Canary Islands News

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, will rise to alert level 4 starting at midnight on Saturday due to the “seriousness” of coronavirus cases on the island and especially the “speed” in the transmission of infections. ...Full Article

Coronavirus cases in Canaries: January 12th update

The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands announced 245 new cases of coronavirus COVID-19 on January 12th. The total accumulated cases in the ...Full Article

Hoteliers applaud change to 75 per cent travel discount method

The Hotel and Extra-hotel Association of Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro, Ashotel, has expressed its satisfaction that the State finally obliges by law ...Full Article

New coronavirus alert levels for Gran Canaria and Lanzarote

The Governing Council agreed in its session on Thursday, January 7th, new measures to contain COVID-19 that will be applied from 00:00 hours on January 11 ...Full Article

Canaries voice dismay at latest death due to presumed gender violence

Demonstrations have taken place in Gran Canaria and Tenerife to express revulsion at the latest presumed femicide in the Canary Islands. During the event, a manifesto ...Full Article

Covid deaths across the islands: January 3rd update

The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands provisionally confirmed 135 new cases of coronavirus COVID-19 as at January 3rd. The total number ...Full Article

More than 5,000 people already vaccinated in Canaries

The Canary Islands received a new shipment of vaccines against Covid-19, of which 6,825 doses arrived early on the morning of January 4th at Tenerife North ...Full Article

Covid cases in the Canaries: update as of December 28th

The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands notified 175 new cases of coronavirus COVID-19 on December 28th. The total accumulated cases in ...Full Article

Postal unions call strike in Canaries on December 30th

All the unions of the public company Correos in the Canaries are taking the action in protest at what they consider to be the dismantling of ...Full Article

Coronavirus vaccinations begin across the islands with elderly first

The Canary Islands have started the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine with effect from December 27th. The campaign has started in seven residences for the elderly ...Full Article