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Unemployment in the Canary Islands reaches 34%

unemployment canary islands

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 [...]

Gran Canaria and Tenerife South airports to charge for baggage trolleys

Airport Trolley

Gran Canaria and Tenerife South airports are to follow Barajas Airport which has begun installing machines to charge passengers one euro for the use of luggage carts as part of an initiative which AENA hopes will save €3.2 million per year. AENA claims it has “no date” for the implementation of the payment for the [...]

Spains unemployment tops 5 million people

Unemployment in Spain and the Canary Islands

The number of unemployed people in Spain reached 5,040,222 people at the end of February 2013, this represents a rise of 59,444 (+1.19%) people when compared to the previous month. Year on year, this represents an increase of 328.124 people (+6,96%). Unemployment among men stands at 2,503,626 representing an increase of 30,796 (+1.25%) and among [...]

Iberia cancels 433 flights as strikes continue

Iberia Strike 2013

Iberia has cancelled a total of 433 flights next week between the 4th and March 8th 2013 as the strikes enter their second set of five day strikes called by workers unions representing Iberia staff against the companies restructuring plan which includes 3,807 dismissals. During this second period, affecting flights programmed from Monday 4th to [...]

Two Canary Island beaches in TripAdvisor 2013 awards

Playa de Las Canteras, Gran Canaria, Trip Advisor

TripAdvisor®, the largest travel site in the world, today announced the award winners for the ’2013 Travellers’ Choice Beaches’. These awards are based on the opinions of million travelers worldwide and have considered a total of 276 beaches located in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, the Middle East and USA. The best Spanish [...]

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