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150 kilos of cocaine washed up on German islands
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen Package of cocaine in Hamburg 2017. Stock photo. Photo: Axel Heimken/AP/TT In recent days, packages containing 150 kilograms of cocaine have washed up on beaches…
record number of migrants arriving in the Canary Islands in 2024
The number of migrants landing in the Canaries has broken all records this year. 41,425 people, the majority sub-Saharan, landed on one of the islands of the archipelago. The highest…
Climate justice: low-income households more exposed to heat islands in cities, INSEE shows
News Published on 11/24/2024 at 4:02 p.m. updated on 11/24/2024 at 4:02 p.m. Reading 2 min. Cities are heating up and the poorest are on the front line: working-class neighborhoods,…
the crossing from Africa to the Canary Islands, “the only way out and always the deadliest”
In the Canary Islands, the migration situation concerns the authorities and emergency services. In the space of four days, since November 1, nearly 2,000 people have landed on the archipelago…
heavy rain falls on Andalusia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands
Violent storms have hit the Valencia region and Andalusia since Monday October 28, causing considerable damage. Some towns near Valencia received almost 230 liters of water per m² in a…
Thousands protested against migrants in the Canary Islands | News in brief
Thousands of people demonstrated on Sunday against migrants arriving in the Canary Islands by sea. Last year, nearly 40,000 immigrants arrived on the islands. There were demonstrations in Las Palmas…
Last year Faroe Islands, now Iceland – Vikingur made Nordic football history | Sports in a nutshell
Vikingur Reykjavik took a historic victory in the Conference League. Vikingur Reykjavik made Icelandic football history by defeating Belgian Cercle Brugge 3–1 in the men’s Conference League league stage match.…
Large protests against tourism in the Swedish paradise of the Canary Islands
Thousands of flag-waving protesters took to the streets of the Canary Islands, chanting and whistling to demand restrictions on mass tourism. “The Canary Islands are not for sale,” they shouted…
Tourists are limited and the beaches are superb, these islands in Europe are a little hidden paradise
Spain is still home to some secret paradises still unknown to foreign tourists: this is the case of this archipelago, where wild nature is preserved thanks to a drastic limitation…
Britain hands over colonial islands
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen Chagossiers have demanded to be allowed to return to their home islands, here at a demonstration in London in 2008. File photo. Photo: Matt Dunham/AP/TT…