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New visa is being launched to make it easier to work in Spain
New visa is being launched to make it easier to work in Spain

The ‘Digital Nomad Visa’ is soon to be available to non-EU citizens who want to live in Spain...

The TEAs are here! Watch the Tenerife Entertainment Awards 2022 live
The TEAs are here! Watch the Tenerife Entertainment Awards 2022 live

Today is the 15th annual entertainment awards live from Castillo San Miguel featuring all your favourite singers and performers...

Foreigners have bought half of the properties sold in the Canary Islands this year
Foreigners have bought half of the properties sold in the Canary Islands this year

Property purchases by foreigners increased by almost 90% in the first half of this year on the islands...

The DANA will leave more rain and storms in the Canary Islands this weekend
The DANA will leave more rain and storms in the Canary Islands this weekend

The north of Tenerife had heavy rains on Friday. Fuerteventura and Lanzarote are forecast storms today...

Russia and Morocco agree to install a nuclear power plant 400km from the Canary Islands
Russia and Morocco agree to install a nuclear power plant 400km from the Canary Islands

The two countries have formed a collaboration treaty to produce energy "for peaceful purposes" on the Atlantic coast…

British ex-boxer speaks out after being kicked off Ryanair flight to the Canary Islands
British ex-boxer speaks out after being kicked off Ryanair flight to the Canary Islands

Passengers claim that he had been 'vile and abusive' on board, he says he was upset because someone took his wallet...

Spain announces 3 billion euro aid package to lower electricity bills
Spain announces 3 billion euro aid package to lower electricity bills

The Prime Minister’s new plan extends electricity discounts so that more households and families benefit...

The trail of the 136 million timeshare debt in the south of Tenerife is lost in tax havens
The trail of the 136 million timeshare debt in the south of Tenerife is lost in tax havens

A web of offshore companies, most of them from the British Virgin Islands, received funds from the now bankrupt companies...

Three injured in a street fight on the promenade in Los Cristianos
Three injured in a street fight on the promenade in Los Cristianos

The fight began in a busy tourist area on the seafront. Witnesses say "there was use of a knife"...

‘Illegal’ street vendors take over the beaches in the south of Gran Canaria
‘Illegal’ street vendors take over the beaches in the south of Gran Canaria

Maspalomas and Playa del Inglés have been without beach bars and kiosks for two and a half years...

The IGN recorded 330 earthquakes in September, the highest number since January
The IGN recorded 330 earthquakes in September, the highest number since January

In addition to this, subsoil in Adeje, Guía de Isora and Vilaflor moved more than usual...

Bar causes controversy by charging people 1.50 euros if they don’t buy anything
Bar causes controversy by charging people 1.50 euros if they don’t buy anything

The owner says ‘if they are occupying a seat, there is a charge’, and that most people are accepting it...

Tenerife timeshare bankruptcy leaves 1,500 tourists penniless
Tenerife timeshare bankruptcy leaves 1,500 tourists penniless

They have left debts of 136 million euros and most of the people affected are British or German...

When can drink driving result in a jail sentence in Spain?
When can drink driving result in a jail sentence in Spain?

Anyone found guilty of driving under the influence of drink or drugs can be sent to prison for between three months and 10 years...

Man makes claim for 35,000 euro Rolex watch he found in a street in Tenerife
Man makes claim for 35,000 euro Rolex watch he found in a street in Tenerife

No one claimed it after two years but it has ‘disappeared’ from the Arona lost property deposit...

3 Tenerife hotels are rated among the best in Europe
3 Tenerife hotels are rated among the best in Europe

They are listed in Conde Nast Johansens 2023 Awards for the best luxury accommodation and facilities...

Another DANA will bring more rain to the Canary Islands this week
Another DANA will bring more rain to the Canary Islands this week

The forecast is that it will leave "significant amounts of water" in the most mountainous areas...

A busy winter is forecast as holiday bookings increase by 12% in a week
A busy winter is forecast as holiday bookings increase by 12% in a week

Hoteliers are optimistic and predict a 90% occupancy rate up until Christmas and New Year...

Robots have now drilled 60% of the new tunnel to complete the Tenerife ring road
Robots have now drilled 60% of the new tunnel to complete the Tenerife ring road

The new tunnel will be one of the longest in Europe and will link the north and south of the island...

There are now more dogs in Tenerife than children
There are now more dogs in Tenerife than children

There are twice as many pets as there are inhabitants from zero to 14 years of age...