I am considering getting married in Fuerteventura in 2020 and I would love to know what a typical local wedding would consist of and what venues are popular for locals.

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The Government of Germany has included the Canary Islands on its green list of safe travel destinations today (Friday), as reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on its website. This means that, like the UK’s green list, German tourists returning home only need to present a negative PCR test and avoid quarantine.

They are also the second country today to review the islands independently from Spain and allow travel, after the Netherlands gave the green light for both the Canaries

We nave some friends who have a holiday home here, and frequently allow members of their family use of it, they are currently under the impression that this is no longer allowed as they are not residents, has any one any idea if this is in fact the case, as I cannot see the logic of such a rule.

Radio Sintonia:

A mother and her son arrested for selling narcotic substances in their own home in Puerto del Rosario.

Agents of the National Police have arrested in Puerto del Rosario a woman and a man of 41 and 18 years of age respectively, with Police records, as alleged perpetrators of a crime of drug trafficking. The detainees are a mother and her son who sold narcotic substances in their own home. In the search of the house were seized 23,158 euros in cash, 74 grams of hashish and se

Two young people, aged 19, have been injured after the vehicle in which they were traveling overturned. It happened at approximately 2:10 in the morning, on the FV-1 highway, in the Corralejo area.



SUC personnel assisted the two victims, who were outside the vehicle. Both had moderate injuries, except for complications and were transferred by basic life support ambulance from the SUC to the General Hospital of Fuerteventura.

The Civil Guard and the La Oliva Fire Extinction and Rescue

Thanks to the Cabildo's language immersion grants


A total of 25 students in the 4th year of ESO received their certificates after completing six months of online training and a four-week stay in Ireland during the summer, thanks to the language immersion scholarship program of the Cabildo de Fuerteventura. The Minister of Education, Adargoma Hernández, delivered the diplomas to the participating students on Monday.



President Lola García highlights the importance of these scholarships for

Fifty people have lost their lives after a cayuco (small wooden boat) that departed from Mauritania on 2nd January capsized while en route to the Canary Islands, according to the spokesperson of the Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras, Helena Maleno.

The tragedy only came to light yesterday, 15th January, when Moroccan authorities rescued 36 survivors from the ill-fated vessel. Caminando Fronteras reported that the cayuco was initially carrying 86 passengers, though the exact number remains uncer

Following stormy conditions across parts of mainland Spain on Tuesday, a powerful anticyclone is moving in, bringing with it a sharp and sustained rise in temperatures.

According to Rubén del Campo, spokesperson for the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), the combination of this high-pressure system and a mass of very warm air from lower latitudes will create “a warm episode that will be the first heatwave of this summer.”

In the Canary Islands, the heat will start to build gradually