Canary Islands News & Information

WHERE should we recycle used pens? The first answer that comes to mind is 'in the yellow bin', which is marked envases ('containers') but is in fact where hard and soft plastics, as well as tins, cans...

IT'S NOT just an easy destination for European holidaymakers seeking sunshine and superb beaches – although it is that as well, we can't deny it. But Spain is home to more UNESCO heritage sites than anywhere...

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.

HOME to idyllic beaches, volcanoes, caves and some of the best weather in the country, the Canary Islands is also the best value-for-money destination in Spain, according to recent research.

LOW-COST airline Ryanair is considering closing its bases in Tenerife South, Las Palmas and the Costa Brava, sparking industrial action among its staff.

CANARIAN Astrophysics Institute researchers believe a massive asteroid will pass between the moon and the earth in the year 2082 – near enough to the planet to cause a 'significant risk'.

THE CANARIAN island of La Gomera will see its name up in lights at Cannes Film Festival this year, thanks to a production focusing on its lost language.

EVEN though most of Spain is basking in unseasonably-high temperatures and ski slopes are melting over a fortnight ahead of their usual closing dates, one of the country’s warmest regions has issued warnings over snow...

SIX Boeing 737 MAX 8 are stranded on the runway at airports in the Canary Islands now that the European Union has joined China, India, Mongolia, Ethiopia and Australia in grounding them all.

THREE people have suffered minor injuries after a passenger ferry and a private yacht collided in the sea north of Gran Canaria at about 16.30 this afternoon (Thursday).

The islands of Gran Canaria and Tenerife appear to be registering geodynamic movement towards one another that could see the two meeting in a few million years' time.

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...