Category : Islands

Belgian Surfer Resident on Lanzarote Dies in Famara

The Security and Emergency Coordination Center has reported the death this Wednesday of a surfer in Famara. The 59-year-old man was a resident of Lanzarote and a Belgian national.The lifeguards found the floating body of the athlete, next to his brok...

Find "Cleo", a Cockatoo Lost in Tinguatón

A reader has contacted La Voz de Lanzarote asking for help to find "Cleo", a cockatoo lost since March 19th in the Tinguatón area.As the reader explains, the bird "has been with us for 24 years, it's part of my family." "It is very tame, it does not...

Renfrewshire Man Disappears in Lanzarote

Gary Watson Shearer hasn't been seen or heard from since the day he arrived in Lanzarote where he had gone to celebrate St Patrick's Day. His family has launched an urgent appeal to find him.Gary Watson Shearer disappeared from outside a local pub on...

Lanzarote Responds to the British Press

The president of the Cabildo has come out to the "false controversy" that has been generated about British tourism as a result of statements made by María Dolores Corujo in Fitur that have been "misrepresented". "You cannot clarify something that has...

A 23-year-old Motorcyclist Dies on the Airport Highway

A 23-year-old motorist died in the early hours of this Saturday after suffering a fall on the LZ-2 near Arrecife. The accident took place around 00:28 when the CECOES was alerted.Agents of the Civil Guard and an ambulance from the Canary Islands Emer...

Aldi to Open Second Supermarket on Lanzarote

The San Bartolomé City Council has granted a licence for the implementation of the Aldi hypermarket in the industrial zone of Playa Honda It will become the second establishment of this chain on the island, after the recent opening of Aldi in Arreci...

Lanzarote Says Goodbye to Sea Cages

The Cabildo de Lanzarote continues with the removal of the sea cages from Playa Quemada. Of the initial 53 aquaculture farms, only nine remain today."I reaffirm the rejection of the insular Institution to this economic activity that has been shown to...

Chaos at Lanzarote Airport

"Visibility is very low, practically nothing can be seen," air traffic controllers reported this Sunday around eleven at night. Low visibility made it necessary to cancel, recalculate and delay the flights leaving for Lanzarote . In some cases, the p...

Police Officers Save the Life of 3 Year Old Boy

On February 16th, two National Police officers who were patrolling around the islet of La Fermina in Arrecife and heard cries for help coming from a nearby restaurant, where the little boy had lost consciousness. Due to the seriousness of the situat...

Ryanair Hopes to get More Flight Rights in the Canary Islands

Ryanair hopes that the purchase of Air Europa by Iberia will open up opportunities to get more 'slots'the Canary Islandsbe free 'slots' that Iberia will not be able to use"this will benefit consumers"

Actions Stop Access to the Tahíche Water Tank

The president of the Water Consortium and Councilor of the Cabildo, Andrés Stinga, explained that "someone has put some stones on the path that leads to the Tahíche water tank to prevent access to it." This is how he explained it on Friday in the 'Bu...

Carnival Pictures 2023 in Arrecife

Arrecife has started this Saturday with a lot of color and rhythm with the celebration of a parade with comparsas and batucadas from El Reducto beach to the José Ramírez Cerdá park. At 12:00 noon, in the José Ramírez Cerdá park, the carnival-goers h...

Body of a Woman Found Dead for Several Days in Arrecife

The lifeless body of a woman was found Sunday on a floor of a building located on Calle La Inés, where she had apparently died "several days" ago. It was the CECOES who has alerted the firefighters to the possibility that there was a deceased person...

ALDI Opens its First Supermarket in Lanzarote

The German food chain ALDI will open its first store in Lanzarote on February 22nd in Arrecife 's Rambla Medular . The new area will have more than 1,300 m2 and will have a staff of 27 workers .The new ALDI supermarket, specialises in offering qualit...

Lidl To Open In Playa Blanca

The Yaiza Governing Board chaired by the mayor, Óscar Noda, resolved this Monday the granting of a major works license to LIDL Supermercados for the construction of a retail sales centre of about 11,000 m² with parking in the Montaña Roja Industrial...