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The Czech Republic (CZ) entered the pandemic in exceptionally good economic condition, with the lowest unemployment rate in all of the EU, with solid economic growth (2.6 %) and increasing real wages together with low public indebtedness at a level of about 31 % of GDP. Therefore, the Czech (...)
The Republic of Ireland has succeeded in “flattening the curve” of the coronavirus’ spread in relative terms over the last six week. The death toll is roughly on par with Denmark, far less than devastating hotspots in Western Europe. Although the Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar has (...)
As of April 11, the Netherlands is suffering the fifth highest per capita Covid-19 death rate in the world, reporting 24,413 confirmed coronavirus infections and 2,643 Covid-19 deaths in a county of just 17 million. Center-right Prime Minister Mark Rutte was slow to respond to the crisis (...)
‘Coronabond’ proposal for debt sharing threatens to derail meeting of countries still haunted by fallout from 2008.
Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Cranes at the port of Hamburg Cranes at the port of Hamburg. Ministers from Germany and other ‘frugal’ eurozone nations (...)
No Borders New: Briefly describe the state of the pandemic in your country or city. How many people are infected? How many have died? What do experts expect in the coming weeks in terms of how fast the contagion will spread.
Agnes Lou: As of April 1, there were 4,947 confirmed coronavirus (...)
More than 60,000 Germans have tested positive for the coronavirus and 577 have died from Covid-19 as of March 31. Yet, Germany has not yet suffered the terrible casualty rates seen in France, Spain, and Italy where approximately 25,000 people have died in the last few weeks. And while workers (...)
Spain’s requisitioning of private hospitals is a fine example of government mobilization to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak. Yet the country’s overwhelmed wards also show how neoliberal policies have chipped away at public health care — starving hospitals of resources while siphoning them off to (...)
There’s a surreal calm in the last country in Europe to hold out against lockdown. But the death toll is rising and some are voicing dissent.
The Øresund Bridge – yes, that bridge – is an engineering marvel linking the Swedish city of Malmö and Copenhagen that normally transports 70,000 people (...)
With 11,888 positive cases and 193 deaths to date [27 March] for 8 million people, Switzerland is the country with the most Covid-19 cases per capita in the world. 13.74 cases per 10,000 inhabitants on average in the country as a whole, 39.65 in Ticino, 35.19 in Geneva and 29.49 in the canton (...)
Roberto Luzzi, leader of the Italian labor union, SI Cobas , Sindicati Interaziendali Comitati di Base (Cross-industry Base Committees), explains how the compulsion for profit has transformed Italy into the most intense Covid-19 killing zone in the world.
By mid March Italy has become the (...)
793 people died in Italy on Saturday from Covid-19, the highest number of deaths anywhere in the world on a single day. Antonello Zecca is an organizer with the Sinistra Anticapitalista(Anticapitalist Left) in Italy. He has written extensively on Italian politics, social and labor movements, (...)
As of March 20, more than 1,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the Spanish State, placing it fourth behind only China, Italy, and Iran in both casualties and infections globally. Nearly one-third of the infections are located in Madrid and there is no end in sight, despite Prime Minister (...)
I am locked down in Barcelona, but at least there is universal health care and a tradition of mutual support.
On the first Friday in March, I flew to the United States for an overdue family visit. I’ve lived in Spain for more than a year now and hadn’t been able to travel since the fall, when my (...)
A study in Vò, which saw Italy’s first death, points to the danger of asymptomatic carriers.
The small town of Vò, in northern Italy, where the first coronavirus death occurred in the country, has become a case study that demonstrates how scientists might neutralise the spread of Covid-19.
A (...)
The development of the Covid-19 epidemic has been strongest in Italy, the first country to be put completely into severe quarantine. Anti-capitalists are beginning to develop demands and actions. For a broad range of articles on the topic consult ESSF (Europe Solidaires Sans Frontières) under (...)
The European country hit hardest by coronavirus, Italy has announced a near-total shutdown of shops and public venues, but many nonessential workplaces are still running. Refusing to let bosses risk their safety, workers are now going on strike.
“We’re not cannon fodder,” headlined La Repubblica, (...)
• Italy has recorded the most deaths from COVID-19 of any country outside China
• Lombardy is the hardest hit region in Italy, the epicentre of Europe’s coronavirus outbreak
Italy’s prime minister announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine Sunday, imposing restrictions on the movement of about a (...)
Empty supermarket shelves and the spread of designer-brand face masks show that Italians are panicking about coronavirus. The spread of the virus demands a planned and coherent response — but the politics of fear are instead turning Italians against each other.
When Billie Eilish wore a Gucci (...)
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