Spain’s Canary Islands approves long-awaited legislation to regulate tourist flats

Spain’s Canary Islands approves long-awaited legislation to regulate tourist flats

Shorouk Express The Canary Islands government has approved new regulations that force town halls to prioritise long-term housing and limit the number of holiday homes on the islands. Spain’s Canary Islands on Wednesday approved long-awaited legislation to regulate tourist flats across the archipelago. Along with the Balearics, the Canary Islands have been at the forefront…

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NEW: Europe launches long-awaited EES biometric border checks

NEW: Europe launches long-awaited EES biometric border checks

Shorouk Express From Sunday, non-EU travellers entering Europe’s Schengen open-borders zone will gradually be photographed and fingerprinted at border crossings, as the European Union rolls out its much-delayed automated border checks. The aim of the new system? To replace eventually the manual stamp on passports and secure better information-sharing between the bloc’s 27 states. “This…

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