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Ryanair calls on governments to take action against French air traffic control strikes
Ryanair calls on governments to take action against French air traffic control strikes

O’Leary is calling on the UK, Ireland, Italy and Spain to confront them to prevent flights being cancelled...

The Spanish government announces a reduction in personal income tax
The Spanish government announces a reduction in personal income tax

They have just approved a reduction for those earning less than 21,000 euros a year and a tax on the very rich...

Woman finds huge scary spider on her front door step in Tenerife!
Woman finds huge scary spider on her front door step in Tenerife!

When she opened her front door she found the huge dead spider with hundreds of baby ones on it...

Someone in the Canaries is sitting on a 2 million euro winning lottery ticket
Someone in the Canaries is sitting on a 2 million euro winning lottery ticket

Last night’s Bonoloto only had one winner of the top prize and the ticket was bought here...

VIDEO: A supermarket is robbed at gunpoint by man wearing a clown mask
VIDEO: A supermarket is robbed at gunpoint by man wearing a clown mask

This is not a scene from a movie, this is an actual armed robbery that took place this week...

Two arrested for selling false residency documents in Tenerife for 500 euros
Two arrested for selling false residency documents in Tenerife for 500 euros

They provided providing fake registration certificates, rental contracts, and job offers for foreigners outside of the EU…

Cloudy skies and rains are back in the Canary Islands this weekend
Cloudy skies and rains are back in the Canary Islands this weekend

Check out the full forecast for your island here...

A bather dies from drowning on the beach of Costa Calma
A bather dies from drowning on the beach of Costa Calma

The man was rescued from the water after drowning and was in cardiorespiratory arrest...

Spain is now the only country in the EU with entry restrictions for Covid
Spain is now the only country in the EU with entry restrictions for Covid

Luxembourg is lifting restrictions for non-EU travellers from tomorrow...

Playa El Castillo becomes a non-smoking beach in Tenerife
Playa El Castillo becomes a non-smoking beach in Tenerife

In an online vote among local residents, 75% said they would prefer it if smoking was banned on beaches…

New routes to and from the Canary Islands with Ryanair this winter
New routes to and from the Canary Islands with Ryanair this winter

The airline has also launched an offer with flights from 24.99 euros each way for travel from October…

The perfect storm: Brexit, crazy rents, and no staff. How the Canary Island have changed
The perfect storm: Brexit, crazy rents, and no staff. How the Canary Island have changed

Brexit and the reformed tourist laws have changed the dynamics of coastal resorts in the Canary Islands...

Spectacular clouds form over Teide
Spectacular clouds form over Teide

Some cloud formations have been forming over Tenerife in the last 24 hours, see some of the photos here...

National Police arrest a ‘drug mule’ with 104 cocaine capsules in his stomach
National Police arrest a ‘drug mule’ with 104 cocaine capsules in his stomach

He was acting suspiciously after arriving on a flight from Madrid…

Delivery men arrested in Tenerife for stealing 26,000 euros worth of mobile phones
Delivery men arrested in Tenerife for stealing 26,000 euros worth of mobile phones

They stole them from the company they worked for and then sold them to intermediaries who later sold them to the public…

The Canary Islands will close 2022 with 14 million visitors and 17 billion turnover
The Canary Islands will close 2022 with 14 million visitors and 17 billion turnover

The Minister of Tourism says that the Islands are now stronger as a destination than before the pandemic...

New tax will affect bars, restaurants, and any business with fridges and air conditioning
New tax will affect bars, restaurants, and any business with fridges and air conditioning

The Spanish government has just extended the Greenhouse Gases Tax and those affected say the costs will rise by 5-10%...

Driver injured as car is flipped by someone reversing the wrong way out of a one-way street
Driver injured as car is flipped by someone reversing the wrong way out of a one-way street

The article has been updated after an eyewitness contacted us with more information...

VIDEO: Driving licence update by the British Ambassador
VIDEO: Driving licence update by the British Ambassador

HMA Hugh Elliott updates on licence negotiations and explains why you can’t drive in Spain with a UK licence in the meantime…

Almost 3,000 people are still without electricity following the tropical storm
Almost 3,000 people are still without electricity following the tropical storm

Endesa has deployed a team of 200 people who have been working non-stop for more than 48 hours to recover the supply…