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General strike threat over unemployment levels

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The Canary Islands main unions (UGT, CCOO, Intersindical Canaria, FSOC, STPA Canarias, STU, COBAS, USO) yesterday threatened to call a general strike in the Canaries in protest over the unemployment levels in the islands which has reached 34.27%, over one in three people are now without employment. The protest is said to be not only [...]

Unemployment in the Canary Islands reaches 34%

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The number of unemployed people in the Canary Islands has risen during the first quarter of this year (2013) by up to 17,200 people. This represents an increase of 4.68% during this period and brings the total number of unemployed in the Canaries to 385,200 which represents 34.27% of the population. This places the Canary [...]

Iberia Express to link Tenerife South with Mallorca

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From the 1st of July 2013, Iberia Express will be strengthening its Canary Island connections during the summer months. It is the first Iberia Express route which has neither origin nor destination in Madrid. With four weekly flights and tickets from €88 euros which can be booked via the Iberia Express website, it is currently the [...]

Slight unemployment rise in March 2013

Unemployment in Spain

The number of registered unemployed people in the Canary Islands has risen by 198 people in March 2013 when compared to the previous month of February 2013 representing an increase of 0.07% driven by increased unemployment in three sectors: agriculture, services and the unemployed with no previous job. Year on Year figures show that unemployment [...]

British man stabbed in Fuerteventura

El Castillo Caleta de Fuste Fuerteventura

A 64 year old British citizen has been reported to have been stabbed at around 4AM on Monday morning (1st April 2013) in the town of Caleta de Fuste (Specifically in the area of El Castillo) in the municipality of Antigua on the island of Fuerteventura. The injured man reportedly received several stab wounds to [...]

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