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Survey: 62% of Travellers Will Visit Europe Within First Month of Border Reopening
Fear of the COVID-19 and the current rates of infections across the Schengen Area will not hold travellers back, in particular those planning to travel for tourism purposes, once the borderless zone opens up. For almost three months now, non-EU/EEA citizens have been ineligible to enter the Schengen Area, due to an entry ban introduced by the...
Tough-on-drug policies often hit women hardest
SVITLANA MOROZ started injecting opium as a 16-year-old in Ukraine. Soon she grew accustomed to policemen and their friends taunting her, or assaulting her. Their attitude, she recalls, was “you are a woman who uses drugs, so we can use you how we want.” At 19, she received a double diagnosis: pregnant and HIV-positive. Scared of harming her...
All crossings on Ukrainian-Hungarian border to open next week
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said that all border checkpoints between Hungary and Ukraine will be opened on Monday, June 29, according to a report by Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform. …read more Source:: Budapest Business...
From ‘Poland’s Got Talent!’ to the brink of the presidency
He’s better known as the host of “Poland’s Got Talent!” but Szymon Hołownia is aiming to win an even more meaningful competition — the race for the presidency. Hołownia, 44, is a complete newcomer to politics — as well as hosting the popular TV show, he’s the author of books about religion and a humanitarian activist — but,...
Stalin purges added to vast human cost of WWII
The Soviet Union suffered the greatest losses of any country as it fought the Nazis in World War II. At the same time, Joseph Stalin’s regime attacked its own citizens, executing, incarcerating and exiling those it viewed as hostile. Here are some of the most striking statistics. Tripling war toll In 1946, Stalin said seven million had died...
PM Orban: Biggest flood risk – on Prut
Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said on Wednesday, after attending a meeting at the Ministry of Internal Affairs to assess the damage caused by the floods, that the greatest risk in the next period is on the Prut River (that springs in the north from Ukraine's Carpathians and flows into the Danube, in southeast, being the natural border with...
Putin ignores virus, shows off military might ahead of crucial vote
MOSCOW — Russia held a massive World War II victory parade on Wednesday despite the coronavirus pandemic, setting a patriotic tone ahead of a national vote that could keep Vladimir Putin in power until 2036. The annual May 9 parade of troops and tanks across Red Square — this year celebrating 75 years since the USSR’s defeat of Nazi Germany...
Trump wanted Elton John’s music to make peace with North Korea
Credits Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for dcp Alt Text Elton John And other stories from the stranger side of life One-Minute Read Tuesday, June 23, 2020 – 5:34am …read more Source:: The...
NATO Deputy SecGen: Pandemic has amplified existing security risks, letting guard down would be a mistake
The novel coronavirus pandemic “has not removed, but has rather amplified the already existing security risks”, and “letting the guard down at such a time would be a serious mistake”, NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana told a a video conference with Romanian reporters on Monday. Geoana also cautioned that this...
Dozens of puppies die on Ukraine-Canada passenger flight
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Around 500 French Bulldogs were discovered crammed in boxes aboard a Ukraine International Airlines plane which landed at Toronto airport on Saturday. …read more Source:: Daily...
