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The Civil Guard has warned shoppers about digital skimming, a serious threat to e-commerce in which criminals steal bank card details directly from online payment gateways. Europol has explained how the fraud works in three phases and what online retailers can do to protect their customers.

The Canary Islands could lose a fifth of its self-employed workers to retirement within five years, with around 25,000 jobs at risk of vanishing altogether. Business associations warn that decades of expertise and viable firms will disappear unless succession is properly planned.

The Canary Islands will gain 26 new substations and 452 kilometres of new power lines under the Ministry’s 2030 electricity plan, alongside upgrades to existing infrastructure and preparations for a Gran Canaria-Fuerteventura link. The plan aims to strengthen supply security and make room for 2.2 GW of new renewable generation.

A new report reveals that poverty in the Canary Islands has remained stubbornly high since the pandemic, with 31.2% of the population at risk of poverty or social exclusion. Rising rents and housing costs are singled out as a major driver, and experts warn that the 29 November elections will be decisive.

The Canary Islands government is finalising proposals to restrict property purchases by non-resident foreigners, demanding ten years of continuous residency or 15 if discontinuous. The measure, sent to Madrid after a wave of housing protests, could be approved before Spain’s 29 November elections, despite opposition from CC and PP in the regional parliament.

Public administrations across the Canary Islands are racing to patch a serious security flaw in the PHP programming language, with critical services taken offline and university websites restricted as a precaution. The vulnerability, discovered with the help of artificial intelligence, is estimated to affect 1.5 million “.es” domains in Spain.