Germany has enacted restrictions on entry from the Czech Republic as of September 23, 2020 in the face of rising numbers of COVID-19 infections in the Czech Republic.  

Regime A Regime B Extension of visas for foreigners "Orientations" of the European Data Protection Supervisor

First participants dosed in Phase 3 trial (ENSEMBLE) evaluating safety and efficacy of Janssen’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, JNJ-78436735, also known as Ad26.COV2.S  

The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Russia lead the rankings of the 21 CEE countries where employers and employees have to pay the highest mandatory contributions to social and health insurance. This is according to the international MAZARS CEE Tax Guide, which monitors the development of direct and indirect tax, labour expenses, wage levels and the area of transfer pricing.

Well, by now I’m sure you’ve all heard of the Coronavirus (it was in all the newspapers!) In fact, I doubt that any other topic in recent memory has captured the attention of the world’s peoples in such a universal and negative manner. In the minds of most people, the news coming from almost all media outlets, as well as the multiplicity of officials who are supposed to be looking after the problem, seems to be all bad. Is there any wonder, then, that some of us might be finding the internal mechanisms to cope with all the negativity and uncertainty…a bit challenging to access and engage in a comforting way? In light of all the conflicting reports regarding the reported dangers, and the varying opinions with regard to the safety measures (to include extended lockdowns!) that might be effective in avoiding the worst of the danger, no one should be surprised that uncertainty-induced anxieties might emerge from time to time.

There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a most dramatic effect on the hotel business throughout Europe and words like ‘unprecedented’ and ‘unique’ are used liberally to describe the situation. Performance data from STR for the first half of the year compared with 2019 show how dramatic the effect on the hotel sector has been with RevPAR since March 2020 nose-diving, with many hotels closing their doors.