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Covid-19: European Union Adds the US to its Safe Travel List

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The European Union has decided to add the United States to its safe travel list, wherein it will be now easier for Americans to take a vacation in one of the 27 member states.

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, non-essential travel from the US and from other places was being banned earlier in order to avoid further contagion. However, with the vaccinations getting on track, the 27 EU ambassadors based in Brussels that the region allows nonessential travelers from eight new countries and territories.

These are the US, Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Lebanon, Taiwan, Macau, and Hong Kong.

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European Union Approves Virus Pass, Boosting Summer Travel Hopes

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The European Union (EU) lawmakers have endorsed a new travel certificate that allows people to move between European countries without having to quarantine or undergo extra coronavirus tests.

This is to start in time for summer this year. This certificate is aimed at saving Europe’s travel industry and prime tourist sites from another disastrous vacation season. Several European countries like Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Greece, and Poland have already begun using this system.

Currently, traveling in the EU’s 27 nations is a trail for both the tourists as well as airlines alike, wherein each nation is applying different rules and standards making travel confusing for all.

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French president Emmanuel Macron slapped on face

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On an official visit to the south-east of France, French President Emmanuel Macron has been slapped in the face.


In a video circulating on social media platforms, Mr Macron is seen walking up to a barrier on a trip to Tain-l’Hermitage outside the city of Valence. A man in a green T-shirt slaps Mr Macron in the face before officers quickly move in. The president, meanwhile, is pulled away. According to the reports two men have been arrested following the incident.

The identity and motive of the man are not yet clear. In a statement, the local prefecture said he and another individual are being questioned by the gendarmerie.

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Euro 2020: Thomas Mueller on the Mark as Germany Thrash Latvia

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Thomas Mueller has scored his first international score in two years as Germany crushed minnows Latvia 7-1 in their final warm-up friendly before the Euro 2020 finals.

Latvia which ranked 138th in the world, got rarely out of their half as Germany turned up for their opening game of the European Championship against world champions France in eight days’ time in Munich. The 35-year old veteran had one of the quietest nights of his career in Dusseldorf. He was largely untested until Latvia midfielder Aleksejs Saveljevs caught the German defense napping with a consolation goal 15 minutes from time.

Kai Havertz ghosted through the Latvia defense to set up the opener as left-back Robin Gosens claimed his first international goal, then 86 seconds later Gundogan crashed in the second. Germany was 3-0 up inside 27 minutes when Mueller hit the net, his 39th goal in 102 caps for Germany.

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Hungarians Protest Against Planned Chinese University Campus

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Thousands of protestors have marched through Budapest to protest against plans to open a Chinese university campus in the Hungarian capital.

The opponents stated that this will undercut the country’s own higher education and increases the influence of China’s communist authorities. “I do not agree with our country’s strengthening feudal relationship with China,” Patrik, a 22-year-old student who declined to give his full name, said at the protest in the Hungarian capital. He said funds should be used “to improve our own universities instead of building a Chinese one.”

The government had signed an agreement with Shanghai-based Fudan University in April and had planned to build the campus at a site in Budapest where a dormitory village for Hungarian students was already been planned.

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Jihadist attacks: 3 sentenced over 2017 Barcelona and Cambrils jihadist attacks

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Three men who assisted the perpetrators of jihadist terrorist attacks in and in 2017 16 people killed around at Barcelona have been jailed in Spain.


Two of the group were handed sentences of 53 and 46 years, while a third man was given an eight-year jail term. Before a twin attack was launched in a nearby town of the perpetrators rammed a van into pedestrians in Barcelona’s Las Ramblas tourist area. The Islamic State group (IS) said it carried out the attacks.

Mohamed Houli Chemlal, 24, and Driss Oukabir, 32, were sentenced to 53 and 46 years respectively for offences that included belonging to a terrorist group and manufacturing and possessing explosives. A third man, Said Ben Iazza, 26, was given an eight-year term for helping with a terrorist group.

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Belarus Ryanair Flight Diverted: Passengers Describe Panic on Board

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The passengers on Ryanair flight FR4978 from Athens which was nearing its final destination of Vilnius, Lithuania have described their panic as it was suddenly forced to divert to Minsk.

The plane was accompanied by a fighter jet that had been scrambled to guide it to the Belarusian capital. Soon after its arrival, Belarus arrested one of the passengers, a dissident journalist called Roman Protasevich.

We have information from special services that you have a bomb on board and it can be activated over Vilnius,” Minsk air traffic control said, recommending that the aircraft make a landing. The pilot then questioned the origin of the bomb threat, to which Minsk said airport security had received it via email


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England Arundel Castle: Historical items worth over €1.1 million stolen

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Historical items worth over £1 million (€1.15 million) were stolen from Arundel Castle, British police are appealing for information.

The break-in at Arundel Castle, took place on Friday evening in Sussex, south-east England. Sussex police said that “Various items have been stolen of great historical significance. ”

These include the Gold Rosary Beads carried by Mary Queen of Scots at her execution in 1587, several coronation cups and other gold and silver treasures. They were all taken from a display cabinet along the public route.

Whether it is connected to the burglary and are appealing for information, police are now examining a 4×4 vehicle found abandoned and on fire in nearby Barlavington to establish . The monument only reopened on May 18 to the public .

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French Champion Jockey Pierre-Charles Boudot Charged with Rape

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Pierre-Charles Boudot, 28, French Champion jockey has been accused of assaulting a woman at a party in February. However, he denies any wrongdoing.

Mr. Boudot who had won the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in 2019, had been released on 50,000 euro bail. Another jockey, Pierre Bazire is also being investigated for failing to report the crime.

The governing body of the sport in France, France Galop, said that while both of the men were presumed to be innocent, it had decided to suspend them for two days due to the seriousness of the charges. Mr. Boudot had also been named as a witness in another rape investigation dating back to 2015.

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Four European Countries Suspend AstraZeneca Vaccines

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Germany, France, Italy, and Spain have suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine over reports of dangerous blood clots in some recipients.

To this, the company and European regulators have commented that there is no evidence for the shot to be blamed. The four countries have joined the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Ireland, and a few other nations that have already paused the use of the vaccine.

However, the World Health Organization is still recommending the vaccine and stated that the greatest threat facing the countries is the lack of access to vaccines and not blood clot concerns.

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