Lanzarote will be celebrating the 700th anniversary of the islands discovery by the Genovese navigator Lancelotto Mallocelo in 2012. As island authorities plan a programme of events to mark this historic date. Malocello is credited with first discovering the island – which was subsequently named after him – before it was eventually conquered for the [...]
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Concerns over Whitney Houston concert
Posted by Canaries News on March 4th, 2010
There have been concerns rumoured over the Whitney Houston concert that is to take place in Tenerife on 30th April this year, the signers only concert in Spain, after criticism over her performance in the Australian concerts recently held, in particular regarding her voice. The organiser, Rolo Producciones, has said that the concert will go [...]
Las Caletillas power station to close in 2015
Posted by Canaries News on March 4th, 2010
The ‘Las Caletillas’ power station is to shut down in June 2015, according to reports. While the debate over the contruction of a third power station on the island of Tenerife continues in order to minimise more island-wide power cuts, it seems that the company (Unelco-Endesa) has forgotten that the original power station in Candelaria, [...]
