Category: Islands

The Spanish issue of unemployment gets worse by the month.For the eighth month in a row , unemployment has increased.The last month , it rose by almost 39,000 people ( 20,000 women and 18,000 men ).

The new PP government brought …

Jaume Matas was the former president of the Spanish Balearic Islands . He has been found guilty of corruption by the High Court in Palma de Mallorca and he has been sentenced to 6 years in prison.

The anti-corruption police discovered …

Benidorm on the Spanish Costa Blanca and Puerta Alcudia in Mallorca in the Balearic islands , have both featured in the list of winners in the 2012 results published by Tripadvisor , the world´s largest trip advisor.

A total of 181 …

In February Spanish airports saw a fall in passenger numbers.They were down by 5.6% on February 2011.These figures were provided by the Spanish airport authority AENA.

Alicante´s El Altet airport recorded 455,827 passengers a drop of almost 13% on the same …

El Hierro is one of the Canary islands and recently the Mar de las Calmas just off the island has been subjected to a long term underwater volcanic eruption.

That eruption is now officially over according to the Scientific Committee of …

The Spanish Post Office ( Correos ) has announced that letters , postcards and parcels with an Easy Post stamp on them will not be delivered or returned to the sender.

The Spanish Post Office has said that Easy Post is …

Last week a fast ferry which runs between Ibiza and Formentera  , two of the Balearic Islands , went aground.

The Balearia owned boat was a catamaran Maverick 2 and it had left Ibiza at 7.30 pm.Around 20 minutes into the …

In 2011 the number of illegal immigrants arriving on Spanish shores rose by 50% to over 5000 that are actually known about.There is an unknown number that will never be known about.

In the Canary Islands there were 340 known arrivals …