More than 25,000 Lanzarote kids headed back to school on 16th September after half a year without setting foot in a classroom. Their new school regime will feature regular hand-washing, mask use, distancing, bubble groups and many more new practices.
The markets in Arrecife and Haría will reopen tomorrow for the first time since Lanzarote was given the “green light” last week. The markets will reopen under the same conditions that applied before closure in late August – with strict health measures in place including compulsory mask use, hand washing and distancing. The Arrecife market […]
October in Lanzarote always feels like the secret end to summer. Whilst many people in the UK and Europe are hunkering down for autumn, we are lucky to still have around eight hours of sunshine a day. This was certainly the case last year as we started the month with plenty of blue skies and just a few wispy clouds. Temperature-wise we were above average with highs of 28 and lows of 20. The final week of the month we saw a change, with a little rainfall and clouds rolling in.
Tourists travelling from Germany with TUI will be subject to “selective and voluntary” screening tests from November, the Canarian Government announced yesterday. The initiative was agreed in a video-conference yesterday, in which Canarian President Ángel Victor Torres and Tourism Councillor Yaiza Castilla spoke to TUI’s Hotels ands Resorts CEO, Sebastian Ebel. TUI have already confirmed […]
Congratulations to The Boat Yard, which managed to raise an immense €952.50 for SARA with two charity evenings on the 19th and 26th September. Not content with organising the quiz and the video race night, and offering plenty of enthusiastic customers a warm welcome, Trina and Colin have kindly agreed to round that total up […]
The furlough schemes that have supported tens of thousands of Canarians through the coronavirus crisis will be extended until the end of January, Spain’s Employment Minister Yolanda Díaz announced yesterday after Spain’s Council of Ministers approved the proposal. The ERTE scheme provides employees with 70% of their full wage, instead of the 50% that had […]
German’s main tour operator says customers can make their own minds up, as rapid tests promise to make flying safer. The world’s biggest tour operator, German giant TUI, has announced that it wishes to recommence flights to the Canaries from the 3rd October.
An extraordinary political stand-off has developed between Spain’s socialist-led coalition government and the regional government of Madrid, which is governed by a conservative coalition led by Isabel Díaz Ayuso of the PP (People’s Party). Madrid is one of most highly populated and wealthiest of all Spanish communities, and has been ruled continuously by the PP […]
Nine deaths in the Canaries from coronavirus yesterday highlight that the second wave of the virus could still have more bad news in store for the islands.
The Canarian Public health Board has relaxed restrictions on Lanzarote, giving it the “green light” from today, September 26th. This means that restrictions on gatherings of more than 10 people no longer apply. The restrictions also ordered bars and restaurants to close by midnight, whereas previously they were permitted to remain open until 1 am. […]
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