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Declared the alert for high temperatures in the Canary IslandsThe General Directorate of Security and Emergencies , based on the prediction of AEMET and / or other available sources, updates the situation, going to ALERT for Maximum Temperatures . The temperatures...

Thanks to Lancelot Digital - Airfield air traffic awarded to César Manrique-Lanzarote for € 22,771,000 Aena has awarded the contract to Saerco for a period of seven years with the possibility of three annual extensions     At its last meeting, held on June 30, the...

Thanks to Brits in Spain  As you will be aware from our previous posts and the Ambassador’s recent video, the Spanish government is introducing a new residency document for those UK nationals who are protected by the Withdrawal Agreement – the Tarjeta de identidad de...

Is time running out for tax-free pension transfers? By Paul Montague, Partner, Blevins Franks 928 433 411 canaryisles@blevinsfranks.com www.blevinsfranks.com If you have chosen to retire in Lanzarote, it is sensible to review your pension options now, before Brexit...

The Canary Islands will launch a new airline shortly. In effect, it will be launched by Tenerife hoteliers (Ashotel) who have already acquired their first aircraft, as published in Diario de Avisos. It is an Airbus purchased from Atlantic Airways, as anticipante...

The first international flight arrives in Lanzarote this Tuesday. Tourism Lanzarote will carry out in the coming weeks reinforced promotional campaigns in the main European source markets of the island "   The decision of the Government of Spain, chaired by Pedro...

Good news its a new week and hopefully a new start for Lanzarote as of yesterday after more than three months under a state of alarm, this ended and we are entering the so-called “new normality,” yesterday we also had flights arriving from mainland Spain. Lanzarote...

  Ryanair will resume operations with flights from Santiago and Valencia on June 21 and Iberia Express will recover the Sunday connection with Madrid Little by little and gradually, Lanzarote will begin this Sunday, June 21, its reopening to peninsular tourism,...

The General Meeting of SPEL-Turismo Lanzarote, held this Wednesday, definitively approved the Entity's accounts for 2019, whose turnover amounted to a total of 3,216,411.16 euros, with the favorable report of the accounting audit and external financial activity to...

The Government of the Canary Islands has begun to negotiate with the State the possibility of establishing control points in ports and airports on the islands that would open the door, including testing for coronavirus at destination.   This was agreed on Monday...

WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE FUTURE OF LANZAROTE Five Communities One Voice As you may know Daniel Trigg President of the...

The 30 June Brexit deadline By Paul Montague, Partner, Blevins Franks https://www.blevinsfranks.com/news/article/Brexit-June-2020-negotiations-deadline Although the UK formally left the EU on 31st January, the transition period means that little has changed for...

The Canary Islands Computer Crime Observatory warns Internet users of a new scamAttention! There is a new computer scam and, on this occasion, it reaches users via WhatsApp. The Canary Islands Computer Crime Observatory warns that there is a new fraudulent promotional...

The whole of the Canary Islands will pass next Monday to Phase 3 of the de-escalation, a step to which La Graciosa, El Hierro and La Gomera agreed in advance, and to which Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife and La Palma now join.   This new stage is...

Lanzarote continues without registering new contagions of coronavirus after not being positive since last Friday, the day the infected passenger landed on the Peninsula.   However, if we only take into account the infections produced within the island, the last...

Thanks to El Pais - April 2020 was defined by the complete collapse of tourism in Spain due to the coronavirus crisis. Recent figures from Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE) show that the industry has come to a complete standstill, a problem that is likely to...

The Ministry of Health has presented this afternoon to the Ministry of Health the documentation required for the islands of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife and La Palma to pass to the next phase of the de-escalation towards the new normality.  ...

The president of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, has participated this Sunday morning, May 31, in the twelfth telematic conference of presidents of the autonomous communities called by the head of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, to address coordination...

The Lanzarote Business and Residents Association President Daniel Trigg was part of a group of representatives from local communities who have joined together to recognize, respect and support each other’s communities, help support and protect the people and the...

Half a million fewer people have arrived in Lanzarote in the first four months of this year compared to the previous year.     Indeed, in 2020, 524,230 people had arrived on the island between January and April, while in the first four months of 2019, this...