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Cockfighting and performing animal circuses face Canary Islands ban

14. 11. 2017 @ 18:17

THE government of the Canary Islands has drafted new legislation that will prohibit circuses touring with performing  animals and also cockfighting. New legislation would regulate...

Heart attack cruise passenger airlifted to Canary Islands

25. 10. 2017 @ 10:23

A SPANISH maritime rescue helicopter has transported a seriously ill patient to hospital in Lanzarote after a cruise ship passenger suffered a suspected heart attack....

Police get the hump after neighbours spot camel in house

24. 10. 2017 @ 07:32

LOCAL POLICE in Tenerife were called in after several people reported seeing a camel in a neighbour’s house. Officers in Santa Cruz were dispatched to...

Heatwave alert issued by Canary Islands government

14. 10. 2017 @ 09:38

THE government of the Canary Islands has issued a heatwave alert for the Spanish holiday hotspots of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. High temperatures in the range...

Depression led British pharmacist to commit suicide on Tenerife holiday

9. 10. 2017 @ 11:53

AN INQUEST heard how a young British pharmacist hung herself during a romantic holiday with her boyfriend in Tenerife. Victoria Smith, 25, from Leyland in...

Passenger plane crash drill at Tenerife airport

4. 10. 2017 @ 11:36

TENERIFE North Airport has staged a training exercise to recreate the scenario of a commercial aircraft with 62 people on board crashing near the runway....

Spain fourth most gay friendly country in world

28. 8. 2014 @ 09:52

Gallup, the International survey company have released the results of the annual Gallup World Poll which surveys over 100,000 people in 123 countries around the...

Spanish Senator sparks controversy with homophobic comments

26. 8. 2014 @ 15:55

CEUTA Senator Luz Elena Sanin blamed national debt on subsidies offered to homosexuals and now faces calls to resign. Senator Sanin (People’s Party) has become...

Spain celebrates gay pride weekend

30. 6. 2014 @ 10:33

The rainbow flag will fly especially high across Spain all this month as gay celebrations engulf the country along with the rest of the world....