Europe

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her cabinet are expected to start on Tuesday with an amendment to the law to impose lockdowns themselves outside the federal states. Merkel believes federal intervention in the fight against the…

The Italian government is working on plans to borrow up to € 40 billion. Bloomberg news agency reports this based on insiders. Prime Minister Mario Draghi announced last month that further tens of billions of euros would be…

People on beaches in Spain don't have to wear a face mask while sunbathing. The authorities have announced that the masking obligation on the beach does not apply as long as people stay in the same place and keep 1.5 meters away…

Denmark will stop the vaccination of people with AstraZeneca's corona vaccine for at least two weeks. Authorities are concerned about possible side effects. Health Minister Magnus Heunicke emphasizes on Twitter that it is too early…

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the German counterpart of the RIVM, reported 3,943 new corona infections on Tuesday. That is slightly less than on Monday, when 4,732 new infections were reported and considerably less than during…

German hairdressers can open their doors for the first time in months. They started cutting at midnight in some places, reports the newspaper Rheinische Post. A politician whose turn it was immediately paid hundreds of euros for…

The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus was severely affected by the corona crisis and the malaise in the global aviation sector last year due to the lockdown measures against the pandemic. Turnover fell sharply, and the losses…

The number of new corona infections diagnosed in Germany in the last 24 hours has decreased slightly compared to the day before. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the German counterpart of the RIVM, reported 9,860 new infections on…

German Chancellor Merkel has assured the Bundestag that the lockdown measures will not last a day longer than necessary. She is under fire because, according to her critics, she is doing everything she can to make the lockdown last…

Italy can vaccinate 10 million people per month from Easter. The director of the Italian drug agency AIFA Nicola Magrini calls this in the newspaper Corriere Della Sera the beginning of large-scale vaccination against the coronavirus.…