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Wednesday, Jan 26, 2022

Malta | Vaccine certificate rules relaxed for Restaurants from 7 February, Bars from 14 February

*Malta’s vaccine certificate rules will be relaxed in the first half of February for a number of establishments, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health Dr Chris Fearne announced in Parliament on...

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Tuesday, Jan 25, 2022

Libya does not need another long transitional period: UN Envoy

*Libya does not need another transitional period, the U.N. Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Libya said Monday.* After meeting with the President of the High Council of States, Khalid al-Mishri i...

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Tuesday, Jan 25, 2022

Snowstorm blankets Greece's Athens as Thousands Rescued from Motorway

*Rescue crews, including the army, worked through the night to evacuate thousands of people stranded in their cars on an Athens motorway after a severe snowstorm swept across Greece on Monday, blanket...

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Tuesday, Jan 25, 2022

You Want It, You Got It: COVID Vaccine Symptoms and 'Nocebo Effect'

*The list of potential side effects from COVID-19 vaccines is long. But scientists now say many of the adverse reactions people have been feeling could be caused not by the vaccines themselves, but by...

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Tuesday, Jan 25, 2022

István Ujhelyi re-elected as First Vice-Chair of European Parliament's Transport and Tourism Committee

*Hungarian Socialist MEP István Ujhelyi, who is also a Senator of the Mediterranean Tourism Foundation, was elected as the first vice-chair of the European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee...

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Monday, Jan 24, 2022

UK PM confirms testing for vaccinated arrivals to be removed

*The UK Prime Minister has confirmed that the requirement for Covid-19 tests for fully vaccinated international travellers arriving in England will be removed.* Boris Johnson updated broadcasters on t...

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Monday, Jan 24, 2022

Omicron restrictions held back Corporate Travel Recovery

*UK Government reaction to the Omicron wave of Covid-19 and resulting uncertainty about restrictions has set back the corporate travel recovery, according to the Global Business Travel Association (GB...

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Monday, Jan 24, 2022

Industry attention shifts to validity duration of Covid Certificates

*The government is poised to confirm the removal of all Covid tests on arrival for fully vaccinated travellers, if not by the end of January then in time for the February half-term.* However, attentio...

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Monday, Jan 24, 2022

Airline Chiefs demand return to ‘Restriction-Free’ International Travel

*Restriction-free international travel should be immediately restored “at the very least” for the fully vaccinated, UK airline bosses have urged the government today (Monday).* In a letter to health s...

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Saturday, Jan 22, 2022

Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association welcomes news that restrictions will be lifted shortly.

*The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) welcomes the announcement made earlier today by Health Minister Chris Fearne that an "exit roadmap" to unwind existing COVID-19 health restrictions...

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Saturday, Jan 22, 2022

Malta | Health Minister Dr Fearne: “We will be removing more Covid measures”

*Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Chris Fearne said the Government will this week be announcing dates when the country will continue to gradually remove Covid measures.* In an interview on O...

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Saturday, Jan 22, 2022

‘Strong Indication’ From Malta’s Authorities That COVID-19 Restrictions Will Be Eased Within Two Weeks, Tourism Lobbyist Says

*Maltese authorities have given “strong indications” that more COVID-19 restrictions will be eased in the coming weeks, the president of the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MRA) has said.* ...

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