The PP expects that the law to limit the entry of vehicles to Mallorca will be definitively approved in Parliament between October and November and that it will come into force during the next tourist season. This was announced this Tuesday by the spokesperson for the Popular Party in the Chamber, Sebastià Sagreras, in a press conference prior to this Wednesday's plenary session, in which the consideration of the legislative initiative will be debated. Furthermore, Sagreras reproached the opposition for demanding "degrowth" measures, while not having taken "any" during the two previous legislatures, when, as he stated, "illegal tourist rentals proliferated." The Popular leader announced that the president of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, will defend the proposal in Parliament.

Sóller has become this summer the most visited municipality in Spain by car by international tourists. This is indicated by a study on parking habits prepared by the mobility platforms EasyPark and Arrive, which places the Valley at the head of the national ranking of preferred destinations for foreign drivers.

It is easier to look for external enemies to make excuses than to engage in self-criticism. And even more so if, from the outside, they cause changes that may affect the business. This is the reaction that businessmen and merchants in Menorca have always had when the Administration's decisions have transformed the space or the conditions in which they have to work. The latest example we are experiencing this summer in Ciutadella, where the resistance of a group of 22 businessmen to accept the pedestrian zone of the city's main square, the Born, has led the court to have to force the City Council to turn back and allow the space recovered 14 months ago for the enjoyment of the citizenry to be filled with cars again.

A Portuguese civic platform has once again placed the possibility of revoking driving licenses for the elderly at the center of the debate. In the case of Portugal, the proposal (not yet debated in the political sphere) advocates for the preventive revocation of driving licenses for all individuals over 75 years of age, since, according to various medical studies, after this age there may be cognitive deterioration that hinders the concentration and reflexes necessary to be behind the wheel. For now, this request is in the signature collection phase, but it has generated an important debate and reflection process regarding the age until which people can continue driving.

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.