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…
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…
Under new regulations, people who are caught heading abroad for non-essential reasons are set to face 500 euro fines...
Despite this increase, arrivals to the archipelago have continued on a downward trend in recent weeks...
Officers of the Guardia Civil arrested the 53-year-old man in Gran Canaria after he attacked them...
This aid is non-repayable grants directly to the sector, and is being fast tracked to help people quickly...
The Minister of Health has asked Regional Governments to increase restrictions as the downward trend of the virus is not quick enough…
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…
The new Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, announced on Thursday that this new shipment was scheduled to arrive today…
Laura and Hugo were both last seen in Granadilla de Abona…. Please contact the Guardia Civil on 062 if you have any information…
These test are proving to be more accurate that nasal or throat swab tests...
Unfortunately paramedics could do nothing to save the man’s life due to the severity of his injuries...
The Minister of Tourism says that there is traditionally an influx of national tourists from the mainland to the Canaries at Easter, and that should be the same this year as long as health protocols allow...
This is the first seismic swarm of 2021 underneath the volcano in La Palma...
30 year old man was arrested at home in Scotland under new laws after trying to strangle woman on holiday in Tenerife...
35,513 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the Canary Islands since the first case a year ago today... 113 people have died in January, the most in one month since the pandemic began... full stats here...
Rents have only fallen by 10% even though there are 7,000 apartments that have gone from tourist to residential rentals... There is only an average of 6% decrease in sales prices...
Here is a summary of the last year which will go down in history...
La Gomera is the only island that is Covid free, which does have some irony as tomorrow it will be exactly a year since the first case of coronavirus was detected in Spain, a German doctor on holiday in La Gomera... full stats here...
Here's Sam with a news update for the Canary Islands this week...