Canary Islands News

Island promotes its avocado and mango

The Cabildo of La Gomera is promoting two fruit products on the island that hold an important external recognition for their quality. The avocado and mango are the protagonists of this promotional campaign which started during Santa Cruz carnival because of the large influx of people. The measure, promoted by the Ministry of Primary Sector and ...Full Article

Energiser drugs were really potent erectile dysfunction products

National Police, the Civil Guard and Tax Agency have jointly carried out the first phase of an important operation against illegal drug trafficking in which 47 ...Full Article

New direct ferry route from Tenerife to La Palma

La Palma’s Cabildo and Fred Olsen Express have announced daily direct routes between La Palma and Tenerife every day and throughout the year. Minister of Tourism, ...Full Article

Fred Olsen and Transvulcania sail together for May challenge

Organisers of La Palma’s Transvulcania race and Fred Olsen Express have agreed to sail together for the 12th edition. It is the first time the inter-island ...Full Article

Two German tourists drown and relative injured after being swept into the sea

The huge unexpected waves which regularly batter the coastline and rocks of the Canary Islands have claimed two more lives and landed a third person seriously ...Full Article

Multi-lingual 112 centre proves a life-saver during 2019

In the Canary Islands, 510,796 people requested help from the Emergency and Security Coordination Centre (CECOES) 1-1-2 during the year 2019 from different points of the ...Full Article

Canary tourism strategy to tackle “shame of flying”

In 2020, the Canary Islands will allocate 24 million euros to tourism promotion with the aim of reactivating the main markets such as the United Kingdom, ...Full Article

Doctors now performing heart transplants within the Canaries

Heart transplants are being performed for the first time ever in the Canary Islands and the first patient to benefit says he is thrilled to be ...Full Article

Gran Canaria drugs gang ran three labs and had links with extortion and forgery

Police in the Canary Islands have busted an international criminal organisation which manufactured and trafficked narcotic, psychotropic and anabolic substances. The investigation was carried out in ...Full Article

Regret and apology after patient’s illness described as “transsexuality”

Health chiefs in the Canary Islands have issu-ed a formal apology to a patient whose records were filled out to show he was suffering from transsexuality ...Full Article