Tag: Canary Islands

  • Record deaths among immigrants in 2023

    Record deaths among immigrants in 2023

    Ugochi Daniels, IOM Deputy Director-General, reflected on the Missing Migrants Project's decades-long efforts and highlighted the profound human tragedy that each lost life represents. “As we commemorate ten years of the Missing Migrants Project, we mourn the loss of these individuals whose absence has a lasting impact on families and communities worldwide,” Daniels said. He…

  • You can now buy medicines in Spain with a Finnish electronic prescription

    You can now buy medicines in Spain with a Finnish electronic prescription

    Aragon basque country Extremadura Canary Islands Catalonia Community of Madrid. Elsewhere in Spain, such as on the Costa del Sol, which is popular with Finns, the introduction of the service is still being prepared. Accordingly, it is now possible to buy medicines in Finland also with a Spanish electronic prescription. In addition to Spain, Finnish…

  • Customs reports a 46% increase in tax revenue in 2022

    Customs reports a 46% increase in tax revenue in 2022

    According to Tom Fermi, the head of Customs’ customer relations and tax collection, in 2022 the share of customs duties in the entire tax base was approximately EUR 297 million, which is EUR 92 million more than in 2021. The increase was mainly due to increased imports. tariff. The European Union received 223 million euros…

  • Finnair will stop selling flights on all flights at the end of February

    Finnair will stop selling flights on all flights at the end of February

    “Vehicle and advance purchases have become a less important service among our customers” explained Valtteri halfDirector of Finnair’s product offering. Halve reminded that the airline announced its decision to end in-flight sales on its intra-EU flights almost three years ago. The purpose of the decision was to reduce the total weight of the aircraft and…

  • Demand for ready-made trips is strong despite the weakening of purchasing power

    Demand for ready-made trips is strong despite the weakening of purchasing power

    The Canary Islands, an all-time favorite of Finnish tourists, is still the most popular vacation destination this winter.

  • The joys of moving home to Denmark

    The joys of moving home to Denmark

    There are many joys associated with moving home here in Denmark. Arriving at a crime sceneThe biggest one welcomes you the moment you randomly step into your new home. Because press the light switch and you remain in total darkness. You look up in amazement to see that the luminaire is gone. Not the bulb.…

  • Fresh cases of rare monkey pox located

    Fresh cases of rare monkey pox located

    Cases of the “very unusual” disease have been confirmed in Italy and Sweden The United States and European countries such as Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Italy and Sweden confirmed cases of smallpox, a rare African disease, on Thursday. Doctors at Spallanzani Hospital in Rome said they had diagnosed a person with smallpox after returning…

  • A Dane Abroad: Trapped in Atlantic’s Crosshairs

    A Dane Abroad: Trapped in Atlantic’s Crosshairs

    In the wake of Covid becoming a firmly integrated and sad part of life around the world, and working life becoming meaningless and monotonous due to the restrictions, an opportunity to sail an 82-foot schooner across the Atlantic presented itself as a ray of light through dark clouds . Since my fiance is a professional…

  • Finnish Customs levies taxes on Finland and the European Union

    Finnish Customs levies taxes on Finland and the European Union

    Maximum tax revenue 2021 2022 Customs duties EUR 205 million EUR 174 million Fairway charges EUR 45 million EUR 47 million That VAT EUR 40 million EUR 26 million Service fees, etc. EUR 4 million EUR 3 million – The most significant part of the total amount of taxes is customs duties, which we collected…

  • National Round-Up: COVID-19 infection tracking delayed due to lack of contact information

    National Round-Up: COVID-19 infection tracking delayed due to lack of contact information

    Always the same number Another concern at PSA involves people not answering calls when they call or answering text messages they send after a missed call. The number that PSA calls from when reaching the public is always from the number 32320511. First time for election observers A delegation of eight election observers from the…

  • FACTS: This is what the travel guide looks like for Danes

    This is stated in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ travel guide, which applies from 4 pm on Saturday. Below you can get an overview of the travel guides in the EU / Schengen and the UK. Albania: Orange. Andorra: Yellow. Belgium: Yellow. Bosnia: Orange. Bulgaria: Yellow. Cyprus: Yellow. Estonia: Shaded orange. Finland: Shaded orange. France:…

  • Five Spanish regions are colored green in travel guides

    Five regions in Spain are made green in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ travel guide, which applies from 4 pm on Saturday. This is stated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release. These are the regions of Galicia, Navarre, La Rioja, Castilla y León and Extremadura. The regions were previously yellow. In…

  • The palm crown fell on Icelandic citizens in Tenerife

    The palm crown fell on Icelandic citizens in Tenerife

    Five Icelandic women were injured on Sunday in Tenerife, Spain. Two of them are in the intensive care unit. The palm crown fell on the women who sat down to eat. Sveinn H. Guðmarsson, an informant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirms in an interview with a news agency that a consul in the…

  • FACTS: These areas and countries are open to travel

    If it is orange, it means that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs advises against all unnecessary travel. Among the countries that change from orange to yellow are two of the Danes’ favorite resorts: Germany and Italy. Here is an overview of which countries and areas are open for travel. The changes apply from Saturday 5…

  • A guide to traveling abroad to Finland in the midst of Covid’s limitations

    A guide to traveling abroad to Finland in the midst of Covid’s limitations

    Coronavirus restrictions are gradually being relaxed in Finland and elsewhere in the world, which has led many to reconsider traveling abroad. However, the Finnish health authorities strongly recommend unnecessary travel, especially to countries where the pandemic situation is particularly serious, such as Brazil, South Africa and India. The EU has proposed plans to abolish Covid…

  • FACTS: These areas and countries are open to travel

    Here is an overview of which countries and areas are open for travel. The changes apply from Saturday 29 May at 16.00: * Germany (parts of the country): – Schleswig Holstein. * Spain (parts of the country): – Balearic Islands – including Mallorca. – The Canary Islands. – Valencia. – Murcia. – Extremadura. – Galicia.…

  • FACTS: These areas and countries are open to travel

    Here is an overview of which countries and areas are open for travel. The changes apply from Saturday 22 May at 16.00: * Germany (parts of the country): – Schleswig Holstein. * Spain (parts of the country): – Balearic Islands – including Mallorca. – The Canary Islands. – Valencia. – Murcia. – Extremadura. – Galicia.…

  • FACTS: Travel guides open up attractive holiday destinations

    The changes apply from Saturday 15 May at 16.00: Changes from orange (unnecessary travel is not recommended) to yellow (pay extra attention during the trip): * Spain (parts of the country). – Asturias. – The Balearic Islands. – Ceuta. – Extremad. – Galicia. – The Canary Islands. – Murcia. – Valencia. * Portugal (parts of…

  • New travel guides open up Spanish holiday islands for Danes

    New travel guides open up Spanish holiday islands for Danes

    This is stated by the ministry in a press release. This is the first actual opening for travel abroad in many months, says Erik Brøgger Rasmussen, director of organization and citizen service at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. – It is the first time since before Christmas that you can now actually go on a…

  • New list of high-risk countries published by the Ministry of Health

    New list of high-risk countries published by the Ministry of Health

    The Ministry of Health has published a list of countries considered as high-risk areas. This will be used to determine which border operation rules will apply to people arriving from which countries. The list with the rules for crossing the border and restrictions for specific countries is valid from today. As stated on the official…

  • 39 drowned outside Tunisia – children among the victims

    39 drowned outside Tunisia – children among the victims

    At least 39 people, including several children, have drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia, according to the Tunisian Ministry of Defense. 165 have been picked up from the water and the rescue operation continues. Most of the two boats are from sub-Saharan Africa, but the goal was to get to Europe. At…

  • Swedish official resigns after the trip to the Canary Islands causes outrage

    STOCKHOLM, January 6 (Xinhua) – The director general of Sweden’s civil emergency agency resigned on Wednesday after going against official coronavirus recommendations by traveling to Spain’s Canary Islands for Christmas. Dan Eliasson boarded the flight to Spain just a few days after the Civil Contingency Agency – an important authority in Sweden’s coronavirus response –…

  • Dan Eliasson leaves MSB – Mikael Damberg accepts

    Dan Eliasson leaves MSB – Mikael Damberg accepts

    MSB’s Director General, Dan Eliasson, is leaving his post. The government grants his resignation. The criticism against him for his trip to the Canary Islands during Christmas means that he can not carry out his mission at MSB. The government will soon appoint a successor and Dan Eliasson will be transferred to the Government Offices.…

  • Furtenbach: “Overshadowed the government’s work with the pandemic”

    Furtenbach: “Overshadowed the government’s work with the pandemic”

    Dan Eliasson is stepping down as Director General of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, MSB, the agency states. Following the criticism recently following his trip to the Canary Islands during Christmas, despite the pandemic, Dan Eliasson himself has now asked to stop. “MSB is an important authority for the government during this pandemic, and then…

  • Kristersson (M) urges Dan Eliasson to resign

    Kristersson (M) urges Dan Eliasson to resign

    Moderate leader Ulf Kristersson urges MSB’s director general Dan Eliasson to resign after it was revealed that he has been to the Canary Islands during the Christmas holidays. On social media, Kristersson writes: “Had I led the Swedish government, I would not have accepted that the head of the country’s crisis preparedness authority first preaches…

  • Political scientist: Dan Eliasson will probably leave

    Political scientist: Dan Eliasson will probably leave

    The public’s trust in the government is damaged and the director general Dan Eliasson will probably have to leave his post, according to Jenny Madestam, PhD in Political Science, Södertörn University. Minister of Justice Morgan Johansson, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and Minister of Finance Magdalena Andersson went shopping and MSB’s Director General Dan Eliasson went…

  • Eliasson: The trip was necessary

    Eliasson: The trip was necessary

    The Director General of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, Dan Eliasson, is now responding to the criticism leveled at him. Due to the fact that he traveled to the Canary Islands during the Christmas weekend despite the corona pandemic and the risk of spreading the infection. In an interview with Expressen, Eliasson says that he…

  • No changes in guides: The world map is still orange

    No changes in guides: The world map is still orange

    The only small change this week is in Norway, where the region Trøndelag will be changed from yellow – open – to orange. However, the whole of Norway is still orange because there are entry restrictions for travelers from Denmark. Travel to a country can be opened when there are less than 20 infected per…

  • No changes in guides: The world map is still orange

    However, there are two French overseas regions, Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean, that are gray on the world map. They are gray because the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not prepare travel guides for these regions. However, travel to the two French regions is no longer discouraged, as this week they meet the criteria…

  • Travel agencies can send Danes south in a matter of weeks

    Travel agencies can send Danes south in a matter of weeks

    This is how it sounds from Jan Vendelbo, director of Spies. – It is a big step in the right direction for us to divide the countries. Right now, however, we can not use it for anything because the infection is too high, says Jan Vendelbo. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday that…

  • FACTS: This is how the new travel guides will be

    For example, in the future it may be advisable to travel to the Canary Islands, but discourage travel to the rest of Spain – or discourage travel to Stockholm, even if there is a low infection pressure in the rest of Sweden. * In order for travel to a region to be recommended, the infection…

  • Record number of migrants to the Canary Islands

    Record number of migrants to the Canary Islands

    Over forty boats with around 2,000 African migrants have arrived in the Canary Islands over the weekend in just 48 hours. This is more than ever so far in such a short time and the authorities are worried about how they will be able to handle the situation, reports our migration correspondent Alice Petrén from…

  • Health emergency extended in Spain

    Health emergency extended in Spain

    The Spanish government is extending the national so-called “health emergency” due to the pandemic until May next year, and in Barcelona, ​​among other places, there may be a curfew on the weekends. – They are just acceptable, because the number of infections is increasing, says Marjorie Castro who is queuing outside a restaurant in Barcelona.…