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An audience of 183 million people in 36 countries
183 million viewers watched the Eurovision Song Contest this year. – Peter Dejong / AP / SIPA A good year for Eurovision. The biggest live musical spectacle in the world…
And the first ten countries to qualify for the final are …
Singer Elena Tsagrinou, Cyprus representative at Eurovision 2021. – EBU / THOMAS HANSES This Tuesday, in Rotterdam (Netherlands), was held the first semi-final of Eurovision 2021. Sixteen countries were in…
WHO calls for doses to disadvantaged countries rather than immunizing children
A 13-year-old girl receiving a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in New York City on May 13, 2021. – Anthony Behar / Sipa USA / SIPA Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calls…
Portugal authorizes tourist travel for most European countries
A plane from the Portuguese company TAP flies over Lisbon on April 5, 2021. – PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP After the United Kingdom, Portugal will authorize tourist travel…
The mandatory quarantine to enter France extended to four other countries
Checks at Roissy airport. (drawing) – IAN LANGSDON / POOL / AFP To return from Bahrain, Colombia, Costa Rica or Uruguay to France, you will now have to go through…
The Indian variant detected in 44 countries, the WHO considers it “worrying”
The new Indian variant of the Coronavirus worries European countries. – Manish Swarup / AP / SIPA The mutant continues to expand. The World Health Organization (WHO) has detected the…
The mandatory quarantine to enter France extended to seven other countries, including Turkey
A turn of the screw at the borders to stem the coronavirus epidemic. Travelers from seven additional countries, including Turkey, will have to observe a mandatory ten-day quarantine on arrival…
Self-screening tests soon to be half the cost for 135 countries
An HIV test. (drawing) – JODY AMIET / AFP Underprivileged countries will be able to access more easily self-tests to detect the AIDS virus, thanks to the reduction of the…
US to share 60 million AstraZeneca doses with other countries
AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine boxes (illustration). – Virginia Mayo / AP / SIPA It’s a rich man’s problem. The United States, which has ordered too many Covid-19 vaccines, will provide other…
Greece lifts quarantine for residents of European Union and five other countries
It will be possible for Europeans to find Athens and Greece. – SIPA Greek civil aviation announced on Monday the lifting of the mandatory seven-day quarantine in force so far…