Category : Islands

Las Cucharas Beach Reopens

Public Health has re-enabled bathing on Las Cucharas beach, after it was banned on Tuesday due to "high contamination," according to the Security and Emergencies Consortium. The test to detect the presence of bacteria was carried out this Thursda...

Robbery in the Water Park

The Playa Blanca water park suffered a robbery last week, without the perpetrators having been located so far.The event took place on Tuesday, October 11th, early in the morning, as confirmed to La Voz from the Civil Guard.Neither from the Benemérita...

A 70-year-old Man Drowns in Playa Chica

A 70-year-old man drowned this Thursday in Playa Chica, as reported by CECOES.The event took place around 1:00 p.m., when lifeguards saw a person floating unconscious in the sea with signs of drowning. They quickly took him out of the water and pract...

Second Chance Law Used for a Woman from Lanzarote to Clear 30,000 Euros

An unemployed woman from Lanzarote manages to cancel a debt of 30,000 euros thanks to the Second Chance Law, with the advice of the law firm, Canarias Sin Deuda. The debtor, AFG, was involved in a state of economic insolvency and over-indebtedness...

Ryanair Have More Routes Than Ever This Winter in Lanzarote

This winter the largest operation in its history in Lanzarote, 38 routes and seven new connections. "It will be the largest winter calendar that we have ever done in Lanzarote with almost a million seats," as explained to Ekonomus on Thursday by th...

The Supreme Court Confirms the Conviction of Dimas

The Supreme Court has confirmed the sentence of one of the main pieces of the Unión case, in which the historical leader of the PIL, Dimas Martín, and nine other people were convicted for crimes of illicit association, bribery, embezzlement, prevaric...

Canary Islands Begins The Fourth Vaccination Against Covid-19

The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands has started this Monday, September 26, the vaccination of the fourth dose, -also called the second booster dose-, against covid-19, adapted to the new variants of Ómicron. This vaccina...

Lanzarote is the Canary Island with the Least Renewables

The Spanish Photovoltaic Union (UNEF), the majority sectoral association for solar energy in Spain, has highlighted "the need to step on the accelerator for the energy transition in the Canary Islands , where only 20% of energy comes from renewable s...

The Canary Islands are Promoted in Germany as the Ideal Destination for Winter

Given the growing concern in Germany about the cold and energy uncertainty due to the Russian invasion in Ukraine, Canary Islands Tourism has set out to promote the archipelago as a perfect destination to spend the winter. These factors, together wi...

Lanzarote - The New Concert Island?

Some 40,000 people, according to the Tinajo City Council, came to see Melendi last Wednesday night in Mancha Blanca. The Asturian presented for the first time in Lanzarote his latest album, "Likes and scars" combined with his lifelong songs"This even...

Pilgrims Take The Roads of the Island for Los Dolores

Hundreds of pilgrims have taken to the roads this Saturday from different parts of the island on a pilgrimage to Mancha Blanca, to pay honors to the Virgen de Los Dolores.There have been many who this year have decided to start their journey first th...

Canaryfly Increases Flights to The Islands

As of October 1st, the Canarian airline Canaryfly reinforces the daily connections of Lanzarote with four new flights to Gran Canaria and one more flight to Tenerife . Canaryfly's Commercial Director, Jon Ramsden, explains that the reinforcement o...

Alleged Animal Abuse in Tinajo

Ademal has reported two new cases of alleged animal abuse and improper possession of animals in the municipality of Tinajo. One of them refers to the situation in which a donkey is tied to a vehicle. "There is no protection from the sun, there is...

Lanzarote is in Demand for the Autumn

Lanzarote occupies the third position as the most demanded destination in Spain to travel in autumn, only behind Mallorca and Tenerife, according to the Hosteltur tourism news portal with data from the Rumbo online agency . Travelling in autumn is...

The Yorkshire Ripper Ashes Scattered in Lanzarote

A British tourist has scattered this week on the coast of Lanzarote the ashes of Peter Sutcliffe, known as "the Yorkshire Ripper", a multiple murderer who killed thirteen women in the United Kingdom between 1975 and 1980, according to The Sun Newspap...