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Archive for February, 2012

Pitbull to perform in the Canary Islands in June 2012

Pitbull concert in Tenerife and Gran Canaria 2012

The Cuban-born singer Pitbull is to perform at two concerts in the Canary Islands as part of his “Planet Pit World Tour 2012″ on the 22nd June 2012 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and 23rd June 2012 in Arona in the south of Tenerife. It will be his first visit to the Canary Islands. [...]

€860.000 deal signed to promote Tenerife tourism

Ricardo Melchior

The Canary Islands government and the Tenerife Cabildo have signed an agreement to invest €860,000, of which each institution will finance half of the amount to promote tourism on the island of Tenerife. The two parties have signed another agreement in which the regional government is committed to provide €200,000 over the next three years [...]

Fishing trawler sinks off coast of the Canary Islands

Helimer 208 rescue helicopter

The Maritime Rescue Center (CCS) in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria), last night (Sunday 26th February 2012) coordinated the rescue of the 27 members of crew on board the fishing trawler ‘Esther’, which eventually sank about 164 miles to the south of the Canaries, all the crew were successfully rescued and are in good health. The [...]

Canary Islands government to spend €75 million to combat unemployment

Canary Islands unemployment

The Canary Islands government has decided not to wait for the approval of the general budget in April to implement measures to curb the current rate of unemployment in the Canary Islands which stands at 30.9%. The Council has decided to bring forward an “emergency plan for social unemployment” in the Canaries. The total expenditure [...]

Fuerteventura request extended opening hours for airport

Fuerteventura Airport

The Canary Islands government, the Fuerteventura Council and the Chamber of Commerce claim to have been requesting for over a year now that AENA extend the opening times of the Fuerteventura airport by an extra two hours. AENA however, claim that they have not received a formal request for this. The Chamber of Commerce of [...]

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