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The weather warning for calima and haze is extended to all of the Canary Islands
The weather warning for calima and haze is extended to all of the Canary Islands

Here are all of the yellow and orange alerts extended by AEMET for each island for today...

Tenerife wakes up to snow on Teide after a stormy night
Tenerife wakes up to snow on Teide after a stormy night

The DANA in the Canary Islands also left hail in Tenerife and 575 lightning strikes during the night and early morning...

Weather warnings are activated for calima, rain and wind in the Canary Islands
Weather warnings are activated for calima, rain and wind in the Canary Islands

The alerts for rain and calima are activated today (Monday) and the weather warning starts on Tuesday morning...

What is open on Christmas Day in the Canary Islands?
What is open on Christmas Day in the Canary Islands?

Bars, restaurants and shopping centres open their doors on December 25th, but they are not the only ones...

Planning a destination wedding: 6 tips for a magical day
Planning a destination wedding: 6 tips for a magical day

A wedding abroad is a chance to bring family and friends together in an exotic location, but it has its challenges...

Crazy weather is on the way with rain, snow, winds and a thick haze
Crazy weather is on the way with rain, snow, winds and a thick haze

Rain is forecast in Tenerife on Christmas Day or Boxing Day with a calima coming over Lanzarote and Fuerteventura...

The most prolific car thief in Spain is released from jail and strikes again
The most prolific car thief in Spain is released from jail and strikes again

The man served time for stealing 75 luxury vehicles and selling them to drug traffickers...

The days of no liquids in hand luggage on flights are coming to an end
The days of no liquids in hand luggage on flights are coming to an end

The UK has already announced that it will end this and other measures soon thanks to a new detection system...

Have you seen this man? Police are looking for a dangerous fugitive who ‘may be armed’
Have you seen this man? Police are looking for a dangerous fugitive who ‘may be armed’

The National Police has asked for citizen collaboration to find his whereabouts…

British Embassy issues update on exchanging your UK driving licence
British Embassy issues update on exchanging your UK driving licence

The agreement has been officially accepted by the UK and the final resolution is said to be ‘very close’...

The Canaries start Christmas week with clear skies and rising temperatures
The Canaries start Christmas week with clear skies and rising temperatures

There is also a light haze expected in the eastern islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura...

Worrying 20% rise in crime in the Canary Islands. Rapes have increased the most
Worrying 20% rise in crime in the Canary Islands. Rapes have increased the most

During the first nine months of the year drug crime grew by almost 42% compared to the same period in 2021...

The new DGT traffic law sets the alcohol level at 0.0 for some drivers
The new DGT traffic law sets the alcohol level at 0.0 for some drivers

It will be applied for the first time this Christmas with fines of up to 1,000 euros and 6 points...

Drunk priest blames communion wine for crashing into five parked cars
Drunk priest blames communion wine for crashing into five parked cars

Witnesses told police he was speeding and talking on his mobile phone when the accident happened...

Guardia Civil Police officer shoots her two daughters and then takes her own life
Guardia Civil Police officer shoots her two daughters and then takes her own life

She was reportedly in the process of separating from the father of her children, aged 9 and 11 years old...

The head of a massive Russian money laundering organisation is arrested in Tenerife
The head of a massive Russian money laundering organisation is arrested in Tenerife

Police have embargoed 75 properties worth 25 million euros and believe several estate agencies in the Canary Islands are involved...

AEMET reduces the yellow weather warnings to two islands
AEMET reduces the yellow weather warnings to two islands

Initially they had activated warnings for five islands for today (Friday) for adverse sea conditions...

Joy as strikes at Spanish airports over Christmas are called off
Joy as strikes at Spanish airports over Christmas are called off

The unions announced that they have reached a final agreement for productivity pay and bonuses...

The government wants to cap flight prices between the Canary Islands and mainland Spain
The government wants to cap flight prices between the Canary Islands and mainland Spain

The Minister of Transport confirms that they are working to class some routes as a ‘public service’...

AEMET activates yellow weather warnings in five of the Canary Islands
AEMET activates yellow weather warnings in five of the Canary Islands

The warnings are for adverse seas conditions from Friday due to striong winds from the northwest...