Seat Ibiza Manrique Sol 2015 Edition
A ceremony was held in Haría yesterday evening to celebrate the launch of a new special edition Seat Ibiza.César Manrique painted a limited number of vehicles for the first edition of the Seat Ibiza in...
View Article4 Year Old Drowns In Lanzarote
A 4 year old girl drowned in a hotel swimming pool in Lanzarote yesterday.A call activating the emergency services to a possible drowning at a hotel in the municipality of Yaiza, which includes the...
View ArticleNew Letting Law A Huge Let Down
Like many people, we were lulled into a sense of complacency knowing the new letting law was meandering it’s way through the Canarian Parliament. We were looking forward to property owners being able...
View ArticleLanzarote News In Brief - Week 23
Here are some short news snippets from Lanzarote this week:Two Immigrant Boats Intercepted En Route To LanzaroteTwo boats with immigrants from the Sub Saharan region arrived on the island over the...
View ArticleLidl Opens In Puerto del Carmen
Lidl will be opening their second supermarket in Lanzarote on Thursday 4th June 2015.To celebrate the special occasion, the supermarket is discounting all of their fruit by 30% during the first week,...
View ArticleLanzarote News In Brief - Week 24
Protest Over New Dolphinarium At Rancho TexasAround 50 protestors demonstrated peacefully at Rancho Texas on Saturday, against the planned new dolphinarium at the theme park, which is currently in...
View ArticleA Heartwarming Lanzarote Story
I had an email this morning from a reader that warmed the cockles of my heart. I’ll let Tony Brouder, from Ireland, tell his own story:“I receive your newsletter every week and love the articles you...
View ArticleWhat You Need To Do If You Want To Help Fight The New Holiday Letting Law In...
We attended an ASCAV (Asociación Canaria del Alquiler Vacacional) meeting this evening in Puerto del Carmen. We’ve already written about the new letting law, and we’ve given our opinion of why it’s a...
View ArticleLanzarote News In Brief - Week 25
Catholic Church Stops Tourist WeddingsCatholic church weddings are no longer available in Lanzarote to people who don’t reside on the island. The Bishop of The Canary Islands has pronounced that...
View ArticleArrivals & Occupancy Figures May 2015
The Canaries registered a new record for the number of foreign tourists arriving across the seven islands in May. The foreign passenger figure of 802,034 is a 4.83% increase compared to the same month...
View ArticleThe New Holiday Letting Law For The Canaries - The Facts
Debate is raging all over the internet in relation to the new letting law, which comes into force across The Canaries on 24th July. There is a petition against it, and ASCAV are lobbying hard to have...
View ArticleCompetition: Win 2 Lanzarote Skyride Tickets
The Cine6D located in Marina Lanzarote is great fun and definitely worth visiting during a tour of the capital. We have 2 tickets for their Skyride attraction, which is a virtual tour of Lanzarote, to...
View ArticleLanzarote News In Brief - Week 26
Here are the short news stories from this week in LanzaroteTeguise going for three blue flagsTeguise mayor Oswaldo Betancort announced a €300,000 per year investment in the municipality’s beaches, with...
View ArticleTragedy In Arrieta - Mother And Children In Hospital
Tragedy struck in Arrieta this week in the early hours of the morning on the fiesta de San Juan. It is believed that a mother attacked her two children with a kitchen knife and then tried to kill...
View ArticleeasyJet Connect Belfast & London Southend To Lanzarote
The budget airline easyJet have announced the opening of three new flight connections.The three new routes include a connection from Belfast to Lanzarote schedule which will start operating from the...
View ArticleSpeeding Surveillance In Lanzarote
The Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT) have published the location details of speed cameras, which will be monitoring vehicles during their summer road safety campaign.The Spanish traffic department...
View ArticleSummer Festival in Costa Teguise
Teguise council would like to know what month residents in Costa Teguise would like to hold their summer party. Oswaldo Betancort, the mayor of the Ayuntamiento de Teguise has invited residents of...
View ArticleHunt for 18 of Britain's "Most Wanted" goes to fugitives' back yards
The following is a news release issued on behalf of Crimestoppers and the National Crime Agency.A 13 ft high digital screen broadcasting the faces of 18 of Britain’s Most Wanted fugitives is on tour...
View ArticleWoman Arrested In Lanzarote For Recruiting For IS
A woman in her 40’s was arrested on Tuesday at her home in Arrecife. She is suspected of being a “recruiter” of young girls being radicalised and sent to areas in the control of IS. She is a Spanish...
View ArticleLanzarote Co-Working
Co-working is a phenomenon which has taken the world by storm, and it’s finally arrived in Lanzarote! These days, many of us are able to work wherever we want – we’re truly “location...
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