Since the beginning of the year there has been confusion over residents getting their passport stamped, and what long term effect it will have on their rights...
The biggest stories this week in the Canary Islands...
The Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands has informed of three Covid related deaths in the 24 last hours, one in Tenerife and two in Lanzarote...
80% of the outbreaks are in Gran Canaria and Lanzarote… over 1,000 people are affected by these outbreaks…
Today sees a slight increase in temperatures which are above average for this time of year... forecast for all of the Canary Islands here...
The Ministry of Health insists that the regional Governments and Health Authorities have enough ‘tools’ available under the current state of alarm conditions to stop the third wave of the virus...
Two people from the patera that arrived in El Hierro on Tuesday have died, meaning that ten people who have already lost their lives this year heading to the Canary Islands...
"There is no problem implementing it if it is agreed by everyone," says the Minister of Transport and Mobility…
The archipelago has passed 32,000 cases today since the start of the pandemic… 20 people admitted to hospitals today… full stats here…
The Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, said this in a speech at the meeting of the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization yesterday…
There will only be light clouds today, with southern resorts being clear and sunny...
Gran Canaria and Lanzarote will certainly be at Level 3 for longer than two weeks if this trend continues, both islands have well over 100 new cases each today… Tenerife registers just 42 new cases, and Fuerteventura 20…
This does not mean that an 8pm curfew will be automatically implemented, but that regional Governments will have the facility to use it if they want to... It is regional Governments requesting it...
Las Palmas has now overtaken Santa Cruz as the most infected municipality... Tenerife’s incidence rate drops below 50... 5 deaths reported today... full stats here...
In total, more than 1,500 staff linked to medical transport and CECOES 1-1-2 emergency centres have received their first dose of the vaccine...
These 176 Senegalese migrants have been in a hotel in Puerto de La Cruz for almost three months and want answers as to why they can’t travel to the mainland to look for work...
Lanzarote had 56 new cases yesterday and Tenerife only 31, showing the alert Level changes were correct...
The Canary Islands Government have confirmed this evening that Tenerife will be in Level 2 restrictions from Monday, and Gran Canaria joins Lanzarote on Level 3... See what restrictions will be implemented here...
The Governing Council will use this data from today, to confirm their decision of restriction level changes for Tenerife and Gran Canaria... full data here...
Here's Sam with this weeks latest news for the Canary Islands from the Canarian Weekly...