OFFICIAL: Islands on Level 2, including Tenerife, can have groups of 6 people
This will also be applied to indoor and outdoor sports activities, including the instructor...
A cloudy Friday across the Canary Islands
Friday’s weather forecast for all the islands here...
Will having my passport stamped as a resident affect my rights?
Since the beginning of the year there has been confusion over residents getting their passport stamped, and what long term effect it will have on their rights...
VIDEO: This week’s news round up from the Canarian Weekly
The biggest stories this week in the Canary Islands...
Covid update: 332 new cases but La Gomera is Covid free
The Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands has informed of three Covid related deaths in the 24 last hours, one in Tenerife and two in Lanzarote...
137 Covid outbreaks this week, the majority among family and friends
80% of the outbreaks are in Gran Canaria and Lanzarote… over 1,000 people are affected by these outbreaks…
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
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
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...
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
The archipelago has passed 32,000 cases today since the start of the pandemic… 20 people admitted to hospitals today… full stats here…
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
There will only be light clouds today, with southern resorts being clear and sunny...
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…
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...
Covid 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...
Canaries 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...
Migrants in Tenerife start hunger strike to allow them to travel to Spain
These 176 Senegalese migrants have been in a hotel in Puerto de La Cruz for almost three months and want answers as to why they can’t travel to the mainland to look for work...
Covid update: 272 new cases and 4 deaths, 164 detected in Gran Canaria
Lanzarote had 56 new cases yesterday and Tenerife only 31, showing the alert Level changes were correct...
CONFIRMED: Tenerife moves to Level 2, Gran Canaria to Level 3
The Canary Islands Government have confirmed this evening that Tenerife will be in Level 2 restrictions from Monday, and Gran Canaria joins Lanzarote on Level 3... See what restrictions will be implemented here...
