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More than 800 migrants encamped on the Arguineguín pier this Monday
800 migrants encamped along the harbour wall in the tourist-cum-fishing port town of Arguiengeuín, Mogán, Gran Canaria with more and more boats arriving and existing facilities already overwhelmed
Positive news for recovery of tourist flows for this winter season in The Canary Islands
The Canary Islands Government Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Yaiza Castilla, has held a video-conference meeting this morning with Magnus Wikner, the CEO of the main Scandinavian tour operator, Nordic Leisure Travel Group, and his management team in order to advance the recovery of tourist flows for this immediate winter season and for which the Scandinavian group have announced their resumption of operations with the islands as of October 24. On behalf of the travel wholesalers...
An autumnal week of wind and some rain across The Canary Islands
An Autumnal few days ahead, with warnings in force this week across The Canary Islands for very strong gusts of wind and some rain expected with occasional showers, even the potential for storm weather. Gran Canaria and the eastern province are likely to escape the worst of the wet weather, however meteorologists are predicting a 100% probability of rain, starting from Tuesday. The week has begun with bright blue skies across Gran Canaria and calm flat seas, temperatures ranging from 19º -...
Gran Canaria shame as delinquent Mogán mayor closes The Food Project for no good reasons: No Tan Bueno
First, an apology to our tens of thousands of regular readers, we have been somewhat absent over the last few weeks, sorry. We have been fully engrossed in an attempt to stop the eviction, without alternatives, of the most amazing group of volunteers it has been our honour to work with for many years. Normal service from us will resume shortly, sadly the doors of The Food Project in Arguineguín have been nonsensically closed by a heartless town hall offering no solutions to the needs of...
Belgium is relaxing travel restrictions to The Canary Islands
Belgium has announced they are relaxing travel advice to the Canary Islands, as well as to the Valencia region, and it will no longer be mandatory for visitors to go into a quarantine upon return to the country from these regions. The news that Belgium is relaxing travel restrictions could well indicate similar moves from other source markets across Europe. According to the Belgian Foreign Ministry, they have lowered theit rating of the entire Canary Islands and the three Valencian provinces...
Canary Islands report just 78 new cases of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours
The Canary Islands Government Ministry of Health has reported just 78 new cases of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, bringing the overall accumulated figure to 13,347 of which 6,919 remain active. The data represents a decrease compared to yesterday and confirms the stabilisation in numbers of new cases detected at less than the 200 daily occurring until last week, except for a peak last Friday. Gran Canaria has Seen 7,439 accumulated cases in total, but today just 20 new cases and 4,606 still...
Tourism and hospitality association FEHT advocates free movement within Europe
Tourist High Season would usually begin around now in the Canary Islands and given the uncertainty of how it will be dealt with by companies in the sector, the Federation of Hospitality and Tourism Entrepreneurs of Las Palmas (FEHT) have announced that they are advocating European authorities decisively invest in free movement within Europe for EU citizens between the member states of the European Union. FEHT wants the EU to push forward, instead of simply establishing zones, according to the...
TUI wants to bring tourists to the canary islands despite warnings
The global tour operator group TUI, who are the biggest in the world, say they plan to bring tourists once again to the Canary Islands as of this coming weekend, on October 3, despite a German Government advisory still being in place to avoid travel to several countries, including Spain. TUI's director for Germany, Marek Andryszak, has indicated to several newspapers, when talking about the Canary Islands, that "travelers should be able to decide for themselves whether to take their holidays...
The Canary Islands appeal to the Spanish State and Europe allocate more resources to attend to migration
The President of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres chaired the inaugural session of the Canary Immigration Forum, to appeal to the Spanish State and the EU, from the Presidency headquarters in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria earlier in September, with participation from the Secretary of State for Migration, Hana Jalloul, the President the Civil Liberties and Home Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, the Minister of Social Rights, Noemí Santana, Spain's...
Activist Emma Colao hunger strike to protest delinquent Mogán mayor’s eviction of The Food Project #SaveTheFoodProject
Canarian trans-feminist and gender rights activist Emma Colao, from the association EQUAL LGTBI+, has announced radical action in an effort to try to highlight the need to #SaveTheFoodProject in Mogán. From this Wednesday, September 23 at 10:00 a.m. she has declared a hunger strike to protest outside the Mogán municipal offices demanding occupational alternatives for the Las Lomas de Arguineguin AV Food Distribution Project, who, by October 17, are threatened with eviction by the delinquent...
