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WATCH: Narcos burn boat at sea and cook cocaine worth millions as Spanish cops close in

DRUG traffickers deliberately torched and sank their yacht off of Tenerife after being cornered by Spanish customs patrol boats. The two crew members, one French

8 Jul, 2025 @ 16:51

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Europe’s best beach is found in Spain – as is the second, according to German travel company

EUROPE’s best beaches have been ranked by travel company Omio, and Spanish beaches take the first two placings out of 75. Number one is Teresitas

2 Jul, 2025 @ 16:48

Canary Islands·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Tenerife

‘Sperm whales, loggerheads and coral forests’: Spain to expand its protected sea reserves

SPAIN has taken another important step forward to protect its oceans by expanding marine reserves yet the road ahead is long, a marine scientist says.

18 Jun, 2025 @ 16:58

Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Environment·Lead

Summer holiday chaos for Brits as hotel workers in Tenerife to strike ‘every Friday’

HOSPITALITY workers are planning to strike in Tenerife every Friday in July and August after union negotiations on a pay increase failed to reach an

12 Jun, 2025 @ 11:52

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife

British tourists stuck in ‘third world hell’ at airport in Spain – in ‘taste of things to come when EES arrives’

IN A TASTE of what might happen at Spanish airports this summer- with a record number of UK tourists expected- long passport control queues formed

29 May, 2025 @ 17:45

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife

Seven people dead as rickety migrant boat with 180 travellers capsizes in Spain’s Canary Islands

AT LEAST seven people died on Wednesday when a boat carrying around 180 migrants capsized as it was being escorted to a Canary Islands harbour.

28 May, 2025 @ 15:00

Canary Islands·Lead

‘We are not a free bar’: Spanish leader responds to drop in British tourism to holiday islands

THE president of the Canary Islands sought to defend the archipelago’s tourism strategy in its regional parliament on Tuesday, stating: “We are not a free

28 May, 2025 @ 14:08

Canary Islands·Lead·Politics·Travel News

REVEALED: The three beaches in Spain with the best photographic ‘wow factor’

THREE Spanish beaches have been proclaimed to have the ‘wow factor’ when photographs are posted online via social media or in travel blogs. The holiday

25 May, 2025 @ 08:00

Canary Islands·Costa Blanca·Galicia·Lead

Tragedy in Tenerife: British boy, 4, drowns in hotel swimming pool

A BRITISH boy, 4, died after being pulled out of a Tenerife hotel swimming pool on Thursday. The incident happened shortly before 5pm at a

23 May, 2025 @ 12:00

Canary Islands·Lead

British tourist, 68, dies in Spain three months after being ‘sucker punched on a night out’

A BRITISH pensioner has passed away three months after he suffered a horrific assault while holidaying in Spain. Retired carpenter Marshall Latham, 68, was ‘just

21 May, 2025 @ 14:35

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Historic’ anti-tourism marches see hundreds of thousands protest across Spain

TOURISTS were hiding in their hotels after the Canary Islands saw more 100,000 residents protesting against tourism. Protests took place in Tenerife, Fuerteventura, El Hierro,

19 May, 2025 @ 11:01

Canary Islands·Lead

Real Madrid star, 22, ‘will face criminal proceedings’ over alleged distribution of child pornography

REAL Madrid star Raul Asencio is set to be hauled before court for allegedly sharing a sex tape involving a minor, a judge declared on

15 May, 2025 @ 15:03

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Sport

Spanish skies: When to catch the Eta Aquarids meteor shower left by Halley’s Comet

THE Eta Aquarids is a shower of shooting stars, or meteors, which lights up the night sky each year in late spring. Every year, as

10 May, 2025 @ 08:13

Andalucia·Canary Islands·Lead

‘Extreme’ sun-risk warning for tourists heading to the Canary Islands

HOLIDAYMAKERS visiting the Canary Islands in the coming days should take precautions due to ‘extreme’ UV-levels, according to the Spanish Ministry of Health. Aemet has

9 May, 2025 @ 09:45

Canary Islands·Health·Lead

Tourists to be hit by ‘green tax’ when visiting in Spain’s tallest mountain

TOURISTS visiting Spain’s tallest mountain are set to be hit by a new ‘green tax’ from 2026. Visitors to Teide National Park in Tenerife will

8 May, 2025 @ 17:43

Canary Islands·Environment·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Tenerife·Travel News

Horror in the Canary Islands: Remains of dismembered Colombian woman found on beach

A BAR owner has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman’s dismembered body was found on a popular tourist beach in Gran Canaria.

8 May, 2025 @ 16:59

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s Canary Islands hit by major power cut just days after nationwide blackout

THE Canary Islands have been hit by another major power cut, just days after a nationwide blackout brought Spain to a standstill. Tens of thousands

8 May, 2025 @ 14:08

Canary Islands·Environment

HYDROGEN BOMBSHELL: Spain to build its first-ever offshore green fuel plant in Canary Islands

SPAIN is making waves as it gears up to build its first offshore green hydrogen plant off the coast of Gran Canaria, in a move

1 May, 2025 @ 16:34

Canary Islands·Environment·Lead·Other News

Over-65s are encouraged to buck the anti-tourism trend and check out these two Spanish island destinations

TOUR and activities company TUI Musement has named La Palma and Menorca as two of the top seven European destinations for senior travellers, after analysing

28 Apr, 2025 @ 10:16

Canary Islands·Lead·Menorca·Olive Press Travel

Easter holiday chaos for Brits heading to Spain: 80,000 tourism workers go on strike in the Canary Islands as Gatwick workers plan walk-out

BRITISH holidaymakers heading to Spain this Easter face a double whammy of disruption, with strikes threatening to derail plans both in the air and on

17 Apr, 2025 @ 15:19

Canary Islands·Lead·Travel News

WATCH: Incredible scenes as devastating floods strike holiday island of Lanzarote in Spain’s Canary Islands

FLASH floods have unexpectedly hit the eastern Canary Islands over the weekend, with the devastating effects shared online. The heavy rain wasn’t supposed to reach

14 Apr, 2025 @ 10:52

Canary Islands·Lead·Video·Weather

RED ALERT: Spain’s Canary Islands in ‘extraordinary danger’ as hurricane-force storm set to batter the tourist hotspot

A RED weather alert has been issued for the Canary Islands as Storm Nuria threatens the holiday hotspot with hurricane-force winds. The Spanish weather agency

2 Apr, 2025 @ 15:02

Canary Islands·Lead·Weather

Missing: Taylor did not catch his flight home from Tenerife

Fears for missing British tourist in Tenerife: Family of Taylor say he is injured and ‘in a bad state’ after missing flight home

A BRITISH tourist has vanished from Tenerife after missing his flight home. An online appeal has been launched to track down Taylor (pictured above), who

26 Mar, 2025 @ 13:59

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife

Brit, 36, arrested on arrival in Spain’s Tenerife over 2019 cocaine deal outside a hotel in Portugal

A BRITISH national has been arrested on arrival in Tenerife in connection with a 2019 drug trafficking charge. Policia Nacional officers were waiting for the

24 Mar, 2025 @ 09:32

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Spanish holiday islands are placed on orange weather alert due to Storm Laurence

STORM Laurence has forced popular Spanish holiday islands to issue orange weather alerts. The Canary Islands have issued orange and yellow weather alerts as waves

17 Mar, 2025 @ 11:52

Canary Islands·Lead·Weather

Where is Gary Shearer? Family of Scotsman demand answers two YEARS after he vanished from Lanzarote – as they prepare to fly out to Spain

THE family of a Scotsman who vanished while in Spain two years ago have issued a fresh appeal for information. Gary Shearer, from Renfrew in

12 Mar, 2025 @ 12:12

Canary Islands·Lead