Philippos of Greece e Nina Flohr they said “yes” again. The fifth son of Constantine II, the last king of the Greeks, and the Swiss heiress celebrated their second royal wedding Saturday October 23, thus realizing the dream of crowning their love story with a ceremony in grand style. To celebrate them, in fact, there […]
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Ruins of an ancient bath of the Byzantine period found on Lesvos
Greek archaeologists have unearthed the ruins of a bath in Lesvos, the oldest ever found on the island. According to preliminary estimates, it was built in the early Byzantine era, writes the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Greece. In particular, the remains of baths for cold, warm and hot water, incinerators, as well as […]
The EU aspires to have a vaccination certificate before summer, but there is no agreement on how it would be used
The EU aspires to have a digital certificate of vaccination, or at least to develop all the criteria and technical work necessary, before the summer. It will not be easy there are many doubts and misgivings, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has encrypted this Thursday, after a Summit by […]
Brussels revises Spain’s growth forecast up two tenths this year
The European Commission predicts a very difficult end of winter, but begins to see “the light at the end of the tunnel”. This is reflected in the Winter Macroeconomic Forecasts, one of the four forecasting exercises carried out each year and in which, despite the third wave, the vaccine problems and the prolongation of 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, in favor of a “broad agreement” for an international vaccination ‘passport’ that allows travel without restrictions
The Government of Spain and the European Commission are in favor of seeking “a broad agreement” in the EU to issue an international vaccination certificate that allows travel and circumvent the restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of Covid-19, as they have stated sources from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The initial proposal has come […]
Vodafone and Telefónica give themselves free rein to monetize their joint telecommunications towers in the United Kingdom
Vodafone and Telefonica have signed a long-term agreement to add value and monetize their joint telecommunications infrastructure in the United Kingdom through Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited (CTIL), a company that they both control 50% under the formula of joint venture. This pact is effective from this month and will run for eight years, with the […]
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 […]
The eurogroup gives the green light one year later to the reform of the Mede and the firewall of the Bank Resolution Fund
After 12 months frozen in a drawer, the Ministers of Economy and Finance of the EU have given finally green light for the reform of the Mede, the European Stability Mechanism. Conceived in 2012 as a rescue instrument, the Mede had run out of tasks, underused. So the States decided to give it a roll. […]
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 […]