Gibraltar cancels Xmas

Announced a few weeks ago…

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Brussels 17.11.2018 Gibraltar’s government officials announced that all Christmas events, parties, official receptions and similar gatherings have been cancelled.

The general public was also advised to avoid social events and parties for the next four weeks. For all group activities, outdoor spaces are recommended over indoor ones, touching and hugging is discouraged, and mask wearing is advised, and social distance is recommended.

Gibraltar’s entire eligible population is vaccinated, but amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, Gibraltar…

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Omicron: France restricts travel

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Brussels 02.12.2021 France has announced new rules for all travellers – vaccinated or not – arriving in France from non-EU countries in the face of the new variant of Covid-19 named Omicron.

French government spokesman Gabriel Attal, speaking after the weekly meeting of the government’s Defence Council on Wednesday, on December 1, announced the implementation of new rules aimed at controlling the spread of the newly-detected Omicron variant.

A government Decree published on Thursday, December 2, provides more detail.

The new rules come into force at 00.01 AM on Saturday, December 4th, and the testing requirements apply to everyone aged 12 or older – including those…

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Thursday Theories – Christmas

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What a better time then to write about some theories about Christmas!

I suspect, after this weekend, things will be a little more full on. As such, I want to try and get the heavy topics out of the way, lol

Was Jesus born on December the 25th?

The earliest Christians did not celebrate his birth. Dec. 25 is not the date mentioned in the Bible as the day of Jesus’s birth; the Bible is actually silent on the day or the time of year. 

By most accounts, the birth was first thought — in around 200 A.D. — to have taken place on Jan. 6. Why? It may have been the result of “a calculation based on an assumed date of crucifixion of April 6 coupled with the ancient belief that prophets died on the same day as their conception,” according to religionfacts.com. By the mid-4th century, the birthday celebration…

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El paso por la vida

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El paso por la vida no significa refugiarse en la comodidad aparente del teatro ni permanecer sentados y pasivos en las butacas, inmersos en la dialéctica del espectador, ni tampoco aparecer en el escenario con antifaces falsos; es actuar, hacer algo por sí y por los demás, dejar huellas indelebles, entregar lo mejor de sí, añadir y multiplicar lo positivo, lo sublime que hay en ti, lo grandioso. El paso por la vida ofrece la alternativa de reír o de llorar, de amar o de odiar, de evolucionar o de hundirse, de aprender a coexistir entre las luces y las sombras o de perderse. El paso por la vida, insisto, te da a elegir si quieres ser protagonista de tu historia, héroe de tus jornadas, o simplemente una marioneta, un títere atado a hilos que alguien más manipula. El…

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