Islands plan tighter short term rental rules with police backup
Locals, hotels angered by spread of holiday home listings.
Balearics wants EU to help combat illegal holiday lets
The Balearics receives more than 15 million tourists throughout the year.
Surge in small boats in the Balearics: 154 migrants rescued since Saturday
All will be processed by immigration authorities.
Arrest
Eight illegal immigrants caught in Minorca
The National Police in Minorca have arrested eight illegal immigrants who arrived on the island in a small boat in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Employment
Offer to recruit Palma illegal sellers
There has been further growth in the activity since town hall ordinance ceased to expressly prohibit it.
Nautical
Pirate charter boats proliferating in Alcudia and Pollensa
Legitimate charter operators want the Guardia Civil to check on the pirates, who "are robbing us of a thousand euros a day through their illegal practices".
Construction
Council getting serious about illegal building demolition
The Council of Majorca has ordered more demolitions because of illegal building in the past six months than there had been for the previous three years.
- The tourism dam has burst its banks
- New setback for Britons travelling to Mallorca from Sunday, September 1
- Record holiday season? Tell that to the Mallorca bars and restaurants whose takings have nosedived
- Rave on a plane from Liverpool to the Balearics
- Mallorca hoteliers laughing all the way to the bank this summer