Spain to spend €20m to assist transfer of unaccompanied minors from migration hotspots to peninsula
THE SPANISH government is planning to assign €20 million to the country’s regions to support the voluntary reception of unaccompanied migrant minors. The youngsters...
UPDATE: Volcano cone in Spain’s La Palma partially collapses triggering voluminous lava flows
THE cone of the Cumbre Vieja volcano partially collapsed on Sunday, sending massive pieces of rock tumbling downhill.
The volcanic activity intensified on Sunday evening...
Man arrested for organising illegal shark and stingray fishing excursions in Spain’s Lanzarote
THE GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested a man in Lanzarote for organising illegal shark and stingray tourist fishing trips.
The arrest took place on May 19...
VIDEO: This is the moment notorious Kinahan cartel member is arrested at a pub on Lanzarote in Spain’s Canary...
SPANISH police officers swooped in on a fugitive member of a notorious Irish drug cartel as he drank in a pub on the Canary...
Canary Islands report more than a thousand migrant deaths in year so far
Spain’s Canary Islands have calculated that more than a thousand would-be migrants have either died or disappeared at sea while trying to reach land...
Wildfire in Spain’s Tenerife Takes Toll on Animals: Over a thousand hens, 230 goats, and more than 200 dogs...
THE ongoing wildfire in Tenerife, which ignited in the island's mountainous terrain last Tuesday, continues to wreak havoc.
Not only has it compelled the confinement...
CO2 concentration in a village on La Palma is ‘incompatible with life’ following volcano eruption in Spain’s Canary Islands
THE village of La Bombilla in Spain’s isla bonita has carbon-dioxide (CO2) levels so high that the area poses a risk to life and...
LATEST: Sulphur dioxide cloud from La Palma to hit mainland Spain as volcano enters more explosive phase
A CLOUD of sulphur dioxide from the La Palma volcano is expected to hit mainland Spain on Thursday and may fall in the form...
ANALYSIS: Could eruption of La Palma volcano in Spain’s Canary Islands trigger a tsunami?
The eruption of a voclano on the Canary Island of La Palma resurrects the "mega-tsunami" theory, but is it possible? Rob Kiteley takes a...
LATEST: Three more towns evacuated on La Palma as volcano eruption intensifies in Spain’s Canary Islands
AUTHORITIES ordered three more towns on the island of La Palma to be evacuated as volcanic explosions intensified forcing firefighter teams to retreat to...
Fun on hold: Tenerife postpones its famous carnival until summer
TENERIFE has decided to postpone its famous carnivals until June.
The festivities, previously scheduled for February, have had to be postponed due to an increase...
La Palma volcano shows signs of decreased activity
For the first time in forty-six days, there are positive signs that the La Palma volcanic eruptions are coming to an end.
The La Palma...
La Palma air quality improvement allows schools to reopen
THE air quality over La Palma has improved so much over the last few days that a resumption of classes on the island has...
The house that survived a volcano: Extraordinary photo shows La Palma island home entirely surrounded by lava
THIS powerful image shows the isolation of the one house still remaining untouched by the rivers of thick lava that swallowed up everything else...
Iberia Express cancels 92 flights ahead of cabin crew strike in Spain
AIRLINE Iberia Express has cancelled 92 flights ahead of a ten-day crew strike that starts on Sunday.
Among the scrapped services are connections from Madrid...
Covid cancelled Christmas: One reader’s experience of a rather different celebration in Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands
Faced with spending Christmas alone in a cold flat in Madrid after Covid scuppered a return to see family in Scotland, Sarah Crozier made the last minute decision to book a trip to Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands.
Arsonists blamed for devastating Tenerife wildfires in Spain as 12,000 evacuees could return home this Monday
POLICE have confirmed that the Tenerife wildfire on the north of the island was deliberately started, according to Canary Islands president Fernando Clavijo.
Clavijo said...
Lava chasers: Volcano tours prove popular in the Canary Islands as La Palma eruption continues
A TOUR company on Tenerife offering day trips to see the volcanic eruption on neighbouring Canary Island La Palma has pledged to donate profits...
Mysterious ‘A Team’ claims to have saved dogs trapped by lava on La Palma ahead of daring rescue planned...
MYSTERY surrounds the fate of three dogs apparently trapped in an area surrounded by lava flow on the island of La Palma.
On Wednesday a...
Jet2 CEO questions Lanzarote’s president on tourism statements
The CEO of Jet2 Holidays, Steve Heapy has written to Lanzarote’s president, Maria Dolores Corujo, asking her to clarify whether or not she wants...
Firefighters and army battle to extinguish blaze on Spain’s Tenerife with Canary Islands president saying its the ‘worst in...
CANARY ISLANDS president Fernando Clavijo has said that the Tenerife wildfire which started on Tuesday was the 'worst in 40 years'.
Firefighters are encountering soaring...
True beauty of Canary Islands revealed as film location for Marvel latest blockbuster Eternals
THE rugged coastlines and dramatic landscapes of the islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura are about to make it big on the silver screen.
These two...
Canary Islands octopus farm sparks criticism among scientists
A proposal for an octopus farm in Spain’s Canary Islands has sparked criticism from scientists who fear for their welfare
According to reports by the...
Does Your Financial Adviser Manage Your Pension or Investment In The Best Way Possible?
by Sam Kelly DipPFS, EFA, BA (Hons)
Managing Partner
Chorus Financial
Chorus Financial strive to offer the best Investment Management in Spain, basing our client portfolios on...
British man dies after being stabbed during a burglary at his Canary Islands home in Spain
A British man has been fatally stabbed at his Canary Islands home.
The 31-year-old died after he was attacked during a suspected break-in at his...
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