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Snow alert activated from 6pm tonight in Tenerife, La Palma and Gran Canaria
Snow alert activated from 6pm tonight in Tenerife, La Palma and Gran Canaria

It is forecast that there will be as much snow as Filomena brought last month, and could have a record amount in certain areas...

Man arrested in Gran Canaria for posting a ‘sex ad’ of his ex-girlfriend
Man arrested in Gran Canaria for posting a ‘sex ad’ of his ex-girlfriend

The victim reported him after receiving numerous calls to her mobile phone requesting sexual services...

Are vaccination passports the key to re-establishing travel and tourism?
Are vaccination passports the key to re-establishing travel and tourism?

Spain plans to establish ‘vaccination certificate’ to recover tourism sector... AstraZeneca’s announcement that their vaccine reduces transmission by 67% supports countries request for a vaccine passport...

Hoteliers believe that Easter ‘may be a good time to get back to work’
Hoteliers believe that Easter ‘may be a good time to get back to work’

CEHAT say: "No wave has been caused by tourism and there have been no outbreaks attributable to any hotel facility"

Covid update: 231 new cases and 4 deaths in the Canary Islands today
Covid update: 231 new cases and 4 deaths in the Canary Islands today

More than 36,000 people have now tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began... Tenerife now has less than 3,000 active cases... full data here...

Gran Canaria has a new weekly air connection with Baltic countries
Gran Canaria has a new weekly air connection with Baltic countries

New weekly flight from Estonia started last Saturday...

Almost 10,000 people lost their jobs in January in the Canary Islands
Almost 10,000 people lost their jobs in January in the Canary Islands

There are currently 279,230 people unemployed in the Islands and 12,349 less contributors to Social Security when autonomos are taken into account...

Storm warnings for the north of the islands are in place from tomorrow
Storm warnings for the north of the islands are in place from tomorrow

Weather warnings have been activated from tomorrow in all islands, except Lanzarote, as winds, rain, storms, and a drop in temperatures of up to 12 degrees is expected in some areas....

Will Gran Canaria move to Level 4 restrictions?
Will Gran Canaria move to Level 4 restrictions?

The head of Epidemiology for Public Health in the Canary Islands, Amós García Rojas, says that stabilising the situation is not enough, the number of cases has to come down... Lanzarote needs it’s IA14 to drop from almost 700 to below 250 before it c

VIDEO: Passenger head-butts cabin crew after refusing to wear mask on flight
VIDEO: Passenger head-butts cabin crew after refusing to wear mask on flight

The passenger, who was living in Tenerife, drank almost a bottle of vodka and head-butted a steward on a flight to Manchester after refusing to wear a mask… Watch the video here…

Covid update: The Canary Islands exceeds 200 new daily cases again
Covid update: The Canary Islands exceeds 200 new daily cases again

Gran Canaria continues to be the most infected with 123 new cases…. Tenerife has 45 and Lanzarote 32… full data here…

Government approves another 9 month moratorium for mortgages and loans
Government approves another 9 month moratorium for mortgages and loans

According to the latest data from the Bank of Spain, Spanish financial institutions granted 1.3 million moratoriums at the end of December to those affected by the coronavirus crisis, with a value of 54 billion euros…

Hospitality industry demands more than just aid as a solution to their situation
Hospitality industry demands more than just aid as a solution to their situation

Owners of businesses in the hospitality sector have gathered again this morning in front of the Government headquarters in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, wanting solutions to the situation they are in…

Irish now face 500€ fine if caught going on holiday abroad
Irish now face 500€ fine if caught going on holiday abroad

Under new regulations, people who are caught heading abroad for non-essential reasons are set to face 500 euro fines...

The Canary Islands had over 2,000 immigrants in January, 188% more than last year
The Canary Islands had over 2,000 immigrants in January, 188% more than last year

Despite this increase, arrivals to the archipelago have continued on a downward trend in recent weeks...

Man attacks police with iron bar when told to wear a mask
Man attacks police with iron bar when told to wear a mask

Officers of the Guardia Civil arrested the 53-year-old man in Gran Canaria after he attacked them...

Hospitality and tourism aid plan grants will vary between 3,000 and 15,000 euros
Hospitality and tourism aid plan grants will vary between 3,000 and 15,000 euros

This aid is non-repayable grants directly to the sector, and is being fast tracked to help people quickly...

Regional Governments are asked to make Covid measures ‘as strict as possible’
Regional Governments are asked to make Covid measures ‘as strict as possible’

The Minister of Health has asked Regional Governments to increase restrictions as the downward trend of the virus is not quick enough…

February starts with 110 cases in Gran Canaria, 42 in Lanzarote and 24 in Tenerife
February starts with 110 cases in Gran Canaria, 42 in Lanzarote and 24 in Tenerife

Let’s hope that February shows signs of positive news to come… Active cases have dropped as there were 391 medical discharges today, and no deaths reported by the Ministry of Health… full stats here…

Another 52,000 doses of Moderna's vaccine arrive in Spain
Another 52,000 doses of Moderna's vaccine arrive in Spain

The new Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, announced on Thursday that this new shipment was scheduled to arrive today…