Holiday travel plans for October: visiting the Pomerania Region of Germany and Poland on the Baltic Sea with Mum
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Enjoying family, friends and nature in Poland
Uneventful (thankfully) trip from Madrid to Krakow and then to Nowy Sacz.
Enjoying an early autumn in southern Poland.
Making plans for holidays in second part of October
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New gallery of pictures from Krakow
Pictures from my five days long stay in Krakow, in southern Poland
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New gallery of pictures from Madrid and Toledo
A new gallery of pictures from my short weekend to Madrid and Toledo in Spain, en route to Krakow
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Made it to Spain!
Updates on a transfer between Panama and Spain.
First impressions of Spain living under pandemic restrictions.
Plans for the rest of the stay in Europe
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Flash news:
27.10.2020: Severe anti-government protests across Poland, following the plans of toughening the existing abortion laws.
03.10.2020: Poland is announcing the plans of swearing in the new govermnent, following the reform of the structure, and new coalition agreement between the three, right wing coalition partners.
26.09.2020: Europe is struggling with the second wave of COVID 19, with some countries being worse hit than during the April outbreak.
02.09.2020: A sinking oil tanker at the Gulf of Paria is threatening Venezuela and Trinidad & Tobago's Coast.
29.08.2020: The fires in the Amazon Forrest in Brazil, Bolivia and Colombia are some of the worst on record.
08.08.2020: The EU Member States, as well as ECHO/European Commission are responding to emergency in Beirut of Lebanon. The response is believed to be the largest of its kind in history of ECHO. The operation is closely coordinated with Lebanese authorities, as well as OCHA/the United Nations.
21.07.2020: After four day of negotiations, the Council of Ministers of the EU has reached an agreement on the Multi Annual Budget of the EU, and the COVID-19 recovery package for the EU countries with an increased humanitarian budget!
13.07.2020: Andrzej Duda wins the second five years term for the Office of the President of Poland in a tight race of 12th July 2020.
12.07.2020: Poland's presidential run-off appeares to be attracting record numbers of voters in the country. The exit-polls are not expected to definitely determine the winner, as both candidates enjoy a similiar support among the voters. The official results of the elections should be known before 14th July.
29.06.2020: The first round of presidential elections has not been conclusive, and the country is preparing for the run-off on 12th July 2020.
24.06.2020: The latest polls suggest that the first round of the presidential election in Poland is unlikely to result with conclusive results, and that the second round, on 12th July will be needed to have a final verdict on who the president will be.
22.06.2020: ECHO is responding to COVID-19 emergency in Salta of northern Argentina. The project is to provide assistance to indigenous communities living in the areas bordering Paraguay.