Sunday, November 23, 2008

Tenerife in the news today

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Posted: 22 Nov 2008 09:45 AM CST

Looks like Mr Weasley might have part-chopped the flying family car on the island! :)

DOKA CLUB NORTH WEST TENERIFE

Posted: 22 Nov 2008 07:57 AM CST

Blog of the island's VW Bus Fanatics.

Tenerife Tourism Video

Posted: 22 Nov 2008 07:17 AM CST

Tenerife Tourism has a channel on Youtube featuring promotional videos of Tenerife, playlists and other interesting snippets.

Cada metro de la v�a variante del Guincho ha costado 13.466 euros

Posted: 22 Nov 2008 07:02 AM CST

Each meter of the El Guincho tunel cost 13,466 euros. The works, between Icod and Garachico, in the north of Tenerife, therefore are, proportionally, one of the most expensive in the history of the Canary Islands. During the 6 years that work has been carried out on the 720 meter long tunnel, 40.4 million euros have been spent. The Greens are calling for an investigation in Brussels into this supposed "waste of public funds".

Canarias recibe 7,6 millones de turistas hasta octubre.

Posted: 22 Nov 2008 06:54 AM CST

The Canaries Autonomous Community received a total of 7.6 million tourists between January and October, a 0.5% increase on the same period last year.

Cultura concede 50.000 euros al Puerto de la Cruz para 'resucitar' el Festival Ecol�gico

Posted: 22 Nov 2008 06:51 AM CST

The Ministry of Culture has awarded an exceptional payment of 50,000 euros to Puerto de la Cruz town hall to "resuscitate" a Festival de Cine Ecol�gico (Ecological Film Festival) in the town. The last one took place in 1994. The next will be some time in May 2009.

Los maltratadores con orden de alejamiento llevar�n 'pulseras GPS'

Posted: 22 Nov 2008 06:45 AM CST

Wife batterers with a restraining order against them, are to wear GPS bracelets. The initiative will start in 2009 at a cost of 5 million euros. Numerous deaths of women at the hands of their partners or ex-partners occur when the aggressor breaks the terms of such exclusion orders, which has led to the passing of measures to control their proximity electronically.

Los coches de Google Street View est�n recorriendo Gran Canaria y Tenerife

Posted: 22 Nov 2008 06:39 AM CST

Photographic evidence: the famous black cars of Google Street View (a feature of Google Maps and Google Earth that provides 360� panoramic street-level views and allows users to view parts of selected cities and their surrounding metropolitan areas at ground level) have been spotted on the streets of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and in Tenerife. Smile for Big Brother!

Los turistas extranjeros caen el 1,4% hasta octubre, pero se mantienen en Canarias

Posted: 22 Nov 2008 06:19 AM CST

The number of foreign tourists to arrive in Spain during the first 10 months of the year was 51.7 million, 1.4% less than during the same period in 2007, although, in the Canary Islands, similar figures to the previous year have been maintained. 7.7 million tourists visited the Canary Islands between January and October, almost the same number as the year before. Numbers from the principal market of origin, the United Kindom, were down 2.1%, but these were replaced by the Nordic market.

Advierten que Canarias deber� "olvidarse" de fondos estructurales de la Uni�n Europea

Posted: 22 Nov 2008 06:13 AM CST

The director of the Institute of Economic Policy of the University of Cologne, Juergen Donges, said Friday, that the Canary Islands should start to study how to develop without European funds, because, following the enlargement of the EU, it's one of the regions that should "forget" about [getting] such handouts.

La obra de Goya, en la capital tinerfe�a

Posted: 22 Nov 2008 06:08 AM CST

A rare opportunity to see the complete set of engravings by legendary Spanish artist, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (30 March 1746 ? 16 April 1828) at the Espacio Cultural of the CajaCanarias (Plaza del Patriotismo 1, 38002, Santa Cruz de Tenerife). Monday to Friday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturdays 11 a.m to 2 p.m. and 5 p.m to 8 p.m., from now until December 20th.

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