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February floods
21.02.2010 - The two days of heavy rain fall and wind that saw schools across the Canary Islands close and millions of euros of damage to homes and roads showed, yet again, the need for improved radar cover for the islands. more...

Tenerife

Second Hindu fair

Adeje - 20.02.2010 - Following last year’s success, a second Hindu Fair was held in Adeje on February 7th, with funds raised being destined towards helping the victims of the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti through the Red Cross and UNICEF. more...

Tenerife

Police threats

Santiago del Teide - 19.02.2010 - Inocencio Doble, socialist councillor for Santiago del Teide has ratified his official complaints in the Arona courts over allegations of violence and threats on the part of two local policemen from Santiago del Teide and one national policeman from the southern national police station. more...

Tenerife

Winning ways with food

18.02.2010 - The mayor of Santiago del Teide recently assisted in the presentation of the winners of the II Santiago del Teide Tapas Route. more...

The popular street theatre event may be cancelled

Tenerife

Street theatre threatened

Puerto de la Cruz - 17.02.2010 - The governing alliance in Puerto de la Cruz is in the difficult position of having to decide where to cut spending in order to protect the council’s fragile economic situation. more...

Arona and Cabildo representatives at the signing of the co-financing agreement

Tenerife

Urban bus for Arona

17.02.2010 - The mayor of Arona José Alberto González Reverón and Tenerife president Ricardo Melchior have just confirmed an agreement which will see the island authorities assuming some of the cost of the recently introduced urban bus route into Arona. more...

(L-R) Island president Ricardo Melchior and Felix Sierra, councillor for the south, in the new offices

Tenerife

Cabildo in the South

16.02.2010 - On Wednesday 27 January, the Tenerife Cabildo president, Ricardo Melchior, paid his first visit to the offices of the Cabildo’s Special Territorial Delegation for South Tenerife. more...

Many Canarians lost their lives in the tragedy

Canary Islands

Crash relatives dispute report

16.02.2010 - The families of victims of the Spanair plane tragedy say the recently-published crash investigation report fails to address the full causes of the accident and incorrectly lays the blame on the pilots. more...

Canary Islands

Gara & Jonay

15.02.2010 - The Canary Islands has its own tragic couple, evoking similar sentiments as Romeo and Juliet or Abelard and Heliose. more...

Canary Islands

Big switch off soon

15.02.2010 - Analogue television is to be progressively phased out across the islands of Tenerife, La Gomera and El Hierro from March 10 and 11, and La Palma from March 1, a process which will be finalised by April 3 when the installation of terrestrial digital television (TDT) should be complete. more...

People will have to work longer to qualify for a state pension

Spain

Retirement age proposal

14.02.2010 - Plans by the Spanish government to raise the retirement age by two years will be “opposed to the death” say the country’s main unions. more...

Air traffic controllers are to see their power reduced

Spain

Strike threats

14.02.2010 - Spain needs 1,200 more air traffic controllers to be able to move the number of planes that are currently using its airspace. more...

The ramapge left many restaurant staff and customers injured

Canary Islands

Soldiers’ holiday rampage

13.02.2010 - Restaurant customers who were caught up in an unprovoked attack by a group of eight British soldiers on holiday in Lanzarote have written a letter to Gordon Brown asking him to take up the incident with Army chiefs. more...

News::

Raquel Toledo released

11.03.2010 - The 37 year old woman, Raquel Toledo, originally from Tenerife, who was jailed recently in Texas accused of failing to abide by custody orders, has been released.
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Good news on airport charges

Berlin - 11.03.2010 - At the inauguration of the Berlin Tourism Fair regional Canarian president Paulino Rivero announced that he had reached an agreement with the national minister for development on a reduction in airport charges, something seen as vital to the tourism market for these islands. more...

Canarian hopes pinned on German market

Berlin - 10.03.2010 - The Berlin Tourism Fair, which opens today, is seen as crucial by the Canarian Department of Tourism in its bid to recoup almost 300,000 German holidaymakers 'lost' last year. more...

Council alliance reformed

Santa Cruz - 10.03.2010 - Santa Cruz council is to be run once again by an alliance of the Canarian Coalition and the Popular Party, following yesterday's power-sharing deal between the two parties. more...

Los Cristianos shock at Huddersfield slaying

Los Cristianos - 10.03.2010 - Media revelations that the man who committed suicide in England last Saturday after killing his mother-in-law was from Los Cristianos have shocked the local community. Former soldier Sebastián Marcante flew to England on Friday intending to kill his estranged wife, Claire, whom he married five years ago after they first met in Tenerife. more...

PP calls for Los Gigantes beach action

Los Gigantes - 09.03.2010 - The Popular Party in Santiago del Teide has slammed the local and national authorities for their lack of action to remedy the problems which caused the tragedy on the Los Guios beach four months ago. more...

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Living & Lifestyle

Guttering or Waterfall?
Have you noticed how few houses in Tenerife have guttering? When it rains you get a waterfall blocking your front door. more...

Motoring

New Škoda - Superb Combi

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