The Belgian Foreign Ministry terminates the mission of its ambassador to South Korea after his wife attacked a woman in Seoul. It is reported by the BBC. CCTV footage of the incident shows Peter Lescouche’s wife, Xiang Xueqiu, beating a salesperson who wanted to verify that the clothes she was wearing were her own […]
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Belgium trained dogs to identify patients with COVID-19 with 95% accuracy
In Belgium, scientists from the Universities of Ghent and Liege have taught six dogs to identify people with COVID-19 by smell. Reported by VRT. As noted, animals are able to smell the coronavirus with an accuracy of 95%, while COVID-19 variants are safe for them. Trained dogs work with Belgian police officers, firefighters and the […]
The vaccination passport does not convince an EU that asks to limit non-essential travel to the maximum
There are two ways to tell. The short and simplified summary is that the heads of State and Government of the 27 have seen each other today by teleconference with two problems on the table: the general coordination against Covid and the idea of ​​establishing a vaccination passport to try to save the next tourist […]
Spain also suspends its flights and the United Kingdom is isolated due to the new strain of coronavirus
At the end of last January, when the coronavirus was spreading across China but had not yet reached Europe, British Airways decided to suspend all its flights with the Asian country. It was the first airline to take this measure, which was to last until March. By then the virus had already roamed Europe, and […]
Brussels gives the go-ahead to the Budgets of Spain although it sees its fiscal stability at risk
Okay, but with caveats. The European Commission has supported this Wednesday the Spanish budget draft for 2021, sent a month ago, but expresses its concern for “long-term fiscal sustainability”, the high level of public debt and the fact that “the challenges for the real economy and the financial sector have increased”. All community partners, without […]
Tourism estimates that 9 million tests would be needed to reactivate Valencian airports
The opening of international corridors in the Valencian Community in the midst of a pandemic would require the completion of nine million tests at Alicante and Valencia airports between November 2020 and September 2021, half for visitors entering and the other half for those leaving. A study prepared by the Hosbec employer association, in collaboration […]
Investment funds, hunting for hotel bargains on the Valencian coast
The delicate situation of the national tourism sector, with an estimated drop in sales of almost 80% According to the latest survey of prospects by Exceltur, it has put Spanish hotels in the spotlight of international investment funds, which want to acquire a real estate park in Spain at a good price, taking advantage of […]
Ryanair reduces its winter offer, will close some bases and warns: “There will be layoffs”
As the second wave of the pandemic advances in Europe, airlines continue to reduce their flight offer looking forward to the next few months. The low cost Ryanair, the one that moves the most traffic in Spain, has already cut its autumn schedule and has revised the winter schedule (November-March), which will go from […]