Balearic Islands News & Information

Winds of up to 122kmph were registered last night in the Sierra de Alfabia, in the Tramuntana area of Mallorca thanks to storm 'Bella', which has been battering northern Europe since last Saturday. Gusts of up...

Spain's Rafael Nadal has been chosen by fellow players as the winner of the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award in this year's ATP Awards. The world no. 2 wins this honour for a third straight year and fourth time...

TOP tennis star Rafael Nadal has been awarded the greatest distinction possible in the Greater Madrid region in recognition of not only his sporting achievements, but his overall attitude to his career – one that is...

MALLORCA'S Joan Mir is officially the 2020 MotoGP world champion in what is only the second year since 2013 when the top slot has not been occupied by young prodigy Marc Márquez.

PROVING he has more than one string to his racquet, tennis ace Rafael Nadal has just come sixth in the Balearic Professional Golf Championships in a gruelling 54-hole tournament won by Sebastián García.

BEYOND even the Princess of Asturias Award – Spain's answer to what would be a Nobel Prize for Sport – the Great Cross of the Royal Order for Sporting Merit is every athlete's or player's Holy Grail, and...

HISTORIC Formula 1 great Michael Schumacher is now living permanently in Spain, according to the ex-wife of his old team manager.

BALEARIC-BASED carrier Air Europa has slashed its prices for the next 10 days for flights scheduled between now and June 17 next year.

More than de 60 baby loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) hatched in Cala Pilar (Ciutadella) this weekend from an egg lay that the local environmental authorities were completely unaware of. The turtles were born in the...

ANYONE who is reluctant to take a holiday this year because of the virus – or cannot afford to – might want to think about going on a 'daycation' instead.

HEIR to the throne Princess Leonor and her sister, the Infanta Sofía had their eyes opened this week when they visited a centre for deprived children and teenagers in Mallorca, an island where the Royal family usually...

TENNIS' biggest rivals – but also great friends – whenever Manacor-born Rafael Nadal and Switzerland's Roger Federer come face to face on the court, spectators know they're in for a nailbiting match.