Silvia's blog
Advice for business people in Lanzarote
Submitted by Silvia on 31 May, 2011 - 14:37The Chamber of Commerce of Lanzarote, Cámara de Comercio de Lanzarote, will take a mobile office to all the municipalities of the island, from North to South.
This mobile office, a red bus you´ll easily identify, will visit
Shall we practise Spanish?
Submitted by Silvia on 31 May, 2011 - 13:58It doesn´t matter if you are taking formal lessons or not, you can always come to our Intercambio events and practise with native speakers who want to learn more English.
We are meeting on Wednesday 1st at 5.00 at
Lanzarote Chamber of Commerce
Submitted by Silvia on 26 May, 2011 - 13:55Do you know the local Chamber of Commerce, Cámara Lanzarote, offer a number of services to businesses, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises?
I´ve just been to a very successful meeting between one of our members who needed
Volcanic ash affecting flights to Lanzarote?
Submitted by Silvia on 24 May, 2011 - 12:01We hope not, as it seems the ash remained further north than forecast earlier.
Information on the spread of the volcanic ash over the UK and the NE part of the North Atlantic Ocean can be found at:
Free concert in Arrecife, Lanzarote
Submitted by Silvia on 24 May, 2011 - 09:13One of the central events organized in Lanzarote to celebrate Día de Canarias will be the free concert by the Orchestra of Timples of Canarias to be held on Friday, May 27 at the Teatro Cine Atlantida in Arrecife.
This orchestra and the show "Timpluras" were created specifically to celebrate the Day of the Canary Islands last year. The impact and recognition achieved have enabled the Orchestra to continue working since then, and after their show in Lanzarote last December, we will have the pleasure to see them again on Friday.
The repertoire includes
How are the Mayor and Councillors chosen?
Submitted by Silvia on 23 May, 2011 - 11:38In Spain,except in municipalities that operate in the open council system because they have less than 100 residents, the Mayor is not directly elected by the voters. The voters select the Councillors and then the Mayor is chosen from those that were at the top of the lists.
As regards the election of the Councillors, once the number of votes for each Political Formation has been counted, each Political Formation is allocated a number of Councillors using the D´Hont method.
The elected Councillors make up the so-called Municipal corporation which then
