http://www.lanzarotemagazine.co.uk Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:05:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The martial art of Karate will be the focus of a new event based in Lanzarote between 1st and 6th April. The First International Meeting of the Okinagawa Goju-Ryu Karatedo Kyoka (OGKK) will be taking place in Tinajo. Participants will be welcomed by the Mayor of Tinajo and the programme for ... http://www.lanzarotemagazine.co.uk/2010/03/lanzarote-gets-the-chop/   A large greenhouse containing more than eight kilos of marijuana has been discovered in Arrecife. Police were called to a possible break-in at a house in the area of the Charco de San Gines. Finding the front door had been forced open, officers checked the building without encountering anybody in ... http://www.lanzarotemagazine.co.uk/2010/03/up-in-smoke/ Ever wondered how Lanzarote used to look before the advent of mass market tourism?  The excellent website Memoria Digital Lanzarote is a real treasure trove of images from the islands past.  Featuring fantastic pictures of all of Lanzarote´s best known attractions and resorts. The MemoriadeLanzarote website contains over 300 images outlining the ... http://www.lanzarotemagazine.co.uk/2010/02/postcards-from-the-past/ The French market has for a long time been under represented on Lanzarote.  But all of that now looks set to change with the launch of new flight services from the French capital to Arrecife.  With carrier Trasnavaia implementing a weekly service from Orly airport on board 189 seater Boeing ... http://www.lanzarotemagazine.co.uk/2010/02/bonjour-lanzarote/ Much to the obvious delight of the national press Ryanair passengers on a flight from Bristol to Lanzarote last week were forced to make an unscheduled landing on the neighbouring island of Fuerteventura.  As the stormy weather that has been battering the Canary Islands recently forced their pilot to divert ... http://www.lanzarotemagazine.co.uk/2010/02/ryanair-abandons-tourists-on-fuerteventura/ The current spell of stormy weather that has swept across the island has taken its toll on Carnaval festivities.  With the traditional finale of the Carnaval in Arrecife – the Burial of the Sardine – cancelled.  Whilst the start of Carnaval in Puerto del Carmen has been postponed. High winds and ... http://www.lanzarotemagazine.co.uk/2010/02/weather-stops-the-carnaval/ High winds and rain caused travel chaos in the western Canary Islands yesterday.  With 18 flights to La Palma and El Hierro cancelled. Most were inter-island flights connecting the smaller islands of La Palma and El Hierro with Tenerife, although one flight from La Palma was destined for Brussels but ... http://www.lanzarotemagazine.co.uk/2010/02/stormy-weather-hits-canaries/ The number of passengers passing through Arrecife airport grew by 1.7% during January according to the latest figures released by the Spanish airport operators AENA.  As the eight airports of the Canary Islands handled a total of 2.618.725 passengers last month.  Up from 2.591.235 passengers for the same month last ... http://www.lanzarotemagazine.co.uk/2010/02/passenger-numbers-rise-in-january/ Asprocan, the Canary Islands banana growers association has launched a new campaign to build awareness of the regions offering, in a market that has historically been dominated by large US companies. In association with the Spanish government and the EU Asprocan have created a new brand mark – the European Taste ... http://www.lanzarotemagazine.co.uk/2010/02/canaries-go-bananas/ Passing through Arrecife airport in the next month or so?  Then head over to Terminal 2 and catch an exhibition of sculptures by local artist, Francisco Medina Caraballo. Under the title ‘Naturally noble wood’ the pieces are all created from a single trunk or piece of wood and illustrate the ... http://www.lanzarotemagazine.co.uk/2010/02/exhibtion-touches-down-at-terminal-2/