fuerteventura

Two doctors on holiday save a 4-year-old girl in a water park
Two doctors on holiday save a 4-year-old girl in a water park

They managed to revive the minor, who was in cardiorespiratory arrest, before paramedics got there...

Fuerteventura is at ‘serious risk’ of having a shortage of running water
Fuerteventura is at ‘serious risk’ of having a shortage of running water

The current pipe network has ruptured six times in the last year causing towns to be cut off and reduced supply...

Two Guardia Civil officers save the life of 10-month-old British baby
Two Guardia Civil officers save the life of 10-month-old British baby

The agents were called by the hotel security guard because the young had stopped breathing and was turning blue...

New shopping centre in Corralejo will be the biggest in Fuerteventura
New shopping centre in Corralejo will be the biggest in Fuerteventura

It will have a surface area of 23,000 m2 and cost 20 million euros to construct...

New 54 apartments and a 100-room hotel being built in El Cotillo
New 54 apartments and a 100-room hotel being built in El Cotillo

The new complex is being constructed in two phases and will be opened under the Mynd Hotels brand...

46-year-old man drowns off a beach in Fuerteventura
46-year-old man drowns off a beach in Fuerteventura

He was pulled from the water by other bathers who gave him CPR until paramedics arrived...

Man fined 720 euros for driving at 190kmh on way to the airport
Man fined 720 euros for driving at 190kmh on way to the airport

The 21-year-old driver claimed that he was in a hurry because he was late for a flight...

The IGN reports an earthquake in between Gran Canaria and  Fuerteventura
The IGN reports an earthquake in between Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura

The movement was at a depth of 35 kilometres and not felt by the population...

Ryanair flight from Manchester diverted due to drone at Canary Island airport
Ryanair flight from Manchester diverted due to drone at Canary Island airport

Fuerteventura airport stopped all flights for 90 minutes whilst the issue was sorted...

The clampdown on shops selling fake designer handbags and other items continues
The clampdown on shops selling fake designer handbags and other items continues

214 counterfeit garments and articles valued at 127,350 euros were confiscated in Corralejo...

Man killed in head-on collision with a bus in Fuerteventura
Man killed in head-on collision with a bus in Fuerteventura

The deceased was trapped in the vehicle and had to be freed by firefighters...

Wanted fugitive arrested at Fuerteventura airport trying to leave the island
Wanted fugitive arrested at Fuerteventura airport trying to leave the island

There is an international arrest warrant for the man which flagged up at passport control...

Swedish tour operator Ving will resume its operations with Fuerteventura this winter
Swedish tour operator Ving will resume its operations with Fuerteventura this winter

This summer there will also be direct flights with Finland and Denmark…

Fuerteventura airport opens toilet facilities for pets in departures
Fuerteventura airport opens toilet facilities for pets in departures

The new service has an artificial grass area with disposable bags to clean up after them...

The government put Fuerteventura on alert for extreme temperatures
The government put Fuerteventura on alert for extreme temperatures

AEMET has also issued a yellow weather warning for high temperatures on the island, and in parts of Gran Canaria...

National Geographic include a Canarian beach in the 20 most beautiful in the world
National Geographic include a Canarian beach in the 20 most beautiful in the world

This beach is one of the most seductive areas with the greatest ecological value in the Canary Islands...

A car rolls off a cliff into the sea at El Tostón
A car rolls off a cliff into the sea at El Tostón

The driver left the handbrake off and the car went straight over the edge plunging 25 metres to the rocks below...

Female hiker is rescued by helicopter after breaking her leg
Female hiker is rescued by helicopter after breaking her leg

The 57-year-old woman had to be airlifted from the small island of Lobos just north of Fuerteventura...

The Guardia Civil retrieves an empty catamaran drifting without a crew
The Guardia Civil retrieves an empty catamaran drifting without a crew

Apparently the skipper of the boat had accidentally fallen into the water between Lanzarote and Fuerteventura...

A 3.1 earthquake between Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura this morning
A 3.1 earthquake between Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura this morning

The National Geographic Institute recorded it at 4:59am in the sea between the two islands...