic government plans big increase in tax on cruise ship passengers and even a cash levy on hire cars