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the us in the uk because no one should have to slow the or make up your own mind come up w.'s. made for mines. using the crisis as a springboard with the digitization in germany progressing at seemingly speed some startups are now promoting digital products that are likely to outlive the also on the show after 7 years of wrangling over goat cheese the e.u. grant from cyprus will take 2 steps and will take you to hotels that once crowded golden beaches are now sitting and. looking bleak over

the coronavirus has made painfully clear that germany's digitization is legging far behind many companies were ill equipped for employees moving to offices schools all but unable to offer digital learning but things seem to be improving with some startups using the crisis to promote digital projects that are likely to. the cafeteria is empty no one can eat here because of strict guidelines that are likely to remain in place for a long time and yet hundreds of employees in this frankfurt business complex need their lunch and they'll get it thanks to a new app designed to order lunch while strictly adhering to a social distancing guidelines customers order and pay by phone their meal is ready for pick up and the lock box just minutes later for the company behind the app the pandemic create it's just the right environment to launch. for

the core of our isp and demi came as a shock for us initially as many of our clients are restaurants and much affected by the lock down but now we have seen that the crisis is actually an accelerator for digital technologies demand for digitalisation is up and for us that's a big chance. the pandemic gave a boost to the startup behind the app because going digital provided a lifeline for its customers such as restaurants that would have otherwise lost even more business although some see they would have invested in new technologies anyway like leading cater our own mark is in yacht and. we've seen that the world is changing much of what our guests do ordering paying is already happening digitally that's why we have to sided to rule out as canapes technology in all our

restaurants and. as new technologies bring change to established business it remains to be seen what the long term effect might be. for more on the state of digitization in germany w.'s chance to delay new met up with all the fish now economist at berlin's university of applied science. so there was certainly you put a lot of pressure on germany and german businesses to speed up the case of discrimination is that working. so far that would say did you envision this not going back trip but by international comparisons it's not looking over the group so it was a good idea to sleep or have been those programs that have been put in place to remove them from defects of the pandemic to have some digital components into the sims but go some simple measures may be too cold to just let each dream sleep venture capital and sometimes it gets mentioned starbucks in the stomach and so that's going definitely in the right to reach me that. this is your muse now in the

midst of this 3rd wave of inspections the vaccine rollout has been a bit of a disaster lockdowns repeat the same day what is we outlook now for the german economy. that obviously all depends on public and then you can look right but give me what most experts expect that the pandemic shows down substantially over the next few weeks and months i'm going to say she loves her but. projections for the stuart room 34 percent and also for next year so the lawsuits in terms of production that the drug companies are just your to do would probably be at the latest by the end of next year and in that sense it looks like the permanent fix a permanent damage. to them is not just for mums is it speaks for the 1st which. we print imports for example from us and trillions of dollars of the stimulus to help support the economy real it ends up back in europe stimulus

efforts on parnassus. it's quite obvious that the new people interested much invests in terms of stimulus pictures prove that can be fixed if the pandemic which is hard ok because the labor market looks different there's much stronger maybe that protects us from something that puts up a steep slope maybe. i'm sure. this is. what measures to support income. or we're going to give us all not as much but there's still obviously as people aboard the 1st missions to support the cause for sure needs to pull the trigger lazy she and these measures troop pushed for the head but what are police chief. economist at berlin's university of applied signs a speaking to the w.'s chalcedony there not to some of the other global business

stories making news the s. and p. 500 the broad based stock yes your stock index has crossed the $4000.00 point more for the 1st time that after strong economic data surprisingly robust jobs growth led to a rally in the x. stands at $4019.00 points and was not closed for the easter week it up to 50000000 doses of johnson and johnson's covered 19 vaccine were ruined when workers at a production facility in baltimore maryland mixed up the greetings according to the new york times the mistake is leading to a delay in federal approval of the plant's production lines no johnson and johnson vaccine doses administered to the public or tainted the opec oil cartel and allied countries say they will gradually add back some $2000000.00 barrels per day of oil production from may to july as the global economy recovers from be covert 19 pandemic the move increased production that was slashed last year to support prices

as demand sagged during the pandemic interest recession nike has successfully blocked sales of the so-called safe shoes with human blood in the soles designed by rubber little naz x. or spread argued the use of the swoosh was a breach of trading. barba curable goat cheese has been keeping you birthrights busy for the last 7 years now the e.u. is granted a little meat cheese a traditional cheese from cyprus protected status and means that only holy produced on the island can be marketed abroad on board that very same name and that has quite significance earning a record of a quarter of a 1000000000 euros last year i mean it is the island's most important export for the reserves the decision is an economic but also a cultural victory. they call it white gold and now after an

almost 7 year campaign the people of cyprus can consider it theirs and theirs alone . for a minute a growling european union will officially consider hulu me a product unique to the mediterranean island the decision won't only provide an economic boost to the country it's also being seen as a symbolic gesture that could bring together traditionally feuding greek and turkish cypriots referring to the cheese in both languages cypriot president nicos on a stasi outas tweeted a milestone day for holy me or holy and for our country a shield of protection is now in place adding that it was to the benefit of all cypriots greek and turkish. the salty cheese is already sampras's top export with the new case sweden germany and greece its biggest buyers producers hope its new protected origin status will further cement its image on the international stage. after the fall we think that this new

designation will boost the value of the product and it will once again be recognized around the world as a cypriot product. in a salad or honesty or for cypriots how louis is more than just a cheese it's a cultural identifier whose reputation and distinctiveness will now be enshrined in law. from cyprus it is to bug area now and it's problematic mix of one of the highest corona virus infection rates in europe coupled with low vaccination rate now that is devastating news for the country's big tourism. funny for char imports now from the touristic hot spots of bug area where until recently golden beaches have been attracting an ever growing number of foreign visitors looking for a way now many hotels built during that time are empty and for sale

the golden beach is so far not part of any and about 12 percent stems from tourism that was the number before it hit. before the pandemic this was the picture of a perfect holiday spot see saw on beaches today the priorities have changed it's all about providing a secure and safe holiday. but who will provide that drug war ski has been in the tourism industry for the past 10 years renting accommodations mostly to tourists from abroad he expects that as long as p.c.r. tests are necessary to visit bulgaria most foreigners will stay away and it's. 50 euro per person so it's more than the cost of the accommodation if they just have short term accommodation so that's a big challenge and. the risk in. the coming up for an arse

he still has an advantage over because tell us there he says domestic tourists have increased some are relocating their home office from the bulgarian cities to the beach no people are more interested of apartments than of hotels they. think the apartments are safe people are having their own place they stay by themselves if they want to clean for them if they don't want to we don't bother them they have their own kitchen or nurse tell a different story there was a 80 percent drop in the number of foreign tourists last year compared to 21000 as long as their governments do not advise or support foreign travel it will be difficult to keep these hotels running not so long ago there was a travel ban here tourists from britain germany and neighboring romania appreciated a cheaper version of their beach holiday but now instead of bookings hundreds of

hotels are up for sale. works at the national tourism board in sofia she says without government investment many coastal properties will not survive she says it will take years to restore the tourism industry only in 2025 maybe we will draw the levels of 2019 until then it is the responsibility of the government and its devotion to the national economy. recover and develop after years of making its economy dependent on tourism area faces a choice with elections coming up the government says the solution to the current problem is simply to get people back to work but that is exactly what's lacking right now jobs as stories in changes it is yet unclear how would curio will adapt to a post bend down the growth. and that's our show for now for more news and background

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