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Blow to the Balearics: Guided tour crackdown in Spain’s Mallorca ‘treats tourists like animals and guides like criminals’
TOUR guides in Palma are up in arms over proposed new rules to crack down on group sizes that they say are not only illegal ...
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Spain’s anti-tourism protesters are ‘training’ locals ahead of high-season as they vow to ‘intensify’ campaign
ANTI-tourism protesters in Spain are ‘training’ to prepare for the high season as they ‘intensify’ their crusade. A Spanish ...
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Spain to crack down on phone scammers -here’s how
COMPANIES and public bodies in Spain will be banned from making spam phone calls via mobile numbers to cut down on potential ...
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‘Drug mummy’ is busted at major Spanish airport: Suspect used bandages to strap cocaine to his body
A DRUG 'mummy' with 2.3 kilos of cocaine bandaged round his legs has been arrested at Barcelona Airport. The man had arrived ...
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Can hotels in Spain photocopy your ID? All you need to know after tourist wins legal battle
A HOTEL in Cantabria has been fined €1,500 for turning a customer away after they refused to photocopy their ID. They were ...
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Homeless crisis hits Mallorca’s hotspots as spate of thefts reported at Palma airport ahead of Spain’s tourist season
THE Balearic’s ongoing housing crisis is causing homeless people to seek shelter in makeshift homes around the islands, ...
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Child drug mules are being sent across the Gibraltar Strait into Spain – as police issue warning over growing narco threat
CHILDREN are being used to smuggle drugs into mainland Spain, it has emerged. The Policia Nacional today said it had detained ...
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‘What pigs!’: Mallorca local blasts tourists for polluting habit
A MALLORCA local has blasted tourists for throwing rubbish off tour buses.  Ever taken a red tourist bus to discover a new ...
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Fears for missing New York banker who vanished from Spain’s Costa del Sol over two weeks ago
AN appeal has been launched to find a missing US tourist who vanished from the Costa del Sol more than two weeks ago. Grant ...
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Gibraltar’s McGrail inquiry to reconvene over ‘the late disclosure of Whatsapp messages’ – while its key players engage in a war of words
THE so-called McGrail Inquiry will reconvene for three days in order to address missing Whatsapp evidence that has come to ...
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Enormous family entertainment complex ‘unlike anything that exists in Malaga’ set to hit Spain’s Costa del Sol in 2026
A MAJOR new family leisure complex is set to be open in Malaga in 2026. The 15,000-square-metre entertainment project, near ...