Entries by Gazette Life

Canaries on amber

The Canaries failed to qualify for the UK government’s green list of destinations for quarantine-free travel, which Transport Minister Grant Shapps announced yesterday.

07/05/2021 by

No change

The Canarian Government has announced that it will continue all the restrictions that are currently in place, despite the expiry of Spain’s State of Alarm on Sunday.

07/05/2021 by

Vaccine progress

The Canaries is fast approaching the landmark of having given half a million people at least one dose of Covid vaccine.

06/05/2021 by

Is Lanzarote ready for Level 1?

Tomorrow will see the Canarian Government’s weekly assessment of the Covid restriction levels for the various islands, and currently Lanzarote fulfils the requirements for entry into Level 1.

05/05/2021 by

Protecting Nature

Gloria Moreno meets us in a teleclub in Tiagua, a village that overlooks El Jable, the sandy desert area that is one of the most important wildlife zones on Lanzarote. She’s speaking to us today in a personal capacity, outside of her professional role as an officer in the Guardia Civil’s wildlife department, Seprona, and she’s full of ideas to improve the island she loves.

03/05/2021 by

The vital race

April saw Lanzarote finally recover from the huge spike in cases that occurred post-Christmas and, at the time of writing, the easter holidays appear to have had only a slight effect on the number of active cases on the island. Now, all eyes are on the race to vaccinate and reduce infections for the possible return of tourism.

01/05/2021 by