Guía de Arrecifehttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/What's happening in Lanzarote and La Graciosa, every morningenSailing boat runs aground on the rocks at Órzola with five young French sailors aboardhttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-25-velero-encallado-orzola/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-25-velero-encallado-orzola/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000IncidentsAll five crew were hurt by knocks, none seriously, after the boat struck the rocks near the harbour in the early hours.Up to 30 degrees in the south, dust haze and a heavy swell on the west coasthttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-25-domingo-calor-calima-oleaje/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-25-domingo-calor-calima-oleaje/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000WeatherA hot Sunday with dust in the air, occasionally strong trade winds inland and waves over two metres in the west.Nearly 500 triathletes and a minute's silence at the Ocean Lava in Puerto del Carmenhttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-25-ocean-lava-resultados/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-25-ocean-lava-resultados/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000SportFernando Marian and Maike Döhling won the Olympic distance at the 16th edition, which started on Los Pocillos beach.Lanzarote's Young Socialists elect a new leader, with housing as their flagship issuehttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-25-juventudes-socialistas/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-25-juventudes-socialistas/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000PoliticsJosé Carlos Roger Toledo was elected secretary general at a congress held yesterday at the Casa del Pueblo in Arrecife.Selene Caraballo, the Arrecife archaeologist studying childhood among the ancient Canarianshttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-25-selene-caraballo-arqueologa/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-25-selene-caraballo-arqueologa/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000CultureAbout to defend her PhD, this physical anthropologist, born in 1996, wants to bring heritage closer to people and encourage girls into science.Recycling collection strike drags on with no deal in sighthttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-huelga-recogida-selectiva/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-huelga-recogida-selectiva/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000JobsMore than a week of indefinite strike in Lanzarote's recycling collection, with 80% minimum services, and staff have just rejected Urbaser's latest offer.Applications open for 42 public rental homes in Playa Blancahttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-viviendas-publicas-playa-blanca/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-viviendas-publicas-playa-blanca/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000HousingThe Canary Islands Housing Institute has opened applications for the Montaña Roja flats, with strict residency requirements in the Canaries and in Yaiza.General election warm-up kicks off on the island, with migration centre stagehttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-precampana-29n-migracion/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-precampana-29n-migracion/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000PoliticsCoalición Canaria and its nationalist partners packed out Argana Baja to present their general election bid, and Clavijo hit out at Madrid over the rise in boat arrivals.Madrid makes the Tías–Playa Blanca power line a priorityhttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-linea-electrica-tias-playa-blanca/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-linea-electrica-tias-playa-blanca/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000InfrastructureThe Ministry for the Ecological Transition has put the southern line among its priority grid projects up to 2030.Water battle: the island's Water Consortium wins another round against Canalhttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-consorcio-agua-canal/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-consorcio-agua-canal/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000Public servicesA court has rejected both interim measures that Canal de Isabel II requested against Lanzarote's Water Consortium.Record September for the island's tourism takingshttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-septiembre-record-turismo/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-septiembre-record-turismo/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000EconomyTourist accommodation earned almost €91 million, the best September on record according to the Cabildo's Data Centre.Arrecife becomes the first Canary municipality with a flood planhttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-arrecife-plan-inundaciones/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-arrecife-plan-inundaciones/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000Public servicesThe capital now has an approved flood risk action plan, the first in the Canary Islands.Busy Sunday: clocks go back, resurfacing on the Vía Medular and dust hazehttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-domingo-cambio-hora-via-medular/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-domingo-cambio-hora-via-medular/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000Getting aroundThe clocks go back tonight, and tomorrow work starts on resurfacing one of the capital's busiest roads.The Canaries will get a say in running their airports, including César Manriquehttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-organo-paritario-aeropuertos/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-organo-paritario-aeropuertos/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000InfrastructureThe central and regional governments will set up a joint body to oversee the management of the islands' eight airports.Weekend scares: CPR at La Garita, a rescue at Playa Quemada and a crash in Playa Blancahttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-sustos-fin-de-semana/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-sustos-fin-de-semana/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000IncidentsThree emergency call-outs between Friday and Saturday, none with a known tragic outcome.Seasonal lets now need a 31-day minimum, and listings are already being pulledhttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-alquiler-temporada-31-dias/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-alquiler-temporada-31-dias/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000SMEs & regulationSpain's Consumer Affairs ministry has asked two platforms to remove more than 8,300 listings that passed off tourist flats as seasonal rentals.Canary firms, with Lanzarote's Chamber of Commerce, hunt for EU funding in Brusselshttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-camara-lanzarote-bruselas/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-camara-lanzarote-bruselas/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000BusinessThe second business mission of Enterprise Europe Network Canarias tripled its applications and held more than a hundred meetings.Hotel bosses look for ways to keep staff as hospitality training declineshttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-canarias-es-talento-asolan/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-canarias-es-talento-asolan/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000BusinessMore than 200 professionals at the fourth Canarias es Talento meeting, organised by Asolan with the Lanzarote Tourism Federation.Consume Lanzarote: €60 vouchers for just €30 at local shopshttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-consume-lanzarote-bonos/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-consume-lanzarote-bonos/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000BusinessThe Cabildo is putting up half a million euros to generate up to a million in spending at island shops. Dates have not been announced yet.E-invoicing and Verifactu: the timetable for your businesshttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-factura-electronica-verifactu-calendario/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-factura-electronica-verifactu-calendario/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000SMEs & regulationMandatory e-invoicing between businesses now has fixed dates, and the Ministry of Finance has announced another Verifactu delay that has not yet been approved.If your business uses Fortinet, update nowhttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-fortinet-parches-criticos/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-fortinet-parches-criticos/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000CybersecurityINCIBE-CERT has given its highest severity rating to a batch of Fortinet patches for FortiOS, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiMail and FortiAuthenticator.Critical PHP flaws force Canary public websites to lock downhttps://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-php-vulnerabilidades-criticas/https://guiadearrecife.es/en/news/2026-10-24-php-vulnerabilidades-criticas/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000CybersecuritySpain's CCN-CERT warns of PHP vulnerabilities that allow remote code execution, and several island institutions have restricted services as a precaution.