The shipping companies have warned this Thursday that the future law to limit vehicles in Mallorca could shift some of the tourism that currently arrives by car towards air transport. The president of Baleària, Adolfo Utor, gave the example of the restrictions applied in Ibiza, where the arrival of tourist vehicles has fallen by 11% during the first half of 2026. As he warned, this limitation could end up favoring visitors arriving by plane. Nevertheless, he insisted that it will be necessary to measure to what extent the regulation is effective and what results it yields.

Summer concentrates the months with the highest road accident rates of the year. To the excesses of major festivals, revelry, and alcohol consumption, other risk factors must be added, which multiply with the arrival of good weather, such as distractions while driving and speeding. But the increase in accidents during the summer months is also explained by the appearance of heat, one of the factors that most influence driving safety, as it slows down drivers' reaction and concentration capacity. However, it is relatively simple to keep this summer factor under control by following a series of tips that we will now explain to you.

The Consell de Mallorca has approved a protocol regarding the use of official cars after the controversy experienced in recent months. A law that seems tailor-made for all the complaints and grievances regarding the use that "was made of the second vice-president of the Mallorca Council, Pedro Bestard, of these vehicles. The protocol arrives the same day that it has been made public the PSIB's complaint to the Prosecutor's Office following the actions of Vox, whom he accuses of "continued embezzlement of public funds, prevarication, and document forgery".

The socialist group in the Consell de Mallorca has filed a complaint with the Prosecutor's Office of the Balearic Islands against the second vice-president of the Consell de Mallorca, Pedro Bestard, for the use of the island institution's official cars.the second vice-president of the Consell de Mallorca, Pedro Bestard, for the use of the official cars of the island institution.

MÉS per Mallorca has accused the president of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, of covering up the vice president of the institution, Pedro Bestard, in light of new information about expenses for vehicle rentals during official trips. The party considers it an "unjustifiable" use of public resources.

As every year, the month of June marks the start of the hottest weeks, and car air conditioning systems become indispensable elements when traveling by car, especially during the central hours of the day. Curiously, however, the air conditioning system is one of the great unknowns for most car owners in our country, as are the basic functionalities needed to optimize its performance.

The Consell de Mallorca does not find "any notable relevance" in the private use of the island institution's cars by the vice president of Vox, Pedro Bestard. To reach this conclusion, it has been necessary to wait weeks, until the two reports commissioned by president Llorenç Galmés were completed. The first was carried out by the Technical Secretariat of the Department of Environment and states that Bestard still keeps three cars for his exclusive use, that he lied about their signage and that he has made unjustified use of them unrelated to his position, in addition to keeping them to the detriment of the needs of the officials in his area. The second report was carried out by the General Secretariat and the Council's Intervention, and it is precisely this one that indicates that it cannot be deduced that the use of the cars is improper. This document is limited to recommending that an instruction be issued to regulate the use of Council vehicles.

A man has died and another has been seriously injured in a traffic accident between two cars that occurred on Tuesday morning on Palma's second ring road.

The list of direct and indirect taxes that drivers have to face to use their vehicle is long. Expenses that must be added to the significant capital investment in the purchase process and subsequent maintenance of the vehicle, and which we will analyze individually below.

The case of Ibiza is the precedent that Mallorca is now observing, after the bill to restrict vehicles on the island, which aims to limit the current collapse situation, has already been registered in Parliament. The first season of vehicle limitation application allowed for a reduction of approximately 32,000 in the number of vehicles that could circulate during the regulated period, according to data from the Pitiusan Council. The rule establishes a cap on non-resident vehicles and a specific quota for rental cars, with the aim of reducing saturation.the current collapse situation. The first season of vehicle limitation application allowed for a reduction of approximately 32,000 in the number of vehicles that could circulate during the regulated period, according to data from the Pitiusan Council. The rule establishes a cap on non-resident vehicles and a specific quota for rental cars, with the aim of reducing saturation.

Every time the president of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, arrived in his hometown, Santanyí – of which he was also mayor – he had to hear the recurring comments from neighbors, many of them PP voters: “There is no way to get around Mallorca. Llorenç, you have to do something”.

The trade name of a new car is one of the elements that an automotive manufacturer takes the utmost care in looking after, analyzing, designing, and evaluating. It is not simple to find a word that is easy to remember, has an attractive sound, and can be pronounced in most of the world's languages, let alone make this word associated with the collective imagination of buyers. However, in recent years, several manufacturers have christened some of their models with names that are at least curious and fun, which will surely make you smile.

The controversy over the use of public cars by the second vice-president of the Consell de Mallorca, Pedro Bestard (Vox), has brought to light voices that warn that the practice is not anecdotal among workers. Bestard himself admitted last Thursday that he never kept a record of which car he took or the route he took. “I didn't know it had to be done”, he justified: “The staff themselves don't do it”. According to the testimony of four workers from the island institution [who requested anonymity], it is “known” that some public employees take advantage of a lack of exhaustive control of vehicles to use them in their private lives. They specify this in two areas: Environment (led by Bestard) and Roads (dependent on Territory). “Some don't even have their own car, they use the one from work”, explains one of them.

Businessman Salvador Llinás has accepted this Wednesday a sentence of four years and ten months in prison for the scam linked to Autoclik, a case that has caused an estimated economic damage of nearly 20 million euros.

Businessman Salvador Llinás has accepted this Wednesday a sentence of four years and ten months in prison for the scam linked to Autoclik, a case that has caused an estimated economic damage of nearly 20 million euros.

Traffic jams on Palma's ring road, in the Genoa tunnel, and queues on Mallorca's main roads have become a common sight, especially during peak season. "Investing in Mallorca" was one of the major campaign promises of the President of the Council of Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés. Halfway through his term, Galmés proclaimed that his government had fulfilled "more than 80% of its roadmap." But this major campaign promise has yet to be delivered, and the countdown to the next elections has begun.

Energy demand is a key indicator of resource consumption, and in the Balearic Islands, it continues to rise at a rate that experts consider unsustainable. In October 2025, consumption reached 413,700 MWh, 7.9% more than the previous year, and the cumulative figure for January-November rose by 3.9%. This sustained trend shows that the Balearic Islands are unable to break free from an inertia based on shattering resource consumption records, even with the massive incorporation of self-consumption solar systems. The Islands face 2026 with the urgent need to revise their production and territorial model, because otherwise, the climate targets for 2030 and 2050 will be difficult to achieve.

Time is running out for Llorenç Galmés, the president of the Council of Mallorca. Only a year and a half remains in his term, and just one peak tourist season before the 2026 elections. It is at this point that his flagship proposal, limiting vehicle access to Mallorca, could gain greater visibility if implemented. However, this possibility is being complicated by the veto of Vox, with whom, despite the split in the Balearic Parliament, he continues to govern the island institution. Sources within the institution insist that they are still negotiating with the other groups to bring their proposal to the Parliament, but this process seems to be slowing down. Even so, the People's Party (PP) is not yet open to accepting the Socialist Party's (PSIB) offer to jointly approve the bill with the same objective that the Socialists have registered in the Parliament.

Walking in Palma, and in many other towns in the Balearic Islands, has become an obstacle course. Cars are encroaching on sidewalks, blocking pedestrian access. Peatones Mallorca (Pedestrians Mallorca) recently posted a video on Instagram showing the difficulties a mother with a stroller faces trying to walk her child in her neighborhood, located around Isidre Llaurador Street. With this footage, the organization denounces this "shameful" problem, which is repeated in other neighborhoods and towns, and argues that "there are too many cars and not enough planning."