Economics
Greece: Government to introduce a special visa for remote workers
The Greek government plans to introduce a special visa for digital nomads that will allow international personnel engaged in remote work to work in Greece. According to SchengenVisaInfo, a mutual agreement was reached between the Greek Migration and Foreign Affairs ministers to help workers in remote areas overcome this new innovative trend, and […]
Read MoreItaly: Mount Etna volcano spews lava and ash
After the volcano spewed lava, ash and volcanic rocks, Italian teams cleaned the area around Mount Etna on Thursday. The municipal team largely anticipated the activity of Mount Etna, the most active volcano in Europe. Authorities closed the area around the crater on Tuesday, but activity still forced the temporary closure of CataniaAirport […]
Read MoreSpain: Seafood is always one of Catalonia’s most popular dishes
The Catalonian Department of Agriculture released statistics from recent surveys conducted on the seafood habits of the inhabitants of the autonomous region and the verdict is that fish and seafood remain indispensable items for the tables at home. 97.5 % of Catalans consume seafood, and 58% of the population reported having fish two […]
Read MoreSweden to roll out large-scale vaccination against Covid-19
According to local media reports on Thursday, Sweden is planning a large-scale vaccination because there are signs that the mutated COVID-19 virus is spreading across the country. Magnus Thyberg, the vaccine coordinator of the Stockholm Capital Region, told Swedish Television (SVT) on Thursday: “We hope to start this work on a certain scale […]
Read MoreGreece: Corfu named one of top five international destinations
According to analyst firm ForwardKeys, Corfu, Greece is one of the top five international destinations for British nationals planning to travel this year. More specifically, according to the airfare data from June 4 to September 21, 2021 (compared to the same period in 2020), Corfu, Orlando, Faro, Las Vegas in Ionian And Ibiza […]
Read MoreSpain: Andalusia’s tourism industry will grow by 6%
Tourism Minister Juan Marin said he believes that, following the “disastrous” last year, Andalusia’s tourism industry will grow by 6% this summer. He said: “The data we received yesterday indicate that reserves have increased in June, July and August. Through this project, we will emphasize the safety of destinations and reposition the Andalusian […]
Read MorePortugal : Golden visa scheme deadline extended to 2022
The Portuguese government has decided to extend the deadline from July 2021 to January 2022 to exclude investments in Porto and Lisbon from the country’s Golden Visa program. The Portuguese authoritiestried to ban investment in two cities and regions in the Algarve in December last year to encourage investment in less popular areas, […]
Read MoreItaly lost more than 660k job in one year
The social security and Retirement agency INPS said on Thursday that by November 2020, the number of registered labor contracts in Italy had decreased by 664,000 compared with the same month in 2019. It said the decline was due to the collapse of the temporary work market during the COVID-19market, as the number […]
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