Canary Islands News

New measures for Tenerife and two other Canary islands as curfews tightened to control coronavirus spread

Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura have been placed on new special measures in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus. The Government of the Canary Islands has introduced new preventive measures for the three islands with effect from March 15th. The new rules are described as “specific and temporary measures to contain the spread of ...Full Article

Health chiefs issue coronavirus alert over Easter get-togethers

The Canary Islands will adopt “more additional restrictions” but rules out the perimeter closure at Easter. The Government of the Canary Islands reiterated that, with the ...Full Article

Canaries unveil pioneering underwater electricity connection beween islands

President of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres has revealed details of the official presentation of the underwater electrical interconnection project between the islands of Tenerife ...Full Article

Coronavirus tally in Canaries: end of February figures

The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands registered 140 new cases of coronavirus COVID-19 as of February 28th. The total accumulated cases ...Full Article

Coronavirus figures for Canaries: February 23rd update

The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands confirms 159 new cases of coronavirus COVID-19 as of February 23rd. The total accumulated cases ...Full Article

Huge tourism boost as Canary Islands launches its own airline

A group of hotel entrepreneurs from Tenerife together with One Airways have made a reality of the creation of a new airline with fully Canarian capital ...Full Article

Canaries working on safe corridor for Italian market from March

Turismo de Canarias and the largest Italian tour operator, Alpitour, are working on resuming operations from the second quarter of the year. The intention of both the ...Full Article

Canary Islands plan to immunise 1.3 million people by summer

The Ministry of Health has designed an operational plan to vaccinate 1,348,856 people over 16 years of age until summer, if the supply of vaccines is ...Full Article

Cops dish out thousands in fines after raiding residents’ BINGO session in the Canaries!

Police in the Canary Islands have dished out fines totalling thousands of pounds after 18 people were found playing BINGO! Those who attended, as well as ...Full Article

Lanzarote limits exits and arrivals in toughest-ever coronavirus crackdown

Lanzarote has had to close its borders due to a very worrying increase in coronavirus. The Canary government says the island, including neighbouring islet La Graciosa, ...Full Article