Mallorca is inundated each year with British and European tourists, and now Americans could be the next group to head to the popular Mediterranean island. It comes as Mallorca was named as one of the top five destinations in the world to travel to this year by Forbes magazine. Despite the Balearic island’s huge popularity […]
SPANISH and Moroccan police have dismantled an alleged Islamic State cell consisting of three people ready to commit terrorist acts. The Policia Nacional arrested two men in the Almeria area while Moroccan counterparts detained a man south of Agadir. The detentions happened simultaneously but a statement issued in Morocco does not say when the arrests
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A journalist on a far-right Murcia region website- La Tribuna de Cartagena– has been given a three-year jail term for publishing photos of a woman raped by the infamous ‘La Manada'(Wolf Pack) gang during the 2016 Pamplona bull runs. The La Opinion de Murcia newspaper reports that Josele Sanchez has also been ordered to pay
LIFE will be ‘very uncomfortable’ if there is no post-Brexit EU treaty, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo admitted in his New Year’s speech. As Spanish politicians, academics and unions urged Madrid not to give up on negotiation, Picardo insisted he would never do anything to harm British sovereignty. But the GSLP leader – who will run
Some stars from Hollywood will be in Mallorca this month as shooting starts for a big drama series Hollywood star Nicole Kidman will be in Mallorca this month as shooting starts for Lioness, a series created by Taylor Sheridan for Paramount+. The Australian actress will also serve as an executive producer for the series, with
FOUR gang members have been arrested for kidnapping and injurying a man in Callosa de Segura. The victim was held for four days last April before escaping during a 60 kilometre transfer to El Campello. The 54-year-old Italian gang leader had links to the Neapolitan Camorra crime gang back in his native country. Though the
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Cancer Support Mallorca are putting on a number of fundraising events in 2023 after a successful Christmas period that included not one but two Christmas fairs, as well as special events in Son Llatzer and Son Espases. Tramnuntathlon A multi-sport triathlon event set in the Serra de Tramuntana, the mountain range forming the spine of
THE Guardia Civil is investigating the death of a German couple in their Teulada house in Alicante Province. A man called emergency services after discovering the bodies of the elderly man and woman. They were said to be embraced but there have been no further details about the circumstances of their deaths. The Guardia Civil
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Instead of getting hitched, a couple from Mallorca were arrested instead after police uncovered the real reason behind their marriage. The pair in Mallorca were recently arrested over the fictitious marriage which involved an exchange of €4000 euros. Policia Nacional agents in Manacor arrested the couple and are investigating a worker from a town hall
POLICE have busted an Alicante Province gang that exported stolen cars to France following two-and-a-half years of investigations. 15 people have been arrested in a pain-staking three-phase operation with 17 vehicles recovered. Vehicles were not returned after being acquired through rental or long-term lease contracts, or were simply stolen from car parks. Bogus identities were
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