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300 bars and cafes request permission for expansion of terraces in one day
300 bars and cafes request permission for expansion of terraces in one day

Gran Canaria bar and restaurant owners are facing the same frustrations as ones in Tenerife have done under Level 3, with reduced capacity, no support, but full costs...

Another sunny Thursday with above average temperatures
Another sunny Thursday with above average temperatures

Today sees a slight increase in temperatures which are above average for this time of year... forecast for all of the Canary Islands here...

Central Government does not back down and refuses to change the curfew time
Central Government does not back down and refuses to change the curfew time

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...

Good weather sees the arrival of more boats with 375 people in just three days
Good weather sees the arrival of more boats with 375 people in just three days

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...

Three injured, including a 4 year old girl, in car accident in Arona
Three injured, including a 4 year old girl, in car accident in Arona

Fire-fighters had to cut one of them free as they were trapped inside the car, saying they are lucky to be alive...

The Government will study making the curfew earlier
The Government will study making the curfew earlier

"There is no problem implementing it if it is agreed by everyone," says the Minister of Transport and Mobility…

Covid update: 297 new cases, 131 in Gran Canaria, 47 in Tenerife, and 5 deaths
Covid update: 297 new cases, 131 in Gran Canaria, 47 in Tenerife, and 5 deaths

The archipelago has passed 32,000 cases today since the start of the pandemic… 20 people admitted to hospitals today… full stats here…

An Easy Guide to Becoming a Prepper
An Easy Guide to Becoming a Prepper

Prepping can range from here to full-on doomsday or disaster scenario preparation… Let’s take a look at how you can ensure you are prepared with our easy guide to becoming a prepper…

Sanchez: the return of foreign tourists en masse, will be at the end of summer
Sanchez: the return of foreign tourists en masse, will be at the end of summer

The Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, said this in a speech at the meeting of the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization yesterday…

A clear and sunny Wednesday across the Canary Islands
A clear and sunny Wednesday across the Canary Islands

There will only be light clouds today, with southern resorts being clear and sunny...

Man threatens to kill police by blowing up a gas cylinder in Santa Cruz
Man threatens to kill police by blowing up a gas cylinder in Santa Cruz

The man attacked his mother and sister with a knife before threatening to kill police...

Hoteliers are making more money from immigration than from tourism
Hoteliers are making more money from immigration than from tourism

This is a statement made by the mayor of Mogan who has been criticized of being xenophobic for wanting the municipality’s tourist resorts free of immigrants and accusing them of causing the recent unrest and fights in the area... She claims the situa

Iberia buys Air Europa for a cut-price 500 million euros
Iberia buys Air Europa for a cut-price 500 million euros

The deal was renegotiated during the pandemic from a billion euro sale price, and the fact that Air Europa received Government aid...

National Police close bar with 30 people inside dancing to live music
National Police close bar with 30 people inside dancing to live music

During this last week, the National Police have processed 418 fines in Tenerife, 175 of them in the municipalities of Adeje and Arona…

Covid update: New cases still on the increase with 312 today and 7 deaths
Covid update: New cases still on the increase with 312 today and 7 deaths

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…

Tour operator Novaturas announces the restart of flights and holidays to Tenerife
Tour operator Novaturas announces the restart of flights and holidays to Tenerife

The first flights to the island are scheduled for Friday February 5th, with connections from all Balkan countries until at least April…

VIDEO: Police arrest 16 members of violent armed gang in the south of Tenerife
VIDEO: Police arrest 16 members of violent armed gang in the south of Tenerife

The group were linked to several armed robberies in the south of Tenerife including a petrol station at gunpoint, and multiple weapons were seized during the raids…

Five million euros of aid for bars, restaurants and gyms in alert Level 3
Five million euros of aid for bars, restaurants and gyms in alert Level 3

The Cabildo de Gran Canaria will deliver between 1,000 and 3,000 euros each, and details of how to receive it will be issued in the next few days…

The CEOE union approves the extension of the ERTE
The CEOE union approves the extension of the ERTE

The latest government proposal includes the extension of all ERTEs without the need for new administrative authorization or application, which will save management and bureaucratic costs…

Government agrees to discuss 8.00pm curfew time
Government agrees to discuss 8.00pm curfew time

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...