Diwali Delight

Diwali is perhaps the most well-known of all the festivals observed in India and throughout its diaspora, a glittering, shimmering time of celebration and enjoyment. Diwali marks the start of the Hindu New Year, but it’s also celebrated to welcome the goddess Lakshmi into the homes by lighting her path and inviting her to bring […]

Jennifer Cunningham Insurances

If you’re looking for insurance in Spain to be made simple, then Jennifer Cunningham Insurances’ office in Tias is where you need to go. Jennifer Cunningham Insurances was initially set up in mainland Spain specialising in health insurance before the company moved onto covering clients’ home, car, motorcycle, business, travel, funeral insurance and more. The […]

Lanzarote tourism figures August 2024

In August this year Lanzarote recorded just over 287,000 tourists according to the Lanzarote Data Centre which brings this year’s total to over 2.2 million so far. The Centro de Datos is a great source for all things Lanzarote data, and they have just published August 2024 tourism numbers. The tourist figures for August 2024 […]

Call for tourist tax on Lanzarote

Lanzarote’s Socialists have called on the President of the Cabildo, Oswaldo Betancort, to impose a tourist tax. Maria Dolores Corujo, general secretary of the Socialists on the island, called on Betancort to apply a tax, given that the “island can’t take any more.” The proposed tax would consist of a levy on every night spent […]

Jet2 launch biggest ever summer programme for 2026

Jet2 and Jet2holidays launched their biggest ever summer programme for 2026 at the end of last month, with flights and holidays to 57 destinations (including the Canaries) across 12 UK airports. Keen sun seekers can now book for summer 2026 with 57 destinations flying from 12 UK airports including – Belfast International, Bournemouth, Birmingham, Bristol, […]

New protests against the effects of mass tourism on Lanzarote

Five months after April’s protest against the effects of mass tourism in Arrecife, organisers have called another march, this time in Puerto del Carmen. As previously, protests will take place on the four Canary Islands most affected by tourism – Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. However, while previous demonstrations were confined to the capitals […]

Drug gang arrested

National Police have arrested members of a drug ring operating between Lanzarote and Portugal. Three men, aged between 32 and 47 years of age, were arrested in Arrecife and charged with drug trafficking and membership of an illegal organization. The three men had avoided arrest in 2022 by escaping to Portugal. However, an investigation confirmed […]

Cyclist evacuated from La Graciosa

A rescue helicopter was mobilised to rescue a cyclist on La Graciosa yesterday. The cyclist had fallen on the road to Pedro Barba, and when Emerlan staff reached him, they established that he had injured his shoulder and chest, and was having trouble breathing. Paramedics were called in order to stabilize the victim and administer […]

Water cuts in 37 Lanzarote towns and villages

Wednesday saw water cuts in 37 towns and villages, as Lanzarote’s water crisis continues. Canal Gestión, the island’s water supplier, said the cuts were due to a “fall in water reserves following an “interruption of the electricity supply in the Lanzarote III and IV desalination areas, which has made it necessary to suspend supplies to […]

Unemployment on Lanzarote falls by 300 people in September

Unemployment on Lanzarote fell by 4% in September as 309 people came off of unemployment benefits, according to data from the Canary Islands Employment Observatory (Obecan). September marked the fifth consecutive month in which unemployment has fallen on Lanzarote and the total number of unemployed people on the island stands at 7,383 (a figure that […]