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Airlines bet on the Canaries

The Canaries will see 400,000 more flight seats on offer this summer than before the Covid pandemic. Lanzarote is the island that has benefitted most from this increased offer, with 120,000 more places than in 2019.

Playa Honda underpass contract

The contract to build a new underpass to relieve pressure on the notorious Playa Honda roundabout has been put out to tender for €3.3 million.

Super Troupers!

Congratulations to Lanzarote Theatre School, who presented their terrific production of the ABBA musical Mamma Mia! At Tias's theatre last night.

Time for Tracy

On August 12th, 2021, 17-year-old Christian passed away from LAFORA, a rare and incurable degenerative genetic disease. Just six months later, Christian's younger sister Tracy began to suffer the same symptoms as her brother, and has now also been diagnosed with LAFORA.

Lanzarote tourism figures April 2022

The Lanzarote Data Centre have just released tourism figures for April this year.

Cruz Roja to distribute food to those in need

The first phase of Cruz Roja’s Aid Programme for the Most Vulnerable (FEAD) 2022 has begun, which will see the distribution of 222,181 kilos of food to over 7,000 vulnerable people on Lanzarote.

Plastics found in shearwater birds

A new study by the University of Las Palmas has found that 9 out of 10 examined shearwater birds had plastics in their stomachs.

Health & Safety scammer arrested

A con-man who posed as a workplace health and safety inspector and carried out scams on variuous islands including Lanzarote has been arrested in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, on Gran Canaria.

Mayor of Arrecife visits new shopping centre

The Mayor of Arrecife, Astrid Pérez, visited the new under-construction Open Mall shopping centre in Arrecife recently.

No windpark for Las Caletas

The Canarian Government has upheld the appeal lodged by Lanzarote's Cabildo opposing the construction of a wind park in Las Caletas, near Costa Teguise.