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British tourists will ‘pour back in to Spain’ when they are allowed too
British tourists will ‘pour back in to Spain’ when they are allowed too

The director of the Spanish Tourism Office in London believes that "recovery will be quicker than people are predicting"...

A hot and hazy end to January in the Canary Islands
A hot and hazy end to January in the Canary Islands

Skies will be clear, winds will be light, no rain is predicted... it’s definitely beach weather to end January with!

Brits now need permission from Ministry of Defence to buy property in the Canaries
Brits now need permission from Ministry of Defence to buy property in the Canaries

Britons status as ‘third country foreigners’ after Brexit means they need prior military authorization as the Canary Islands are areas of interest for national defence…

Covid update: Canaries adds another 329 new cases and four deaths
Covid update: Canaries adds another 329 new cases and four deaths

The were also 418 medical discharges today, 317 of them in Tenerife… full data here…

Music industry wants direct aid from the Canary Islands Government
Music industry wants direct aid from the Canary Islands Government

The Association of the Canarian Music Industry wants to be included in the direct aid that is being decreed for hospitality and tourism, saying that entertainment has been just as hard hit by the pandemic…

138 new coronavirus outbreaks in the Canaries in the last week
138 new coronavirus outbreaks in the Canaries in the last week

There are 877 associated cases, of which 25 have required hospital admission, and two people have died from these outbreaks...

New study shows 80% of drivers can’t use roundabouts properly
New study shows 80% of drivers can’t use roundabouts properly

Failure to use indicators properly or exiting from the inside lane are the main infractions committed...

Gran Canaria warehouse fire destroys 12 vehicles
Gran Canaria warehouse fire destroys 12 vehicles

Fire-fighters have put the fire out after a 10 hour battle with the blaze...

Tenerife is recognised as the first Whale Heritage Site in Europe
Tenerife is recognised as the first Whale Heritage Site in Europe

Tenerife is only the 3rd place in the world to receive this distinction... this puts the Canary Islands on the world map for whale and dolphin conservation...

Covid update: Canaries exceed 34,000 infections by adding 337 new cases
Covid update: Canaries exceed 34,000 infections by adding 337 new cases

Gran Canaria registers another death that brings the total to 512 fatalities since the start of the pandemic... full data here...

60% of Spaniards would get vaccinated tomorrow if they could
60% of Spaniards would get vaccinated tomorrow if they could

The desire to get a Covid vaccine has tripled in Spain in three months...

Is this the end of the road for the Mayor of Arona?
Is this the end of the road for the Mayor of Arona?

Expectation is growing in Arona before the plenary session tomorrow which will decide the future of Mena...

Norwegian tourist arrested at airport after trashing hotel room
Norwegian tourist arrested at airport after trashing hotel room

The hotel called the police after finding out he had left the hotel and gone to the airport to leave the island...

52,000 new jobs expected in next two years with full recovery by end of 2022
52,000 new jobs expected in next two years with full recovery by end of 2022

The Canary Islands will create 52,000 jobs between this year and next, and will recover to pre-Covid levels in 2022...

Latest updates for TUI, easyJet, Ryanair and Jet2 as UK restrictions ramp up
Latest updates for TUI, easyJet, Ryanair and Jet2 as UK restrictions ramp up

Airlines have been forced to cancel and amend itineraries in recent weeks amid increased travel restrictions... here are the latest updates for Ryanair, TUI, easyJet and Jet2...

49 samples of the ‘British’ Covid strain detected in the Canary Islands
49 samples of the ‘British’ Covid strain detected in the Canary Islands

Results have come from 100 samples scientists suspected were a different strain collected between December 18th and January 18th...

Canarian Carolina Darias is confirmed as new Minister of Health for Spain
Canarian Carolina Darias is confirmed as new Minister of Health for Spain

As expected Carolina Darias has officially been confirmed as the new Minister of Health for Spain replacing Salvador Illa, who has stepped down to run in the Catalan elections…

Covid update: 234 new cases, 480 discharges, actives cases down by 247
Covid update: 234 new cases, 480 discharges, actives cases down by 247

Apart from new cases in Gran Canaria, numbers are moving the right direction. For the first time this year Lanzarote has seen a reduction in their incidence rates, Fuerteventura has stayed low this week, and Tenerife continues to contain the virus… f

OFFICIAL: ERTE is extended until May 31st
OFFICIAL: ERTE is extended until May 31st

The central government has given the green light to the extension of the ERTE until May 31st…The new rule simplifies the procedure to extend them, so that no new application is needed…

Trafico prepares new rules to protect cyclists on roads
Trafico prepares new rules to protect cyclists on roads

Motorists will have to drop to 20 km/h below the speed limit to pass cyclists... 2019 was the first year in Spanish history in which more pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists got killed in traffic accidents than those in cars...