Community/Public Services news & information for Canary Islands

PROPERTY prices, housing quality, healthcare and education, living costs and the job market are among the factors that determine where the happiest locations in Spain are, according to research by a leading national...

'SOUVENIRS' of the La Palma volcanic eruption are now being sold, with all proceeds going towards helping those affected rebuild their lives and homes.

THREE cities in Spain have made it into the latest list of the best for home-workers after the 80 most popular choices were revealed.

A 'QUALITY of life' survey among residents in Spain's biggest cities shows attitudes have changed since the start of the pandemic, according to national consumer organisation OCU, which conducted the...

FOUR members of the Armed Forces emergency response unit asked for the bill at café Terraza Carambola after a well-earned stop for coffee and toast – and found it full of zeroes.

MAKING life easier and improving conditions for society, retaining cultural values and promoting the arts and sciences in the Canary Islands are rewarded every year by a Tenerife radio station: the Golden Teide Awards...

CANARY Island regional authorities have set aside nearly three-quarters of a million euros to make streets and public buildings as disabled-friendly as possible.

CANARY Island authorities say they should not be in the same time zone as mainland Spain 'under any circumstances' and have asked to form part of the committee due to be set up by national president Pedro...

The town council in Mogán, in the south of the island of Gran Canaria, has today approved a new by-law that reserves 75% of its beaches for non smokers, only allowing smoking on the remaining 25%.

Endesa has just announced that power has been restored to 20% of customers in Tenerife after the whole island had been without electricity since 12.08 today, due to a problem in the Las Caletillas power station in the...