Europe

The United Kingdom owes the EU a total of 47.5 billion euros for Brexit, according to a spokesperson for the European Commission, of which Brussels will charge 6.8 billion euros this year. London already paid the first deposit…
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Slovakia will start a lottery next week with prizes of up to 2 million euros for people who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus. The Slovak government approved the plan for the weekly lottery on Friday. Slovaks who…
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Unemployment in the eurozone further decreased in May due to the economic recovery from the corona crisis, reports the European statistical office Eurostat. Youth unemployment, in particular, fell, presumably due to the relaxation…
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Spain will lift the mask requirement for the outdoors from June 26. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced that the obligation will no longer be necessary from next Saturday. In Spain, strict measures have been in place for a…
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The German economy, the largest in Europe, will grow less strongly this year than previously thought due to supply chain problems, particularly around computer chips and raw materials. This is reported by the leading economic research…
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The discussion about when the European Central Bank (ECB) should phase out its crisis support is getting underway again. The governor of the Austrian central bank has indicated that the ECB's unique emergency bond-buying program should…
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Next week, Sweden will allow travellers from other Nordic countries without showing a negative test. People from other EU countries must still be able to prove that they are not infected with the coronavirus until 30 June if they…
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Europe's biggest tourist attraction Disneyland Paris has announced that it will reopen on June 17. This is a result of the relaxation of the corona measures that will apply in France. The amusement park had been closed since the…
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The number of new infections per week in Germany has fallen back to below 100 per 100,000 inhabitants, the health authorities report. The number of new infections per week is the government's indicator for imposing restrictions and…
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The Norwegian Institute of Public Health and a special committee appointed by the government during the pandemic have both advised against Johnson & Johnson / Janssen and AstraZeneca's vaccines in the vaccination program. The…
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