The Canarian government has put the Canary Islands on the maximum alert level from 2PM today due to the imminent adverse weather conditions set to hit the Canaries this weekend. Specifically hurricane style high winds have been predicted. Schools have been closed and the authorities are recommending not to travel unless absolutely necessary. The areas [...]
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Unelco-REE : Invest in infrastructure or leave
Posted by Canaries News on February 24th, 2010
After leaving the whole island of Tenerife in the dark for a second time in less than a year, Jose Manual Bermudez has told Unelco-REE to invest in their infrastructure in order to avoid another general power cut. he went on to pass comment about their buildings not beign able to withstand a drop of [...]
‘Orange’ Weather warning for Canaries
Posted by Canaries News on February 24th, 2010
Another ‘Orange’ weather warning has been issued by the State Met agency for this Friday 26th Feb 2010 and Saturday 27th February 2010 with forecasts of wind up to 100km/h is higher areas of Gran Canaria, Tenerife and La Palma.
€22.4 million to be spent on Adeje – Tenerife
Posted by Canaries News on February 24th, 2010
It total, over €22.000.000 are to be spent on Adeje, in the south of Tenerife in an attempt to create a new facelift for the municipality to attract tourism. Work include a bicycle lane to join Adeje and Arona, a facelift for the bus station, restoration work to Playa Ajabo in Callao Salvaje and other [...]
Tourist Arrivals Up 3.28% On Lanzarote
Posted by Canaries News on February 23rd, 2010
Lanzarote, the third most visited island in the archipelago, recorded a 3.28% increase in foreign tourist arrivals last month. A performance some way ahead of the overall figure for the Canary Islands as a whole of 1.7%. According to the latest data just released by Frontur the number of foreign tourists arriving on flights to [...]
