Category : Canary Islands

Fire in La Palma Forces The Evacuation of more than 4,000 People

The La Palma forest fire has forced the evacuation of more than 4,000 people while an improvement in the containment of the fire perimeter, which is still not controlled, means that the affected hectares are 4,765.The president of the Canary Islands,...

Masks Off!

The Government will approve at a forthcoming meeting of the Council of Ministers next week the end of mandatory masks in health and social health centers and pharmacies, where they will become recommendable, except in some areas with vulnerable patie...

Inflation Drops to 4.6% in the Canary Islands, Still the Highest in Spain

Inflation in Spain moderated to 3.3% year-on-year in March, 2.7 points below the February rate, due to the drop in electricity and fuel prices compared to the strong increases registered in March 2022 , after the start of the war in Ukraine, and the...

Ryanair Hopes to get More Flight Rights in the Canary Islands

Ryanair hopes that the purchase of Air Europa by Iberia will open up opportunities to get more 'slots'the Canary Islandsbe free 'slots' that Iberia will not be able to use"this will benefit consumers"

Comet C/2022 E3 Will be Visible From The Canary Islands First Days of February

In the next few days, again, we will have to look up. The Earth will receive a visit from Comet C/2022 E3 , which will be visible from Lanzarote and other parts of the world with the naked eye between February 1st and 2nd .Currently, it is located be...

The Canary Islands Continues to Lead in House Sales

In the Canary Islands, 2,629 home sales were registered in September, 35.5% more than in the same month of 2021, which places it at the head of Spain in terms of growth. Of the total homes sold in September on the islands, 2,146 were second-hand a...

Buses Free From 1st January 2023

The Canarian Coalition (CC) have announced that an agreement has been made with the central Government of Spain to include free buses in the Canary Islands from January 1st in the General State Budgets (PGE) for residents of the archipelago. This...

Canary Islands Begins The Fourth Vaccination Against Covid-19

The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands has started this Monday, September 26, the vaccination of the fourth dose, -also called the second booster dose-, against covid-19, adapted to the new variants of Ómicron. This vaccina...

The Canary Islands are Promoted in Germany as the Ideal Destination for Winter

Given the growing concern in Germany about the cold and energy uncertainty due to the Russian invasion in Ukraine, Canary Islands Tourism has set out to promote the archipelago as a perfect destination to spend the winter. These factors, together wi...

Canaryfly Increases Flights to The Islands

As of October 1st, the Canarian airline Canaryfly reinforces the daily connections of Lanzarote with four new flights to Gran Canaria and one more flight to Tenerife . Canaryfly's Commercial Director, Jon Ramsden, explains that the reinforcement o...

Ryanair Crew Strike Begins

Ryanair cabin crew (TPC) are back on strike from this Monday, August 8th, until January 7th , with weekly 24-hour strikes that will take place from Monday to Thursday. The USO and SITCPLA unions, which represent the crew of said airline, criticize...

It's Summer Sale Time!

The businesses of the Canary Islands have been carrying out the practice of putting up the sales posters for a few years before the scheduled date of the usual summer sales , on July 1st, to alleviate the devastating economic effects of the covid....

New York to The Canary Islands!

United Airlines has chosen a special plane for the premiere of the route that, starting tonight, will connect New York with the Canary Islands . The Boeing 757 that according to the flight tracking website Flightradar24 will be used on the first trip...

Seven People Have Accepted Euthanasia in the Canary Islands

The Minister of Health of the Canarian Government, Blas Trujillo, has reported this Tuesday that, after the first year of the approval and implementation of the Euthanasia Law, a total of seven people, of whom five are women and two men, have receive...

Confirmed a First Case of Monkeypox in the Canary Islands

The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands has confirmed this Monday a case of monkeypox in Gran Canaria, after receiving the results of the analysis carried out at the beginning of last week. In addition, it has announced that th...