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Car burnt out in Playa Blanca

A car was burnt out in the early morning of Friday in Playa Blanca.

Lanzarote’s light stay on amid blackouts

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At 12:33pm on 28th April, Spain, Portugal and parts of France suffered a massive power cut that lasted for several hours. The outage saw thousands of travellers stranded, hundreds of people trapped in lifts and six deaths caused by the failure of respiratory machines and fumes from emergency generators.

Interview with Lanzarote President Oswaldo Betancort

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After 12 years as Teguise Mayor, Oswaldo Betancort became the President of Lanzarote’s island government, the Cabildo, in 2023, where his party, the Coalición Canaria, currently rules with the support of the Partido Popular. We recently had the opportunity to interview him and will be publishing his responses over the next two issues. In the first instalment, we address new projects, the water crisis, transport and the environment:

What is it like to have a baby on Lanzarote?

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What is it like to have a baby on Lanzarote? We spoke to a new mum to find out.

XXXIII Lanzarote Ironman 2025

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The start of the Ironman race in Puerto del Carmen is one of the most impressive spectacles Lanzarote has to offer.

Reader’s Letters – June 2025

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Our readers regularly send us messages and emails regarding Lanzarote, here are some of your thoughts that we printed in the June edition.

No limits on foreign buyers in Canary Islands

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An attempt to restrict purchases of Canarian properties to residents has been rejected in Spain’s senate.

Who must apply to Spain’s new holiday rental law?

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A new law that comes into force next month requires all holiday let owners to register their properties. Erardo Ferrer of Lanzarote Abogados explains:

Lanzarote says goodbye to Ayoze Pérez

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UD Lanzarote finished the 2024/25 season in sixth spot, one position and one point outside the playoff places so will once again be playing in the RFEF 3 (fifth tier) next season, reports Ian Lane.

Happy Canary Day

Today is Dia de Canarias, a public holiday on all eight of the Canary Islands.