Canary Islands
Animals
Scientists Condemn ‘Cruel’ Plans for World’s First Octopus Farm
A proposal to establish the world's first octopus farm that would raise one million octopuses every year for human consumption has triggered concern among scientists.
The proposed site, located in the Canary Islands of Spain, aims to raise octopuses intensively...
Environment
Aerial Bombing May Be Used to Stem Canary Islands Volcano Eruption
The Canary Islands volcano that has been erupting for 42 days straight might get its comeuppance soon if a Spanish lawmaker has his way. Displacing thousands of people and upending the lives of everybody on the entire island of...
Environment
Lava from Canary Islands Volcano Reaches the Atlantic Ocean
Red hot lava from a volcano that devastated the Spanish island of La Palma reached the Atlantic Ocean late on Tuesday evening, nine days after it started to flow down the mountain, wrecking buildings and destroying crops.
Big clouds of...
Europe
Europeans Stay Close to Home when on Holiday
The vast majority of European travellers (about 85%) prefer to stay close to home when on holiday, a World Economic Forum report says.
In 2015, on average, only 15.4% of all tourism nights of EU residents were spent in non-EU...
Greece
New Research Claims Hitler Escaped and Fled to Argentina, Possibly Through Greece
A new round of research into US government archives and other sources alleges that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler did not commit suicide in his bunker in Berlin but fled to Argentina, potentially through Greece and the Canary Islands.
Ex-CIA officer Bob...
Europe
Greek Cruise Ship Accident Kills 5, Injures 3
Five crew members were killed and three other injured after a lifeboat fell into the sea from a cruise ship while it was docked in the port of Santa Cruz in the Canary Islands, Spanish authorities said. Three Indonesians,...