Canary Islands Taxis: The Rules Are Still a Draft and the Airport Fare Is Still Up in the Air
Forty euros by day, 45 at night and on public holidays. That is the maximum fare the Canarian government proposed on 21 August for a taxi ride between Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the airport. Two months on, the figure is still a proposal, inside a regulation that has not been finalised. On Tuesday […]
Starmus Week: When Tenerife and La Palma Hosted the Artemis II Astronauts
On Saturday 17 October, at the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, a symphony orchestra backed a tenor and a Queen guitarist. Earlier, at 19:30, there had been a ceremony with three astronauts. It is not what you expect to see at a commercial harbour, and it is how Starmus chose to open its eighth […]
Spain’s November 11 General Strike: In the Canaries, the Argument Starts With Rent
How much of a Canarian salary is left once the rent is paid? For Ignacio Hernández of CCOO, almost nothing: in an interview with Diario de Avisos he says rent swallows the whole wage. That is a union assessment, not an official statistic, but it sets the tone for the strike day that will reach […]