Regent Barbers owner Alan Kelly (L), who wears PPE (personal protective equipment), a face mask, or cover as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19, reflects in a mirror as he cuts the hair of a customer, also wearing a covered face, in Dublin on June 29, 2020, as blocking …
Read More »England to end mandatory quarantine for travelers from France, Germany, Spain and Italy
A worker disinfects the showers on the beach of La Muralla on May 25, 2020 in El Puerto de Santa María, Spain. Juan Carlos Toro The UK government is about to lift mandatory self-isolation for travelers from low-risk destinations to England starting next week. Most of the travelers who arrived …
Read More »The unemployment rate in the euro area rises to 7.4% in May
A protester at the picket line wears a written helmet without layoffs during a demonstration in Spain. SOPA Images The unemployment rate in the euro zone reached 7.4% in May, as the region is dealing with the Covid-19 economic shock. It comes after several European economies took their first steps …
Read More »Former ECB member Benoit Coeure warns of corporate insolvency looming
Certain companies risk becoming insolvent as governments speed up fiscal support, a former member of the European Central Bank warned Tuesday. Many governments have deployed a massive fiscal stimulus to mitigate the economic consequences of Covid-19. In most cases, this has allowed companies to avoid bankruptcy and employees to have …
Read More »Spain, Ireland, Luxembourg fight for work
This combination of archive images taken on June 10, 2020 shows (LR) to the Luxembourg Minister of Finance, Pierre Gramegna, on December 4, 2017, in Brussels; The Minister of Economic Affairs of Spain, Nadia Calvino, on June 8, 2018 in Madrid; and Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe on October 8, …
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