Thomas Stockert, originally from Mainz, came to the island to share his knowledge with others, teaching Shiatsu, Sotai and Qi Gong. It wasn't long before he was called to La Santa, Europe's biggest sports hotel. He still works there, and many top athletes now rely on his skill and his golden hands. ...
15-06-2013 Lanzarote / Playa Honda (SB) - The municipality of San Bartolomé has announced a "Taller de Español para Extranjeros" offering free Spanish lessons for residents.
03/10/2012 Lanzarote/Canary Islands/Spain (BG) - The Air Navigation and Airport Association of Spain (AENA) have eliminated free parking at all Canarian airports, including Lanzarote’s Guacimeta airport. Up until this week those collecting or dropping passengers off at the airport could avail of hal...
02/10/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - Midfield force Vladimir has been permanently dismissed from the UD Lanzarote playing squad due to a breach of club discipline at the weekend. Defender Carlos Rosa has also been temporarily suspended from the squad after “breaching the internal rules of the club”, accord...
02/10/2012 Canary Islands/Spain (BG) - Almost one million unemployed Spaniards have been seeking employment for more than two years, according to a ‘Report on unemployment benefits’, published by UGT.
The lack of opportunities in the labour market means the number of those seeking employmen...
01/10/2012 Canary Islands/Spain (BG)-The Spanish government has introduced a new scrappage scheme aimed at encouraging motorists to buy a new car and prevent further damage being done to the environment by emissions. The scheme, titled “ Plan de Incentivos al Vehículo Eficiente shortly PIVE”, come...
28/09/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - Vehicle registration on Lanzarote has fallen dramatically in the first eight months of 2012, down nearly 50% compared to figures recorded this time last year. Vehicle registration is recognized as one of the main parameters that are taken into account to measure the level...
28/09/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - La Agrupación para la Defensa del Paciente Psíquico (Association for the Support of Mentally Ill Patients) ‘El Cribo’, have, in association with the Cabildo de Lanzarote and the Ayuntamiento de Teguise, organised Lanzarote’s very first charity race in aid of mental health...
27/09/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - Members of both government parties ‘Partido Popular’ and ‘San Borondón’, recently attended a meeting with the President of the Fisherman’s Association, Francisco Rodríguez, to discuss the situation of the unsightly concrete wall surrounding the harbor in Puerto del Carmen...
26/09/2012 Spain (BG) - According to the BBC, at least 20 people have been arrested and more than a dozen injured after violence broke out during a protest in the capital city of Madrid yesterday afternoon. It is understood Spanish police ...
26/09/2012 Lanzarote/Canary Islands (BG) - The Meteorological Agency of the Canary Islands, AEMET, has announced the islands of Lanzarote, Tenerife and La Palma will be placed on yellow alert tomorrow, Thursday, September 27th, as heavy rainfall and strong winds are expected.
26/09/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - The construction of the new secondary school in Costa Teguise is on schedule and work is expected to be completed by the initial deadline. The school is expected to open its doors in the second quarter of the 2012-2013 school year, the beginning of 2013.
21/09/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - The Department of Transport has finalised a contract for the construction of a new bus shelter in Puerto del Carmen, with work to begin in the last quarter of this year. The Cabildo de Lanzarote has revealed the project has been awarded to Lanzagrava S.L. The budget for t...
17/09/2012 Canary Islands/Spain (BG) - A further bombshell could be dropped on the residents of the Canary Islands in the near future as the Spanish government reveal they are considering scrapping, or significantly reducing, air and sea transport discounts afforded to residents of the Canary Island...
14/09/2012 Lanzarote/Great Britain (BG) - British airliner Jet2.com has announced its intention to introduce a new flight from Lanzarote to Manchester in February next year. The new flight, originally scheduled to launch on March 28th of next year, has now been brought forward to February 14th<...
13/09/2012 Spain (BG) - Las Vegas Sands decision to pursue the idea building a mega-casino complex on the outskirts of Madrid has been hailed by Spanish officials as the best break in years for the country’s debt ridden economy. Concerns remain however regarding the projects financing, with some pro...
13/09/2012 Canary Islands/Spain/Ireland (BG) - Ryanair just can’t seem to stay out of the Spanish news lately, and of course, for all the wrong reasons.
Michael O’ Leary, chief executive of the Ryanair, has become so bewildered at the amount of negative press his airline is receiving that he has...
12/09/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - The Lanzarote Tourism Board were left perplexed and angry after AENA recently announced they plan to reduce the opening hours of Lanzarote’s Arrecife Airport.
The decision has left many officials on the island confused as the airport was the fifth most profitable airpo...
12/09/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - The Cabildo de Lanzarote and the Ayuntamiento de Arrecife have jointly called upon the Port Authority of Las Palmas to immediately cease construction of the concrete fence surrounding Puerto de Naos.
Both bodies would favour an alternative to the two metre wall t...
11/09/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - The Department of Employment of the Cabildo de Lanzarote, headed by Vice President, Joaquín Caraballo, will launch a new training programme aimed at combating unemployment, in October. The project has been approved by the Canarian Employment Service and will be funded b...
11/09/2012 Spain (BG) - Of the 24,500 new cases of cancer set to be diagnosed in Spain in 2012, 5,200 are reported to be in woman, representing an increase of nearly 50% compared to 2006, according to MD Anderson Cancer Centre. The Centre believes this shocking increase is as a result of the fact ma...
04/05/2012 Lanzarote/Canary Islands (BG) Unemployment on Lanzarote fell for the third consecutive month in August, but only by 88 people, according to data released today by the Government of the Canary Islands.
At present, there are some 17,729 people unemployed on the island compared to 17,8...
31/08/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - The Ayuntamiento of San Bartolomé has announced that enrollment for the nursery in Playa Honda will begin next Monday. Parents and guardians will be able to enroll their child/children in the nursery from Monday, the 3rd of September, until Friday the 7th<...
31/08/2012 Spain (BG) - Spanish Minister for Health, Social Services and Equality, Ana Mato, has revealed that immigrants who do not have papers will have to pay for access to the health service and medical treatment from Saturday onwards. This also includes those who are undergoing treatment for ...
31/08/2012 Spain (BG) - Bailed-out Bankia, the fourth largest bank in Spain by assets, has recorded a net loss of €4.3bn in the first half of the year, surpassing the loss it suffered in all of 2011.
Bankia’s request in May for a historic bailout of €23.5bn (£18.6bn), led to the Eurozone preparin...
30/08/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - The waste management and disposal department of the Cabildo de Lanzarote is coordinating a campaign to clean up the paper and cardboard recycling containers on the island. The containers are part of the “sustainable and environmentally friendly image” of Lanzarote an...
29/08/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - NGO and rescue service Emerlan today revealed that it has participated in 25 sea rescues during this year’s summer period. The organisation has aided emergency services in conducting searches, assisting vessels in trouble and tending to distressed swimmers in particular...
29/08/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - Whether you booked a flight before you realized you were expecting, or have a little one on the way and want to squeeze in a holiday before all the late nights arrive we’ve gathered answers to the most common questions when it comes to flying during pregnancy.
28-8-2012 Lanzarote (BG) - This Friday marks the beginning of the Fiestas de Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios in Yaiza. A variety of events and ceremonies have been planned to entertain residents and tourists during the celebrations which run until the 9th of September.
27/08/2012 Spain (BG) - Spain’s public broadcaster has announced it will show its first bullfight in six years next month, a somewhat controversial decision as public opposition to bullfighting continues to grow.
State-funded Televisión Española (TVE) is currently in the middle of a major shake...
27/08/2012 Canary Islands/Spain (BG) - According to the trade union ‘UGT Canarias’ more than half of those unemployed on the Canary Islands have been without work for over a year. UGT warned that in the second quarter of 2012, a total of 200,400 residents of the Canary Islands were unemployed.
24/08/2012 Canary Islands/Great Britain (BG) - Two Ryanair cabin crew members have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling £6,000 (€7,600) worth of cigarettes into Liverpool airport on Monday.
Stewards Gemma Philips, 26, and Adam McEvatt, 28, both from Merseyside arrived on a flight from ...
24/08/2012 Lanzarote/Spain (BG) - Tenants who fail to make their rental payments on time could be evicted within ten days, under a new law regarding the flexibility and promotion of the rental market, set to be passed today at the Council of Ministers.
23/08/2012 Canary Islands/Spain (BG) - According to a survey released yesterday by the Ministry of Industry, 821,969 foreign tourists visited the Canary Islands in July, 11,000 less than during the same month of 2011, representing a decrease of 1.4%. This drop is in stark contrast to the 4.4% increa...
22/08/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - Timanfaya National Park in Lanzarote was the third most visited national park in Spain last year. It is part of a group of 14 natural protected areas across Spain.
In 2011, Timanfaya received in excess of 1.5 million visitors to the park, about 114,000 more than in 20...
22/08/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - A grant of €1.3million is to be shared among 98 companies on the Canary Islands according to the Boletín Oficial de Canarias (BOC). The grant will be allocated through the Ministry of Economoy, Finance and Security of the Government of the Canary Islands. It is hoped th...
22/08/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - The heat wave we are currently experiencing on the island is set to peak today (Wednesday), as the Meteorological Agency revealed temperatures could reach up to 39° Celsius in some parts. The status of the heat wave has been upgraded from yellow to orange alert.
21/08/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - Inalsa have announced that from 16.00h on Tuesday until Thursday morning, supllies to about 40 towns and villages on the island will be cut due to shortages. The cut in supply is “as a result of increased consumption towards the end of August”. The announcement was made b...
21/08/2012 Lanzarote/Canary Islands (BG) - The Canary Islands are rapidly increasing in popularity amongst sporting enthusiasts and this is reflected by the growing number of endurance events taking place on the Islands every year. The islands appeal to many as the ultimate race location due to thei...
20/08/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - Cuban musician Pavel Urkiza will perform for fans at La Casa-Museo del Timple on Sunday, August 26th, at 12.00pm. Tickets are priced at €10 and can be purchased in advance at the “El Patio” Crepaerie, from the Department of Culture of the Municiplaity of Tegu...
20/08/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - “The restoration of El Almacén, the Island’s Cultural Centre (CIC), in Arrecife is on schedule and will be completed within the original deadline of 12 weeks” according to Minister for Culture, Emma Cabrera.
The Minister revealed “Everything is going as planned, the ...
This week features a number of fun filled and action packed events on the island, from punk, rock and folk concerts for music lovers to cycling and beach volleyball events for sports fanatics. Add these to beach parties and full moon parties and you'll find there is something to suit everybody!
17/08/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - Following the discovery of fossilised ratite eggs on the island back in 2011, two more considerably large eggs have now been discovered in Órzola. The eggs date back more than 5 million years but as of yet there is no official explanation as to how they arrived on Lanzaro...
17/08/2012 Lanzarote (BG) – The Ayuntamiento de Famara expect an ‘avalanche’ of 20,000 people to attend the upcoming Fiestas de Famara. Last night a meeting of the Security and Emergency Consortium of the Cabildo de Lanzarote was held in Palacio Spínola, Teguise, to coordinate activities during th...
16/08/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - The Cabildo de Lanzarote has dismissed a complaint made by the Federation of Lanzarote Tourist Businesses (AETUR) against TUI Travel, for the alleged illegal sale of tickets for the new tourist bus ‘Lanzarote Vision’.
The complaint was filed in May based on alleged dam...
16/08/2012 Spain (BG) - Spanish air authorities have this week launched an investigation into low cost airline Ryanair, following reports three of its aircraft had to make emergency landings due to a lack of fuel in July.
Sources within Spain’s development ministry said that the AESA opened its...
13/08/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - Lanzarote recorded an increase of 2.95% in tourist arrivals last month compared to July 2011, following five successive months of decline. It was the only Canary Island that registered an increase in tourist visitors during July.
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10/08/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - Cabildo Vice President and Minister for Employment and European Affairs, Joaquín Caraballo, yesterday admitted that they had “made a mistake” by associating Rosana’s concert with, and using it to promote, the continued protests against the proposed oil exploration. He lat...
10-08-2012 Lanzarote/Canary Islands (KMC) - Lanzarote and Fuerteventura has been issued again with an orange weather alert for high temperatures by the Meteorological Agency 'Aemet'. Today the island’s temperatures are expected to reach as high as 37 degrees. The Aemet website specifies th...
10/08/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - The Centres for Arts, Culture and Tourism of Lanzarote (CACT) recorded a decrease of 12.48% in visitor numbers during the month of July, in comparison to the same period last year. During July there were 252,807 visitors to CACT’s, compared to 288,855 in July 2011. July...
08/08/2012 Lanzarote (KMC) - The mayor of Teguise, Oswaldo Betancort is resolutely against the proposal by the Lanzarote Island Plan (Plan Insular de Ordenación) to create a marina in Caleta de Famara. The mayor said that the plans had taken him completely by surprise and are “crazy” and also vowed ...
08/08/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - Some of Lanzarote’s most renowned tourist landmarks will be broadcast for all of Spain to see this weekend during TV Cuatro’s summer programme “Ola Ola”. The breathtaking Cueva de los Verdes, César Manrique designed Jameos del Agua and the beach of El Reducto are amongst ...
07/08/2012 Canary Islands (KMC) - The month of July had the highest recorded average temperature in the Canaries of the last six years. The highs increased by 1.5 degrees Celsius and the Meteorological Agency (AEMET) showed that temperatures reached as high as 43.5 degrees on these islands.
07/08/2012 Lanzarote/Canary Islands (BG) - Spanish Minister for Industry, Energy and Tourism, José Manuel Soria, has stressed that the discovery of oil, or gas, by Repsol would represent “salvation for the Canary Islands” as it would significantly help combat the “high rate of unemployment and weak ...
06/08/2012 Lanzarote (KMC) - The promenade of Playa Las Cucharas in Costa Teguise is getting a makeover and the application for tenders is now open. The project has a value of €544,273 and a deadline of 8 months for completion. The mayor of Teguise, Oswaldo Betancort highlighted the perseverance inv...
06/08/2012 Canary Islands/Spain (BG) - Spanish Minister for Health, Social Services and Equality, Ana Mato, announced that the government has approved a proposal to exclude all foreigners living illegally in Spain from public healthcare cover. The minister claimed this law will “ensure universal hea...
03/08/2012 Lanzarote (KMC) - The Lanzarote Vision Hop on Hop off bus service has launched its website at www.lanzarotevision.es and customers can now buy their tickets online. The website is available in the Spanish, English and German languages and contain...
03/08/2012 Lanzarote/Canary Islands/Spain (BG) - According to data released yesterday by the Ministry of Employment, registered unemployment on the Canary Islands fell by 0.3%, 879 people, in July compared to figures collected in June. However, year-on-year figures show unemployment has increased by...
02/08/2012 Lanzarote (KMC) - The President of the Lanzarote Chamber of Commerce, Jose Torres Fuentes has formally asked the regional director of Telefónica to choose Lanzarote as the location for the headquarters of the new Telefonica call centre.
The President wrote a letter to director Flores M...
