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Spain's interior minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, insists that current regulations are obsolete and that new ones are needed to combat terrorist activity and organised crime.
Hire cars arriving in Palma, Mallorca
Renewed talk of limiting hire cars; this has been under discussion for some years.
Car-hire sector open to reducing the number of vehicles in Mallorca
"It is clear that something has to be done," says the vehicle rental association.
Hire cars arriving in Palma.
Hire cars arriving in Palma.
Fresh calls for hire car limits in Mallorca
Rental cars being blamed for summer traffic congestion.
Palma illegal hire-car parking lots denounced
The Ombudsman's Office has identified what it says are illegal "vehicle warehouses".
More vehicles expected on the roads this year.
More vehicles expected on the roads this year.
Car hire prices fall sharply in Mallorca
The advice is still the same this year, book early and do not leave it until the last minute, especially if you are going on holiday in the peak of the season and also read the small print.
Hire cars in Mallorca
Will there be a cap on the number of vehicles entering Mallorca in the summer?
Car-hire associations clash over possible summer limit to vehicles in Mallorca
One association favours a reduction in the number of cars; the other does not.
Hire cars in Mahon, Menorca
A very good summer for the car-hire sector.
Want a hire car in Mallorca? Book as soon as possible
A far lower number of cars than in pre-pandemic 2019.
Thousands of hire cars are arriving in the Balearics.
Thousands of hire cars are arriving in the Balearics.
Bigger fleets of cars but at a cost.
Bigger fleets of cars but at a cost.
Mallorca car hire prices go through the roof
The cost of renting a car for a week has risen from 134 to 310 pounds in the Balearics.
Fresh calls to limit the number of rental vehicles.
Fresh calls to limit the number of rental vehicles.
Calls for Mallorca to limit rental cars
The association wants a cap of 75,000 rental vehicles.
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