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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 [...]

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 [...]

4.9 degree earthquake hits El Hierro and is felt on La Palma and Tenerife

El Hierro Earthquakes March 2013 -2

For all the latest updates on this news story please follow us on Twitter we’re @canariesnews or ‘Like’ our Facebook page.       Update 3rd April 2013 @ 09:30 – The island of El Hierro has been hit by two earthquakes above 4 degrees (Richter) this morning, according to the National Geographic Institute (IGN). [...]

New earthquakes for island of El Hierro

El Hierro South Coast Sea Surface Wed 16th November 2011

The new earthquakes detected on the island of El Hierro since Sunday (17th March 2013) have so far been located in an area where there has previously not been any seismic activity. The new activity has been detected to the west of El Golfo opposite Pozo de La Salud. The National Geographic Institute (IGN) has [...]

Canary Islands lose 250,000 passengers in February 2013

Airport Arrivals

Air traffic in the Canary Islands fell by 8.87% (249,672 people) in February 2013 when compared to the same month in 2012 according to data released by AENA. Operations were also down last month by 15.6% totaling 23,097 take-offs and landings which is 4,285 less than the same month last year.The highest decline in operations [...]

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