Politics
Italy has lost more than 77K stores in 9 years
Retail group Confcommercio said that since 2012, Italy has lost more than 77,000 stores and the city centers have become a “desert.” Confcommercio said it was down 14%. It pointed out that nearly 14,000 street and tourism businesses were also lost, a decrease of 14.8%. According to the report, the overall retail […]
Read MoreZaki Yamani the architect of 1973 oil embargo, dies at 90
Saudi Arabia’s National Television reported that Ahmed Zaki Yamani, the longtime Saudi Minister of Petroleum who planned the OPEC embargo that plunged the Western economies into recession in 1973, has died in London at the age of 90. Yamani became Saudi Oil Minister in 1962. During his nearly 25-year tenure, he promoted Saudi Arabia […]
Read MoreItaly: Rare Covid-19 variant detected in Naples
A new, rare variant of the covid-19 virus was discovered in the southern Italian city of Naples. This is the first known “B. 1.525” strain in Italy. Federico II University and the Pascale Institute of Naples confirmed the news of the strain, which was announced by the local government of Campania last night. […]
Read MoreGreece: Restrictions on international travel extended to March
The Greek Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) on Sunday expanded the rules and restrictions on all international flights to Greece as part of the Greek government’s efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19). For all immigrants from abroad, a 7-day quarantine measure is still implemented, and special restrictions are imposed on flights […]
Read MoreEU provides free Interrail passes to young people
EU Commissioner for Innovation, Culture and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, announced at the European Parliament on Friday that it will provide free Interrail passes to young people who have just turned 18 and are eager to explore the wonders of the European Continent. Candidates will be provided with 60,000 such passes, doubling the previous […]
Read MoreMore than 5 million EU citizens applied for post-Brexit residency
More than 5 million citizens of EU member states have applied for the “EU Settlement Scheme” in the UK, and the deadline for application is less than 5 months. According to data released by the British Home Office on February 11, 2021, the British authorities accepted over 5 million applications, of which more […]
Read MoreGreece: 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 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 […]
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