Increased commitment to preserving the environment, added to the liberation of passenger transport by train in Europe -Next December-, has generated the recovery of an old and romantic way of traveling alternative to the plane: the night train, a growing market in the rest of the continent and to which Girona it intends to join […]
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Germany reports around 20,000 new cases, record daily increase
According to the latest statistics published by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany reported 19,990 new coronavirus infections on Thursday. This is the Record daily rise in new virus cases, despite “soft lockdown” already underway. The total count now stands at 597,583 this Thursday. On Wednesday, the total count increased by 17,214. The death toll […]
Germany reports 15,352 new cases and highest daily death count since May
According to the latest statistics published by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany reported 15,352 new infections on Tuesday by coronavirus. Total count now stands at 560,379 this Tuesday. On Monday, the total count increased by 12,097 due to the “weekend effect.” New deaths increased by 131, the highest since early May, with the total […]
Germany: 30% of the German population is in a risk group for coronavirus
“Measures that reduce contact between people are successful,” said the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and noted that they will likely have to limit person-to-person contacts in private during all winter months, according to Reuters. Additional conclusions “We understand that people are disappointed that the virus is taking so long.” “The light at the end of […]
The confinement of the United Kingdom and Germany frustrates the tourist corridors in the Canary Islands
The Canary Islands see their last attempt to save part of their peak tourism season, which has just begun, disappear. Just a week after the United Kingdom and Germany decided to include the archipelago in the list of safe destinations, the governments of both countries have decreed a new confinement of their populations try to […]
IAG already loses more than 5.567 million until September and criticizes the measures of governments to face the pandemic
IAG, the group that owns Iberia, British Airways or Vueling, suffered a loss of 1.3 billion euros in the third quarter of this year (July-September) due to the collapse in passenger traffic derived from the pandemic, as reported this Friday. In these nine months the losses amount to 5,567 million euros, compared to the profit […]
China prepares for its great leap forward in pursuit of self-reliance
For four days, the most powerful people of the second world power have met in a hotel west of Beijing to decide the future of the country. Although the hermetic inner doors of Chinese politics were closed again. It is not known whether there have been internal disagreements in the debates. And only a few […]
Preliminary annualized third-quarter GDP falls 4.3% versus 5.3% decline forecast
The Germany’s annualized preliminary Gross Domestic Product is down 4.3% in the third quarter of 2020, moderating the 5.3% decline expected and the 11.3% decline in the second quarter. This is the third consecutive quarter of falls in the indicator. Quarterly GDP has grown by 8.2%, surpassing the estimated 7.3% and the 9.8% decline in […]
Germany reports another record daily increase of 18,681 new cases, most of the country considered “high risk”
Germany has reported another record daily increase in coronavirus infections, an increase of 18,681 new cases. as the latest statistics released by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on Friday have shown. The number of total cases now stand at 499,694, close to the 500,000 level. On Thursday, the total count increased by 16,774. New deaths […]
Retail sales fall 2.2% in September, worsening expectations
The German retail sales fell 2.2% in September’s monthly reading after growing 3.1% in August. The result worsens the 0.8% decline expected by experts and represents the largest decline seen since last April. At the annual level, the indicator grew 6.5%, above the 3.7% of the previous month, and slightly below the estimated 6.6%. The […]
