Spain is not discussing a travel corridor with Britain, a Spanish foreign ministry source told Reuters on Tuesday, but it will allow nearly 11,000 German tourists to visit the Balearic Islands two weeks before officially reopening its borders.more
German Foreign Minister Horst Seehofer announced the lifting of border controls from June 15 at crossings with Switzerland, France, Austria and Denmark. In turn, controls at the border with Poland will be relaxed.more
Christian leaders have welcomed the government’s announcement that places of worship in England will be allowed to reopen for individual prayer from 15 June, but Muslim and Jewish leaders said the move was not appropriate for the way they practise their faith.more
The British government backed out of the plan for all primary school children in England to return to classes before the holidays. Schools have warned from the outset that it is not possible to comply with recommendations on how to prevent the spread of coronavirus in such a short time.more
The French government hopes to end the country’s official state of health emergency - which has been in place since the end of March - on July 10. The state of health emergency has helped the government fight against the Covid-19 pandemic by increasing governmental powers.more
Slovakia will as of 10 June enable free travel to and from 16 European countries, excluding Poland and there will not be any need to wear face masks, Slovakia’s Prime Minister Igor Matovic informed on Tuesday.more
The Eiffel Tower, one of the most visited sites in Paris, will reopen to the public on Jun 25 more than three months after shuttering in France's coronavirus lockdown, its operators said on Tuesday (Jun 9).more
The total number of excess deaths recorded during the coronavirus pandemic has passed 63,500 - but the most recent weekly figure is the lowest since lockdown began.more
When the epidemic stops, officials will check that the company benefiting from the anti-crisis shield did not artificially understate its revenues - the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reports.more
More than two-thirds of Britons are not planning international travel for the rest of the year, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by Sky News.more
According "South China Morning Post", China’s heavily regulated social media platforms have been removing and banning references to the Covid-19 pandemic. Censorship trackers say impeding the flow of information may have hampered the global response.more
If we may believe former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, the golden days of F1 are over. He expects that a number of drivers with sky-high salaries will have to sacrifice a lot in the future.more
Exactly 100 days since its first case of coronavirus was confirmed, New York City, which weathered extensive hardship as an epicenter of the worldwide outbreak, is set to take the first tentative steps toward reopening its doors on Monday.more
53% Poles expect small stores and businesses to close after the pandemic, according to a GfK study published today. Among those convinced of the second wave of coronavirus, this percentage is 66 percent.more
The number of deaths from Covid-19 has increased over the last 24 hours in the UK in the last 24 hours, which means the total number of fatalities in the country's epidemic is 40,597, the UK Ministry of Health said this afternoon.more