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Migrants from Africa sit in a rubber dinghy as they arrive from Turkey to the beach of the village of Skala Sikamineas. More than 20,000 migrants have died in the Mediterranean since migration in the region started surging in 2014, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday in Geneva.
Migrants from Africa sit in a rubber din... […]
Migrants, Infographic

EU agency: Central Med migrant crossings more than doubled in July

The number of illegal sea migration across the Mediterranean has doubled in July compared to the month before. All in all nevertheless, migration figures within the EU have fallen in 2020 due to the corona virus travel restrictions.
8 months ago
15.06.2020, Hessen, Frankfurt/Main: Ein Flug nach Palma de Mallorca f¸r den Nachmittag ist in Terminal 1 des Frankfurter Flughafens in der Abflughalle auf einer Anzeigetafel gelistet. Einige Urlauber durften schon nach Mallorca fliegen. Foto: Arne Dedert/dpa - ACHTUNG: Dieses Foto hat dpa bereits im Bildfunk gesendet - Honorarfrei nur f¸r Bezieher des Dienstes dpa-Nachrichten f¸r Kinder +++ dpa-Nachrichten f¸r Kinder +++
15.06.2020, Hessen, Frankfurt/Main: Ein ... […]
Coronavirus, Tourism, Infographic

Travel resumes across Europe amid hopes of economic recovery

Several European countries are slowly starting to reopen their EU borders that were closed for about three months due to the coronavirus pandemic. Nonetheless, some travel restrictions still do apply.
10 months ago
The mayor of the Slovenian town of Nova Gorica Klemen Miklavic (L) and his Italian counterpart, mayor of Gorizia Rodolfo Ziberna, cut a symbolic ribbon to inaugurate the reopening of the border between Slovenia and Italy in Nova Gorica, Slovenia on June 15, 2020. Photo: Jure Makovec / AFP
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Coronavirus, Tourism, Transportation and mobility, Infographic, Videos

EU’s haphazard route to post-lockdown border reopenings

As European countries emerge from coronavirus lockdowns and lift travel restrictions, the EU has aimed to coordinate border reopening among members - but the process has been far from harmonious
10 months ago
Visitors check out Italian Vespa scooters and Alfa Romeo cars in Town Hall Square in Lithuania's capital Vilnius during a tourism event to mimic the Italian holiday experience on June 6, 2020. Photo: Petras Malukas / AFP
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Coronavirus, Health, Tourism

Roman Holiday: Lithuania capital turns Italian as virus stops travel

With virus travel restrictions preventing summer holidays abroad, Lithuania's capital is offering a low-cost alternative by mimicking the look and feel of different countries at weekends
10 months ago
A bottle of Hydroxychloroquine pills pictured on a counter at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, on May 20, 2020. Photo: George Frey / AFP
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Coronavirus, Health, Transportation and mobility, Infographic, Videos

WHO resumes trials on controversial drug as Italy reopens

The WHO says it will resume coronavirus trials on the controversial drug hydroxychloroquine, while Italy led European nations reopening borders as the pandemic carved its way through Latin America
11 months ago
A general view of the town of Budva, on the Adriatic coast of Montenegro, taken on May 13, 2020. Photo: Savo Prelevic / AFP
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Coronavirus, Health, Tourism, Infographic, Videos

Montenegro woos tourists to Europe’s ‘corona-free’ corner

Less than two months after detecting its first infection, Montenegro is the first European country to declare itself coronavirus-free, a pronouncement it hopes will lure tourists to its Adriatic coast
11 months ago
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