Entries by Gazette Life

Election Results

The Socialist party was the big victor of yesterday’s municipal elections on Lanzarote, but lost control of the Cabildo and will find it difficult to govern the Canarian Parliament for the next four years.

29/05/2023 by

Birth rate rises

Lanzarote’s birth rate has risen by 10% in the first four months of the year, suggesting that the effects of the pandemic are now firmly in the past.

28/05/2023 by

UD Las Palmas win promotion

U.D. Las Palmas, the most historically successful football club in the Canaries, won promotion to the Liga Santander last night, finally returning to Spain’s top tier five years after they were last relegated.

28/05/2023 by

Four pateras arrive

Another wave of pateras has arrived in Lanzarote’s waters, with four inflatable craft carrying 195 people intercepted in the last two days.

27/05/2023 by

Campaigning ends

Campaigning is now over for the local and regional elections that will take place tomorrow. Today is a “day of reflection” during which political campaigning is forbidden. Posters and other publicity will remain in place until after the elections tomorrow.

27/05/2023 by

Yaiza Ayuntamiento agree social housing plan

Mayor of Yaiza, Óscar Noda, has signed an agreement along with the Canary Islands Housing Institute Director, María Isabel Santana Marrero, for a 42,000 square metre plot in Playa Blanca to be used for the construction of social housing.

26/05/2023 by