Residents of La Cruz Santa in Los Realejos, Tenerife, have held a packed public meeting to explain the risks of a Disa propane gas plant already backed by the Canary Islands Government. The campaigners, who have gathered 6,150 signatures, refuse to give up even as construction continues.
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The latest INE Atlas of Household Income Distribution shows 36.2% of Canary Islands residents live on low average net incomes, with the archipelago remaining among Spain’s poorest regions. Average net income per person in Las Palmas stood at 14,794 euros and 14,286 euros in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, both below the national average of 15,948 euros.
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Canary Islands banana producers have endured a punishing summer, with prices falling below 0.40 euros per kilo at times and imported bananas now capturing 53% of the Spanish market. Asprocan data shows the local fruit supplied just 47% of the peninsula and Balearic market in August.
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The Canary Islands sit bottom of Spain’s regional ranking for social housing completed since 2019, with no protected homes finished since 2023. Official figures also show private construction remains far below the levels of the 2008 boom.
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A small boat carrying 41 men of Maghrebi origin has been towed into Arrecife after being spotted 26 miles northeast of Lanzarote. It is the third migrant vessel to reach the Canary Islands in 24 hours, following two cayucos that brought more than 180 people, including 23 minors, to El Hierro on Friday.
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The Canarian government has sent the central government a draft decree to restrict property purchases in the islands, requiring ten years of continuous residency and capping ownership at two homes per person. The proposal follows years of Coalition Canaria rejecting similar opposition measures on legal grounds.
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A maid at a hotel in southern Gran Canaria has been arrested after a tourist reported her €450 gold necklace missing from her room. Police tracked the necklace to a gold-buying shop, where the suspect had allegedly sold it for just over €100 on the same day.
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The Canary Islands government is proposing nine measures to restrict property purchases in the archipelago, including a minimum of ten years’ residency and a cap of two homes per person. The draft also targets company and investment fund purchases, exempts inherited properties and would keep the limits in place for a decade.
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The Canary Islands government has launched a new website to help owners of empty or underused homes rent them out at affordable prices. The scheme offers free non-payment insurance for three years, tenant vetting and legal support across all eight islands.
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The Canary Islands government has sent Madrid a draft law that would bar anyone without ten years of local registration from buying a home in the islands. The proposal also limits individuals to two properties and curbs company purchases, a move that could affect British buyers.
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