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Archive for November, 2011

Iberia pilots to strike in December

Iberia to sack 3807 people

Story update 08/12/2011 – The dates announced for the Iberia pilots strike are the 18th December and the 29th December 2011. The strike is in protest against the creation of the new low cost airline Iberia Express, dedicated to covering short and medium haul flights. The president of the Iberia pilots’ union (SEPLA-Iberia), Justo Peral said at a press [...]

Tourism spend in the Canaries up by over 13% in 2011

Tourists spend Money

Tourists that have visited the Canary Islands have so far this year (2011) spent over €8 million on their visits to the islands, a 13.1% rise when compared to 2010, according to data released today by the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade. According to figures from the Tourism Expenditure Survey (Egatur), Canary Islands are [...]

Festival 40 Pop

The ‘0 Pop Reina Santa Cruz’festival brings you the best pop bands of the 40 Principales radio station. The Wanted, La Oreja de Van Gogh, Pignoise, Despistaos, and Soraya will share the stage with the local bands Lourdes, Conducta Cero, Marvel Hil…

World record attempt for fastest female Trans-Atlantic row

Prime Minister David Cameron meets the crew of Row For Freedom

In December 2011, six ladies will depart from La Gomera (Canaries) to row unaided in the fastest trans-Atlantic row ever recorded.  The women, all from Britain except their American skipper, will endure the harshest test known to mankind – to row across the Atlantic. It is a relatively unknown statistic that more people have been into [...]

Gran Canaria hotel explosion leaves two people dead and injures over 20 people

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Story update 26/11/2011 @ 11:31 – A second person has died following the explosion in this hotel. The second victim is a 22 year old waitress who suffered burns on 90% of her body. Meanwhile initial investigations point towards the cause of the explosion as a defect in one of the gas lines which are [...]

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