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…
2021/01/20 15:48:23Covid 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…
2021/01/20 15:36:42Sanchez: 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…
2021/01/20 12:49:11A clear and sunny Wednesday across the Canary Islands
There will only be light clouds today, with southern resorts being clear and sunny...
2021/01/20 11:13:16Man 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...
2021/01/20 09:41:52Hoteliers 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
2021/01/20 08:25:25Iberia 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...
2021/01/20 07:30:21National 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…
2021/01/19 17:05:58Covid 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…
2021/01/19 16:10:25Tour 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…
2021/01/19 14:57:03VIDEO: 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…
2021/01/19 13:57:05Five 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…
2021/01/19 12:35:54The 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…
2021/01/19 12:08:58Government 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...
2021/01/19 09:15:19Canary Islands hotels expect to be closed until at least June
They don’t see reactivation of the tourism sector until at least the second half of the year... some are hoping for support from residents over the next three months with offers on the way...
2021/01/19 08:17:26Government set to extend mortgage and consumer loan moratoriums
The Government implemented mortgage and consumer credit moratoriums at the beginning of the pandemic which ended in September... they are about to reintroduce them until the end of March...
2021/01/19 07:41:49Benefits for the self-employed are close to being extended until May
There are a couple of points that need final agreement, mainly the lowering of the threshold of losses to 50% to qualify for it, and that you don’t need to have received it before to apply for it now...
2021/01/19 07:20:57The Government is preparing aid for the hospitality industry, SMEs and the self-employed
The new package of measures will enter into force in this first quarter of the year...
2021/01/18 18:52:32Covid update: Gran Canaria and Lanzarote continue upward trend
Las Palmas has now overtaken Santa Cruz as the most infected municipality... Tenerife’s incidence rate drops below 50... 5 deaths reported today... full stats here...
2021/01/18 16:33:36The hospitality industry in Gran Canaria demands Government support
The sector wants reduced taxes and social security, reduced rent, increased capacity and direct aid to keep them, their staff, and the other ancillary businesses operating...
2021/01/18 12:59:07Canaries vaccinates all emergency services and medical transport staff
In total, more than 1,500 staff linked to medical transport and CECOES 1-1-2 emergency centres have received their first dose of the vaccine...
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