A recent study has found that electricity production and aviation account for 75% of Lanzarote’s oil consumption. The Las Caletas power plant is responsible for the largest percentage of oil consumption with 39%, which provides electricity for 80,000 clients. Although there are renewable energy options such as wind or solar, they generate just 9% of […]
A child had been quarantined yesterday, whilst medical staff conducted tests to verify whether he had contracted the COVID-19 coronavirus. The child, who had recently returned from a trip to Italy, had been placed under isolation at home whilst the Dr Molina Orosa hospital performed tests to ascertain whether it was Lanzarote’s first confirmed case […]
AEMET has issued a host of yellow warnings over the weekend for the Canaries. Over the weekend, there will be a whole host of yellow warnings for wind, dust and coastal. However, there’s no need to start boarding up your windows and doors just yet; as all the warnings are yellow classification. This means that […]
Teguise Ayuntamiento has removed around 50 of the electric scooters owned by then German Wind company from public roads and pavements. The council said it had done so because the scooters fail to comply with laws relating to citizens’ safety and co-existence. A statement by Teguise local police chief Miguel Ángel Jiménez seems to indicate […]
George Clooney landed on La Palma yesterday to film scenes for his new film Good Morning, Midnight. Clooney plays an astronomer in the film, and it’s been confirmed that he’ll be filming at the spectacular Roque de los Muchachos observatory, located on the highest point of La Isla Bonita. It seems that the Canaries are […]
The Canary Islands’ regional budget for 2020 has introduced 2 new brackets for income tax, which affect higher earners. By Paul Montague, Partner, Blevins Franks While the Spanish state budget for 2020 is still pending, the local government in the Canary Islands has approved its regional budget for 2020. This includes changes to income tax […]
This month, we had received an email about Jovi, a dog from SARA that had been adopted by Rob from Lanz Luxury Villas. After seeing the response to the article, we’ve decided to make a regular feature out of it. Tell us about your rescue animal, and send us pictures and videos. We’ll pick the […]
As I write this, January 2020 has turned out very pleasant so far, averaging 21 degrees with plenty of sunshine and only a little rain. February sees the start of the carnival celebrations with the parade in Puerto Del Carmen on Saturday 29th. If you have not seen one before, you are in for a […]
Every new year, the Spanish government prints a list of municipalities which are due to revise the estimated values of registered properties for tax purposes, and in 2020 it’s Yaiza’s turn. The catastro (register) is an important part of every local council’s money-raising activities, and complicated equations are used to calculate how much rises should […]
Martin Schofield is generally tucked away behind the drums in the Band of Gypsies Lanzarote. Julie Helliwell met up with him to hear more about his musical career.
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