Category: Economy and Tourism

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Covid-19 vaccination or recovery certificates will no longer be required for admission to bars, restaurants, cafes and other venues in Greece starting May 1, said Health Minister Thanos Plevris on Wednesday in a follow-up to Tuesday’s announcement. Plevris clarified that the measure was temporary and that in the coming days the use of the EU […]

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In the coming days, the Israel Ministry of Tourism will begin providing free tours throughout Israel for new immigrants, guided in Russian by licensed tour guides. This unique project, which is financed by the Tourism Ministry, incorporates everything that the immigrants fleeing the war in Ukraine would need. This includes the guidance and transportation from […]

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Legal notice outlines new rules set to come into force on Monday The Maltese health authorities will be recognising both PCR and Rapid Antigen tests for travel to the island, a move tourism authorities have for months said is crucial for the sector’s recovery. On Monday, Health Minister Chris Fearne announced Malta will finally be […]

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France has taken Turkey off its orange list of COVID-19-restricted countries and moved it to its least-restrictive green list, according to an official announcement. Turkey was moved to the green list on March 31, the Turkish Consulate in Paris said in a statement Tuesday. Originally created to counter the spread of COVID-19, France updated the […]

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Germany will no longer impose compulsory quarantine on people infected with the coronavirus from May 1, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said Monday. Isolation remains “strongly recommended”, said Lauterbach, but he added that it will from next month be done “on a voluntary basis”. “The current rules work but (it) is not necessary in the long […]

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Lower meat consumption, reforestation and severe cuts to fossil fuel use are some of the steps needed to keep global warming within the temperature limits laid out in the 2015 Paris climate agreement, a key report from the U.N. climate science agency warned. Despite climate change warnings issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change […]

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The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) welcomes the communication made earlier this morning by Health Minister Chris Fearne that government will go ahead with the further easing of COVID 19 restrictions. MHRA however states that not enough and clear information was presented to better understand how the tourism stakeholders need to react in relation […]

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Minister of Health Dr Chris Fearne confirms no masks in school after Easter, booster offered to vulnerable COVID self-testing will this week become legal in Malta, while those travelling to Malta from a country on the red list will be allowed in with a negative PCR test or a recovery certificate. Children will no longer […]


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