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Italy: Dozens Of Arrests In A Major Action Against Cosa Nostra

12May

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Europe, Italy, News

Italy: Dozens Of Arrests In A Major Action Against Cosa Nostra

The Italian authorities have arrested 91 suspects in a major campaign against Mafia clans by Cosa Nostra. About 500 officials in Sicily and eight other regions were involved in the raids led by the judiciary in Palermo. The financial police report this Tuesday. The Cosa Nostra is mainly active on the island of Sicily. According to media reports, the raids mainly targeted the two known clans Acquasanta and Arenella. Among those arrested were bosses and other figureheads from the criminal environment, Corriere Della Sera newspaper writes. They are suspected of money laundering, drug trafficking, illegal gambling and racketeering. According to the newspaper, the authorities assume that clans originally from Palermo have also moved their businesses to Milan and other northern Itali...

French President: Nothing Sure About Summer Holidays Yet

5May

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Europe, France, News

French President: Nothing Sure About Summer Holidays Yet

It is too early to say whether there will be holidays in France next summer. That should become clear in early June, French President Macron said on French television. After the "extremely cautious" relaxation of the corona measures on May 11, the French will still have to take into account controls and restrictions on long journeys, Macron said. The rules for this will be laid down on Thursday. But according to Macron, it is already clear that during the summer holidays large international trips will hardly be possible. It all depends on the coronavirus containment progress. "We didn't win the fight against the virus. It's still there, we slowed it down," said Macron.

Deputy Prime Minister Wants to End Idiosyncratic Merkel Policy

4May

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Europe, Germany, News

Deputy Prime Minister Wants to End Idiosyncratic Merkel Policy

The Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Joachim Stamp, has accused Chancellor Angela Merkel of dictating corona policy as a monarch. He anticipates Merkel's Wednesday meeting with the sixteen state prime ministers, where policies against the coronavirus are outlined as usual. Merkel is increasingly under fire for its resistance to rapid relaxation of the restrictive measures. For example, Stamp threatens to open the daycare centres in NRW itself if no decisions are made on Wednesday in Berlin. "We can't be kept on the leash for another week and we'll go our own way." He thinks that the federal states should decide for themselves how they should take measures or relax them because the virus has managed in different ways in the federal sta...

The Death Toll Due to Corona Crisis in Sweden Risen Above 2000

23Apr

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Europe, News, Sweden

The Death Toll Due to Corona Crisis in Sweden Risen Above 2000

The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Sweden has risen to 2021. Stockholm has been particularly hard hit. 1128 patients who contracted the infectious virus died there. Sweden has taken less stringent measures against the spread of the virus than other European countries. The Swedish government asked residents to take responsibility themselves. Residents can still go to restaurants and cafes due to the reluctant government policy. Schools and nurseries may also remain open. However, a ban on meetings with more than fifty people applies. In the country, 16,755 people have been diagnosed with the virus so far. The death rate from the coronavirus is higher than in neighbouring countries such as Finland, Denmark and Norway. There, the authorities took more extensive anti...

Germany Extends the Border Controls Because of the Coronavirus to May 4

15Apr

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Europe, Germany, News

Germany Extends the Border Controls Because of the Coronavirus to May 4

Germany extends the border controls introduced a month ago because of the coronavirus to May 4. Border checks with Austria, France, Luxembourg, Denmark and Switzerland will be carried out for at least another twenty days, the German Ministry of the Interior said. The borders with the Netherlands and Belgium remain without controls, although supervision has been tightened. People who are not German and who do not live in the country must have a "good reason" to enter the country. This concerns, for example, EU citizens who have to go home through the country or truck drivers who transport essential goods. Besides, Germans who return from a stay abroad for more than a day are obliged to stay at home in self-isolation.

EU Demands Action Against Guilty Poison Gas Attack in Syria

9Apr

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Europe, News, Syria

EU Demands Action Against Guilty Poison Gas Attack in Syria

Those responsible for the poison gas attacks in Syria in 2017 should be held accountable. "Impunity for these terrible acts will not be tolerated," said EU foreign chief Josep Borrell on behalf of the 27 Member States. Researchers from the International Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague found that the Syrian Air Force was behind multiple poison gas attacks in the country, killing tens of people. In a report on Wednesday, the OPCW first held the Syrian government responsible for three attacks in March 2017, using chlorine gas and the nerve agent sarin. The European Union takes over the conclusions and in a statement strongly condemns the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Air Force. Accountability is essential to prevent the re-use of ch...

The Number of Corona Deaths in French Hospitals Has Increased by Almost 600 in A Day

3Apr

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Europe, France, News

The Number of Corona Deaths in French Hospitals Has Increased by Almost 600 in A Day

The number of corona deaths in French hospitals has increased by almost 600 in a day. In total, 5091 patients have succumbed to coronavirus there so far, authorities report. In addition, a total of 1,416 deaths occur in care homes and other institutions. Official figures on the deaths in nursing homes were released for the first time on Thursday, at 884 recently. And the overview is far from complete, it is emphasized. France is one of the hardest-hit countries in the world.

Number of European Coronavirus Cases Now Above A Quarter of A Million

26Mar

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Europe, News

Number of European Coronavirus Cases Now Above A Quarter of A Million

The number of European Coronavirus Cases Now Above A Quarter of A Million. The number of people infected with the coronavirus in Europe rose to more than 250,000 on Thursday. More than half of those cases are in Italy (74,000) and Spain (56,000), according to figures from the World Health Organization WHO. Europe is the region with the highest number of cases worldwide: 258,000. The death toll in Europe stands at 14,640. Here, too, Italy and Spain are the most affected countries. Asia is the hardest hit after Europe. There, 101,000 people have been infected with the coronavirus, and more than 3,600 people have died. Worldwide, the number of infections is just over 481,000 and 21,800 deaths in 182 countries. However, the WHO believes that the actual numbers are higher because, ...

The European States Activate Sanction Mechanism with Iran Deal

14Jan

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Europe, Iran, News

The European States Activate Sanction Mechanism with Iran Deal

France, the United Kingdom and Germany have activated a sanction mechanism in the nuclear deal with Iran. That brings the end of the 2015 agreement a step closer, although the three countries say they are not after it. After the US withdrew from the agreement and again introduced sanctions against Tehran, Iran also scaled back its commitments to the Iran deal. France, Germany and the United Kingdom are therefore not set up and are now taking steps themselves. "We do not accept the argument that Iran should no longer fully comply with the agreement," it says in mutual communication. They say they have no choice but to activate the mechanism; that may lead to new sanctions in the long term. Yet they do not want to go as far as the United States, which in the meantime has wholly w...

Deutsche Bank Is Performing A Reorganization

9Jul

By Eunice MontjoyNo Comments

Europe, News

Deutsche Bank Is Performing A Reorganization

Deutsche Bank is performing a Reorganization, 18,000 jobs will Disappear Until 2022. Deutsche Bank is implementing a significant reorganisation. Until 2022, eighteen thousand jobs at the bank will disappear from Germany, reducing the workforce to 74,000. A total of more than 91,000 people now work at Deutsche Bank. The bank requires to make a loss of 2.5 billion pounds in the second quarter of this year. Deutsche Bank will also stop its activities on the foreign stock market. Deutsche Bank has been struggling for ages. The bank's share has been in free fall since August and fell by almost 40 percent. As a result, earnings expectations were adjusted downwards. Stephan Szukalski, a board member at Deutsche Bank, that the reorganisation means a "new beginning" for the bank. D...