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Europe Day, marking the 70th anniversary of the “Schuman Declaration”, is mainly celebrated today “online”, given the new coronavirus pandemic, at ceremonies and conferences at both the highest level and in national and regional initiatives.
Europe Day marks the anniversary of the historic “Schuman Declaration”, a speech delivered in Paris on May 9, 1950 by Robert Schuman, the then French Minister for Foreign Affairs, who set out his vision for a new form of cooperation. politics in Europe.
His vision was to create a European institution to jointly manage coal and steel production.
The current EU is considered to have started with Schuman’s proposal.
As for the official ceremonies in Brussels, the President of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen, opens the day with a video message, shortly after, the European Parliament (EP), through the European Committee of the Regions (COR) hold, in the morning on the floor, and in the afternoon from home, the online forum “Regions and cities: vital for the economic recovery of Europe”, in which the president of the institution, David participates Sassoli.
Today is also news:
Culture
Musicians Bruno Pernadas, Selma Uamusse and Batida and nine Portuguese visual artists participate in the Rewind cultural project, one of the “online” initiatives of this year’s Europe Day program.
The initiative is the result of the work of more than 100 people, artists, technicians and other elements of civil society, who, although separated in different physical spaces, collaborated for this common project.
The program begins at 2:00 p.m. (Lisbon time) with free readings. In the official account of the Portuguese office of the European Parliament, personal statements or stories of a group of people from different professions who never stopped working in the field will be shared: nurses, merchants, postmen, journalists, truckers, cooks, policemen, among others.
At 4:00 pm, a group of European citizens read the first verses of Canto I of “Os Lusi´adas”.
International
The Chinese province of Guangdong, which borders Macao, and the municipality of Shanghai, have reduced the level of alert about the spread of the new coronavirus.
Shanghai and Guangdong, two of the most populous regions in China and with the most overseas connections, reduced the alert level from two to three, on a scale of one to four, where one is the highest level.
Parks, entertainment venues and other public establishments will be allowed to reopen gradually, and access will be regulated through reservation systems and with a limited number of people per space.
Authorities in Shanghai, the country’s financial “capital”, have claimed that there has been no record of local spread of the new coronavirus since March 3.
On January 24, Shanghai activated alert level one after the city of Wuhan, where the disease was first detected, was quarantined. On March 24, the municipality reduced the alert to level two, which implies the use of a mask, especially in closed places, public transport, health facilities or schools.
In recent days, Shandong province in the east of the country and Henan province in the center have also lowered their alert level.
Beijing, which was at the highest level, went to level two. Later this month, the Chinese capital will host the plenary session of the National People’s Assembly, China’s top legislative body, in the most important annual event on the country’s political agenda.
COUNTRY
The marginals of Porto, Matosinhos and Leça da Palmeira will be conditioned to motorized traffic during the weekend, as a measure to combat the spread and spread of covid-19.
The Porto City Council announced that the conditions will take effect on Saturday, between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., and Sunday, between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., in the avenues of Montevideo, Brazil and Dom. Carlos I, as well as in Rua do Coronel Raul Peres.
The municipality intends to “increase the physical distance between passers-by by extending the pedestrian zone to the roadway, only in these periods”, highlighting that, despite the transition from a state of emergency to a calamity situation, the civic duty of well-being at home remains as well as the need to maintain physical distance measures “
The access restriction does not apply to residents, public transport, taxis and TVDE, as well as loading and unloading / delivery operations.
The same measure will be adopted by the Municipality of Matosinhos, with access for cars to General Norton de Matos Avenue conditioned, between 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Saturdays, and between 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Sundays and holidays, in the section between Avenida da República and the confluence of Avenida General Norton de Matos with Rua Roberto Ivens, with the only exception of access to the car park.
Likewise, the Leça da Palmeira promenade will be equipped at the same time, that is, Avenida da Liberdade, between Rua Belchior Robles and Avenida dos Combatentes.
Madeira’s churches reopened for community celebrations of the Eucharist and for personal prayer, but with a capacity reduced to a third and the obligation to carry out preventive measures, with processions still prohibited.
On Friday, the President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, emphasized that, among the rules and guidelines of the health authorities, only a third of the capacity of the place of worship is allowed, and the distance between the faithful must be respected. during the celebrations
The obligatory disinfection of the hands of the faithful with an alcohol-based and gel solution should also be carried out before entering the church, the obligatory use of a mask and, after religious acts, all contact areas should disinfect properly.
After the celebrations, all the faithful must return home without any interaction in the cemetery or in the common space of the churches, and processions are prohibited.
The measures articulated with the Diocese of Funchal are also applicable in other places of worship that will also reopen on Saturday.
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