NZ-Aus travel bubble could provide template for rest of the world
18 Apr, 2021 01:53 AM
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The aviation industry around the world will be keeping an eye on what happens in New Zealand and Australia. Photo / File
The aviation industry around the world will be keeping an eye on what happens in New Zealand and Australia. Photo / File
Financial Times
OPINION: The launch of a quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand could provide a template for elsewhere in the world and pave the way for an airline industry recovery, according to the countries leading carriers.
However, cash-strapped Air New Zealand and Qantas Airways have warned that delays in Covid-19 vaccinations in both nations threatened to upend the resumption of international flights to parts of the world that are struggling to contain the spread of coronavirus.
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Older farmers may be unwilling to sell land and the Common Agricultural Policy tends to slow down land release, the Commission has found.
Ireland’s former early retirement scheme was not appropriately designed to meet the specific needs and concerns of older farmers, the European Commission has said.
In its evaluation of a report on generational renewal and CAP measures, the Commission said this was because the scheme required the older farmer to completely cease farming activities and involvement in the farm.
Older farmers may be unwilling to sell land and the CAP tends to slow down land release, the Commission said.
Xinhua | Updated: 2021-04-17 17:11 Share CLOSE First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba Raul Castro on Friday announced he is retiring as the head of the party. [Photo/Xinhua]
HAVANA First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba Raul Castro on Friday announced he is retiring as the head of the party. As for me, my task as first secretary of the Central Committee of the Party concludes, with the satisfaction of having fulfilled (my mission) and confidence in the future of the country, Castro said after presenting the key report on the opening day of the PCC s 8th Congress.