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1.
Back-to-school numbers break all records
(News/Spain)
... 16.2 and 13.2 per cent, and Extremadura and Castilla y León, which have seen decreases of 12 and 9.5 per cent. Cantabria has seen a drop of 0.9 per cent and the
Canary
Islands
, 0.5 per cent. Otherwise, ...
Sunday, 05 September 2010
2.
Zara's on-line shop now open
(News/Spain)
... days after delivery, or can opt for home delivery at a cost of 3.95 euros and with a three-day wait. Express delivery costs 5.95 euros, or 9.95 euros for the
Canary
Islands
, and the goods will be received ...
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
3.
Crazy colours and animal prints at Valencia Fashion Week
(News/Spain)
... patterns and quilted dresses have already inspired numerous artists both locally and as far afield as Latin America.
Canary
-Islander Aurelia Gil's spring-summer 2011 range involves romantic dresses ...
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
4.
Heatwave abates but Analusia and Canary Islands still at risk
(News/Spain)
The Spanish met office has reduced its heatwave 'orange alert' (high risk) to just seven provinces in the
Canary
Islands
and Andalusia today, where temperatures of over 40ºC are expected, and puts ...
Saturday, 28 August 2010
5.
Holidaymakers from overseas spend greater in Spain this year
(News/Spain)
... and the
Canary
Islands
, followed by the Balearics and Andalucía. Those who parted with the most money were from the UK, spending 5,637 million euros a rise of 8.8 per cent on last year followed by ...
Friday, 27 August 2010
6.
Young tourist in Ibiza falls out of window
(News/Spain)
A 25-YEAR-OLD holidaymaker has been rushed to Can Misses hospital after falling off a balcony at his apartment in Ibiza. He is the second tourist to have become injured after falling out of a window ...
Thursday, 19 August 2010
7.
Spanish tourist still missing after Himalayan mudslide
(News/Spain)
Spanish tourist Lourdes Morro, who went missing in the floods in Leh (India) two days ago, has still not been found, but her companion, Rafael Boca has turned up injured, but alive. Information from ...
Sunday, 08 August 2010
8.
Authorities issue forest fire warning
(News/Spain)
... There is a very high risk of forest fires in the western part of Galicia, the inland areas of Asturias, Cadiz and some areas of Cáceres and Seville. In the
Canary
Islands
, specifically in La Palma and ...
Saturday, 07 August 2010
9.
Air traffic controllers threaten strike over 200k salaries
(News/Spain)
... or cancelled, and The Guardian has run a special supplement on how to reach your destination in case of strikes. However, the paper warned that holidaymakers to the Ballearic
Islands
or the
Canary
Islands
...
Thursday, 05 August 2010
10.
Catalunya bans the bull
(News/Spain)
... in the
Canary
Islands
, although bull-running is still permitted as it does not involve death or cruelty to the animals. During the parliamentary debate, those against the ban called for Catalunya residents ...
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
11.
Pre-emergency maintained over heatwave across Spain
(News/Spain)
... of emergency has been declared in the whole of the
Canary
Islands
except for Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, and in the Ribera del Ebro area of Zaragoza, where temperatures are expected to remain at in ...
Friday, 16 July 2010
12.
A fifth of Ibiza tourists consume hard drugs
(News/Spain)
ECSTASY and cocaine are frequently consumed by as numerous as one-fifth of tourists in Ibiza, according to the Balearic ministry of health and consumerism. This is thought to be closely linked to the ...
Friday, 16 July 2010
13.
Police officer knocked down at drink-driving control point
(News/Spain)
A 34-year-old Civil Guard officer was knocked down and killed by a drunk driver in Las Palmas in the
Canary
Islands
today whilst carrying out routine breathalyser tests. The driver of the vehicle who ...
Saturday, 03 July 2010
14.
Thugs who kicked cow to death during fiesta in court
(News/Spain)
... Enough!) are expected to win. If Catalonia follows the
Canary
Islands
and ends la fiesta nacional, the victory will owe something to the changing profile of anti-bullfighting campaigners. Once they were ...
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
15.
Mercury rises as summer officially begins
(News/Spain)
Today's temperature rise across much of the country will officially welcome in the summer and say goodbye to one of the coldest springs of the 21st century. In accordance with weather forecasts, ...
Monday, 21 June 2010
16.
Nobel-winning author Jose Saramago dies aged 87
(News/Spain)
... in his native country. He had lived for numerous years in the
Canary
Islands
with his wife, who translated his novels into Spanish. At the time of his death, at lunchtime today, Saramago bequeathed ...
Saturday, 19 June 2010
17.
Cigarette prices go up
(News/Spain)
PRICES of packets of Camel, Winston and Rex will increase by 25 cents in the next few days. The company which produces these brands of cigarettes, Japan Tobacco International, has confirmed that it will ...
Saturday, 05 June 2010
18.
One in six Spanish beaches will boast the blue flag this summer
(News/Spain)
...
Islands
(94), Andalucia (79),
Canary
Islands
(37)and Murcia (17). The list of blue-flag beaches and marinas (34 greater than last year) was made public today in a press convention given by the association ...
Wednesday, 02 June 2010
19.
Unfenced pools blamed for 95% of child drownings
(News/Spain)
... hotspots, the Balearic and
Canary
Islands
, where children are often bequeathed unsupervised, especially after meal times, which "should never happen" if these "silent deaths" are to be avoided. Traffic ...
Wednesday, 02 June 2010
20.
Heatwave sweeps across southern Spain
(News/Spain)
13 provinces in Andalucia, Murcia and the
Canary
Islands
are on yellow alert today because of the high temperatures forecast by the state meteorlogical office (AEMET), which could see the mercury hit 38º. ...
Tuesday, 01 June 2010
21.
Recession means couples spending less on wedding
(News/Spain)
... Extremadura and the
Canary
Islands
where the average wedding costs are 14,800 and 14,300 euros respectively. Brides are likely to spend an average of 1,750 euros on their dress, shoes, accessories, make-up ...
Thursday, 27 May 2010
22.
British journalists being shown the delights of Mallorca
(News/Spain)
The trip coincides with the begin of a new British Airways flight from London City to PalmaA group of British journalists are currently on a familiarisation trip on Mallorca, and being shown that Spain ...
Monday, 24 May 2010
23.
Morocco calls for the end of the Spanish 'occupation' of Ceuta and Melilla
(News/Spain)
The Spanish North African enclaves have always been demanded by Morocco, but the Spanish Foreign Ministry has defended the ‘absolute Spanishness’ of the North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.It comes ...
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
24.
Málaga airport closed by volcanic ash cloud
(News/Spain)
... services across the country.686 flights of the greater than 5,000 complete were stopped in Spain on Tuesday upto 1300hrs because of the problem, 171 of them on the
Canary
Islands
.Iberia information – 902 ...
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
25.
Volcanic ash closes seven Spanish airports
(News/Spain)
... to and from the
Canary
Islands
and Madrid this afternoon. Alternative transport by road has been laid on by airlines to cover numerous stopped internal flights from Seville and Jerez, with refunds or ...
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
26.
Property sales go up for third month in a row
(News/Spain)
... Areas of the country with below-average property sales per 100,000 inhabitants were Madrid (99), Basque Country (98), Asturias (93), Balearic
Islands
(86),
Canary
Islands
(84), Galicia (82), Catalunya ...
Monday, 10 May 2010
27.
Dozens of Europe flights stopped by ash cloud
(News/Spain)
many of flights in France, Italy and Portugal were stopped Sunday as airspace was closed because of an ash cloud drifting over from a volcano in Iceland that caused major air travel chaos last month. ...
Sunday, 09 May 2010
28.
Half of Spain's Spanish airports reopen following fresh cloud of volcanic ash
(News/Spain)
... although Barcelona's El Prat airport is one of the ten due to re-open tonight. Even the
Canary
Islands
are thought to be affected by the volcanic ash. The south of France, as well as Italy, Switzerland ...
Saturday, 08 May 2010
29.
Environmentally-friendly towns receive "Green Flag" awards
(News/Spain)
... y Leon and the
Canary
Islands
, both with five. Councils in the regions of Murcia, Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Cataluña, Aragón, Navarra and the Balearic
Islands
also received this distinction ...
Friday, 07 May 2010
30.
Snow, heavy rain and high winds continue to impact country
(News/Spain)
Snow, heavy rain and high winds intend that 24 provinces across the country are still on alert. The State Meteorological Office (AEMET) has issued an orange alert (high risk) because of snow in Cantabria ...
Tuesday, 04 May 2010
31.
Ministry of Industry slashes over 3 billion from investment budget
(News/Spain)
Another hole in the belt as Spains' government cracks down on public spending. The Ministry of Industry announced Friday that it has decided to postpone some 3.196 million euros investment foreseen until ...
Monday, 26 April 2010
32.
Almerias largest hotel group owner arrested for corruption
(News/Andalucia)
The President of the Senator Hoteles group, José María Rossell, one of Almería's richest men, has been arrested along with six other people into a land corruption investigation in the
Canary
Islands
. The ...
Sunday, 25 April 2010
33.
Tourism sees largest rise for 22 months
(News/Spain)
... in March, with 864,763 visitors, representing 4.5% more than in 2009, while the
Canary
Islands
received 849,464 international tourists, an increase of 4.9%. Andalucia saw 515,065 visitors, Valencia 336,131, ...
Thursday, 22 April 2010
34.
Cigarette sales go up - despite anti-smoking law
(News/Spain)
SALES of cigarettes have gone up in Spain since the so-called 'anti-smoking law' became effective at the beginning of 2006. According to the ministry of the economy, last year saw tobacconists ...
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
35.
Possible new lead in the disappearance of Yeremi Vargas
(News/Spain)
Seven year old Yeremi went missing on the Canaries in March 2007Two of the most shocking cases on the
Canary
Islands
could be related; the disappearance of seven year old Yéremi Vargas, the child who vanished ...
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
36.
La Palma bequeathed in the dark
(News/Spain)
... last night that a fault at the central station in El Guincho had bequeathed this part of the
Canary
Islands
in the dark since in the region 18.45hrs. They called out all t inheritor technicians ...
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
37.
sales of cigarettes go up - despite anti-smoking law
(News/Spain)
sales of cigarettes have gone up in Spain since the so-called 'anti-smoking law' became effective at the begin ning of 2006. According to the economic s Ministry , last year saw ...
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
38.
La Palma bequeathed in the dark
(News/Spain)
... that a fault at the central station in El Guincho had bequeathed this part of the
Canary
Islands
in the dark since in the region 18.45hrs. They called out all tinheritor technicians and followed emergency ...
Monday, 19 April 2010
39.
Sales of cigarettes go up - despite anti-smoking law
(News/Spain)
sales of cigarettes have gone up in Spain since the so-called 'anti-smoking law' became effective at the beginning of 2006. According to the Economics Ministry, the year past saw tobacconists ...
Sunday, 18 April 2010
40.
Benidorm closer to being declared a municipio turistico
(News/Spain)
... nationalist party coalition CiU and some senators from the Mixed Group.There were 120 votes against the idea from the PSOE, Basque nationalists PNV and others, while the grouping of the
Canary
Isles abstained.To ...
Saturday, 17 April 2010
41.
Carling Cup war hero done over by insurance giant
(Columns/Fred the Pie)
Carling Cup war hero done over by insurance giant DID YOU SEE brave war hero Private Dave Tartlock, who managed to cast aside the crutches he must use for the rest of his life to carry out the Carling ...
Friday, 09 April 2010
42.
King & Queen to hear Easter Sunday mass at Palma cathedral
(News/Across Spain)
The King and Queen of Spain will hear Easter Sunday mass at the cathedral in Palma in Mallorca, as is customary during Don Juan Carlos and Dona Sofia's Easter break in the Balearic
Islands
. Official sources ...
Friday, 02 April 2010
43.
Jaume Matas and his wife withdrew 450 € from their bank accounts in five years
(News/Across Spain)
The Palma Arena corruption scandal continues, and indicates illegal funding of the PP on the
islands
read full article
Monday, 29 March 2010
44.
Corruption in Mallorca
(News/Across Spain)
Corruption scandal surrounding PP in the Balearic
Islands
The corruption scandal surrounding the funding of the PP in the Balearic
Islands
has deepened over the last few days. The anti-corruption judges, ...
Monday, 29 March 2010
45.
Almerimar windsurfing champion heading for cup!
(News/Business & Finance)
... sponsorship is a key priority! This years world cup kicks off in the
Canary
Islands
, but from the 1st to the 4th of April a special windsurfing championship is taking place in Almerimar. The event ...
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
46.
Three tigers shot dead after seven escape from Canary Island Zoo
(News/Across Spain)
The owner of the Cocodrilo Park did not have enough tranquiliser darts read full article
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
47.
Marine biologists find treasure trove of ancient coral
(News/Across Spain)
A team of marine biologists, divers and photographers, has shot footage some 70 metres down in the sea around the
Canary
Islands
of an underwater "sanctuary" of "gerardia savaglia" coral, containing some ...
Monday, 22 March 2010
48.
New audiovisual bill passed by Congress
(News/Spain)
... sections of the TV and radio industry, and replace it with a modern and efficient bill. The vote was carried late last week in Congress with the votes of the PSOE, CiU and the
Canary
Coalition. The ...
Friday, 12 March 2010
49.
Winds of up to 130 kilometres per hour across northern Spain and Canaries
(News/Across Spain)
GALE-FORCE winds are set to sweep across the northern half of Spain and the
Canary
Islands
today, with tidal waves of over six metres in height. The state meteorological agency, AEMET, has announced that ...
Saturday, 27 February 2010
50.
Woman leaves nine million euros to animal charities
(News/Andalucia)
... died in October, 2008, aged 60 and that her will was drawn up before a notary in the
Canary
Isles. The will divides the inheritance between three animal charities: one dedicated to the conservation of ...
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
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