From The Editors Desk

14th June 2013

PennyThere were many flight disruption this week due to the strike by the French air traffic controllers. Some cancellations and many flight times to the island increased by as much as 90 mins. Hopefully all is back to normal by this weekend. This is always an unexpected sad start to a holiday, to say nothing of a crowded Fuerteventura airport with long delays for the return trips.

June is a lovely month here on the island. Don’t be surprised to see bonfires being stacked high as we progress through the week in preparation for next weekend’s San Juan celebrations. More about that in next week’s edition.

Until then, have a great week.

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  • Poverty in the islands.

    The problem of poverty, or at risk of it, already affects half the population of the Canary Islands, according to estimates by Caritas, which calls on the government to change its policies to address the situation because it is felt that they “are not rising to the occasion".

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  • Ridley Scott looking at Fuerteventura for his new film

    British Oscar-winning director Ridley Scott was in the Canary Islands this week scouting for locations for his new Hollywood blockbuster Exodus. Scott, 75, visited the coastal towns of El Cotillo and Corralejo on the island of Fuerteventura on Tuesday in the hope of finding suitable locations for his new biblical blockbuster about the life of Moses.

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  • Two small earthquakes off Fuerteventura and Lanzarote

    The larger of the two 'quakes measured 3.7 on the Richter Scale and was felt in several parts of Lanzarote. It was followed five hours later by a second one measuring 2.4.

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  • Another birth at the zoo.

    The third generation of giraffes Fuerteventura Oasis Park is here. The creature came into the world on Friday morning in perfect health. Since then, in addition to his mother, he shares a block with Gofio, the other macho giraffe that was born two weeks ago. The giraffe is to be called Dreamer.

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  • Playitas Resort.

    The Council of the Tourist Board has proposed the Playitas Resort as a candidate for the Medal of Excellence in Tourism of the Canary Islands. This was agreed here this week involving, in addition to the council, representatives of the municipalities, the business sector and other agencies.

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  • Russians!

    A total of 9 Russians, including the man identified as the leader of the organisation, have been arrested after raids on several properties in the south of Tenerife.

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  • Kalima Music Festival, Caleta de Fuste

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    The Kalima Festival is a 2 night music festival in Caleta on 7th and 8th June 2013:

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  • Lobos

    Without asking permission, much less giving information, the military announced that from 4 to 6 in June it will carry out manoeuvres on the Isla de Lobos with two helicopters and 30 soldiers.A natural protected area since 1987, the small island located 4.5 kilometres north of Fuerteventura has the category of Natural Park a Master Plan for Use and Management, explicitly banning military manoeuvres

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  • Lanzarote court.

    The island authorities tried to block the authorisation given by Spain for exploratory work to detect oil fields on the grounds that the legislation granting the permits was in breach of EU environment regulations. However, judges say Spain acted within the law in giving the go-ahead to the offshore drilling and there was no reason to grant the injunction. A similar application by the Canarian government also failed recently.

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