The Dutch government announced Wednesday that it will ban flights from the U.K., South Africa and South America as of Saturday in an effort to prevent more virulent strains of the coronavirus from taking hold across the country.
The new restrictions also mean everyone flying to the Netherlands will need to take a rapid antigen test, on top of the already existing requirement for a PCR-test conducted within 72 hours of departure."We're getting out of this, but first we have to brace ourselves again now that more contagious variants are coming our way,” caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte said.
Rutte also announced plans to impose a curfew from 8:30 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. However, the government needs the support of a majority of MPs to implement the curfew given that the Cabinet is in caretaker mode after resigning last week. Opposition parties have been critical of a curfew, but local media reported that the GreenLeft and Labor parties are now leaning toward supporting the government line.
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Political Mismanagement : 10 Economic, Political and Social Global Forecasts Indicate Troubled Times Ahead In 2016 - by RM
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links to 10 reports which indicate that the overall state of our globe
in 2016 does not look very rosy. Click on the headline to get the
report.
After all : "The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by its private citizens" - Alexis de Tocqueville
EU-Digest 
March 14, 2015
Venezuela: Euro MPs call on Venezuela to release detainees
The European Parliament called Venezuela Thursday to release students
and opposition figures "arbitrarily detained" during protests against
left-wing President Nicolas Maduro.
Maduro has launched a crackdown on the opposition, saying they are doing Washington's work in trying to oust him and other left-wing leaders in Latin America.
Earlier this week, the United States imposed sanctions against Venezuela as Maduro moved closer to rule by decree.
In a resolution passed by 384 votes to 75, the European Parliament called on the government of the oil-rich South American nation to release all those detained and to end its opposition crackdown.
Read more: Euro MPs call on Venezuela to release detainees | News , World | THE DAILY STAR
Maduro has launched a crackdown on the opposition, saying they are doing Washington's work in trying to oust him and other left-wing leaders in Latin America.
Earlier this week, the United States imposed sanctions against Venezuela as Maduro moved closer to rule by decree.
In a resolution passed by 384 votes to 75, the European Parliament called on the government of the oil-rich South American nation to release all those detained and to end its opposition crackdown.
Read more: Euro MPs call on Venezuela to release detainees | News , World | THE DAILY STAR
February 5, 2014
Tourist Visas: EU to Eliminate Visa Requirement for Colombians, Peruvians
The European Union reached an accord to eliminate the visa requirement
for brief stays by Colombians and Peruvians, the EU delegation in Bogota
said Tuesday.
The agreement is a “verbal political decision” that was reached in Strasbourg by the European Parliament, Council and Commission, and must be ratified by the Permanent Representatives Committee, after which the official announcement will be made in Brussels on Wednesday.
“The decision adopted today ratifies the political will of the EU to eliminate the visa requirement for Colombians and gives a green light to beginning the legislative process that will allow the measure to be implemented in the near future,” the bloc’s ambassador to Colombia, Maria Antonia van Gool, said in a communique.
The elimination of the visa requirement for Colombians and Peruvians to visit the Schengen Area, made up of 26 European countries, was proposed last August by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
The date when the decision will take effect has not yet been decided.
Read more: Latin American Herald Tribune - EU to Eliminate Visa Requirement for Colombians, Peruvians
The agreement is a “verbal political decision” that was reached in Strasbourg by the European Parliament, Council and Commission, and must be ratified by the Permanent Representatives Committee, after which the official announcement will be made in Brussels on Wednesday.
“The decision adopted today ratifies the political will of the EU to eliminate the visa requirement for Colombians and gives a green light to beginning the legislative process that will allow the measure to be implemented in the near future,” the bloc’s ambassador to Colombia, Maria Antonia van Gool, said in a communique.
The elimination of the visa requirement for Colombians and Peruvians to visit the Schengen Area, made up of 26 European countries, was proposed last August by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
The date when the decision will take effect has not yet been decided.
Read more: Latin American Herald Tribune - EU to Eliminate Visa Requirement for Colombians, Peruvians
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