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It is said that divorce and moving house are two of our most stressful activities, maybe true … but having spent the weekend involved in the latter, I’m not so sure. Agreed, that packing up all your worldly belongs and transporting them from A to B is very time...

We are on the same time in Lanzarote as the UK, so please don't forget the clocks go back one hour at 2am on Sunday 30th October 2011. So that's an extra hour in bed on Sunday morning!

Zest at the Costa Sal in Matagorda are delighted to announce the very first night of our Mongolian BBQ is on Halloween Night. A super night of entertainment for all the family. Mini Disco. Pig Racing. Play your cards right. Halloween games. Prize for best Fancy Dress....

Televisión Canarias are showing the bells at the end of the year from the Plaza de Las Palmas in Arrecife, with the clock of the church of San Ginés as its centerpiece. This is the result of a retransmission agreement signed on Tuesday between representatives of the...

"The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather feel unloved, not cared and abandoned" - Mother Teresa of Calcutta Calor y Cafe would like to see you there to celebrate solidarity next November 11th, 2011 at the Monument el Campesino at 21:00....

NOVEMBER 2011 Sunday, 6th November: 10.00 a.m. to 14.00 p.m. Photography Exhibition, “The Sea”. Convento Santo Domingo 10.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Animation for Children in the “Constitución” Square. Sunday, 13th November: 11.00 a.m. “Parrandiando”. Folk group will be...

-Name: ZombieWalk Lanzarote 2011. -Date: October 31st from 16:00 h to 02:00 h. -Location: Playa Honda marquee. -Organizer: Mas Que Arte http://www.masquearte.org/ -Collaborators: Cabildo of Lanzarote, City of San Bartolome and Lanzarote Business Association. TO ALL...

Next weekend the clocks will be changing, marking the end of “British Summertime” and returning us to GMT time. This will mean an hour less in bed next Sunday morning, lighter mornings and shorter days. But will we notice too much of a difference here in Lanzarote? We...

WauWau-Lanzarote is a charity that supports abondoned animals on Lanzarote. They would like to invite all of their friends, colleagues to spend a great afternoon for the benefit of abandoned animals, with information, entertainment, food and drink, games for kids and...

The next Carnival will have the centerpiece of the world of the Vikings. This was decided by the 4140 citizens who participated in the poll organized by the area of Celebrations of the City of Arrecife. As pointed out by the councillor responsible, Victor Sanginés,...

What a pleasure it was to attend the 9-Lives Charity Dinner, Race night and Auction at La Bocaina Restaurant in Playa Blanca on Friday evening. As always, the owners Nina & Paul Ecob created a mouth-watering menu and donated part of the ticket cost to the charity....

"Our businesses can no longer afford the inactivity of 'aqueducts.' The loss of work activity must be kept to a bare minimum," asserts Jesús Terciado, vice-president of the employers' association CEOE and president of the Spanish Small Business Confederation (Cepyme)....

The City of Tias has decided that its carnival in Puerto del Carmen in 2012 has the theme 'The Wild West' and is slowly closing all that that entails. The dates for the celebrations of the carnival will be on 23, 24, 25 and 26 next February and has already opened the...

The last Wacky Wednesday of 2011 in the Tias & Arrecife store on the 19th of October, with: 15% off everything in store and up to 75% off selected items. But remember... when it´s gone, it´s gone!! So make the most of the last Wacky Wednesday of the year! Opening...

The Director General of Security and Emergency for the Government of the Canary Islands, Juan Manuel Santana, has confirmed the existence of two emission points of the volcanic eruption on the island of El Hierro. The two emission points are located at two and a half...

Lanzarote's establishments achieved during the month of September to overcome the average occupancy level of 85.15 percent, achieving the second-highest total of nine months of 2011. According to the study prepared monthly by ASOLAN, in the ninth months of 2011,...

The Meteorological Agency has activated the yellow alert for Tuesday for high temperatures. In the early hours the skies will be cloudy intervals tend to be middle clouds and high temperatures will be later, reaching 34 degrees. There is a probability of haze. The...

For the first time in history, the theme of Arrecife Carnival will be chosen by popular poll. For nearly two weeks, you can choose between half a dozen options via online social networks. The result will be announced later this month.According to the concejal de...

Living in Lanzarote is an idyllic life – the sunshine, the people, the food, the landscape, the beach – all elements that make for a tranquil lifestyle, but if you have to work for a living, the 6am alarm clock is a way of life 6 days a week. Struggling to pull...

The local Government has already signed with the record company Torresci SL to the start of construction of the bicycle lane, which will run between the Grand Hotel in Arrecife, and the bus station, near the headquarters of the Cabildo de Lanzarote. This work will...

As if we didn´t already have an excuse to drink wine… El Grifo Canari was the only Canarian wine to be awarded the silver medal at the 10th edition of the Mundus Vinis International Contest celebrated in September at Neustadt, Germany. The jury, composed of 270...