• Concerns have been raised by banana growers in the EU's outermost regions - namely the Canary Islands and the French islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean - that they will lose out to cheaper imports from Colombia and Peru.

    BBC: EU trade agreement with Peru and Colombia backed by MEPs

  • All of these projects and initiatives are part of the strategy of energy sustainability and promotion of sustainable economies fostered by the Canary Islands Government with the support of institutions such as the ITC, a pioneer in renewable energy and integrated water management, and the UNESCO Centre of the Canary Islands.

    UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

  • Mainland Spain and the Canary Islands are the top two destinations, with France third, according to the Association of British Travel Agents (Abta).

    BBC: Christmas getaway continues

  • The European Space Agency Spacecraft Operations Centre (Esoc) in Darmstadt, Germany, is now involved in trying to establish a link, using its antennas in French Guiana, the Canary Islands and on the Spanish mainland.

    BBC: Stricken Mars probe stays silent

  • To prevent it from disappearing like the other whistled languages of the Canary Islands, it is important to do more for its transmission and promote the Silbo Gomero as intangible cultural heritage cherished by the inhabitants of La Gomera and the Canary Islands as a whole.

    UNESCO: Culture

  • Spain consists of most of the Iberian peninsula, plus the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands and two North African exclaves.

    BBC: Spain profile

  • In the face of yearly devastation only this week, fire damaged a third of the forest cover on the two largest Canary Islands, forcing the evacuation of 14, 000 people the Canadairs offer impressive proof to voters that the authorities are taking the disasters in hand.

    ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

  • None of the 169 passengers on board the Airtours Airbus A321, flying in from Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, were injured in the incident.

    BBC: Tyre blowout closes Manchester Airport

  • Over the past few decades, as package holidays to destinations such as the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands have got cheaper, the number of visitors has fallen.

    BBC: St Brelade's Bay

  • Tourism sector businesses on the Canary Islands were told Thursday of the seizure of the patties with horsemeat so they can take precautions at resorts popular among Europeans.

    NPR: Russia Seeks EU Guarantees Over Horse Meat Scandal

  • Many other initiatives are being tested and implemented in the biosphere reserves of the Canary Islands in an effort to build the green societies we need today.

    UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

  • Cherenkov telescopes such as the Hess array in Namibia or the Magic facility in the Canary Islands catch this process directly from the atmosphere when the particles first arrive at Earth.

    BBC: Hawc gamma-ray telescope captures its first image

  • The Canary Islands passed similar legislation in 1991, but only after the popularity of bullfighting had ebbed to such an extent that the rings stood virtually empty at weekends.

    BBC: Bullfighting in Catalonia: The death of Barcelona��s ring

  • In Spain, the government of Mariano Rajoy has overlooked similar demonstrations, authorizing local giant, Repsol, to begin drilling in waters situated about 60 km from the Canary Islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, according to reporting by the Guardian.

    FORBES: What the Euro Crisis Means for Mediterranean Energy

  • She spent the next month on hunger strike at an airport in the nearby Canary Islands, which belong to Spain, before the Moroccans were persuaded (apparently by Hillary Clinton, the American secretary of state, among others) to let her back in.

    ECONOMIST: Diplomacy over Western Sahara: Morocco v Algeria | The

  • Spain's lone native player is pitcher Eric Gonzalez, who was born in the Canary Islands.

    WSJ: World Baseball Classic��What Spain Lacks: Spaniards

  • Her first port of call is expected to be either in the Canary Islands or Madeira.

    BBC: Teenager Dekker 'sets sail' on world record bid

  • And he found that three similar mass strandings in the Canary Islands were also associated with military manoeuvres.

    ECONOMIST: Quiet, please. Whales navigating

  • Dan Kiselman, a Swedish astronomer, will use a telescope in the Canary Islands to look for carbon dioxide.

    ECONOMIST: Transits of Venus

  • They set off from the La Gomera in the Canary Islands on 5 December and aim to reach Barbados in February.

    BBC: Atlantic Challenge youngest rowers cross halfway point

  • Ceuta, meanwhile, was a drain on Portugal's resources, as were Henry's repeated incursions into the Canary Islands which caused unending problems.

    ECONOMIST: Historical biography

  • The five women, who started in La Gomera in the Canary Islands 45 days ago, arrived in Barbados at 05:13 GMT on Saturday.

    BBC: News

  • Right now the two are close to making an offer on a 34-year-old boat called the Carousel, currently steaming around the Canary Islands.

    FORBES: C++ Faring Lads

  • The warmer parts of the UK were hotter on Saturday than such holiday destinations as Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, which was 29.8C.

    BBC: Saturday's record temperatures not beaten

  • They were on their way home onboard the MV Fravizo from the Canary Islands to Liverpool when Ms Noonan gave birth to Timothy.

    BBC: Mother and son revisit Penlee RNLI

  • British researchers suggested that a volcanic eruption in the Canary Islands might, one day, cause a tidal wave to swamp America's east coast.

    ECONOMIST: The fight continues

  • The plant is more at home on the Canary Islands and favours south facing steep ground, and can grow in drought-like conditions, he added.

    BBC: St John's Wort boosted by Gwynedd cliff scrub clearance

  • Hence, the growing recession and increasing unemployment throughout the Old World, forcing fewer trips to the Canary Islands or wherever, is quite problematic for Priceline.com.

    FORBES: Priceline.com: Investors Check Out After Disappointing Profit Forecast, Europe Woes

  • "But we do still have some passengers jetting off to sunnier climes - the Canary Islands are always popular at this time of year, " she said.

    BBC: Airplane

  • It is currently being stored in a customised building at Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma, and is operated by the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Scientists seek unknown planets

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