Germany: Lockdown until June due to high covid positivity rate
Despite tighter controls, Germany‘s coronavirus infection rate increased over the weekend, and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said he did not foresee any changes until the end of May. “We need a timeline for getting back to normal life,” Scholz told Bild amSonntag, “because it has to be a roadmap that won’t have to be reversed […]
Read MoreItaly: India Coronavirus variant detected in Veneto
Two cases of the India variant of COVID-19 have been found in the Veneto region, according to Governor Luca Zaia. He said the cases involved a father and daughter from India who had recently returned to Bassano del Grappa. Due to the high contagion rates in the Asian nation and concerns about the […]
Read MoreMalta COVID-19 vaccination campaign gains momentum
Malta‘s COVID-19 vaccination campaign has gained such momentum that it is on the verge of overtaking the United Kingdom, which has been Europe‘s undisputed vaccine pioneer for months. According to recent figures, about 48% of the Maltese population has received at least one vaccine injection, putting them only one percentage point behind the […]
Read MorePortugal cinemas reopen their doors to the public
On Monday, April 19, exhibitors posted around 27,000 Euros in box office revenue, according to the Audiovisual Institute (ICA), which collects monthly data on cinema exhibition in the region. However, not all cinemas reopened their doors. ICA reports that it received box office data from 333 cinemas, including independents and multiplexes, housed mostly […]
Read MoreEU will open to US travelers this summer
Americans who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 should be allowed to fly to EUcountries this summer, according to a top European Union official, relaxing current travel limits. According to The New York Times, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that “all those who are vaccinated with vaccines that are licensed” by the […]
Read MoreItaly to ease COVID-19 restrictions gradually
Starting next week, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi approved a decree to relax Italy‘s COVID-19 constraints. The decree which will be in effect from Monday until the end of July, reintroduces yellow zones in the country’s tiered system of controls, where penalties are less extreme while the possibility of contagion is only mild. […]
Read MoreSpain will donate COVID-19 vaccine shots to Latin America
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday that Spain would give between 5% and 10% of its COVID-19 vaccine shots to Latin American and Caribbean countries this year. “Spain will begin this pledge as soon as 50 percent of the Spanish population has been vaccinated,” Sanchez said at the Ibero-American summit in Andorra, adding […]
Read MoreItaly: Mafia infiltration in tourism sector worth billions
According to a Demoskopika study seen by ANSA, the penetration of Italy’s numerous mafias into the lucrative tourism sector is worth 2.2 billion euros (2.6 bn USD), with about 40% of it concentrated in the Mezzogiorno (southern Italy) where they are based. As stated by the paper, Italy’s most powerful mafia, the Calabria-based ‘Ndrangheta,’ […]
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