Let it rain!
NewsLanzarote farmers will be praying that forecasts of rain later today, which have caused the Canarian Government to issue a general warning, will materialise after a second consecutive year of drought conditions on the island.
Ángel Victor Torres talks the Canaries
NewsÁngel Victor Torres, the President of the Canaries, praised the work of professional and “social responsibility” after the Canaries fell below the 50 cases per 100,000 people over the last 7 days.
Should we put the clocks back on October 25th?
NewsWhen the clocks went forward for summer time at the end of March, Spain was in the strictest phase of its lockdown and millions who would normally have lost an hour of sleep were unaffected.
Lanzarote beats second wave
NewsLanzarote has controlled the “second wave” of late august and early September, and there are encouraging signs that the Canaries and Spain as a whole are also managing to flatten the curve.
Lanzarote’s new look
NewsThe Rojillos go into the 2020/21 season with a special new shirt to honour the 50 years of Unión Deportiva Lanzarote – a shirt that also happens to be the perfect souvenir of Lanzarote, whether you’re a footie fan or not.
Mask Wars
NewsTwo women were booted off a flight from Lanzarote to Barcelona on 4th September when they refused to wear face masks.
Back to School
NewsMore than 25,000 Lanzarote kids headed back to school on 16th September after half a year without setting foot in a classroom. Their new school regime will feature regular hand-washing, mask use, distancing, bubble groups and many more new practices.
Lanzarote slowly comes back to life
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The markets in Arrecife and Haría will reopen tomorrow for the first time since Lanzarote was given the “green light” last week.
The markets will reopen under the same conditions that applied before closure in late August – with…
Weather Watch October
NewsOctober in Lanzarote always feels like the secret end to summer. Whilst many people in the UK and Europe are hunkering down for autumn, we are lucky to still have around eight hours of sunshine a day. This was certainly the case last year as we started the month with plenty of blue skies and just a few wispy clouds. Temperature-wise we were above average with highs of 28 and lows of 20. The final week of the month we saw a change, with a little rainfall and clouds rolling in.
TUI tourists to be tested from November
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Tourists travelling from Germany with TUI will be subject to “selective and voluntary” screening tests from November, the Canarian Government announced yesterday.
The initiative was agreed in a video-conference yesterday, in which…