Minister Rego will analyze in Lanzarote the year of the reform on migrant minors
The Minister of Youth and Childhood will address the situation of the foster care system in the Canary Islands during her visit.
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Canaries and Euskadi urge that communities be convened to analyze the migratory pact
A meeting in which voice will be given to "those fears and doubts" that the European pact on migration and asylum generates, especially in the Canary Islands, being as it is "the southern door of Europe".
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Pope Leo XIV concludes his visit to Spain in Tenerife to preach human priority
The pontiff will visit this Friday the Las Raíces camp, which hosts 685 migrant people, mostly from Senegal, Gambia and Mali
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European Pact on Migration and Asylum Enters into Force: Discover the Keys to the Controversial Regulation
One of the novelties that have set off alarms is that the age of migrants from whom biometric data is collected is lowered, before it was for those over 14 and now for those over six
Pope Leo XIV to Europe: "One cannot speak of dignity and allow the seas to be cemeteries"
From Arguineguín, the pope has directed his indignation to all parties and has said that the migratory drama "must become an examination of conscience."
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Robert Prevost fulfills with this visit the wish of his predecessor, Pope Francis, who passed away last year, who planned this trip to the Canary Islands to be close to the immigrants and the rescue and reception teams.
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The pope leaves Barcelona and travels to the Canary Islands to remember the importance of welcoming migrants
The plane, an Iberia Airbus 320 on which the Vatican entourage and a group of about 80 journalists from different countries are also traveling, is scheduled to arrive at Gran Canaria air base around eleven in the morning.
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The Parliament of the Canary Islands approves the reform of the Law of Cabildos
The regulatory update adapts the legal regime of the island councils to the 2018 Statute of Autonomy, strengthens island self-government, and modernizes their organization and functioning.
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The Government of the Canary Islands activates the alert situation in Tenerife and Gran Canaria for the Pope's visit
Thus, the Directorate General of Emergencies has pointed out that this decision is made in anticipation of a high influx of people and the foreseen effects on mobility
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The PSOE demands to speed up the identification of victims in mass graves, where there could be people from Lanzarote
"Behind every DNA sample there is an absence, something as basic as putting a name to a person but hearing some statements it seems we have to remember that they are here (in Parliament) thanks to the people buried under a ditch"
Clavijo warns that the European Pact on Immigration "goes against" the message of Pope Leo XIV
The Canarian president expresses his concern about the entry into force of this regulation at the end of the week due to the possibility of turning the Canary Islands into "the jail of Southern Europe"
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A young man spends six years admitted to a hospital in the Canary Islands due to bureaucracy for an adapted home
After a fall in the gym in March 2020, the young man suffered a spinal cord injury that caused him tetraplegia and a situation of dependence for which he requires a respirator to live.
Collectives accuse the Ministry of Education of establishing "a hidden parental pin" in the Canary Islands
About thirty groups and almost a thousand people warn of "clear ideological censorship in the form of a hidden parental pin"
EFEA platform against pedophilia asks the pope to act in the face of the inaction of bishops
The platform has accused the ecclesiastical leadership of not setting an example and has criticized that, in the face of complaints from affected parishioners, those responsible choose to ignore the cases
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Removed the only confirmed nest of Asian wasp from the Canary Islands
The presence of this invasive species is still not certified anywhere else in the Canary Islands, despite hundreds of citizen warnings investigated, so for the moment the situation is considered to be under control
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The public universities of the Canary Islands warn that "they have never been so threatened"
The universities of La Laguna and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria claim financing in accordance with the law and announce an association to reinforce their projection
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To the public consultation the decree to regulate discharges from land to sea in the Canary Islands
The measure also aims to simplify and streamline administrative procedures and provide "greater legal certainty" to administrations, companies, and citizens
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More than 15,000 police officers, helicopters, and drones: the biggest operation for the Pope's visit to Spain
The trip of Pope Leo XIV to the Canary Islands will mean the deployment of 2,200 agents to the archipelago
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Justice sides with a doctor in the Canary Islands after being accused of issuing sick leave to civil guards
Now, a court has admitted for processing a complaint by the doctor against the commanders of the Civil Guard and five military jurists (judges) for alleged crimes of prevarication, coercion, harassment, and unjust vexations.
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A new earthquake of magnitude 2.5 is felt by the population of the Canary Islands
The earthquake took place west of Fuerteventura around 10:35 PM last Sunday night
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Clavijo claims a "stronger, united Canary Islands, masters of their own destiny"
On the Day of the Canary Islands, the president highlights the archipelago's identity, warns of international challenges, and demands fair treatment for the islands
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We point out the murder of a Sahrawi activist thrown into the sea in a boat heading for the Canary Islands
Ione Belarra asks the Government of Spain if the death of the Sahrawi activist Daha Mohemad Fadel Lehbib on May 7 is being investigated
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Around 4,429 migrant domestic workers suffer labor irregularities in the Canary Islands
The Observatory of Social Rights of the Canary Islands highlights the difficulty involved in investigating the conditions of undocumented migrant workers because "there is usually no data or the little that exists is presented in a fragmented way"
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The Parliament of the Canary Islands, except for Vox, supports the creation of the general health psychologist category
The deputy Yoné Caraballo justifies the need to consolidate the role of health psychologists in view of the "exponential growth" of mental health consultations in Primary Care.
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The Patio de Honor of the Parliament of the Canary Islands is filled with music in the concert for Canary Islands Day
The tenor Pancho Corujo, the soprano Carmen Acosta, and the pianist Javier Laso starred in an evening open to the public
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The Parliament of the Canary Islands approves the inclusion of La Graciosa in the lyrics of the regional anthem
The bill passed in the plenary session held this Tuesday after having previously received the unanimous support of the Committee on Governance, Autonomous Development and Justice
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An Onda Cero podcast to reflect on Western Sahara wins the Efe Saliou Traoré Award
La Provincia 53 is a fifteen-chapter documentary podcast about the history of the Spanish presence in Western Sahara, from its colonization in the 19th century to the withdrawal of civilian and military personnel
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Torres demands presumption of innocence for Zapatero in the face of "parallel trials"
The Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory criticizes the opposition for issuing premature convictions
The earthquake this Friday, is the largest recorded in the Canary Islands in five years
Sources from the IGN consulted by EFE point to the tectonic origin of this earthquake, as well as the aftershocks, which have not been felt by the population.
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Canarias demands from the Government of Spain "an urgent response" to maintain the gratuity of transport
The Canary Islands' Ministry of Public Works, Housing, and Mobility expresses its concern about the delay in the final approval of this resolution
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Canaries celebrates the annulment of the single registry of vacation homes that forced the removal of thousands of advertisements
The Canarian Government points out it had warned about "the lack of clarity about the requirements demanded of owners, the existing doubts about what types of accommodations should be registered and the absence of information"
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Astrid Pérez defends in Italy a Europe that adapts its policies to the singularities of each territory
The president of the Parliament of the Canary Islands, Astrid Pérez, participated this Thursday in the Trento Economics Festival, in Italy.
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Asian wasp detected in the Canary Islands for the first time
The firefighters activated the Early Warning Network for Invasive Exotic Species of the Government of the Canary Islands, which sacrificed the captured animals by freezing.
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The seeds of wild olive trees from the Canary Islands are incorporated into the Svalbard Noah's Ark
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is an underground facility located in the Svalbard archipelago (Norway), near the North Pole
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The World Health Organization warns of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The WHO representative, Anne Ancia, points out that there are more than 500 suspected cases in the country, among them, 130 deceased people
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Ale Gueye, the Senegalese who could not say goodbye to his father before he died because he did not have papers
The Senegalese arrived on the islands on December 28, 2019, shortly after he arrived at the shelter where a French-Spanish dictionary and Twenty love poems and a song of despair by the Chilean Pablo Neruda slept.
Doctors strike for the fourth time this year as the conflict with Health remains deadlocked
The Minister of Health, Mónica García, explains that, after all attempts to resolve the situation, the committee would be interested in perpetuating it, instrumentalized by right-wing parties.
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Hate on social media against Muslim and Latin American people: 105,900 racist messages in three months
The Royal Decree for the extraordinary regularization of foreign persons who already reside in Spain has been one of the focal points of hate messages, representing migrant persons as "an economic, social, and security threat".
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The Parliament hands over the Canary flag to the five students selected for the Quetzal Route 2026
The young expeditionaries, chosen for their academic excellence and artistic training, will tour the historical enclaves of the ancient Kingdom of Galicia this summer accompanied by the archipelago's ensign.
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A platform denounces that the accounts of the Canary Islands contemplate the worst investment of the decade in education
"Education is a fundamental right, not an adjustable expense. Canarian society cannot continue waiting," states the 5% for Education Platform
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Canary Islands has a limit asks the regional government to approve its tourism moratorium
A well-planned moratorium is something that is already working in other territories and that is becoming indispensable to face the future of the Canary Islands and the sustainability of the tourism sector itself.
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Torres blames Clavijo for "absurd paranoia": "He believes there is a conspiracy against him"
I ask you to reflect, to calm down, to analyze what has happened, to recognize that you have made a mistake, we can make mistakes, we are human beings. "He is already taking too long to say I made a mistake," the Canary Islands minister has stressed.
Clavijo accuses the Government of "hiding" that there were infections on the cruise ship MV Hondius
The insular representative insists that "the dignity of the Canarian people, the Government of the Canary Islands, and the institutions has been offended."
A spill forces the activation of the marine pollution pre-alert in the Port of La Luz
The Port Authority informed the emergency services about a spill of approximately 100 x 10 meters, 1.8 miles east of the Reina Sofía pier tip.
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This is how the unprecedented operation in the Canary Islands to disembark the cruise ship with the hantavirus outbreak is progressing this Monday
Throughout Sunday, a total of 94 people disembarked from the tourist cruise ship MV Hondius, and on Monday, another 24 are expected to leave the vessel.
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Isolated in Alicante a passenger with symptoms who flew with the deceased cruise passenger from hantavirus
The Dutch passenger boarded a flight between Johannesburg and Amsterdam, but was ultimately not allowed to fly because she was sick
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Boats, a US plane and another from the UK, the means to receive the hantavirus cruise
For the moment, there are five confirmed infections and another four suspected, to which are added two people who were traveling on the ship, isolated in Singapore with no symptoms or very mild ones
EFEEpidemiologists and disinfections on board: this is how the arrival of the hantavirus cruise ship to the Canary Islands is being prepared
Two Dutch epidemiologists, an expert from the WHO and another from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control are investigating on the tourist cruise ship the condition of the passengers and crew before it arrives at the archipelago
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The cruise ship will finally not dock in Tenerife and the passengers will be evacuated by tender boats
The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, has announced this decision and has explained that the ship will only anchor off the coast
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Hantavirus: Health prepares a report that supports mandatory quarantines for cruise passengers
The Spanish Ministry seeks to endorse the mandatory fourteen-day quarantines for Spanish passengers
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