Month: January 2021

New Year’s Eve in Italy with sad reviews

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Italy said goodbye to the Corona year on a small scale with nightly curfews. Music festivities were mainly broadcast on television and the Internet. Rome issued a short-term ban on fireworks, which will be in effect until January 6. Violators face fines of up to 500 euros. Because the government had banned New Year’s Eve parties to protect health, many cities organized Internet events with Italian music stars. In Rome, for example, rock singer Gianna Nannini was the toast of the town. The entire country, from Bolzano and Venice in…

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz reveals plan for the “free mass testing” in January

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz explained how “Freitesten” works in January. Different rules apply in gastronomy than in tourism. The new year is just around the corner and Austria is in lockdown. This will not change in the first weeks of January. From 18 January, however, all Austrians can “free” themselves from the lockdown with a negative Corona test, or they will have to live with the 24-hour curfews for another week. Restaurants, hotels, and sports and cultural facilities also open on this day. However, a legal regulation on free-testing is still…

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Worldwide restrained New Year’s Eve celebrations due to Corona crisis

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The start of 2021 worldwide was a different New Year’s Eve than usual because of the Corona pandemic. As usual, Sydney in Australia did start the new year with a colorful fireworks display in front of the Opera House, but this time no spectators were allowed. The situation was similar in New York’s Times Square. The European countries also celebrated the end of the year in a rather restrained manner. Parties and fireworks were canceled, naturally also the Vienna New Year’s Eve path. The fireworks at Sydney Harbour and Opera…

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