Category : Lanzarote

Lanzarote Sets its Sights on Worldwide Music Festival Fame

The island’s Cabildo is working on a new branding and says diversification is the way to produce “magnificent results”.According to the “Live Event Barometer”, prepared by the StubHub ticket sales portal, Spain is the second country in the world that...

Radiotherapy Unit for Doctor José Molina Orosa Hospital Announced

The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands has initiated contracting file the radiotherapy unit for the Doctor José Molina Orosa Hospital of Lanzarote and the objective is that the works begin in the first quarter of 2020, "as lon...

British in Europe Write to the Prime Minister

Here is a text copy of the letter sent to Boris Johnson on the 13th. October. The original (photographed) is below.Dear Prime Minister,It has been clear to us since the government took office that British citizens in Europe are simply not a priority...

Government to Allocate 300 million to Ease Effects of the Thomas Cook Bankruptcy

The Government have approved a royal decree law with 13 crash measures, worth about 300 million euros, to support those affected by the bankruptcy of British tour operator Thomas Cook . The measures include a reduction in airport taxes (for passenger...

Canal Gestión Water Management Contract Under Investigation

The company who supply water to Lanzarote have been found to be operating with serious breaches of compliance. Pedro San Ginés, along with the Canal manager with whom he signed the contract and who was manager in Lanzarote, both later arrested in a...

Lanzarote to Tackle Island’s Chronic Mobility Problems

The Canary Islands Government and the Cabildo will create a joint commission to solve the mobility and road problems of Lanzarote.The Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Housing of the Canary Islands Government, Sebastián Franquis, was recei...

Front Line Avenue of Arrecife Will Reopen to Traffic

The maritime avenue of Arrecife will open to traffic this Friday, as announced by the mayor of the capital, Ástrid Pérez, who has attended this Wednesday the withdrawal of the traffic signal "traffic prohibited" that was next to the Grand Hotel. The...

Donate Blood for the Next Two Weeks in Lanzarote

During this first week the mobile unit will be until Thursday at the Integral Center for Vocational Training Zonzamas de Arrecife , on Doctor Barraquer Street, number 6, to serve students and teachers from 8.45 to 14.00, to travel on Friday to San B...

Yellow Flag on Almost all the Beaches of Lanzarote

Almost all of the island's beaches are on Saturday with yellow flags, as reported by the Security and Emergency Consortium. Also next to Famara beach, La Garita beach in Arrieta also has a red flag.The only beaches where the green flag flies for now...

High Tide, Floods Lake Jameos del Agua

The Jameos del Agua lake was completely flooded on Tuesday by the so-called 'Tidal Pine'.High tide flooded the small dance floor and the catwalk that is next to the lake, some tourists chose to take off their shoes to walk through it.

Standby For The Port of Playa Blanca

The Transportation and Housing of the Canary Islands Government has announced that the expansion works of the port of Playa Blanca face a new phase in its construction once the concrete block dike, or second alignment, has been completed and that the...

New Tunnel Solution to Ease Congestion at the Entrance to Playa Honda

A new access will be created below the highway that will connect the industrial zone of Playa Honda with the Deiland, where there will also be a pedestrian crossing and a bike path.This has been agreed by the Cabildo and the City Council of San Barto...

Jet2.com Announces 40,000 New Seats to Lanzarote

Jet2.com and its tour operator Jet2holidays have announced an additional 40,000 seats from the United Kingdom to Lanzarote for this winter after the closing of Thomas Cook.The increase will be effective between October this year and March 2020 and a...

Technician at the Molina Orosa Hospital Assaulted

The National Police have arrested a 30 year old Moroccan man in Arrecife , with numerous police records, after he head-butted and threatened to kill a Radiology technician at Molina Orosa Hospital during a medical test. The police officers said the v...

Arrocha Test Positive for Salmonella

An omelette and two salads from the Asadero de Pollos Arrocha have tested positive for salmonella in the analyzes carried out by the Public Health area of Lanzarote, which will now be sent to Gran Canaria for confirmation."The suspicions are centered...