Canary Islands News & Information

SPAIN'S branch of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has handed in a petition with over 52,000 signatures to the national government calling for them to set up a whale sanctuary in the Canary Islands.

A FERRY carrying 140 passengers from Gran Canaria to Tenerife crashed into the pier in Las Palmas port last night (Friday) due to a 'technical fault'.

TEIDE National Park's cable car was back in use again this weekend for the first time since over 200 tourists became trapped due to a mechanical fault.

AN EARTHQUAKE measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale was reported yesterday afternoon in Fuerteventura, according to a late-night report from the National Geographical Institute (IGN).

AT LEAST 75 tourists have been stuck overnight in Tenerife's Teide National Park after the cable car broke down, waiting for daylight so they can be rescued.

A CANARY Island bishop says the sight of a 'drag-queen Virgin Mary' being crowned at Las Palmas carnival 'saddened him more than the Spanair crash' of August 2008.

Last year, Spain hit a record number of 75 million visitors, with the Canary Islands being the third most popular region (+13.2% compared to 2015).

CANARY Island-based telescopes will be used to find out more about the seven 'mini-Earths' discovered this week – a cluster of planets 40 light years away with water, oxygen and other conditions conducive to...

A FELLOW inmate of the only suspect in the disappearance of seven-year-old Yéremi Vargas a decade ago claims the accused described the child's death to him in detail.

A BRITISH woman is reported to have lost her life after falling from a balcony in a hotel complex in Tenerife.

A CONVICTED paedophile has become a key suspect in the disappearance of seven-year-old Yeremi Vargas, who was last seen playing outside his home in the village of Vecindario, near Santa Lucía de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)...

A BRITISH tourist has died in a brawl in the upmarket Tenerife resort area of Costa Adeje, emergency services report.