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Government agrees to extend €50 flat rate for newly self-employed workers to two years
The Government of the Canary Islands last week approved the allocation of part of budget surplus from the Canary Islands Autonomous Community to be used to finance a two-year extension of the Auntonomo flat rate contribution of 50 euros for the newly self-employed on the Islands. Specifically, six million euros will be allocated to this initiative. Thanks to this measure, the newly self-employed on the Canary Islands will be able to contribute just 50 euros a month for...
The Canary Islands, an ideal place for the development of marine wind energy
Regular readers may remember that just less than one year ago the world's first self-erecting telescopic offshore wind turbine was completed here on Gran Canaria, built in the port of Arinaga, and installed alongside the Canary Islands Oceanic Research Platform PLOCAN, off the coast of Telde. Those passing recently may have noticed that the turbine has at last begun operation, as the proof of concept for the Elsican project which has last more than five years,...
Events: Fiestas Santísima Trinidad in El Tablero 9-19 May 2019
A lovely local fiesta, the patronal saint celebration in honour of the Holy Trinity in the southern residential neighborhoods of El Tablero, on the other side of the GC-1 from Sonnenland, started the summer fiesta season last weekend and will continue until 19 May 2019. Some of the highlights still to coming include On Tuesday from 17:00 Children's activities and and entertainment throughout the main shopping area of El Tablero. On Wednesday 15, in the main Plaza World...
Events: FIMAR 2019 – The International Sea Fair of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
FIMAR The International Fair of the Sea Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, continues throughout the weekend on the Plaza de Canarias and surrounding areas until Sunday. This 9th edition of the fair has firmly established itself as the primary professional, sports and leisure event for the nautical and marine-maritime sector of the Canary Islands. In addition to the usual space of the Plaza de Canarias and the Santa Catalina Pier, FIMAR 2019 will also have events in INFECAR, the Federación de Vela...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 10-12 May 2019
Its mid May and already feels like Midsummer! By Sunday the forecasters are telling us that hot winds blowing in off the Sahara are likely to raise temperatures to 31ºC in the shade. 11+ = UV Index Extreme A UV Index reading of 11 or more means extreme risk of harm from unprotected sun exposure. Take all precautions because unprotected...
Mogan town hall’s new “AVALON” music festival unexpectedly postponed till September 2019
AVALON. LGTBIQ+ an Association of Liberal Entrepreneurs and Professionals in the Canary Islands have announced on the 3rd of May, with only 5 days to go, that the Avalon Gran Canaria Music Festival they have organised with the support Mogán Town Hall has been cancelled until September quoting "force majeure".The event focused towards the LGBTIQ+ community was clearly set up to try and benefit from the May influx of people who attend the Pride events in maspalomas every year, an...
Gran Canaria again awarded the most “Blue Flags” for clean beaches in the Canary islands
The Canary Islands Government Ministry of Health reports that the Archipelago received 43 Blue Flag awards for clean beaches, and 5 awards for marinas, according to the assessment of the Blue Flag 2019 environmental program international jury in Madrid. The Blue Flag initiative is managed, in the Canary Islands, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, through the Canary Islands Health Service General Directorate of Public Health. The Blue Flag distinguishes those...
Small fuel spill off the coast of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Telde
The Canary Islands Government Ministry of Territorial Policy, Sustainability and Security activated the Specific Contingency Plan for Accidental Marine Pollution of the Canary Islands (PECMAR) at 19:30 on Saturday May 4, declaring a level 1 emergency situation due to hydrocarbon fuel in the sea affecting the north east coasts of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Telde. Reconnaissance carried out Sunday morning from the air and from the sea confirmed visual disappearance of...
Newsbrief: Twenty-six new boat people arrive on south of Gran Canaria
Twenty-six people, apparently of Maghrebi and Subsaharan origin, half of them minors, were discovered coming ashore on Saturday afternoon, May 4, from a patera (open boat), which had possibly come from the Maghreb region, landing between the beaches of Meloneras and Pasito Blanco on the south coast of Gran Canaria, according to a report from the Red Cross, none needed medical attention.The vessel was detected shortly before 7:00 pm near Meloneras beach, in the municipality of San...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 3-5 May 2019
It's the first weekend of May, the month of growing named for Maia, the Greek goddess of fertility. Gardens are blooming, birds chirping and Summer is truly just around the corner. This weekend has so much to offer when it comes to places to visit and a multitude of festivities and events to explore. Mother's Day is celebrated on different dates of the year each country and in Spain 2019, it is this Sunday, 5th of May. The Canary Islands are a starlight destination and...
