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Confirmed: reduction of group sizes at tables and in bars and restaurants
Confirmed: reduction of group sizes at tables and in bars and restaurants

The Governing Council decided to establish new guidelines yesterday for the interior of hospitality venues, which have been confirmed today...

Canary Islands is confident of tourist reactivation with the 'health passport'
Canary Islands is confident of tourist reactivation with the 'health passport'

Spain is demanding that the new Digital Green Pass is implemented and active before summer...

Four men arrested for an alleged sexual assault in Puerto Rico
Four men arrested for an alleged sexual assault in Puerto Rico

The Guardia Civil made the arrests after receiving an official complaint from the victim...

Government approves aid to the self-employed and SMEs up to 25,000 euros
Government approves aid to the self-employed and SMEs up to 25,000 euros

The Canaries Government has approved a fund with an initial 85 million euros and the application period opens on March 10th...

Dead body of a man found in a cave in the El Rincón ravine
Dead body of a man found in a cave in the El Rincón ravine

It was discovered by National Police officers in the area...

ALERT LEVELS: Lanzarote drops from 4 to 3, all others stay the same
ALERT LEVELS: Lanzarote drops from 4 to 3, all others stay the same

Level 1 now has a curfew imposed midnight to 6am, and bars and restaurants must now close by then...

Interior reschedules deportation flight of immigrants to Senegal to March 10th
Interior reschedules deportation flight of immigrants to Senegal to March 10th

The Ministry del Interior hasn’t said why the flight last week was postponed, but it coincided with a Covid outbreak in a holding centre in Tenerife…

Covid update: Only 115 new cases throughout the islands
Covid update: Only 115 new cases throughout the islands

Lanzarote has no new cases today, there were 53 in Gran Canaria, 51 in Tenerife and 10 in Fuerteventura…

EU finalizes 'Covid passport' that allows travel with vaccination or negative test
EU finalizes 'Covid passport' that allows travel with vaccination or negative test

A ‘Digital Green Pass’ is being developed that will allow travel around Europe either with vaccination or testing…

IAG Group loses 7 billion euros due to flight paralysis in 2020
IAG Group loses 7 billion euros due to flight paralysis in 2020

The company admits that despite the better outlook for this year, there is still great uncertainty about travel...

4 arrested and 30 fined at a party on the South of Tenerife
4 arrested and 30 fined at a party on the South of Tenerife

No social distancing, no masks, dancing, groups of more than 6 people...

TUI predicts a boom in summer bookings and says Canaries will benefit
TUI predicts a boom in summer bookings and says Canaries will benefit

Confinement has lead to people being more desperate than ever to get away, and most have saved money, says TUI...

VIDEO: The latest news round up from the Canarian Weekly
VIDEO: The latest news round up from the Canarian Weekly

Here's Sam with the latest news update from the Canary Islands...

Covid update: February finishes with 140 new cases and 3 deaths
Covid update: February finishes with 140 new cases and 3 deaths

Data points to a change for Lanzarote down to Level 3, but an increase for Fuerteventura back to Level 2...

More than 300 people hold street party in Lanzarote
More than 300 people hold street party in Lanzarote

300 people in 150 cars headed to the fairground in Arrecife to celebrate Independence Day of the Dominican Republic...

Torres: Epidemiological figures decide alert levels not politicians
Torres: Epidemiological figures decide alert levels not politicians

The Canaries president says that "The Canary Islands are on the right track in the fight against Covid-19"...

Construction of La Tejita hotel can continue, but with 60 less rooms
Construction of La Tejita hotel can continue, but with 60 less rooms

Costas has rejected demands to move boundaries, although the demarcation will affect the number of rooms built...

Spain aims to coordinate reactivation of tourism with the UK roadmap
Spain aims to coordinate reactivation of tourism with the UK roadmap

Vaccination passports will be seen as an option to PCR tests for travel, not a replacement...

Body of missing Irishman Peter Wilson found in Tenerife
Body of missing Irishman Peter Wilson found in Tenerife

Peter’s family have released an official statement confirming that his remains have been found in Tenerife...

Covid update: 148 new cases today, 47% of them in Tenerife
Covid update: 148 new cases today, 47% of them in Tenerife

One Covid-related death has been reported today, of a crew member of the oceanographic research vessel 'Hespérides'...