(Credit: L’Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur / © Dominique Jaussein) UPDATE: Spokesman of the French government Gabriel Attal confirmed that cinemas, theaters and opera houses would not reopen on Jan. 7 2021. “There were several meetings with the Culture Ministry in the past week and we found that it will not be possible because the virus is circulating still too much,” {…}
(Credit: Opéra de Paris official website) va France has postponed the reopening of cultural venues, including theaters, concert halls and opera houses, said French Prime Minister Jean Castex. The reopening of cultural venues planned for Dec. 15, 2020 has been postponed for three weeks, the Prime Minister announced on Thursday, Dec 10. The curfew, which will be reinstated on Dec. {…}
(Credit: Lonely Planet) French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France will go into lockdown starting Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. The French President announced that “whatever we do, we will have 9,000 patients in the ICU by mid-November.” “We must protect the economy, but human lives are the most important,” added the French President. “Therefore, I decided that it was necessary {…}
(© Christian Leiber/OnP) The French government has announced that it has added new departments to the list of zones where the novel coronavirus is in active circulation. According to a Decree published yesterday, seven new departments were added to the already existing list of red COVID-19 zones. New areas where COVID-19 is in active circulation are Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse on {…}
As Europe eases on the lockdown for the coronavirus, Switzerland has announced that it will open borders with Austria, Germany and France. Following discussions with the Interior Ministers, the Federal Councilor Karin Keller-Sutter and the three countries have come to an agreement to remove restrictions on June 15. The agreement will allow border crossing but will still limit airfare. According {…}
The Minister of Culture of France, Franck Riester, has announced a $22 million emergency fund to rescue those working the arts due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The fund will be divided up in the following manner: $10 millones will be given to music while $5 million for theater, and $2 million for visual arts. The minister announced that this {…}