The 112 emergency services in the Canary Islands are to start using Twitter to inform the population of serious incidents, items of interest and weather alerts. This new channel is for informational purposes only. Requests for help, support and emergencies should be made, as always, via the 112 emergency telephone number. The launch of this [...]

Please note the following news from the official www.ryanair.com website with regards to its 24 hour total website closure due to maintenance, this is of importance if you are due to fly with Ryanair this weekend as you may need to print out your boarding card in advance to avoid extra charges at the airport [...]

The International crisis and the disappearance of the air tax discounts is being blamed for the large drop in foreign tourism in the Canary Islands during April 2012 (compared to figures for the same month in the previous year, 2011). Airports in the Canary Islands received a total of 787,687 foreign passengers during April 2012, [...]

Property sales in the Canary Islands are following a downwards trend and have entered a thirteenth month in decline. Figures from March 2012 show a fall of up to 22.7% over the same month of 2011 with a figure of 25,464 transactions. These are similar negative figures to those of January (-26.3%) and February (-31.8%). [...]