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Hundreds of sunbeds are covered in anti-tourist graffiti in co-ordinated protest on Tenerife beaches as locals continue their campaign against holidaymakers
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Hundreds of sunbeds are covered in anti-tourist graffiti in co-ordinated protest on Tenerife beaches as locals continue their campaign against holidaymakers

Daily Mail  

Vandals have covered hundreds of sunbeds on two popular Tenerife beaches in anti-tourist graffiti as part of a continued campaign against holidaymakers. Over 230 sunbeds lying on Las Vistas beach and El Camisón, both on the south of the island, were vandalised in the early hours on Thursday morning, local media reported. Local officials said they were appalled by the …

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Hope fades after migrant boat sinks off Spanish island
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Hope fades after migrant boat sinks off Spanish island

China Daily  

By Earle Gale in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-10-01 18:43 Flowers are seen during burial of a migrant in the El Mocanal cemetery, after the sinking of a migrant boat that killed at least nine people and left at least 48 missing, on the island of El Hierro, Spain on Sept 30. The Canary Island's regional president, …

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Thousands protest against over-tourism in Spain’s Canary Islands
8 months ago

Thousands protest against over-tourism in Spain’s Canary Islands

Al Jazeera  

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have hit the streets of Spain’s Canary Islands to demand changes to the model of mass tourism they say is overwhelming the Atlantic archipelago. Flag-waving crowds packed the streets of the main towns across all of the archipelago’s seven islands, chanting and whistling, and holding placards with slogans like: “The Canary Islands are not up …

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Gale-force winds are fanning dozens of wildfires across Greece, leaving 2 dead, 2 injured
1 year, 4 months ago

Gale-force winds are fanning dozens of wildfires across Greece, leaving 2 dead, 2 injured

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Gale-force winds fanned the flames of wildfires across Greece, including more than four dozen new blazes that broke out Monday amid hot, dry and windy weather that has sucked moisture from vegetation. In Spain’s Canary Islands off the coast of West Africa, a nearly week-old fire blamed on arson continued out of control in what has been …

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Nigerian stowaways found on ship's rudder in Canary Islands
2 years ago

Nigerian stowaways found on ship's rudder in Canary Islands

Firstpost  

The men found on the Alithini II oil tanker at the Las Palmas port on Monday afternoon appeared to have symptoms of dehydration and hypothermia and were transferred to hospitals on the island for medical attention Barcelona: Three stowaways were found on a ship’s rudder in the Canary Islands after an 11-day ocean voyage from Nigeria, Spain’s maritime rescue service …

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Lava from La Palma eruption finally reaches the Atlantic
3 years, 2 months ago

Lava from La Palma eruption finally reaches the Atlantic

Associated Press  

LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands — A bright red river of lava from the volcano on Spain’s La Palma island finally tumbled over a cliff and into the Atlantic Ocean, setting off huge plumes of steam and possibly toxic gases that forced local residents outside the evacuation zone to remain indoors on Wednesday. Even though initial air quality reading …

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Canary Islands volcano spewing over 60 lakh kg sulfur dioxide in air per day
3 years, 3 months ago

Canary Islands volcano spewing over 60 lakh kg sulfur dioxide in air per day

India Today  

As the seismic swarms intensified on the Spanish Canary Island, the volcano in the Cumbre Vieja National Park erupted on Sunday shooting lava into the air and streaming in rivers towards houses in two villages. The lava was moving in two streams through a mostly unpopulated area, the Canary Islands government chief told SER radio. Itahiza Dominguez, head of seismology …

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Volcano erupts on Atlantic island; lava threatens some homes
3 years, 3 months ago

Volcano erupts on Atlantic island; lava threatens some homes

LA Times  

Smoke rises at the Cumbre Viegja volcano on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain, on Sunday. A volcano on Spain’s Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma erupted Sunday after a weeklong buildup of seismic activity, prompting authorities to speed up evacuations for 1,000 people as lava flows crept toward isolated homes on the mountain. Mariano Hernández, …

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52 feared dead, 1 survivor, on migrant boat going to Spain
3 years, 4 months ago

52 feared dead, 1 survivor, on migrant boat going to Spain

Associated Press  

LISBON, Portugal — A woman who was the only person pulled from a sinking dinghy in the Atlantic Ocean told her rescuers that the boat had left Africa a week earlier carrying 53 migrants, Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service said Friday. A merchant ship spotted the inflatable dinghy on Thursday, 255 kilometers south of Spain’s Canary Islands, and alerted Spanish emergency …

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Is Spain ready to open its borders to British tourists?
3 years, 7 months ago

Is Spain ready to open its borders to British tourists?

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It seems logical that British tourists should be allowed to come to the Balearic Islands “Spain is now vaccinating faster …

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Tensions in packed migrant shelter on Spain´s Canary Islands
4 years, 1 month ago

Tensions in packed migrant shelter on Spain´s Canary Islands

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Overwhelmed authorities on the Canary Islands are asking Spain’s government for help amid rising tensions between migrants and police at a crowded, makeshift tent camp for a steady stream of arrivals from west Africa. Nearly 2,000 migrants live in the facility designed to shelter 400 people on a pier on the island of Gran Canaria, part of …

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