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Air crash in the Balearics
Full investigation has been opened.
Storm, sunloungers and suffering pensioners: Mallorca news round-up
Some of the stories that have made the news over recent days.
All Britons need to know about the new EU travel entry scheme
You will have a photo of your face taken, and your fingerprints scanned.
Manacor murders were an exorcism
Miquel Binimelis believed his mother and brother had been possessed.
"Brave and decisive" measures needed to unclog Mallorca's roads
The Council of Mallorca, the government, Soller town hall - they are all talking about the possibility of limiting the number of vehicles.
Palma residents to denounce the town hall for nightlife noise
The federation of residents associations wants to be involved with discussions on the revised tourism of excesses decree.
British tourist arrested for sexual assault on flight to Palma
He touched three women, including a stewardess.
Spain abolishes national bullfighting award in cultural shift
Opposition to bullfighting is growing.
Mallorca plans tourism limits
Tourist industry has to grow “in value and not in volume, in quality and not in quantity”.
Residents demanding an end to Soller tourist overcrowding
Long tailbacks heading to Soller, and traffic congestion in Soller.
Palma being turned into a "mega-terrace"
The Partido Popular administration is accused of being permissive and of creating "chaos".
More businesses than ever in Mallorca, and almost a fifth are hospitality
A record number of businesses can't disguise a fundamental problem with the Balearic economy.
Valldemossa road closed temporarily following a rockfall
Rockfalls in the mountains do happen from time to time.
A hotel in Palma is evacuated after a fire broke out in a boiler
The incident took place at around 10.30am.
The 'ground zero' of the lightning strike that startled Palma
Residents in Calle Aragón in Palma were the epicentre of a very intense electrical storm that hit their rooftop on Sunday.
The Council will resurface seven kilometres of Palma's 'Vía de Cintura' at night
More than 20 years without reinforcing the road surface.
Balearic government accused of promoting drunken tourism
Stung by criticisms from business associations, the tourism minister is now promising full consultation.
Man arrested for sending death threats to Balearic president
Four people appeared wearing hoods in front of an ‘Estelada’ flag with two of them carrying firearms.
90-day loop hole for young Britons heading for Spain
Difficult for young Britons to work the holiday seasons in the EU.
Mallorca takes off to new heights of super luxury
It’s not cheap however: It costs $115,000 a day and seats up to 48 people.
The power of the lightning that shook Palma is the equivalent of 21,600 washing machines!
On Monday many traffic lights in Palma did not work and some are still being repaired. Watch the video of the lightning.
Dismembered and set on fire - the mother murdered by her son in Manacor
Miquel Binimelis has a long history of psychiatric illness.
A driver loses control and ends up crashing into a tree in front of a Palma high school
Hundreds of young people were leaving class and came across the accident.
Double murder in Manacor: Man kills his mother and brother
The arrested man suffers from psychiatric problems.
Man caught in possession of disability card belonging to a person who died 13 years ago
An average of seven to eight fines are given per week for misappropriation, falsification, or duplication of these cards.
Spain's Sanchez says he will stay on as PM
Sanchez said he had informed King Felipe VI of his decision.
Woman seriously injured after a head-on collision with another car in sa Pobla
The woman was trapped in the metal heap and had to be rescued by the fire brigade.
Spain's PM Pedro Sanchez will announce decision on resignation at 11am
It will be a televised reading statement.
England star apologises for Palma club incident, denies any violence
Spanish police investigation is now closed.
Fines for fraudulent registrations of illegal immigrants
The National Police have been checking town hall registers.
Tramuntana traffic cameras - Resignation demanded
New cameras to combat illegal races but they don't measure speed or noise.
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Sunloungers set ablaze in Alcudia
- Spanish pensioners stuck at Palma Airport for fourteen hours
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights