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Two pateras intercepted

Maritime Rescue services intercepted two more pateras off the north coast of Lanzarote last night.

Dying man expelled

Mohamed Salem, a terminally ill Western Saharan activist, returned to El Aaiun from Lanzarote on Saturday to visit friends and family and pass the final days of his life in his hometown.

AFOL dinner raises €10,000

Lanzarote's Association for Families Affected by Cancer (AFOL) held its annual charity dinner at the Monumento del Campesino on Saturday evening, raising over €10,000 for the charity.

Airport arrivals increase

Lanzarote Airport received 11% more visitors this October than it did in the same month in 2019, before the pandemic started. 680.525 visitors arrived on the island last month, according to Spain's airport authority AENA.

Open Mall now open

Busy scenes at the Open Mall Shopping Centre, which officially opened for business this morning.

Rally row returns

Environmental groups have once again criticised the decision to hold the Rallye Isla de Volcanes on the first days of December, saying that it could seriously affect wildlife in the Jable desert region.

84-year-old injured in car crash

An 84-year-old woman has been taken to hospital after her car left the road and overturned.

A look inside the new Open Mall

We’ve been invited to the press conference for the opening of the new Open Mall in Arrecife. A more detailed report is coming later, however, take a look at some of the pictures of the inside of Lanzarote’s newest shopping centre.

Macher detour

Traveller to and from the south of the island should prepare for substantial detours over the next week, as the stretch of road between the Macher Roundabout and the Puerto Calero roundabout will be closed to permit works on the new roundabout on the hilltop.

Irish beat Germans to third place

Two million tourists arrived on Lanzarote between January and the end of September this year, almost half of them British.