According to the latest coronavirus statistics released by Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the European powerhouse reported 4,325 new infections on Monday, highlighting the effect of the weekend. Monday’s figures mark the smallest daily increase in six days, as the German economy battles the second wave. The total account now stands at 366,299. However, the […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic is felt again in all member states – Angela Merkel
The COVID-19 pandemic it is being felt again in all member states, the German chancellor said on Friday, Angela Merkel. “No one at the summit disagreed that contact tracing is the key method to combat the pandemic,” Merkel added. “The economic recovery from the pandemic will be better if we keep infections under control.” Merkel […]
Germans trade Mallorca for Greek islands and Portuguese coast
 TUI’s advance to reactivate German tourism in Mallorca is not going to pose any earthquake for the sector. The tour operator hopes to bring a few hundred tourists to the island from here to the end of the month, a modest number and restricted by Angela Merkel’s own recommendations., which is advising its citizens not […]
Germany hits new record for daily infections, bad news from Remdesivir and Johnson & Johnson
The latest coronavirus updates from Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) suggest that the European powerhouse is in deep trouble when it comes to the virus. Daily new cases rose beyond Thursday’s record level of 6,638 to 7,334 new infections, bringing the total count to 348,557. The number of deaths, however, seems to decrease from 33 […]
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 […]
German ‘five wise men’ worsen 2020 forecasts and postpone recovery
The economic institutes that advise the German Government, the so-called five wise men, they have corrected their forecasts for this year downwards due to the impact generated by the coronavirus, more sustained and stronger than expected and, consequently, they have delayed the economic recovery over time. In their autumn report, the sages predict that […]
The IMF improves its forecasts for the large developed economies with only one exception: Spain
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that the coronavirus has launched into “extreme poverty“- that is, to live on less than 1 dollar with 61 cents a day – 90 million people, the equivalent of twice the population of Spain. It has caused the greatest crisis in history since the Great Depression that occurred 90 […]
Amazon Faces Boycott Calls From The U.K And Strike In Germany As Prime Day Sale Begins
The Ethical Consumer campaign group and the British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) urge buyers to avoid Amazon Prime Day as workers strike in Germany, demanding better pay and working conditions.
Europe begins to close in the face of the second wave of COVID-19
Spain Large traffic jams in Madrid with police controls deployed at the exits of the city. The Spanish Government has ended the tug of war with the Madrid region by declaring a 15-day state of alarm in the capital to reduce Covid-19 infection rates after the second worst figure of this second was recorded on Friday […]
COVID-19: European countries reduce leisure activities with closures and new restrictions
The European Commission proposed to provide more than 132 million euros to Germany, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Hungary and Portugal as an advance payment of the European Union (EU) Solidarity Fund to help with the health emergency caused by the pandemic of COVID-19. Community sources specified that 16.8 million euros would correspond to Spain. This […]
