La Palma: unemployment falls 1.9% in September

info@cita.news (Martin Kosinski) — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:29:16 -0000

LA PALMA · ECONOMY

La Palma: unemployment falls 1.9% in September

Registered unemployment on La Palma fell by 112 people, or 1.9%, to 5,716 in September 2026. The figures were published by the Observatorio de Empleo Canario (Obecan), the Canary Islands regional government’s employment observatory, on Friday 2 October 2026. Compared with September 2025, however, the figure is 69 people higher.

Fuerteventura: 3.0 quake near Pájara on 2 October

info@cita.news (CITA News Redaktion) — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:29:05 -0000

FUERTEVENTURA · ENVIRONMENT

Fuerteventura: 3.0 quake near Pájara on 2 October

On Friday, 2 October 2026, an earthquake struck the southwest of Fuerteventura at 05:06 local time. The Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN) lists it at magnitude 3.0 mbLg and 4.0 kilometres deep, with the epicentre at sea southwest of Pájara. Several media outlets reported 3.2 that morning. According to Canarias Ahora, no damage was caused.

El Hierro: cayuco with 48 people reaches La Restinga

info@cita.news (Lucía Medina Reyes) — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:28:54 -0000

EL HIERRO · SOCIETY

El Hierro: cayuco with 48 people reaches La Restinga

On Friday, 2 October 2026, Salvamento Marítimo escorted a cayuco with 48 people, located just over eight kilometres off El Hierro, to the port of La Restinga. All those aboard are men, according to emergency sources, and two of them were taken to hospital. The details rest on Canarias Ahora and RTVC.

Gran Canaria: housing demo on 3 October from 11:00

info@cita.news (CITA News Redaktion) — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:28:43 -0000

GRAN CANARIA · POLITICS

Gran Canaria: housing demo on 3 October from 11:00

The Derecho al Techo alliance marches against the housing shortage in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on Saturday, 3 October 2026, from 11:00; the start is the Plaza de la Feria. The trigger is that the Spanish Congress rejected two government housing decrees on Friday, 2 October. The route leads to the seat of the Canary Islands presidency and back.

La Gomera: Hermigua’s Fiestas del Rosario run to 7 October

info@cita.news (Lucía Medina Reyes) — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:28:32 -0000

LA GOMERA · EVENTS

La Gomera: Hermigua’s Fiestas del Rosario run to 7 October

Hermigua on La Gomera is once again celebrating the Fiestas del Rosario in 2026. The programme runs from 26 September to 7 October 2026. The events are aimed at residents and visitors of all ages.

La Gomera: Exposaldo brings about 30 shops to the Plaza

info@cita.news (CITA News Redaktion) — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:28:20 -0000

LA GOMERA · EVENTS

La Gomera: Exposaldo brings about 30 shops to the Plaza

Around 30 shops from La Gomera will be presenting themselves from 9 to 11 October 2026 on the Plaza de Las Américas in San Sebastián de La Gomera. The Cabildo Insular de La Gomera, the island government, is organising the Exposaldo La Gomera sales fair with special offers, music, children's activities and a fashion show. It opens on Friday from 17:00 to 21:00, on Saturday from 10:00 to 21:00 and on Sunday from 10:00 to 15:00.

La Laguna: local produce fair on Saturday, 3 October

info@cita.news (CITA News Redaktion) — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:28:09 -0000

TENERIFE · EVENTS

La Laguna: local produce fair on Saturday, 3 October

San Cristóbal de La Laguna holds the Feria de Productos Locales on Plaza del Cristo on Saturday, 3 October 2026. It is organised by Asaga Canarias together with the town hall; from 10:00 to 13:00 tasting workshops run at the entrance area of the Mercado Municipal. The town does not mention an entry fee or a registration requirement.

Lanzarote: calima and up to 31C on Sunday, 4 October

info@cita.news (Lucía Medina Reyes) — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:27:58 -0000

LANZAROTE · WEATHER

Lanzarote: calima and up to 31C on Sunday, 4 October

On Lanzarote and La Graciosa, the weekend of 3 and 4 October 2026 brings calima at altitude, a north-easterly wind and highs of 30C on Saturday and 31C on Sunday. This is reported by La Voz de Lanzarote, citing the state weather agency Aemet. This report is current as of the morning of Saturday, 3 October 2026; forecasts can change at short notice.

Fuerteventura: Sabor a Castillo food fair, 2-4 October 2026

info@cita.news (CITA News Redaktion) — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:27:48 -0000

FUERTEVENTURA · EVENTS

Fuerteventura: Sabor a Castillo food fair, 2-4 October 2026

The international food festival “Sabor a Castillo” takes place from Friday 2 October to Sunday 4 October 2026 in Caleta de Fuste, in the municipality of Antigua on Fuerteventura. The Cabildo de Fuerteventura announced this on 2 October 2026. The programme includes dishes from different parts of the world, live cooking demonstrations, workshops for children and music performances.

Maspalomas: Tourifest with drone show and fireworks

info@cita.news (Lucía Medina Reyes) — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:27:36 -0000

GRAN CANARIA · EVENTS

Maspalomas: Tourifest with drone show and fireworks

Calle Las Dunas in Playa del Inglés is closed to parking and through traffic from Thursday, 1 October 2026, 06:00, until Monday, 5 October 2026, 06:00, under a bando of the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana. The reason is the IV Maspalomas Tourifest in the Anexo II, which runs on Saturday, 3 October, from 14:00 to 02:00, with a drone show and fireworks. In the evening the concert «Paradise Sinfónico» is also on at the Faro de Maspalomas.

Tenerife: Clownbaret gala at Teatro Leal on 3 October

info@cita.news (Lucía Medina Reyes) — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:27:25 -0000

TENERIFE · CULTURE

Tenerife: Clownbaret gala at Teatro Leal on 3 October

The International Clownbaret Festival (FIC) celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2026. The anniversary gala “Cabaret FIC – XX años” takes place on Saturday, 3 October 2026, at 20:30 at the Teatro Leal in La Laguna, as part of the festival that began on 30 September. Tickets are available from 8 euros.

Agüimes: romería on 3 October, livestock fair on 4 October

info@cita.news (Lucía Medina Reyes) — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:27:14 -0000

GRAN CANARIA · EVENTS

Agüimes: romería on 3 October, livestock fair on 4 October

Agüimes on Gran Canaria celebrates the closing stage of the Fiestas del Rosario on Saturday, 3, and Sunday, 4 October 2026. The 30th Romería y Ofrenda starts on Saturday at 18:00 at the municipal swimming pool (Piscina Municipal), the livestock fair on Sunday at 10:00 on the Paseo de La Viñuela. This is announced by the Agüimes town hall.

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info@cita.news (CITA News Redaktion) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:36:50 -0000

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Andalusia overtakes Canaries by 823,496 arrivals

info@cita.news (Martin Kosinski) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:59:01 -0000

CANARY ISLANDS · ECONOMY

823,496 arrivals ahead: Andalusia overtakes the Canaries and pushes them into fourth place

Andalusia has overtaken the Canary Islands in international arrivals. Between January and August 2026 Spain's statistics institute INE counted 11,084,168 foreign tourists in Andalusia and 10,260,672 in the Canaries — cumulatively 823,496 arrivals ahead. The islands no longer appear in Friday's INE release, which lists the period's three leading destinations. What matters is how the gap opened: Andalusia grew 10.4 per cent, the Canaries fell 0.46 per cent. The islands did not lose a single visitor to Andalusia — they stand almost exactly where they stood a yea

140,303 unemployed: Canaries buck the Spanish trend

info@cita.news (Martin Kosinski) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:58:01 -0000

CANARY ISLANDS · ECONOMY

140,303 unemployed: Canaries down, Spain up by 23,587

The Canary Islands ended September with 140,303 people registered as unemployed: 4,156 fewer than in August and 5,070 fewer than in September 2025. Across Spain the figure rose in the same month by 23,587 to 2,379,505. Of the 17 autonomous communities only the Canaries and La Rioja fell, and the Canary fall was the largest in both absolute and percentage terms. That is the advance data release of the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal of 2 October 2026. What is new is not the islands' direction: this is the third September fall in a row. What is new is that the rest of the country did not follow

Canary nursery places: two deadlines, 11 safe days

info@cita.news (CITA News Redaktion) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:57:01 -0000

CANARY ISLANDS · EDUCATION

Canary nursery places: two deadlines, eleven safe days

Two calendars have been running side by side since 1 October for the new 0-3 nursery places at five Canary schools. The official gazette, BOC no. 197, sets the application window at 5 to 16 October; a correction issued by the same directorate on the same day moves it to 6 to 20 October — published so far only on the education department's website. Anyone who wants to satisfy both versions files between Tuesday 6 and Friday 16 October: eleven calendar days, eight of them working days.

Arrecife en Vivo: date 8 of 10, four free stages

info@cita.news (CITA News Redaktion) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:56:01 -0000

LANZAROTE · EVENTS

Arrecife en Vivo: date eight of ten tonight — four stages, zero euros

The street-music festival Arrecife en Vivo plays the eighth of its ten dates on Friday, 2 October 2026: four concerts between 18.00 and 22.30 on four stages in the centre of Arrecife, linked by a pasacalles street parade over two kilometres. Entry is free everywhere. The header of every page on the festival website nonetheless carries a button marked „Entradas“ — it points to a 2025 page on the ticket platform tickety.es and returned a bare „404 Not Found“ on Friday morning.

Balearics pass Canaries on spending by €29 million

info@cita.news (Martin Kosinski) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:27:01 -0000

CANARY ISLANDS · ECONOMY

A €29 million lead: the Balearics overtake the Canaries on tourist spending

Spain's statistics office INE released the August round of its tourist expenditure survey EGATUR on Friday, and in the cumulative table for January to August 2026 the Balearics stand ahead of the Canaries for the first time this year: €16.367 billion against €16.338 billion, a lead of €29 million or 0.18 per cent — at this scale a rounding difference that deserves an explanation rather than a drama. INE names Catalonia (18.9 per cent of all Spanish spending), Illes Balears (16.4) and the Canaries (16.4) as the largest destinations; the islands are third. Every figure is pro

Canaries in August: €224 a day, spending up 3.07pc

info@cita.news (Martin Kosinski) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:26:01 -0000

CANARY ISLANDS · ECONOMY

€224 a day: why the Canaries grew at only a third of Spain's pace in August

The Canary Islands took in more money again in August 2026 — but far more slowly than Spain. According to the table annex of the Tourist Expenditure Survey (EGATUR) published today by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística, international visitors spent €2.296 billion on the islands in the month of August, 3.07 per cent more than in August 2025. Spain as a whole grew 9.16 per cent in the same month, so the Canary pace amounts to roughly a third of the Spanish one. The increase comes almost entirely from the daily price: spend per day rose 7.56 per cent, the length of stay fel

4.5 million fewer guest days: Canaries lose holiday days

info@cita.news (Martin Kosinski) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:25:01 -0000

CANARY ISLANDS · ECONOMY

About 4.5 million fewer guest days: the Canaries are not losing visitors, they are losing holiday days

More foreign visitors arrived in the Canary Islands in August than a year earlier — and yet fewer holiday days were spent on the islands. In the provisional annexes published by Spain's statistics office INE on 2 October 2026, Frontur counts 10,260,672 international tourist arrivals cumulatively from January to August, 0.46 per cent fewer than in the same period last year; Egatur puts the average trip length for that period at 7.9 days, 4.6 per cent shorter. Multiplying the two — a cita.news calculation, not a figure published by INE — gives about

Arrecife sport: 7.13 euros instead of 4.28 for visitors

info@cita.news (CITA News Redaktion) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:24:01 -0000

LANZAROTE · SPORT

Arrecife prices its sports facilities by residence: 7.13 euros instead of 4.28 for children from outside

The official gazette of Las Palmas province published the full text of Arrecife's amended sports tariffs on Friday, and the table has a residence column. A child under 18 pays 4.28 euros to enter the Parque Deportivo Municipal Puerto de Arrecife if registered in the municipality and 7.13 euros if not: two thirds more. For adults the surcharge is 17.8 percent, and for physiotherapy at the Palacio Municipal de los Deportes exactly 100 percent. Against the March 2025 table, almost every amount rises by about 1.7 percent. The notice gives no date of entry

Mogán tourism plan: objections until 2 December

info@cita.news (Martin Kosinski) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:23:01 -0000

GRAN CANARIA · PLANNING

Mogán: deadline added late — objections to the tourism plan until 2 December

The plan that will reshape Playa de Mogán has been on public display since 28 September, but the Las Palmas provincial gazette printed no deadline for objections at all. On Friday the Dirección General de Ordenación del Territorio y Cohesión Territorial corrected the error and inserted the missing words, “por plazo de DOS MESES” — for a period of two months. Those two months run from the correction, not from the first notice: the cut-off is Wednesday 2 December 2026. Anyone who has already filed does not have

976,432 contributors: Canaries only tenth in growth

info@cita.news (Martin Kosinski) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:22:01 -0000

CANARY ISLANDS · ECONOMY

976,432 contributors: the highest in this series, tenth in growth

On the last day of September there were 976,432 people registered with Spain's social security system in the Canary Islands, more than at any other month-end the body publishes for the islands since January 2006. The high conceals a second figure: on our own reading of the same workbook, the number of contributors grew by 2.84 per cent over a year, against 3.39 per cent for Spain. That puts the islands tenth of 19 territories, behind the Balearics and Valencia. Both statements are true, and both sit in the same table.

Vuelta Lanzarote: Mirador del Río cut off from 09:30

info@cita.news (CITA News Redaktion) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:19:01 -0000

LANZAROTE · TRAVEL

Vuelta Ciclista a Lanzarote: three and a half hours with no access to Mirador del Río and Castillo de San José

On Saturday 3 October the Vuelta Ciclista a Lanzarote cuts the access roads to two of César Manrique's buildings: to Mirador del Río from 09:30 to 11:30, and to Castillo de San José from 11:30 to 13:00 — three and a half hours running straight through the morning. The warning sits as a banner on cactlanzarote.com, checked by cita.news on 2 October at 08:12 UTC. Anyone holding a ticket for that Saturday should know which half of the day still works for which site.

Infecar closed: manga festival moves, 3-day pass €18

info@cita.news (Lucía Medina Reyes) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:18:01 -0000

GRAN CANARIA · EVENTS

Building work at Infecar sends the manga festival to a park and a castle: three-day pass €18

The 15th Festival del Manga de Las Palmas and Comic-Can Gran Canaria open this Friday, 2 October 2026, for the first time in the middle of the island capital. Because the Infecar exhibition centre is closed to the public for building work, the fifteenth edition is split between the Parque de San Telmo and the Museo Castillo de Mata. The three-day pass costs €18 according to the organisers, and children up to six get in free. Nobody has put a figure on how many people the new sites hold.

Masdanza Junior: 20 euros to dance, 5 euros to watch

info@cita.news (CITA News Redaktion) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:17:01 -0000

GRAN CANARIA · DANCE

Masdanza Junior in Las Palmas: 20 euros to dance, 5 euros to watch — and online only

On Saturday 3 October, from 18:00 to 20:00, the MASDANZA festival holds a masterclass for 12- to 17-year-olds at the Sala Gabriel Rodó in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and it turns the usual prices upside down: dancers pay 20 euros, people watching from a seat pay 5. Both tickets are sold, according to the ticket page, online only; nothing is sold at the hall. Minors have to bring a completed parental authorisation form.

El Hierro: 7 festival sessions only in the ticket shop

info@cita.news (Lucía Medina Reyes) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:15:01 -0000

EL HIERRO · EVENTS

Luchada Cósmica on El Hierro starts today — seven sessions only the ticket shop lists

The Luchada Cósmica festival starts on Friday 2 October 2026 at 18:30 in La Frontera on El Hierro and runs until Sunday 4 October. The full programme, seven sessions and three prices, exists in exactly one place online: the ticketing platform tickety.es. The host council's own events agenda reports "Sin eventos para este período" for October 2026, and the Turismo de Canarias agenda lists eight October dates for El Hierro — but not this festival.

Weekend on Gran Canaria: SUM Festival, Fetish Pride opening and Tourifest (2–4 October)

info@cita.news (Lucía Medina Reyes) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:02:37 -0000

NIGHTLIFE

Weekend on Gran Canaria: SUM Festival, Fetish Pride opening and Tourifest

The first October weekend brings two big anchors at once: in Arucas the Gran Canaria SUM Festival stages two days of pop, indie and rock, and at the Yumbo Centre Maspalomas Fetish Pride begins its first programme weekend. What is on from Friday 2 to Sunday 4 October — for residents and visitors alike.

Twelve months' rent if a landlord ends the tenancy

info@cita.news (Julia Roca Bethencourt) — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:35:01 -0000

CANARY ISLANDS · HOUSING

Twelve months' rent: why ending a tenancy costs money from Friday

Since this morning the Spanish state gazette carries the rule that from Friday changes every tenancy of a main home: a landlord who refuses to renew once the minimum term is up must compensate the tenant with at least twelve months' rent for a comparable dwelling. For the Canaries the reform comes with a catch — its strongest tenant protection depends on a declaration no municipality in the islands holds.

Canary GDP 2025: €27,190 a head, 2.1 per cent growth

info@cita.news (Martin Kosinski) — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:34:01 -0000

CANARY ISLANDS · ECONOMY

€27,190 a head: the Canaries grew by 2.1 per cent in 2025

The Canary economy grew by 2.1 per cent in volume terms in 2025, against 2.6 per cent for Spain as a whole; only Cantabria (1.7), Asturias and the Basque Country (1.9 each) grew more slowly. Gross domestic product per resident stood at €27,190 in the islands — 20.6 per cent below the Spanish average of €34,237 and 34.8 per cent below the EU-27 figure of €41,700. The numbers come from the regional accounts of Spain's statistics institute INE, published on 30 September 2026; the 2025 figures are an advance estimate.

CITA News — News from the Canary Islands

La Palma: unemployment falls 1.9% in September

Fuerteventura: 3.0 quake near Pájara on 2 October

El Hierro: cayuco with 48 people reaches La Restinga

Gran Canaria: housing demo on 3 October from 11:00

La Gomera: Hermigua’s Fiestas del Rosario run to 7 October

La Gomera: Exposaldo brings about 30 shops to the Plaza

La Laguna: local produce fair on Saturday, 3 October

Lanzarote: calima and up to 31C on Sunday, 4 October

Fuerteventura: Sabor a Castillo food fair, 2-4 October 2026

Maspalomas: Tourifest with drone show and fireworks

Tenerife: Clownbaret gala at Teatro Leal on 3 October

Agüimes: romería on 3 October, livestock fair on 4 October

How we use AI

Andalusia overtakes Canaries by 823,496 arrivals

140,303 unemployed: Canaries buck the Spanish trend

Canary nursery places: two deadlines, 11 safe days

Arrecife en Vivo: date 8 of 10, four free stages

Balearics pass Canaries on spending by €29 million

Canaries in August: €224 a day, spending up 3.07pc

4.5 million fewer guest days: Canaries lose holiday days

Arrecife sport: 7.13 euros instead of 4.28 for visitors

Mogán tourism plan: objections until 2 December

976,432 contributors: Canaries only tenth in growth

Vuelta Lanzarote: Mirador del Río cut off from 09:30

Infecar closed: manga festival moves, 3-day pass €18

Masdanza Junior: 20 euros to dance, 5 euros to watch

El Hierro: 7 festival sessions only in the ticket shop

Weekend on Gran Canaria: SUM Festival, Fetish Pride opening and Tourifest (2–4 October)

Twelve months' rent if a landlord ends the tenancy

Canary GDP 2025: €27,190 a head, 2.1 per cent growth