Nearly 10,000 people marched through Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on Saturday to demand solutions to the housing crisis. Protesters gathered outside the Galdós Monument before heading to the regional government headquarters, chanting slogans and raising their keys in a symbolic gesture.
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The death of thousands of sea bass at Aquanaria in Telde points to the emisario 222 outfall and untreated discharges, not the fish farm itself. With 403 discharge points recorded across the Canary Islands, questions are mounting over public health and who is really to blame.
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The STEC-IC union has reported the Canary Islands Education Ministry to the Labour Inspectorate over unsafe school buildings and extreme heat. It is calling for the resignation of the education minister and the infrastructure director, warning that pupils and teachers remain at risk.
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The Canary Islands head into a mainly dry weekend, with calima returning to the eastern islands and clearing skies nearly everywhere. Sunday turns warmer, with the south of Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura possibly topping 34°C.
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The Canary Islands received 1.24 million foreign tourists in August, a modest 0.3% increase on the same month last year, while tourist spending rose 3.1% to €2.296 billion. However, visitor numbers for the first eight months of the year are down 0.46% overall, and average stays have shortened.
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Housing protests have erupted across Spain, with hundreds banging pots and sounding horns in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria as the island’s encampment enters its third night. The demonstrations come as Coalición Canaria announces it will back only one of the two housing decrees heading to Congress on Friday.
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Friday 2 October brings a split picture across the Canary Islands: low cloud and light, intermittent rain in the western province, clearer skies towards Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. The trade wind strengthens, with gusts above 70 km/h at the extremes, and northern coasts see rough seas of up to 2.5 metres.
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Spain, France and Portugal have written to the European Commission and Council demanding that funding for the Outermost Regions be maintained in the 2028-2034 budget. Spain’s territorial policy minister says the letter is a robust defence of the Canary Islands’ unique status.
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A weakening front will bring the first rain of the week to the western islands on Thursday, with La Palma, La Gomera and northern Tenerife seeing the heaviest showers. Trade winds strengthen, whipping up 2.5-metre waves on northern coasts and between the islands, while temperatures dip slightly.
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Home sales across Spain fell for a seventh consecutive month in July, down 11.1% year-on-year, while prices climbed 7.7%. The Canary Islands saw one of the sharpest price rises in the country at 18.8%, even as mortgages in the archipelago fell 7.9%.
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