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The small island of El Hierro closes its beaches and other public spaces because of Coronavirus

Coronavirus: The Canary Islands Hoist the Red Flag

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Forty positive coronavirus tests on El Hierro have motivated the authorities in the Canary Islands to take radical decisions. Until then little affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, the Canaries are even an exception in Spain. They are indeed often excluded from border restrictions affecting travellers from the Iberian Peninsula. Only here, the red flag has been […]

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10,000 hectares ravaged by fire in the Canaries

Fire in the Canaries: 10,000 Hectares Ravaged in this “Environmental Drama”

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This extremely serious forest fire in the Canaries arrived with a heat wave and is still unchecked, despite the intervention of hundreds of firefighters. Hundreds of firefighters remained mobilized in the night of Monday to Tuesday on the tourist island of Gran Canaria, to fight against “the most important fire” which occurred this year in Spain, according to the government. […]

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