400kg of Cocaine discovered on La Graciosa

02/08/2012 La Graciosa/Lanzarote (BG) – 22 people have been arrested by the Policía Nacional following the discovery of approximately 400kg of cocaine on the small island of La Graciosa. The 22, suspected members of a criminal organisation, were arrested as part of a major investigation into drug sm...

Canary Islands rebel against deficit targets

02/08/2012 Canary Islands/Spain (KMC) - The Canary Islands have voted against a proposal to cut the 17 semiautonomous regions’ total deficit to 0.7% of Spain’s economic output.

The meeting was fraught with difficulties, the region of Catalonia chose to boycott the gathering, and the chief financial...

Oil exploration: Cousteau Divers send letter to Prime Minister

02/08/2012 Lanzarote/Canary Islands (BG) - One of the most prestigious diving and scientific organisations in the world, “Cousteau Divers”, has sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Spain, Mariano Rajoy, asking him to reconsider his decision to allow petroleum company ‘Repsol’ drill for oil off the...

Cabildo allocates more resources to save palm trees

01/08/2012 Lanzarote (KMC) - The environmental department of the Cabildo de Lanzarote will allocate a further €45,000 towards saving the island’s palms affected by the disease ‘diocalandra’.

The funds come from a cash surplus from the year 2011 and will be added to the €14,789 initially assigned ...

No short-term improvement for Island's economy

01/08/2012 Lanzarote (KMC) - According to the Confederacion Canaria De Empresarios (Confederation of Canarian Employers), there is no likelihood of short-term improvement for the island’s economy. The confederation made the dire economic prediction in a socioeconomic report released yesterday for th...

Culture and Folklore body established in Teguise

01/08/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - A new culture and folklore body has recently been created in the municipality of Teguise. The body, created under the initiative of the Department of Culture, was established after ten local organisations combined forces to form one umbrella organisation. The ten member g...

Three bodegas pioneer ‘eco-label’ project

31/07/2012 Lanzarote (KMC) - The Lanzarote bodegas El Grifo, Los Bermejos and Vega de Yucco are spearheading a pioneering project in the Canary Islands which consists of verifying their respective carbon footprints.

This ‘eco-label’ will identify all the greenhouse gases which are admitted direct...

La Graciosa to receive investments totaling €300,000

31/07/2012 Lanzarote/La Graciosa (BG) - The Cabildo de Lanzarote and the Ayuntamiento de Teguise have revealed they are to invest up to €300,000 in a bid to improve facilities on the island of La Graciosa. The two governing organisations have drawn up four cooperation agreements aimed at improving c...

Manrique’s BMW on display in London

30/07/2012 London/Lanzarote (KMC) - The BMW car designed by César Manrique in 1990 will be displayed in an exhibition in London this summer to coincide with the Olympics.

The car will be displayed alongside 15 other BMW vehicles in the Shoreditch area of the city. The exhibition, which is part of L...

Tourist expenditure exceeds €418million

30/07/2012 Lanzarote/Canary Islands (BG) - According to a survey carried out by the Instituto Canario de Estadística (ISTAC) of the Government of the Canary Islands, tourist expenditure on Lanzarote during the second quarter of 2012 exceeded €418.2million, but was €6.7million less than was recorded ...

World Press Photo Exhibition arrives in Arrecife

27/07/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - The 2012 World Press Photo Exhibition arrives in Arrecife next Saturday, the 4^th of August, and will be showcasing some of the most breathtaking and poignant images captured by photojournalists worldwide over the past 12 months. The exhibition features winning ...

World Press Photo Exhibition arrives in Arrecife

27/07/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - The 2012 World Press Photo Exhibition arrives in Arrecife next Saturday, the 4^th of August, and will be showcasing some of the most breathtaking and poignant images captured by photojournalists worldwide over the past 12 months. The exhibition features winning ...

Los Charcones ‘one of top ten natural pools’

27/07/2012 Lanzarote (KMC) - Los Charcones in Yaiza has been chosen by national online website ABC.es as one of the top ten natural pools in Spain. Other locations which were highlighted by the website included Rascafría in Madrid, Las Fuentes del Algar in Alicante, Arenas de San Pedro in Ávila and ...

Unemployment rises to 33% on Canary Islands

27/07/2012 Lanzarote/Canary Islands/Spain (BG) - According to data collected by the Labour Force Survey (LFS) published today by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), unemployment on the Canary Islands now stands at 33.14% after the second quarter of the year, meaning there are currently 370,7...

Canary Islands: Average salary is €4,000 less than national average

Lanzarote/Canary Islands 26/07/2012 (BG) - According to data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the average salary per employee on the Canary Islands was found to be €18,876, the lowest recorded across the country, while the national average salary was found to be €22,775. The aver...

Electricity demand falls by 1.9%

26/07/2012 Lanzarote/Canary Islands - The electricity demand on the island of Lanzarote fell by 1.9% during the first half of 2012. During this period Endesa provided an electricity demand of 393.2 GWh (megawatt per hour).

Demand increased on four other Canary Islands including Fuerteventura. On La...

Wines of the volcano 2012

25/07/2012 Lanzarote (KMC) - The seventh annual Semana de los Vinos del Volcán, organised by the Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen ‘Vinos de Lanzarote’ will take place in Yaiza from Monday the 30th of July to Friday the 3^rd of August.

The week starts on Monday with the cel...

Tourist visits fall by 2.4%

25/07/2012 Lanzarote (BG) - According to figures recently released by the Data Centre of the Cabildo de Lanzarote and the Canarian Institute of Statistics the number of tourists travelling to Lanzarote fell by 2.4% during the first half of this year, compared to 2011.

According to the figures, 95...

House prices in the Canaries fall 10.6%

25/07/2012 Canary Islands/Spain (BG) - According to data collected by the Spanish Real Estate Market Index, released yesterday by IMIE-Tinsa, house prices in Spain have fallen 11.5% during the second quarter of 2012 compared to 9.2% over the first three months of the year.

The region of La Rioja ...

Resurfacing causes diversion on circunvalación

24/07/2012 Lanzarote (KMC) - Traffic on the Arrecife circunvalación will be diverted on Tuesday and Wednesday due to resurfacing work that is being carried out by the Ministry of Public Works (la Consejería de Obras Públicas).

Sections of the right lane in the direction of the airport to the Los ...