France has been shocked by the brutal attack on a bus driver. He refused to take passengers in southern Bayonne who did not wear the mandatory masks and who did not have tickets. The driver, who is in his fifties, is said to have been repeatedly beaten and ended […]
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French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Jean Castex as the successor to retired Prime Minister Édouard Philippe. Insiders already tipped the former official as a possible successor to Philippe, who resigned with his government on Friday. 55-year-old Castex was recently in charge of easing the French measures against the […]
Czech Republic President Milos Zeman has described the slogan “Black Lives Matter” as “racist”. He said that during a visit to the U.S. ambassador to Prague to celebrate U.S. National Day on July 4, Pravo newspaper reported on Wednesday. As a reason, the 75-year-old president argued that all lives […]
Italy has started using a corona warning app. Innovation Minister Paola Pisano confirmed on Monday that the app was launched in four regions on a trial basis. According to the Italian news agency ANSA, about two million Italians have already downloaded the app. Although the app can be downloaded […]
In Switzerland, a baby died for the first time from the effects of the coronavirus. According to the authorities, it is a baby who was infected abroad, local media reports. In the Alpine country, at least two corona patients, including the baby, died in the past 24 hours. The […]
For the first time since 13 March, no people have succumbed to the coronavirus in 24 hours in Denmark. The health authorities report this on Friday. In the country of about 5.5 million inhabitants, 537 corona patients have died so far. The number of people infected with the coronavirus […]
In several metro trains in the Paris region, it is too busy for travellers to keep enough distance from each other. In the trainsets on the busiest lines, people are relatively close to each other, such as on line 13, French media report. Many Parisians fear that they will […]
In the coming days, the EU will distribute 1.5 million medical masks among seventeen Member States. The United Kingdom also receives a batch. The masks were purchased through tenders organized by the European Commission, to which the Member States can participate. In total, 10 million masks are purchased. In […]
The French government is under fire for the planned relaxation of the lockdown. Mayors and transport companies question the feasibility of the plans. The hard-hit France, where some 25,000 corona patients have died, wants to phase out the measures to prevent the virus from spreading. Many children are allowed […]
A makeshift hospital for corona patients with 1350 beds in Madrid was ceremonially closed on Friday. The closure was made possible thanks to the significant decrease in the number of corona infections in and around the Spanish capital. The event is of great symbolic value for the badly hit […]
