Lanzarote council has launched a new campaign to encourage the cultivation of strawberries on the island. 70,000 plants have been purchased, with the aim of lowering costs for the island's farmers and facilitating transport from mainland Spain. They aim to finalise...
On September 18 at 10:00 am to 14:00 pm on Calle Mayor, the Agricultural and Artisan Market of Playa Honda will open in Playa Honda. With this Agricultural and Artisan Market, the local authories hope to value local and artisan products. People will be able to...
While Britain and the EU have agreed on visa free travel for short visits, Brexit means that UK passport holders can only spend up to 90 days in the Schengen zone during any 180 day period. This can be one long stay or a series of visits and if you are someone that...
Bodegas Martinón has been awarded a Gold Medal in the National Contest of Small Denominations of Origin Wines held in Madrid days ago. The contest has recognized with this award and an assessment of 91 points the quality of the reference Blanco Seco 100% Malvasía of...
Dia de San Juan (St John’s Day), on the 23rd June, marks midsummer and is an important date in the calendar for the islanders. It is celebrated with bonfires throughout the whole of Spain. Like the "Guy" that is placed on bonfires in the UK, in Spain, many bonfires...
Between the 29/05/21 until 01/06/21 the prestigious sports complex which has been a preferred training base for many well-known athletes will be holding a 4-day event for mountain bikes. It's an opportunity for both amateur and elite riders to test themselves on the...
Originally created back in the 1940s, these crude boats were made from tin oil drums to be used as auxiliary boats to paddle out to a larger vessel. These brightly painted little boats became a fixture on the Charco de San Gines in Arrecife and children soon began to...
Proposals for 2 floating prototype wind farms with a total output of 180 MW have been tested off the coast of Gran Canaria with further plans to increase to 30 and then to 39 over 8 different parks becoming a project with the highest power output. The W2Power platform...
The president of the Lanzaote Council, María Dolores Corujo, and the Minister of Public Works, Jacobo Medina, announced this Friday that the emergency declaration has already been signed for the imminent execution of the repair works on the LZ-703 road that it...
This week has been monumetal in history with the landing of the Perseverence probe on planet Mars. The probe will head to the north of the planet to collect samples of carbonate rocks from an area which is thought to have been a huge lake. The president of the island...