The Canarian Government will make a decision on mask use later today, but prior indications seem to show that the islands will not follow the rest of Spain and make mask-wearing compulsory indoors and outdoors. However, the government has already pledged to crack down on the informal gatherings that have become the source of several of […]
The season for the Rojillos is well and truly over; however, the top four teams in their league battled it out on El Hierro with one side being promoted to Spain’s Bronze league, Segunda B. First published in Gazette Life, August 1st 2020. Normally, each of the top four sides would be drawn separately against […]
Spain’s health service still restricts Covid-19 tests to sufferers, suspected contacts, health workers and those about to undergo surgery. If you want to find out if you’ve had the virus, you’ll have to go private. Even before lockdown started, our sales rep Beverley Farley hadn’t been feeling 100% for a while. But a couple of […]
At the age of 32, Jacobo Medina is one of the youngest and most visible politicians on Lanzarote, who became the secretary general of the PP party on Lanzarote last year and currently holds the vice-presidency of the island’s Cabildo after the agreement with the Socialists which ousted the Coalicion Canaria from power last year.
The Canary Islands continue to perform well in the battle against coronavirus, while the month of July saw the amount of new cases in Spain increase by four times. Spain ended its state of alarm on June 21st, entering a “new normality” in which the country would have to learn to live alongside the virus. […]
Canarian president Ángel Victor Torres has returned once again to the subject of testing at airports, calling for a European airport tax that would cover the costs of testing on all passengers. Torres made the suggestions at a conference of regional presidents in La Rioja, urging Spain’s leader Pedro Sánchez to work with European counterparts […]
LANA, a pretty medium-sized Bulldog mix, was born in March 2018 and adopted as a puppy before being returned to Sara. Upset and bewildered, she is a sweet-natured dog, affectionate with people and gets on well with other dogs. She has a lot of energy, especially when setting off for her walks as she is […]
Lanzarote airport has lost 2.1 million visitors in the first half of this year. In 2019, 3,591,000 passengers landed at the airport from January to June, but this year that figure was just 1,426,000. First published in Gazette Life, August 1st 2020. The reason is obvious – during the whole of April, when the islandwas […]
Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa yesterday explained that the rise in outbreaks in the country was “a different situation to the one in March and April”. Illa stated that there were currently 412 active outbreaks involving 4,870 positive cases in Spain, 70% of them located in the regions of Catalonia and Aragon. Most outbreaks resulted […]
Smoking should be forbidden on outdoor terraces and other communal areas as a measure to stop the spread of coronavirus, a public health commission organised by Spain’s Health Ministry has recommended. First published in Gazette Life, August 1st 2020. The commission recommended that those who do smoke should do so in “separate, outdoor areas”, and […]
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