25,000 Attendees Enjoyed the 37th Island Handicraft Fair 2026
Sales Exceeded Forecasts by 90 % of the 200 Artisans Present The Antigua City Council and the Mafasca Collective Foundation hailed the 37th Island Handicrafts Fair as a…
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Fuerteventura Council Opens Hunting Dog Training Fields on May 17
Maximum of four dogs per hunter, all must be properly identified The Fuerteventura Island Council announced that, starting this Sunday, May 17, the hunting‑dog training and…
Read the story →They Knew There Were Infected on the Ship
Fernando Clavijo accuses the central government of “deliberately hiding” that they knew there were hantavirus‑positive cases aboard the MV Hondius. The president of the Canary…
Read the story →Fuerteventura loses 6.7% of passengers in 2026
Aena airports in the Canary Islands recorded 18.58 million passengers up to April, a 0.8 % decline compared with the same period last year, according to the operator’s…
Read the story →Severe landslides hit Risco de Famara
Authorities are investigating whether any people or public infrastructure have been affected. Around 1:30 p.m., images of a possible slope failure on the Famara Cliff reached…
Read the story →Call for nominations now open for the 2026 Fuerteventura Distinguished Tourism Awards
The Cabildo of Fuerteventura, through its Tourism Board, has opened the window for submitting nominations for the 2026 Fuerteventura Tourism Distinguished Awards. The deadline…
Read the story →Education allocates €500,000 to roof CEIP Pájara’s sports field
The Canary Islands Government’s Department of Education, Vocational Training, Physical Activity and Sports has awarded a contract worth €521,685.25 to roof the school’s outdoor…
Read the story →People will decide the fate of the Florida Houses
The Heritage Department of the Cabildo has launched a participatory process to define the uses, values, and activation strategies for this representative rural Majorcan…
Read the story →The brutal chain of events that killed a 20‑day‑old baby in Lanzarote
The father faces a sentence of between 10 and 15 years in prison for a completed homicide. Impactful details were released last Friday in a ruling issued by the Third…
Read the story →PP says CC‑PSOE deadlock in Cabildo stalls Fuerteventura planning
A report prepared by the Environmental Service on the Natural Resources Management Plan of the Corralejo Natural Park shows, according to the Popular Party, that “there is…
Read the story →Judge reconstructs her mother's murder, robbery and dismemberment
The court order concerning the Corralejo homicide points to qualified murder and fraud. The Instruction Court of Puerto del Rosario has ordered the pre‑trial detention,…
Read the story →Spanish passenger isolated at Gómez Ulla tests positive for hantavirus
A passenger from the cruise MV Hondius received a provisional positive result for hantavirus after a PCR test performed upon arrival on Sunday at Hospital Gómez Ulla in Madrid.…
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