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WORLD NEWS Thursday 11 June 2020
Europe reopens borders amid worst global recession in memory

Continued from Front fly in for a two-week trial
that tests out how to ba-
In the eurozone, which in- lance the needs of Spain’s
cludes the 19 European vital tourism industry with
Union nations that use the new regulations to curb the
common euro currency, country’s coronavirus out-
GDP is expected to plunge break. The trial that begins
11.5% this year in case of a June 15 comes before the
second wave and by over archipelago and the rest of
9% even if another round of the country re-open to in-
infections is avoided. ternational tourism on July
“Now we’re in the midst of 1. The Spanish government
... perhaps the most global is under heavy pressure to
health, economic and so- re-activate an industry that
cial crisis and it’s simply the generates 12% of Spain’s
most severe any of us have GDP and provides 2.6 mil-
ever witnessed,” OECD Se- lion much-needed jobs.
cretary General Angel Gur- Hungary said beginning Fri-
ria said during the presen- day it would fully reopen its
tation of the report in Paris. borders with Croatia, who-
He named tourism and air se beaches on the Adriatic
travel among the “critical” Coast are a favored desti-
sectors hard hit by the pan- nation. Greece will allow
demic and urged countries A visitor takes a selfie as she admires Leonardo da Vinci's mural painting ' The Last Supper ', dating international flights to land
to cooperate in develo- back to 1495-1498 and preserved at the ex-Renaissance refectory of the convent adjacent to the at regional airports begin-
sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie church, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, June 10, 2020.
ping and fairly distributing Associated Press ning July 1. Visitors arriving
a vaccine for the virus. from airports not on the Eu-
“As long as a virus is wide- nister Alexander Schallen- place for Spain because its Austria’s move “an impor- ropean air safety agency
spread somewhere, the berg said the border with own borders remain closed tant signal.” Foreign visitors list of at-risk regions will be
threat will remain everyw- Italy to the south would be until July 1 for most tourists spent 167 billion euros ($190 subjected to random spot
here and economic costs open without conditions on and for Portugal due to an billion) last year in Italy, a coronavirus tests but will not
will persist as some borders June 16 but that a travel increase in infections in re- third of it on food. Contract face the mandatory testing
remain closed,” Gurria said, warning for Austrian citizens cent days. ‘’Please pack workers from France’s all- and quarantine now in pla-
with the report predicting was still in place for Italy’s your bags, but don’t forget important food, catering ce for all international tra-
that the crisis would leave northern region of Lom- the situation at home,’’ An- and events industry held velers. In some other coun-
“long-lasting scars,” inclu- bardy. That region, the epi- schober said, emphasizing a protest Wednesday bet- tries, uncertainty about the
ding lower living standards, center of Italy’s epidemic, that the virus remains in cir- ween the Louvre Museum tourist season remained.
high unemployment and has still been showing triple- culation. ‘’Please consider and Champs-Elysees, say- Germany announced it is
weak investment. digit growth in daily infecti- every trip, whether with the ing the virus pandemic is kil- prolonging its travel war-
The virus has infected 7.2 ons while much of the rest family and on business, and ling their jobs. The symbolic ning for more than 160
million people worldwide of the country counts a when possible don’t tra- flash mob demonstration countries outside Europe
and killed nearly 412,000, handful or fewer. vel.’’ Italy’s Coldiretti farm included about 30 people until the end of August
about 180,000 of them in While Italy opened its own lobby said the Austrian dressed in black, simula- even as it ends border con-
Europe, according to offi- borders on June 3, Austria’s border opening was criti- ting strangulation with their trols for most EU citizens.
cial figures tallied by Johns reluctance to open their cal to Italian tourism, which ties and putting signs rea- Last week, Germany down-
Hopkins University. The true shared border has been a normally registers summer ding “sentenced to death” graded its travel warning
toll is believed to be much sore spot between the two. holiday visits by 3.4 million into a coffin. To the south, for the rest of the 27-nation
higher because many Austrian Health Minister Austrians and 7 million Ger- Spain’s sunny, beautiful Ba- EU, Switzerland, Liechten-
people died without being Rudolf Anschober said res- mans who cross Austria to learic Islands will allow thou- stein, Norway, Iceland and
tested. Austrian Foreign Mi- trictions would remain in reach Italy. Coldiretti called sands of German tourists to Britain.q

China says it’s working with India

to reduce tensions

BEIJING (AP) — China said border. "At present, the Indian officials say Chinese
Wednesday it is taking two sides are taking corre- soldiers entered Ladakh in
measures with India to re- sponding actions to ease early May at three different
duce tensions along their the situation on the border points, erecting tents and
disputed frontier high in the in accordance with the rel- guard posts and ignoring
Himalayas following a re- evant consensus," Hua said verbal warnings to leave.
cent flareup that prompted at a daily briefing. That triggered shouting
rock-throwing and fistfights. Thousands of soldiers from matches, stone-throwing
Foreign Ministry spokes- the two countries have and fistfights, much of it
person Hua Chunying told been facing off just a few replayed on television and In this Sept. 14, 2018, file photo, cattle drink water at Pangong
reporters that the sides hundred meters (yards) social media. In all, China Lake, the site of several confrontations between India and China
had engaged in "effective from each other for a claims some 90,000 square in Ladakh region, in Ladakh, India.
communication through month in the Indian-con- kilometers (35,000 square Associated Press
diplomatic and military trolled Ladakh region. Army miles) of territory in India's ally Buddhist population. territory in the Aksai Chin
channels" on how to deal officers have held a series northeast, including the India says China occupies Plateau in the western Hi-
with issues on the western of meetings to try to break Indian state of Arunachal 38,000 square kilometers malayas, including part of
section of their disputed the impasse. Pradesh, with its tradition- (15,000 square miles) of its the Ladakh region.q