Black Canary Queen Bees Arrive
Around a dozen black Canary Queen bees have been brought to Lanzarote from La Palma to strengthen the genetics of the island’s hives. Currently there are about 300 hives on the island, managed by 12 producers. The honey produced on Lanzarote is a small quantity but of extraordinary quality. The bees also are mahor contributors to plant pollination.
Guatiza Sociedad Closes Down
The teleclub in Guatiza closed down this week ending decades of great value meals in the north of the island. Currently, nobody has come forward to take the reins from the previous incumbents, but locals are hopeful.
Lanzarote Seeks To Add Travel Subsidy To Airport Parking
The Cabildo has approved a move to request that the 75% travel discount for residents is also applied to airport parking, arguing that most residents park at the airport are travelling to other islands on business, for family or for medical appointments.
Tourists Sanctioned For Stealing Volcanic Rocks
A group of tourists were seen taking rocks from the national park on the island earlier this month. Other tourists called the police who sent a team of environmental agents. The agents discovered their backpacks were filled with olivine stones and a rock hammer. They claimed they were geology students, but were unable to produce any evidence. They have been reported to the courts and could face fines of up to 600 € each.
Tragedy As Young Girl Drowns In Playa Blanca Hotel Pool
A four year old British girl drowned over the weekend at a holiday complex in Playa Blanca. She was pulled out of the water in cardiac arrest and despite the best efforts of all, it wasn’t possible to revive her. The Guardia Civil will carry out an investigation to understand what happened.
New Political Party
A new political party “Juntos por Lanzarote,” or “Together for Lanzarote” launched this week. The best known member and key protagonist is Oscar Noda, mayor of Yaiza. The new party aims to “faithfully serve the interests of Lanzarote”, moving away, according to its promoters, from “the complacency and servilism of the large political parties (CC, PSOE and PP), which have lived more to please their leaders than their real bosses, the citizens of Lanzarote.”
Grape Expectations
The grape harvest this year is expected to be good, both in terms of quality and quantity, after the drought on the island was broken with plenty of rain last winter.
Farmacia Lock In
Customers were trapped in a Farmacia in Puerto del Carmen on Monday evening after the automatic door failed. Firefighters attended and dismantled the door to release them.
Crash On LZ18
There was a spectacular crash in the early hours of Sunday morning on the LZ18. Police and the fire service arrived on the scene to find nobody in the car. Police are investigating.
Gibraltar Border Comes Down
Spain has begun dismantling the border between Gibraltar and La Linea de Concepcíon. After more than 100 years the border will be removed on 15th July following the signing of a historic agreement that puts Gibraltar into the Schengen zone. This means people on both sides will be able to move freely across the land border, and Spain will be responsible for checking the status of people arriving by air and sea into the British overseas territory.
Campsite To Open 3rd July
The campsite at Papagayo will open from 3rd July until the beginning of October this year. The site has a total of 266 areas for caravans and tents and last year’s prices have been maintained. For tents the price is 6 € per day for residents and 8 € per day for others, and for caravans 9 and 11 € respectively. The site has showers, a electric hook ups, a barbecue area and staff on hand.
We’ll add more news here as it comes in this week…….
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