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Arrested with 500 kilos of cocaine in a zodiac bound for the islands.

An inflatable boat has been seized in waters near the Canary Islands in a joint operation by the Tax Agency, the National Police and the Civil Guard

The operation took place on 5 January, when Customs Surveillance officials embarked on the Tax Agency's patrol boat 'Condor', in the exercise of their functions of prevention and repression of smuggling and drug trafficking, began patrolling navigation to the so

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"We have the challenge and the goal of decarbonising the islands by 2040".

Ecological Transition leads the first Offshore Wind Energy Roundtable in the Canary Islands to advance its implementation in the archipelago



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The Ministry of Ecological Transition and Energy of the Government of the Canary Islands leads the first Offshore Wind Energy Roundtable on the islands, in a meeting that was attended by the Minister, Mariano H. Zapata and the Depu

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The Canary Islands now have more than 2.2 million inhabitants.

The increase in population in the archipelago, especially of the foreign population, seems very worrying for the survival of the island's way of life

The population in the Canary Islands grew by 1.2% at the end of 2023, to 2,213,016 inhabitants, which is 27,409 more than in the previous year, which closed with 2,185,607 residents.



This increase is mainly due to the increase in people from abroad, 7.5%, from

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Mario Cabrera expresses his "concern", "reluctance" and "caution" in the face of the extraction of 'rare earths' in the Canary Islands.

The deputy of the Canary Islands Nationalist Group (CCa), Mario Cabrera González, intervened this Wednesday, February 21, in the European Affairs Committee held in Parliament, in which the extraction of 'rare earths' in the Canary Islands was addressed, to appeal for "caution" because it is a "very aggressive" extraction process and its tru

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Armas closes the route between the Canary Islands and Huelva.


Armas announced on Monday that, as of 19 April, it will close the line between Huelva and the Canary Islands and will unify all its operations with the Peninsula from the port of Cadiz. The shipping company has reported that the ships that operated in the capital of Huelva will start operating from the capital of Cadiz.



This decision, according to the company, "responds to the improvement plan that it is impl

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The Canary Islands are experiencing the warmest winter since records began.

This is the first winter in more than 100 years that there has been no accumulation of snow on the peaks of Tenerife



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The archipelago has experienced the warmest winter since records began, with an average temperature of 17.7 degrees Celsius and an anomaly of 2.5 degrees. So much so, that the Islands have experienced a very suffocating winter sea

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The Canary Islands lead the rate of marriage dissolutions for the fifth consecutive year.

As of 31 December 2023, the judicial bodies of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands recorded the highest rate in the country of applications for dissolution of marriage per 100,000 inhabitants, as has been the case uninterruptedly since December 2019. This is confirmed by data collected by the statistics service of the General Council of the Judiciary.



According to th

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Pre-alert for strong swells and wind in almost all of the Canary Islands.

From Wednesday onwards, the sea force that will accompany us throughout Holy Week will rise

The General Directorate of Emergencies of the Canary Islands Government has decreed a pre-alert situation for coastal phenomena and winds in almost all of the Canary Islands from this morning.



In this sense, waves of more than four meters are announced on Wednesday, especially on the north and west coast o

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Red Cross celebrates 150 years in the Canary Islands.

Today, April 1st, the Red Cross celebrates 150 years in the Canary Islands. The Cabildo of Fuerteventura has recalled that the humanitarian institution arrived on the islands in 1874, developing since then an intense activity and being present in all important Events and emergencies.



Currently, the Canary Islands Red Cross has more than 20,000 volunteers. In 2023, they served more than 137,000 people, with 48.5%

Since the company Binter Canarias decided to enter the mainland market and, especially on its regular flights between Gran Canaria-Madrid and Tenerife-Madrid, with four outbound and four return planes, travelling between the archipelago and Madrid is cheaper.

Undoubtedly, the so-called free market of competition has worked in this case in favour of the citizen, who has benefited significantly from the entry of Binter Canarias, with an average drop of 30% compared to what it cost to travel bef