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Baltic countries adapting to new reality by creating “travel bubble”

May 14 2020, 3:53 pm

The Republics of Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia in Europe’s Baltic region are creating a “travel bubble” that allows residents to travel across the borders of the various countries freely starting Friday, May 15.

The respective ministries of affairs collaborated on lifting the restrictions regarding movement by “road, railway, air, and maritime transport” implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Residents of the republics are able to move freely between the Baltic states so long as they are able to produce proof that they do not display any coronavirus-related symptoms.

dailyhive.com

Baltic countries adapting to new reality by creating “travel bubble” | Mapped

Residents of the Baltic countries can cross the respective borders if they can produce proof that they do not display any coronavirus-related symptoms.
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AlbertC said:
Baltic countries adapting to new reality by creating “travel bubble”

May 14 2020, 3:53 pm

The Republics of Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia in Europe’s Baltic region are creating a “travel bubble” that allows residents to travel across the borders of the various countries freely starting Friday, May 15.

The respective ministries of affairs collaborated on lifting the restrictions regarding movement by “road, railway, air, and maritime transport” implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Residents of the republics are able to move freely between the Baltic states so long as they are able to produce proof that they do not display any coronavirus-related symptoms.

dailyhive.com

Baltic countries adapting to new reality by creating “travel bubble” | Mapped

Residents of the Baltic countries can cross the respective borders if they can produce proof that they do not display any coronavirus-related symptoms.
dailyhive.com dailyhive.com
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I really don't want or need a travel bubble with the US. I could do one with the UK though, I gueeeesss. ;)
 
Coronavirus: France and Germany propose €500bn recovery fund

France and Germany are proposing a €500bn ($545bn; £448bn) European recovery fund to be distributed to EU countries worst affected by Covid-19.

In talks on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed that the funds should be provided as grants.

www.bbc.com

Coronavirus: France and Germany propose €500bn recovery fund

The plan would see €500bn of grants distributed to EU member states worst affected by the pandemic.
www.bbc.com
 
France's Macron loses majority as defectors form new party

The party of French President Emmanuel Macron has lost its outright majority in parliament, after a group of MPs broke away to form a new party.

Ecology, Democracy, Solidarity will be largely formed of seven MPs from La République en Marche (On the Move) and other ex-supporters of the president.

The defecting MPs want to focus on green issues and social inequality.

But their decision leaves Mr Macron's party with 288 seats, one short of a majority in the 577-seat lower house.

www.bbc.com

France's Macron loses majority as defectors form new party

The French president's party loses seven MPs amid further signs of dissatisfaction in parliament.
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Spain to reopen to overseas tourists from July

Pedro Sánchez also announces minimum basic income scheme and return of football

Sat 23 May 2020

Spain will reopen to overseas tourists from July, the prime minister has announced, pledging that the government will guarantee the safety of visitors and locals as the country emerges from one of Europe’s strictest coronavirus lockdowns.

Pedro Sánchez also said a €3bn (£2.7bn) minimum basic income scheme to help families most affected by the pandemic would come into effect in the next few weeks.

www.theguardian.com

Spain to reopen to overseas tourists from July

Pedro Sánchez also announces minimum basic income scheme and return of football
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AlbertC said:
Spain to reopen to overseas tourists from July

Pedro Sánchez also announces minimum basic income scheme and return of football

Sat 23 May 2020

Spain will reopen to overseas tourists from July, the prime minister has announced, pledging that the government will guarantee the safety of visitors and locals as the country emerges from one of Europe’s strictest coronavirus lockdowns.

Pedro Sánchez also said a €3bn (£2.7bn) minimum basic income scheme to help families most affected by the pandemic would come into effect in the next few weeks.

www.theguardian.com

Spain to reopen to overseas tourists from July

Pedro Sánchez also announces minimum basic income scheme and return of football
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This is just more fuel for the Catalan seperatist fire. Barcelona is already trying to cut tourists out because of the ridiculous number of them taking over the place and now the central government is encouraging people to visit during a plague.

Should be fun.
 
European Commission unveils €750 billion recovery plan

The European Commission has unveiled a €750 billion aid package to help the EU recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The plan will require unanimous backing from all 27 nations in the bloc.

m.dw.com

European Commission unveils €750-billion recovery plan – DW – 05/27/2020

The European Commission has unveiled a €750 billion aid package to help the EU recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The plan will require unanimous backing from all 27 nations in the bloc.
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Denmark to reopen borders Germany, Norway and Iceland on June 15th with certain restrictions. However, Sweden are left out of this agreement and any reopening has been postponed until after the summer.

Danes reopen borders to 3 countries, with strings attached

COPENHAGEN — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Friday her country will reopen its borders next month – with strings attached – to residents of neighbouring Germany, as well as Norway and Iceland, as Denmark accelerates its lockdown easing. But people from the rest of the world will...
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Germany wants to mediate between US and China during EU presidency

Germany does not want trade tensions between the US and China to become "irreconcilable," Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said. Germany assumes the European Union’s rotating presidency next month.

01.06.2020

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said the nation wants to help resolve tensions between the United States and China when it takes on the European Union presidency for the second half of this year.

In an interview with the Funke media group, a German network of newspapers, Maas said the world could not be split between two spheres of interests.

"We Europeans especially cannot have an interest in the conflicting interests between China and the US becoming irreconcilable," Maas said in the interview published on Monday.

www.dw.com

Germany wants to mediate between US and China – DW – 06/01/2020

Germany does not want trade tensions between the US and China to become "irreconcilable," Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said. Germany assumes the European Union’s rotating presidency next month.
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The same people who were crying about having differences become irreconcilable Hitler's Germany were proven to be wrong as well.

Same shit, different century. You'd think the Germans would have learnt that much at least. No, just keep on going on about the Holocaust whilst ignoring the Uyghur pogrom. Well played.
 
SunriseChampion said:
The same people who were crying about having differences become irreconcilable Hitler's Germany were proven to be wrong as well.

Same shit, different century. You'd think the Germans would have learnt that much at least. No, just keep on going on about the Holocaust whilst ignoring the Uyghur pogrom. Well played.
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Nobody wants to take on China over this because they make all the CHEAP JUNK THAT OUR SOCIETY CRAVES AND MUST HAVE, SO WE HAPPILY IGNORE THEIR AWFUL HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.
 
Yeah, which is weird then because people were licking Nazi boots at a time when Germany wasn't producing much, cheap or their current top-rate stuff.

I guess that's progress! ???

I could see people prostrating themselves before Hitler if the place was turning out the C63 AMG at the time.....but they barely had bread.

Sold our souls for nothing in the 20th; sold our souls for cheap rubbish in the 21st.

I reckon that 100 years from now, we'll sell our souls for at least something mid-range.


Also, I'm not really sure what the Germans are getting out of it. How much cheap Chinese shit do they buy? They're pretty well self-sustaining in terms of manufacturing. They legit need no one except for resource inputs.
 
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