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State of Alarm ending triggers holiday bookings for May and 24% are for the Canaries
State of Alarm ending triggers holiday bookings for May and 24% are for the Canaries

Summer bookings have remained stable, growing regularly from week to week as summer approaches...

Man arrested in Tenerife for making teenage girls undress in video calls
Man arrested in Tenerife for making teenage girls undress in video calls

He contacted them and made them believe that he had hacked their mobile phones and had access to all their content...

First aid payments for businesses will be in 10 days time
First aid payments for businesses will be in 10 days time

Madrid has already sent the aid agreement to the Canary Islands for SMEs and self-employed...

VIDEO: This week’s Canarian Weekly news update with Sam
VIDEO: This week’s Canarian Weekly news update with Sam

See the latest Canarian Weekly news update here...

Calls to 012 for vaccinations have ‘crashed’ the phone system
Calls to 012 for vaccinations have ‘crashed’ the phone system

The Health Service asks for patience because the service is available 24 hours a day…

No tests or quarantine for travellers visiting Spain with vaccine ‘passports’
No tests or quarantine for travellers visiting Spain with vaccine ‘passports’

More details explained here, including how this could be incorporated for travellers from the UK…

Germany keeps the Canary Islands on their travel black list
Germany keeps the Canary Islands on their travel black list

The islands remain a high-risk destination according to the German Government due to the rates of contagion…

Covid update: Canaries passes 50,000 cases with 284 detected today
Covid update: Canaries passes 50,000 cases with 284 detected today

Tenerife has added the most with 154, followed by Gran Canaria with 85, Fuerteventura has 17, and Lanzarote 14…

If you are between 66 and 69 years old and have not been vaccinated, call 012
If you are between 66 and 69 years old and have not been vaccinated, call 012

This is particularly for residents of Tenerife and Gran Canaria to speed up the vaccination process...

These are the specific measures wanted by the hospitality industry to re-open
These are the specific measures wanted by the hospitality industry to re-open

The hospitality sector has put forward their demands for specific measures as the government is reviewing all restrictions...

Cloudy and rainy in the north today, but clear and sunny in the south
Cloudy and rainy in the north today, but clear and sunny in the south

Here is today’s weather forecast for all the Canary Islands...

Will smoking be banned on bar and restaurant terraces permanently?
Will smoking be banned on bar and restaurant terraces permanently?

The Ministry of Health proposes the prohibition of smoking on terraces even if the distances are met…

Tenerife and Gran Canaria will continue at alert level 3
Tenerife and Gran Canaria will continue at alert level 3

Fuerteventura goes from level 3 to level 2…

Covid update: 214 new cases as total deaths pass 700 in the Canary Islands
Covid update: 214 new cases as total deaths pass 700 in the Canary Islands

Tenerife has added 113 new cases, Gran Canaria 67, Lanzarote 12, and Fuerteventura 12…

VACCINE UPDATE: 438,858 doses of vaccines administered in the Canaries
VACCINE UPDATE: 438,858 doses of vaccines administered in the Canaries

New age groups have started to be vaccinated, see all the figures here for each group so far…

78 kilos of cocaine seized on a boat in the Santa Cruz port
78 kilos of cocaine seized on a boat in the Santa Cruz port

The drugs were found on a ship coming from Santos in Brazil, heading for Antwerp in Belgium…

300 million euro super yacht stops off in Gran Canaria for 24 hours
300 million euro super yacht stops off in Gran Canaria for 24 hours

The luxury yacht 'Kaos' is owned by US billionaire Nancy Walton, one of the heirs to the Walmart empire…

The Health Service expects Tenerife and Gran Canaria to stay at Level 3
The Health Service expects Tenerife and Gran Canaria to stay at Level 3

The director of the SCS said this morning that it is not been possible to ‘bend’ the high rate of infections on the islands...

Tenerife presents new tourist image to be a ‘world benchmark’ for travel
Tenerife presents new tourist image to be a ‘world benchmark’ for travel

The Cabildo president said that UK vaccination campaign offers a ‘halo of hope to the tourism market’...

GOLF: European Tour adds 2nd Tenerife tournament in May
GOLF: European Tour adds 2nd Tenerife tournament in May

They have confirmed an additional tournament will be played in Tenerife to replace the cancelled Open de France...