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The Latest Breaking News from the Canary Islands

Major airline boss wades into Canary Islands anti-tourism debate amid protests

Canary Island authorities urged to take more responsibility while protesters gathered outside tourism conference

The Independent UK

Tourist Chaos Looms as Tenerife and Lanzarote Hit with Urgent Weather Alert

The Canary Islands are set to face dangerous weather conditions this week, with the Spanish national weather agency, AEMET, issuing a yellow weather warning

The Fashion Central

Brits Beware! Holiday Hotspot Set for Unusual Weather Twist This Week

If you're heading to the Canary Islands for a bit of winter sunshine, you might be in for an unexpected surprise. Spain’s State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has issued a weather warning

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Netflix’s La Palma’s ‘megatsunami’ has been debunked

In the Netflix series La Palma, a Norwegian family goes on holiday to the Canary Islands when a young researcher discovers alarming signs of an imminent volcanic eruption. Cumbre Vieja is an active volcano on La Palma, which last erupted in 2021. The series culminates in a “megatsunami” capable of…

The Conversation

Up to 50 people on small boat bound for Canary Islands feared drowned

Migration NGO says at least 10,457 people died while trying to reach Spain by sea last year

The Guardian - UK

Taxi shortage poses issue for holidaymakers in Lanzarote

Tourists visiting the Canary Islands this Christmas may find their transport plans parked

The Independent UK

Hundreds of sunbeds vandalised on Tenerife beaches amid overtourism row

Many were daubed with anti-tourism slogans while others were slashed

The Independent UK

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Travelling to Tenerife for Christmas? Officials Warn British Tourists of Virus Surge

Authorities advise travellers to Tenerife and Lanzarote to wear masks and stay vaccinated due to rising respiratory virus cases during winter.

International Business Times UK

The best resort towns in the Canary Islands, revealed

Which are the best resort towns to visit in the Canaries?

The Independent UK

‘Cloud-milking’: the zero-energy technique keeping young trees alive

The project that began in the Canary Islands mimics the way leaves capture water droplets from fog in order to produce water

The Guardian - UK

Bemused tourists surrounded by protestors on beach as Spanish locals call for change

Protesters appeared on a beach while tourists were sunbathing and chanted ‘This beach is ours’

The Independent UK

Thousands Protest In Spain's Canary Islands Against Mass Tourism

Thousands of flag-waving demonstrators hit the streets across Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday to demand restrictions to the mass tourism they say is overwhelming their Atlantic archipelago.

International Business Times

Migrant Influx Fuels Debate In Spain Over Illegal Migration

A steep rise in the number of arrivals of migrants in Spain's Canary Islands from Africa has fuelled a fierce debate in the country over how to tackle illegal immigration.

International Business Times

Spain Signs Accords With Mauritania, Gambia To Curb Illegal Migration

Spain has signed agreements with Mauritania and The Gambia to strengthen cooperation to combat people smuggling and promote legal migration, as Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visits West Africa in the face of surging migrant arrivals.

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Radio France Internationale

Spain and Mauritania agree deals to stem flow of illegal migrants

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani announced a series of agreements on Wednesday aimed at stemming a surge in migrants venturing across the Atlantic Ocean to the Canary Islands.

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Spanish Prime Minister Tours West Africa To Address Migration Crisis

Spain's Prime Minister visits West Africa to tackle rising migrant arrivals in the Canary Islands, focusing on bilateral agreements, combating human traffi...

The Independent UK

Spain's leader begins West Africa tour in Mauritania to tackle irregular migration to Canary Islands

Spain’s prime minister has embarked on a three-day tour of West Africa as the European nation struggled to contain the number of people making the dangerous Atlantic voyage by boat to the Canary Islands

Radio France Internationale

Spanish PM to visit Mauritania, Senegal to address migration surge

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez begins a three-day visit to Mauritania, Gambia and Senegal Tuesday as part of his focus on curbing migration to the Canary Islands, which have seen a surge of arrivals from West Africa this year.

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The Independent UK

Spain's prime minister visits Canary Islands to discuss irregular migration and unaccompanied minors

Spain’s leader has met with the regional president of the Canary Islands to discuss irregular migration as the archipelago struggles to care for thousands of unaccompanied minors who made it there

Space

Science and music festival Starmus 2025 will return to the Canary Islands

Starmus 2025 will be held on the island of La Palma in April 2025. The festival will focus on the challenges of space debris and how light pollution is impacting our view of the night sky.

Reason

Trump Suddenly Loves Immigration

Plus: Catholic hospitals may be forced to provide euthanasia, Milei's accomplishments in Argentina, migrant crisis near the Canary Islands, and more...

The National (Scotland)

Cruise ship rescues 68 people from wooden boat drifting in Atlantic Ocean

A CRUISE ship has rescued 68 migrants and found five bodies in a wooden boat that was drifting off the Canary Islands ...

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Cruise Ship Rescues Migrants And Recovers Bodies In Atlantic

Learn about the recent maritime rescue operation off the Canary Islands highlighting the risks faced by migrants crossing the Atlantic to Europe.

Evening Standard

Canary Islands tourism protests: what are they about?

Nearly 14 million tourists visited the Canary Islands in 2023

International Business Times

Mass Protests In Canary Islands Decry Overtourism

Tens of thousands of demonstrators hit the streets across Spain's Canary Islands on Saturday to demand changes to the model of mass tourism they say is overwhelming the Atlantic archipelago.

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