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Canary Islands News
Canary Government pledges to fight effects of global warming on the islands
The Canary Government has declared a state of climatic emergency in the islands. This does not mean Mount Teide is about to erupt or the sun is getting too hot or that the heavens are about to open in biblical proportions. What it does signify, how-ever, is a firm commitment to recognising the effects of global warming and the ...Full Article
Police detect “Rivotril mafia gangs” in Canaries
National Police have opened an investigation in the islands for the alleged illicit trafficking of the “panic disorder” drug Rivotril. The alert was raised by different pharmacies in the ...Full Article
Marvel filming in Lanzarote will need environmental impact report
The new Marvel movie “The Eternals”, which is scheduled to be shot from November in Lanzarote, will need an impact study to start filming as it will be done ...Full Article
Chinese migrants smuggled into UK and Ireland via Canaries
Spanish police have dismantled a people-smuggling gang which used airports in the Canaries, including Tenerife, to get Chinese migrants into the UK for 30,000 euros each. The operation was ...Full Article
Fuerteventura’s heritage is neglected, says Cabildo
Fuerteventura needs to make more of its cultural heritage but there are parts of the island which are falling to bits, it has been claimed. The Cabildo’s culture councillor ...Full Article
Hotels “are breaching rules for heating swimming”
Environmental groups have denounced the use of fossil fuels to heat hotel pools in the Canary Islands. Several organisations claim establishments in the archipelago violate the regulations by using ...Full Article
German walkers become relic hunters!
Two German tourists became relic hunters when they found an ancient piece of pottery whilst out walking in La Palma. Eric and Helen Hoffstetter have now presented the fragment ...Full Article
La Gomera targets the Benelux countries
La Gomera is to have tourism representation agencies in Benelux (Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg) and France for the first time. This joins the countries of Germany, Switzerland and Austria, ...Full Article
La Palma wants new telescope rather than Hawaii
The Social Council of La Palma has agreed to support the possible installation of the Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) on the summits of the island of La Palma in ...Full Article
Binter announces new flights to mainland
Binter will connect the Canary Islands on a regular basis with the airports of Pamplona, Zaragoza and Murcia in the next winter season. The airline will connect by air ...Full Article
