Anti-racist protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement were held simultaneously in two Nordic capitals yielded dramatically different outcomes. While the demonstration in Helsinki wrapped up peacefully, Stockholm police had to use teargas. Thousands of protestors gathered at Helsinki’s Senate Square on Wednesday evening to demonstrate against racism […]
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There is a “definite threat” of a repeat Covid-19 outbreak if nations emerging from their first wave aren’t vigilant, a senior official at the UN’s health watchdog has warned the Russian diaspora, as countries ease restrictions. Hans Kluge, the European director for the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday reiterated […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107806/27/1078062771_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_631e693a192ab2e100be06b1aade5705.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202005311079479027-labours-rosie-duffield-right-to-resign-for-breaching-lockdown-restrictions/ Duffield, MP for Canterbury, resigned as whip and apologised after newspaper revelations she’d met her partner while lockdown restrictions were in place despite not living together, at a time people from separate households were still barred from meeting. Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds has […]
Authorities have warned that they will return to strict social distancing rules if they fail to curb the second wave of Covid-19 infections. The quarantine measures were eased just a few weeks ago. Tighter restrictions were reinstated in South Korea’s capital, Seoul along with the adjacent city of Incheon and […]
Europe 21:54 GMT 26.05.2020Get short URL BERLIN (Sputnik) – The German authorities have extended restrictions on social contacts for citizens in connection with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak until 29 June, the German cabinet said in a statement. “The federal government and the states today agreed on a joint […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107915/04/1079150497_0:0:3073:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_89ca7e01f80de8826c665bf1ea94a3a3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202005251079415884-saudi-arabia-to-ease-coronavirus-restrictions-on-thursday/ DOHA (Sputnik) – Saudi Arabia will start phasing out restrictions on Thursday that were imposed to limit the spread of the new coronavirus, Health Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah has said. “Starting Thursday, 28 May, the next measures will be implemented to allow a full […]
Players in the Australian Football League (AFL) are chasing details from the powers that be as they attempt to understand a specific coronavirus restriction known locally as the “Bonk Ban.” The rule, which prevents players from having visitors to their homes other than their partners, or a friend or family […]
Footage of police in New Jersey informing anti-lockdown protesters they’re in violation of Covid-19 executive orders, but will not face consequences, is the latest example of officers taking a more hands-off approach to the rules. People began gathering outside Atilis Gym in southern New Jersey hours before it opened on […]
The Russian government has allocated 23.4 billion rubles ($316 million) to support domestic airlines, which are suffering tremendous losses as a result of coronavirus-related restrictions. The subsidies were unveiled on the government website early Thursday following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s call to support the troubled sector. According to the document, […]
The news comes as Brits have remained under strict government measures launched on 23 March aimed at tackling the pandemic, which the Prime Minister said were “never seen before in peace or war”. The British government published changes to nationwide lockdown measures on Monday in a 60-page document, entitled Our […]
Iceland expects to start easing restrictions for visitors arriving from overseas no later than June 15, the government said on Tuesday. Under a plan still being developed by the authorities, travelers would be given a choice between a test for Covid-19 upon arrival in Iceland or a two-week quarantine, Reuters […]
Footage of Parisians crowded onto a Paris Metro train with no ability to implement social distancing rules left many French netizens fuming as the country began its ‘gradual’ reopening and easing of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. Passengers were packed like sardines onto a train running on Paris’ busy Line 13 on […]
Boris Johnson is expected to permit unlimited exercise as well as allowing picnics and sunbathing in parks after six weeks of lockdown, but rather than being thrilled by new freedoms, many Britons want to be kept housebound. The UK has seen significant curbs on personal freedoms since March, with travel […]
Berlin will reportedly put Germany’s 16 states in charge of relaxing lockdown measures, allowing shops to open up, students to return to school, and the Bundesliga to start again – as long as the epidemic doesn’t make a comeback. Heads of German states will be in charge of emerging from […]