Keep your shirt on in Mallorca or pay the fine
You will also be faced with a hefty fine if you decide to leap off your balcony into the swimming pool.
Train fight ahead of Santa Maria night of street drinking and vandalism
Residents say that Santa Maria was "a disaster" on Saturday night.
Soller residents denouncing street drinking and noise
Said to now be a nightly occurrence.
Spotlight North: The anger in Puerto Alcudia
Police sources indicate that there were half a dozen major fights over the night of Saturday into Sunday.
Arenal residents protest at Spanish students' nightly street parties
Bars closing at midnight may have something to do with this, but students and their noise have been issues for several years.
Let's get this street party started: the week in Mallorca
Curfew gone, social gatherings limits annulled; the party was on. Meanwhile, the traffic lights were stuck.
Street drinking in Palma, Mallorca
Botellón in Palma.
Controls to be strengthened to prevent street-drinking gatherings
Iago Negueruela stresses that the "botellón" is in any event prohibited.
Police
Palma police target street women and drinking
Police acted against a total of 27 Nigerian women in Playa de Palma.
Fiestas
Muro taking measures to curb Easter Monday drinking
The Sant Vicenç pancaritat pilgrimage-picnic in Muro has acquired a reputation for being an excuse for youthful drinking.
Bylaws
Tougher regulation of street drinking
Proposed ordinance from the town halls federation, Felib, is tougher than what most town halls have at present.
Police
Extra police being drafted into Paguera
Calvia police are seeking to avoid a repeat of the mass brawl in Paguera last weekend.
Police
Magalluf street boozing is a bigger problem in the winter
The number of illegal street drinking incidents is seven times higher than during the summer.
Bylaws
Alcudia getting tougher on street drinking
Tougher bylaw and more police controls for dealing with Alcudia street drinking.
Society
Town halls coming together to deal with fiesta-time drinking parties
The problems caused by the "botellón" and the number of people involved are increasing, especially at fiesta time.
Police
Es Jonquet blighted by noise from street drinking
"The police don't come. We don't see them and we've stopped ringing them because they say they are busy."
Society
Palma residents demanding town hall action against noise
Bars, restaurants, traffic and street drinking are all blamed for increasing noise.
Police
Palma police charges for street drinking up by 700%
There were 929 charges for breaches of the bylaw on street drinking, of which 126 were classified as having been serious.
Police
Quarter of a million in fines in one week for Playa de Palma drinking
Since 10 June, there have been 163 violations of the bylaw on street drinking.
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Comment
Palma could do with a bit of a spring clean
The mayor of Palma was in pole position when it came to cleaning last year, but he appears to have run out of gas.
Humphrey Carter27/03/2024 16:41