Here you’ll find everything that matters in Gran Canaria right now – breaking news, weather updates, tourism developments, local events, and the stories shaping daily life on the island.
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Canary film Benito Pérez Buñuel to premiere in Venezuela
The Canarian documentary Benito Pérez Buñuel is to screen at the 30th Spanish Film Festival in Caracas, becoming the first Canarian documentary ever selected…
Tuesday: cloud, showers and a building swell
Tuesday brings cloudy skies and light rain to the north of the mountainous islands, locally moderate in La Palma’s high ground. Temperatures edge up…
Man, 65, seriously injured in GC-1 crash in Agüimes
A 65-year-old man has been seriously injured after his vehicle struck the central reservation and overturned on the GC-1 in Agüimes, Gran Canaria. Emergency…
Housing crisis in Canary Islands: a failed legislature
With Spain’s snap general election called for 29 November, housing has become the defining political issue of the moment. Social outrage over painful cases…
Housing crisis dominates Canary Islands pre-election debate
Housing has become the defining issue of the Canary Islands’ pre-election campaign, with mass protests in Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Lanzarote. Coalición Canaria has…
Monday: cloud cover and scattered showers
Scattered cloud and occasional light showers dominate the Canary Islands this Monday, mainly in northern areas. Temperatures hold steady with a northeasterly wind picking…
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Latest News from Individual Islands
Gran Canaria is the third-largest island in the archipelago, but every island runs its own story. For news from the other islands, head here:
- Tenerife News – the latest updates from the archipelago’s largest island
- Gran Canaria News – current information from the third-largest island
- Lanzarote News – breaking news from the island of volcanic landscapes
- Fuerteventura News – updates from the surfer’s paradise
- La Palma News – news from the “Beautiful Island”
- La Gomera News – updates from the island of the whistling language
- El Hierro News – latest news from the smallest island
We follow what’s happening across Gran Canaria every day – from Las Palmas to Maspalomas, from the dunes to the capital. Planning a visit or already on the island?
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