Economics
Spain extends border closure with Portugal
The Spanish government announced that due to the current coronavirus situation, border controls between Spain and Portugal will be extended until at least March 1. According to SchengenVisaInfo.com, until March 1, only authorized persons can cross the border. The land border inspection between Spain and Portugal, which was originally closed on January 29, […]
Read MoreEU: Von der Leyen acknowledges failure to launch COVID-19 vaccine
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen acknowledged on Wednesday the EU’s failure to approve and launch a vaccine against COVID-19 and said the EU has learned a lesson in the process. The European Union chief executive was speaking to members of the European Parliament after criticism of the slow introduction of vaccines […]
Read MoreItaly: Venice carnival starts with no tourists
Venice started its famous carnival this weekend-due to the pandemic, it is not crowded with the usual tourists. Italy eased restrictions on the coronavirus on Monday, allowing most regions to enjoy greater freedom. Venice is now one of the low-risk “yellow” categories-but residents are still not allowed to travel outside the area. Before the […]
Read MoreFrance: Restaurants offer meals for 1 euro to students
From January 25, all French students have the right to pay only one euro for meals. This discount is valid regardless of the student’s entitlement to the scholarship and can be obtained at every cafe or university restaurant in the Crous-University and Student Affairs Center network. This measure was naturally proposed in the […]
Read MoreItaly: Huge cocaine haul seized in operations against Mafia
A source said on Wednesday that last week, the financial police seized 1,3 tons of pure cocaine in three separate operations in the southern port of Gioia Tauro. Sources say that if these drugs had passed, they would have flood the streets of Europe and brought about 260 million euros in revenue to Calabria-based […]
Read MoreAustria warns against travel to Tyrol amid spread of new variant
The Austrian government said in a statement on Monday that Austria warned not to travel unnecessarily to its mountain province, Tyrol, because of the outbreak of the so-called South African coronavirus variant. The federal government’s travel warnings are as follows: Unnecessarily travel to Tyrol. Everyone who was in Tyrol in the last two […]
Read MoreItaly: Birth rate falls 21.6 percent during lockdown
According to new data on a sample of 15 Italian cities released by the National Bureau of Statistics, ISTAT, the birth rate in Italy fell by 21.6% in December last year, exactly nine months after the country was locked down due to the coronavirus. ISTAT said the number of births in Italy in […]
Read MorePortugal: Algarve hotel occupancy rate drops in January
According to Portugal’s major hotel industry associations, the average occupancy rate per room for hotels in the Algarve region in southern Portugal in January was 7.6%, a decrease of 78.8% from the same period last year. The Algarve Hotel and Tourism Enterprise Association (AHETA) revealed that sales in the region also fell by 83.5% […]
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