


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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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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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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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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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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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. ”
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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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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