Four dead, 21 injured in Mallorca as restaurant roof collapses
The roof of a restaurant in the Balearic island of Mallorca collapsed on Thursday evening, killing four people and injuring 21 others, local authorities said....
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England rugby star Billy Vunipola pays €240 fine after being tasered and arrested in Mallorca
England and Saracens rugby player Billy Vunipola was arrested and fined for ‘disobedience’ and resisting arrest following an incident in Mallorca, Spanish police said on...
Right-wing opposition calls for resignations in ‘Koldo scandal’
The Spanish coalition government is under increasing pressure from the country’s right-wing opposition due to a scandal involving the purchase of face masks during the...
PSOE suspend ex-minister Ábalos, who will now serve as an independent MP
#UPDATED at 19h on Tuesday 27 February The PSOE socialists have now temporarily suspended former transport minister José Luis Ábalos from the party, following his...
Spanish airports saw record 283 million passengers in 2023
Passenger traffic at Spanish airports hit a record high in 2023 as tourism rebounded strongly after several years of disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. A...
Mallorcan rapper returns to Spain from Belgium after years avoiding extradition
A Mallorcan rapper who fled Spain after he was sentenced to jail for praising terrorism in his songs returned to the country on Sunday, after...
Spanish customs officers seize record 8.3 tonnes of hashish in Ibiza
Spanish customs officers said on Wednesday that they have seized over eight tonnes of hashish on the island of Ibiza – the biggest ever bust of...
Migration paragraph left out of EU statement at end of summit in Granada
A planned section on migration was finally left out at the conclusion of the European Union’s informal summit in Granada (Andalusia) on Friday, after Poland and Hungary...
Six tourists arrested over alleged gang rape of British woman in Mallorca
Spanish police said on Wednesday that they had arrested five French tourists and a Swiss holidaymaker on suspicion of gang rape of an 18-year-old British...
Extremadura becomes third region of Spain to be jointly governed by PP & Vox
Spain’s right-wing People’s Party (PP) and the far-right Vox group said on Friday that they had reached a deal to jointly govern the Extremadura region...
