The fourth telescope of the Two-meter Twin Telescope system has achieved first light at Teide Observatory, capturing a detailed image of the Sombrero Galaxy. This milestone confirms the Tenerife-based facility as the world’s largest robotic optical system, operated by private research firm Light Bridges.
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Fifty-one schools in southern Tenerife are set to become climate oases with new shade structures to combat rising temperatures. Work has already finished at five sites, with 40 more contracted. The island has also secured the next National Vocational Training Congress for April 2027.
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The Canary Islands surfing community is in mourning after Jorge Acosta, 53, drowned while surfing in the Maldives on Monday. Known as ‘El Pingüino’, the Lanzarote resident died in a tragic incident at the Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, the third such case involving foreign tourists in just over a month.
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While cities like Barcelona and Venice introduce taxes and limits to curb mass cruise tourism, the Canary Islands are actively encouraging more ships to dock. The ports of Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife are seeing record numbers, but experts warn this comes at a high environmental cost.
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The Canary Islands Government is backing an international project led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) to study the total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027. The initiative involves deploying a synchronised telescope network across southern Spain and North Africa, with the aim of cementing the islands’ status as a global astronomy hub.
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The pink tajinaste, a flower unique to La Palma, is putting on its spectacular annual spring display across the island’s peaks. Once nearly extinct in the 1980s, the plant has been brought back from the brink by a decades-long recovery programme.
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The WHO director general has praised Tenerife and Spain for their handling of the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship. The MV Hondius is due to arrive in the Netherlands on Monday with 27 people on board, and no new cases have been reported. The organisation has updated the number of confirmed cases to ten.
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Loro Parque has expressed gratitude for the French government’s confidence in transferring orcas Wikie and Keijo to Tenerife, but insists it will not proceed without the green light from the Spanish government. The park calls for legal certainty and full institutional backing before undertaking what it describes as an operation of moral and technical responsibility.
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Six ports in the Canary Islands have been awarded the prestigious Blue Flag for environmental quality, safety and accessibility. The achievement marks a Spanish first, as the islands become the first region to receive the distinction for publicly-managed ports of general interest. A major digitalisation strategy for port infrastructure has also been announced.
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Biologist Beneharo Rodríguez has released the bird guide he always dreamed of finding in bookshops – a photographic guide covering every species in the Canary Islands with over 800 images. He explains why the archipelago is a biodiversity hotspot for European birdwatchers, what threats its unique birds face, and his next project: a similar guide on reptiles.
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