Entries by Gazette Life

Fashion setter

Eight Lanzarote fashion designers recently presented their collections at a private show in Madrid, as part of the Lanzarote Moda promotion, supported by the Cabildo’s Industry Department.

Canarian championships in climbing

On Saturday 13 November, Abian Delagado Thonfeld and Felix Førrisdahl of the Hang On Lanzarote Climbing Club won first and second places in the Canarian Block Climbing Championship 2021 (boys 8-12 yrs category) at Telde, Gran Canaria.

Biking for La Palma

La Palma’s Cabildo has thanked Lanzarote Bike Sensations for the €1,000 raised for the victims of the Cumbre Vieja volcano.

It was a very good year

Last year’s wine harvest was lower than average, with 1.8 million kilos of grapes harvested. However the resulting wines have been classified as “very good”, the second-highest assessment available after “excellent”.

Ukrainian refugees welcome

Canarian President Ángel Victor Torres yesterday pledged that the Canaries would take in Ukrainian refugees, while requesting that other Spanish communities share responsibility for the Canaries’ own migrant situation.

Action on aircraft noise

AENA, Spain’s airport authority, has committed to the soundproofing of 1,600 homes and buildings that are affected by aircraft noise on Lanzarote.

100% capacity from Monday

The Canarian Government has continued the de-escalation of Covid measures, abolishing the rules that dictated the maximum amount of people that could gather in public or private places, as well as those that set limits on attendance at cultural and sporting events.