Queen Elizabeth II: Lonely birthday without family and cheering fans

1,400 soldiers, 400 musicians and 200 horses usually march up when the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II (94) is celebrated. Actually, the monarch has her day of honour already on 21 April, but the parade, the so-called “Trooping the Colour” traditionally takes place in June. Due to the Corona Pandemic nothing is normal this year and so the British head of state had to be content with a slimmed down form. So this year she did not watch the spectacle together with her family from the balcony of Buckingham Palace…

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Why do we celebrate Father’s Day?

About Fathers Day This Day is celebrated on different dates in various countries of the world. However, in countries like India, USA, UK, Japan, Ireland, Bangladesh, Pakistan and others, the Father’s Day is observed on Third Sunday of the June which falls on 21st June for the year 2020. The importance of a father can’t be neglected or ignored at all. He is like a superhero who is always ready to take on everyday troubles for his children. The significance of a father is beyond words as he is the…

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13th of June – Only 14 new corona infections in Austria

Saturday, 13 June 2020 – 14 new infections with the coronavirus have been reported in the past 24 hours. The number of those who have been infected rose to 17,078 (as of 9.30 a.m.), the number of those who have died by two new cases to 677. 16,012 persons have now recovered, which means that at the beginning of the weekend less than 400 persons (exactly 389) were currently ill. The number of hospital treatments for Covid-19 increased slightly from 69 to 73 patients per day, according to the Ministry…

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RECORD VALUE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE CORONA CRISIS – First EU country experiences second wave of coronavirus

104 new cases of Covid-19 within 24 hours. Sofia –  In Bulgaria, the coronavirus is spreading in a second wave. The Balkan country, which was hardly affected by the pandemic at first, registered 104 new cases of Covid-19 within 24 hours on Thursday, a record figure since the beginning of the corona crisis. An “exceptional epidemic situation”, originally imposed until June 14, is to be extended until the end of the month. The previous record with 90 new coronavirus infections in one day was measured on 24 April. Bulgaria is…

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Corona study: blood test result allow prognosis on the course of diesease

Findings from Wuhan in Germany confirmed in several patients – many deaths coud have been prevented? In Covid-19 disease, it seems that two types of defence cells in the blood can be used to predict whether a patient will develop a severe course or only mild symptoms. This is the result of a study on 40 Covid-19 patients in Wuhan, China. The findings have been confirmed in Germany in several patients, says co-author Ulf Dittmer, Director of the Institute of Virology at Essen University Hospital and Vice President of the…

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WHO announced: People without symptoms spread coronavirus “very rarely”

New data  show that asymptomatic COVID 19 infections are rare. People without classic symptoms are not primarily the carriers of the coronavirus pandemic. This was announced by the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO also doubts that COVID-19 is difficult to contain due to asymptomatic infections. People who show no symptoms or only weak symptoms may indeed transmit the disease, according to the WHO. However, this is not the most common source of transmission. Contact tracing is effective “The data available to us show that it seems rare for asymptomatic…

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From 16 June 2020: Travel to Croatia, Italy and Greece now possible

The opening of borders is now progressing faster than expected. Travel to Italy and Greece should also be possible again soon – except Sweden – according to APA information, the entry restrictions for travellers from Sweden are likely to be extended. The German government plans to decide on another series of border openings on Wednesday. At a round table in the Federal Chancellery it is reported that the opening of the borders to more than two dozen European states – including the holiday destinations Italy and Greece – could be…

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5 Ways to Call Out Racism and Hate

Race and Racism are the two edges of a sword of human division.  The specious classification of race was developed to enforce the social stratification system of racism.  This culture of racism has engulfed the globe over the past few centuries, using the rise of European military dominance and the beginnings of global capitalism as a means of justifying the subjugation of people of color.  This ideology lasts to this day in both its overt and subtle forms, reinforced by our socialization.  Here are a few ways to confront that socialization…

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DIE KUNST IN ÖSTERREICH LEBT WEITER – Online Classical Concert with Filipino participation

Bösendorfer Artist Donka Angatscheva brings you an hour-long special program together with internationally established musicians and young talents: violin virtuoso Yury Revich, renown pianist, Bösendorfer Artist Nareh Arghamanyan, clarinetist and long-time member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Johannes Hindler, as well as flutist Thomas Frey and rising star cellist Brendan Goh. Soprano Ella Tyran and tenor Stefan Reichmann recall Vienna as an opera city, and actress Mijou Kovacs shares her vision with a tribute to Georges Sand and Frédéric Chopin. All of the artists in the concert followed Donka Angacheva’s…

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