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05.04.2006 - The Royal Navy's biggest aircraft carrier leaves Tenerife today after a short stay in Santa Cruz. HMS Illustrious, which has been in the Canaries since Sunday, has drawn hundreds of locals and visitors to the port in the last three days. more...

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CIA torture flights controversy resurfaces

05.04.2006 - The publication of an Amnesty International report on the alleged use of European airports by the CIA for secret transfers of Islamic terrorists to Guantanamo has put Tenerife back in the spotlight. more...

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100,000 barrels of oil used every day in Canaries

04.04.2006 - An association which has been set up to raise awareness of the excessive dependency on energy imports has calculated that 100,000 barrels of oil are used up every day in the Canaries. more...

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Canarian government backs hotel demolitions

04.04.2006 - The Canarian government has denied reports that it is trying to force a rethink of the decision to demolish several hotels in the Canaries due to breaches of environment legislation. more...

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Hotels full for Easter

04.04.2006 - Hotels in south Tenerife report bumper bookings for the Easter week. Initial concerns that the combination of the bad weather of late and the competition from other destinations would impact negatively on bookings have been allayed with the news that many hotels are already turning enquiries away. more...

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Goverments clash over migrant ship

04.04.2006 - Relations between the Spanish and Canarian governments have soured as a result of the silence over the search for an alleged migrant ship in international waters off the Canaries. more...

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Court staff strike threat

03.04.2006 - The Canarian government has called a last-minute meeting with staff representatives at the Department of Justice in a bid to avert a strike. Hundreds of employees of courts throughout the Islands and at the Department's headquarters say they will walk out this week unless their wage demands are met. more...

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8 liners in Santa Cruz at week-end

03.04.2006 - The port of Santa Cruz in Tenerife had one of its busiest week-ends for months when no fewer than eight cruise liners called in for short stays over the week-end. more...

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Migrant ship mystery

03.04.2006 - Reports that a migrant ship carrying up to 600 Africans had been sighted in international waters triggered a large-scale alert in the Canaries on Sunday.Informed newspaper sources reported that Spanish intelligence had received a tip-off from Britain that a cargo ship used by people-traffickers had departed West Africa around ten days ago and was believed to be heading for the Canaries. more...

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Hotels asked to check for missing guest

31.03.2006 - Hotels in Playa Blanca (Lanzarote) have been asked by police to check if they are missing a male guest after the body of a man was recovered from the sea yesterday. Police say the deceased, possibly be a tourist, appears to have died from a heart attack while in the water or he may have fallen into the water after the attack given that drowning has been ruled out as the cause of death. more...

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Sick hiker airlifted from Anaga

Tenerife - 08.02.2012 - Emergency services in Tenerife were called into action again yesterday to rescue a hiker who took ill during a walk in the Anaga hills outside Santa Cruz. more...

Canarian MP slams 'arrogant' Ryanair boss

Canary Islands - 08.02.2012 - Yesterday's ugly scenes at Bilbao airport, where Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary had to be given a police escort after his provocation of former Spanair employees, prompted a furious reaction against the head of the airline by Canarian MP Ana Oramas. more...

Springsteen snags resolved

Las Palmas - 08.02.2012 - The snags preventing the release of tickets for the concert by rock legend Bruce Springsteen in Gran Canaria have now been resolved and the gig has been confirmed 100%, say the organisers. more...

Lawyer's office raid in money-laundering probe

La Laguna - 07.02.2012 - A well-known Tenerife lawyer is the focus of police attention in a money-laundering and fraud investigation ordered by a La Laguna judge. more...

War of words between Canaries and Madrid

Canary Islands - 07.02.2012 - Relations between the Canarian government and the new Spanish government sank further yesterday when the region's tourism minister was apparently snubbed by his national counterpart. more...

Rowers face proceedings after latest rescue

Canary Islands - 07.02.2012 - Two Britons who had to be rescued again after getting into trouble on their bid to cross the Atlantic in a pedal boat could face a hefty fine for the latest mobilisation of air and sea rescue resources. more...

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