Iceland is also suspending the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine due to concerns about possible side effects. Authorities will stop vaccination until it is clear there is no link between the corona vaccine and blood clots, local media reports. Denmark announced earlier in the day that it would […]
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European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen expects significantly more vaccine doses to be available in the European Union from next month. “According to the manufacturers’ plans, the quantities could double again from April, also because more vaccines will be approved soon,” she told the Stuttgarter Zeitung and Stuttgarter […]
Retailers in Germany are suffering from corona measures. In addition to the closure of non-essential stores, retailers are also struggling with an increase in sales tax, which had previously been temporarily reduced due to the crisis. Especially entrepreneurs in the fashion industry are having a hard time. According to […]
The Air France-KLM shares lost on Thursday. The French-Dutch aviation combination suffered a loss of more than 7 billion euros in the corona year 2020. Builder BAM also fell, after a loss due to the corona crisis. The results of the insurer NN Group were also not to the […]
According to data released Tuesday by the European Union, European countries registered an excess mortality rate of about 450,000 people between March and November last year. Researchers collected monthly data and compared mortality with the average for the same period from 2016 to 2019. Eurostat states that the data […]
Long traffic jams have arisen at the Czech-German border due to the German corona measures to restrict traffic from the Czech Republic. The Federal Republic closed its borders with the Czech Republic and the Austrian region of Tyrol on Sunday as a measure against the spread of the coronavirus. […]
The right-wing extremist Stephan Ernst has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Frankfurt for the political murder of the German regional administrator Walter Lübcke. Ernst shot the Christian Democratic politician in 2019 in the north of the state of Hesse. The suspect has long denied but eventually made a […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to extend the lockdown in her country until February 15. The newspaper Bild reports this in the run-up to the consultations between the chancellor and the leaders of the federal states. The drivers must decide whether to extend the lockdown in their country. It […]
The implicit extension of the Belgian corona measures should have been better explained, the government admits. Belgians felt robbed by the six-week extension. The measures were due to expire on Friday when the six Belgian governments meet again for corona crisis consultation but turned out to be continued for […]
In her latest New Year’s speech, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that 2020 has been by far the most challenging year in her 15-year term. However, the start of the vaccinations against the coronavirus will make 2021 a year of hope, according to Merkel. In a rare show of […]
