European holiday resorts could open with ‘tourist corridors’ set up to protect holidaymakers

European travel chiefs are calling for the creation of ‘tourism corridors’ so holiday resorts can re-open in time for summer. Ministers from nine countries, including France, Italy, Greece and Spain, wrote to European Union chiefs yesterday warning the industry faces collapse if special measures are not rolled out soon. Ideas under dicsussion include an EU-wide … Read more

Apple will release COVID-19 tracking technology to governments weeks before previously planned

Apple says it will release COVID-19 contact tracing technology to governments weeks before the company had previously estimated The technology will be made available to developers on April 28   That date comes courtesy of Apple CEO Tim Cook Its technology will support the creation of COVID-19 contact tracing apps By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: 23:53 BST, 23 … Read more

Fears Italy’s coronavirus crisis could trigger surge in far-right extremism

Italy is staring down the barrel of the worst recession since the Second World War, which could bolster the far-right and damage the country’s love affair with the European Union, analysts say. Much will depend on how Rome handles the easing of the national lockdown, how quickly it manages to get liquidity to suffering businesses, … Read more

Fears Italy’s coronavirus crisis could trigger surge in far-right extremism

Italy is staring down the barrel of the worst recession since the Second World War, which could bolster the far-right and damage the country’s love affair with the European Union, analysts say. Much will depend on how Rome handles the easing of the national lockdown, how quickly it manages to get liquidity to suffering businesses, … Read more

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warns people against making summer holiday plans

‘DON’T book summer holidays hoping coronavirus crisis will be over’: European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen warns against making travel plans France urges fellow EU countries to keep non-Schengen travel restrictions European Commission President also warns people not to make holiday plans It comes after the UK government warned against all non-essential global travel … Read more

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warns people against making summer holiday plans

‘DON’T book summer holidays hoping coronavirus crisis will be over’: European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen warns against making travel plans France urges fellow EU countries to keep non-Schengen travel restrictions European Commission President also warns people not to make holiday plans It comes after the UK government warned against all non-essential global travel … Read more

EU agrees trillion-euro bailout plan dubbed ‘the most important agreement in the bloc’s history’

EU agrees trillion-euro bailout plan dubbed ‘the most important agreement in the bloc’s history’ to help shore up its coronavirus-hit economy Bloc agreed huge bailout for countries’ economies amid fallout from coronavirus French finance minister called the agreement the ‘most important in EU history’ €500bn will be made available immediately and the same again for … Read more

EU agrees trillion-euro bailout plan dubbed ‘the most important agreement in the bloc’s history’

EU agrees trillion-euro bailout plan dubbed ‘the most important agreement in the bloc’s history’ to help shore up its coronavirus-hit economy Bloc agreed huge bailout for countries’ economies amid fallout from coronavirus French finance minister called the agreement the ‘most important in EU history’ €500bn will be made available immediately and the same again for … Read more

Coffins fill up Italy’s churches and halls after the death toll soars by 969 in a single day

Italy’s coronavirus death toll has skyrocketed by 899 in just 24 hours bringing the total number of deaths to 10,023. The second highest death toll increase comes as the total number of cases in Italy hit 92,472. The Italian Army were today brought in to ferry coffins out of Bergamo, Northern Italy as its morgue and … Read more