the endless beaches of france and the majestic mountains of austria in any normal summer german tourists love to head for these and many other european beauty spots but because of the corona virus the route to germany's neighbors has been blocked at the borders for many the pandemic has given travel a new importance which gets a lot of courses about our health all around the world but they can't take away our freedom to travel not because of corona or an economic crisis and have to do that but in front of i'd like to go to spain i don't yet know if that's possible it depends if the spanish open their border at the moment there's no sign maybe we'll know in 4 weeks if you will. but there is a sign from the german government how it plans to reopen its frontiers the border with belgium and the netherlands was never closed from today police will not patrol the luxemburg border either to the north denmark has said it is willing in principle to allow the traffic to flow but needs more time to work out the details germany's borders with france austria and switzerland have been seeing a loosenin

germany is lifting border controls with luxembourg it's also relaxing checks with its border with austria france and switzerland authorities say that if they can keep the virus in check germans could resume free travel within the e.u. by mid june just in time for the summer holiday. correspondent busseron hard ease on the german austrian border in the town of kiefer's fault and from where he joins me now boston it's good to see you again and it's clearly a big day where you are the border between germany and austria reopened just a few hours ago. give us a sense of what the situation is. yeah as you can see michael it's fairly quiet there's one car at the checkpoint right now but if you look over here this lane i've been i've been told is up until yesterday this was packed with cars at any given moment because police pulled over every car that wanted to cross the border now they're only checking at random if you do get pulled over like that car behind me they'll ask you why you want to enter the country then you have to make their case to the officers and if they think your reason is good

authorities in austria eased the country's 7 week coronavirus lockout our reporter traveled to cells for to see how people are enjoying their new freedoms. and on world press freedom. honors journalists with her as freedom of speech for the award highlights the courage and determination of reporters persecuted for exposing the truth about the coronavirus pandemic. spies are welcome to the program. despite a strict lockdown across russia the number of corona virus cases there is rising sharply authorities recorded more than 10000 new cases in the last 24 hours bringing the total to almost 135000 more than half of the new cases are in moscow there is concern that as the virus spreads russia's medical facilities could be overwhelmed. moscow is entering its 6th week of corona lockdown but despite these efforts infections are on the rise across russia over 10000 new cases were registered sunday more than half in the capital alone while hospitals in moscow are relatively well equipped that's not the case elsewhere in russia since hospitals lack sufficient personal protective gear many hosp

austria laos all shops to reopen and people can now meet with non family members and that country lifts coronavirus walked on restrictions in steps towards a new normal. and europe steps up the search for a coronavirus vaccine new boss special a funnel line wants to raise $7500000000.00 euros to fund an affordable vaccine for the whole world. a michael oku glad to have you with us north korean state media say leader kim jong un has made his 1st public appearance in nearly 3 weeks kim is said to have opened a fertilizer factory near the capital pyongyang the official news agency says he was greeted with hundreds cheers it's the 1st report of kim carrying out an engagement since he missed national anniversary celebrations last month there has been speculation he was seriously ill or even dead. joining me now is correspondent frank smith in seoul hello frank how reliable easiest information coming from the state news agency showing kim jong moon alive and well well i'd have to say that korea central news agency is much more reliable vote the reporting of kim jong un in the north korean eli

businesses in austria are adjusting to a gradual return to regular life austria is only seeing a few new coronavirus cases each day so with the words have eased many of the national lockdown restrictions but it's far from a return to normal as the city of mozart's normally draws millions of tourists hotels and restaurants their fear it will be a long time before the visitors return. but. finally out for the 1st time after more than 6 weeks of lockdown the summer and family in south brook austria can go to the playground together the kids can hardly wait. as they have been looking forward to the playground because i can play table tennis there and you don't have to sit around at home the whole time. for christina summer and the end of the lockdown is a big relief to as a german teacher she taught her classes online now she's happy that she can series students in person again we received with protection for the face and social distancing in hygiene we'll be able to do it and i'm really looking forward to it. life is very cautiously returning to the streets of south park. but hairdresse

celebrate a factory opening there had been rumors he was seriously ill or even debt also coming up austria allows all shops to reopen and people can now meet with non family members as that country list coronavirus walk down restrictions and steps towards a new normal. europe steps up the search for a coronavirus vaccine e.u. boss purslow funnel line wants to raise 7500000000 euros to fund an affordable vaccine for the whole world. and as germany's bundesliga considers when and how this season will resume 3 members of the cologne team are placed on 14 day quarantine after testing positive for covert 19. a michael it's great to see you with us north korean state media say leader kim jong un has made his 1st public appearance in nearly 3 weeks kim is said to have opened a fur. allies are factory near the capital pyongyang efficient news agency says he was greeted with funders cheers it's the 1st report of kim carrying out an engagement since he missed national anniversary celebrations last month there has been speculation he was seriously ill or even dead joining me now is correspondent fran

and austria.tter and that may hold true for other countries, certainly in the south. we will hear more about that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back to the european open. 10 minutes into the session and you can see there are some mixed markets with the ftse and milan trading higher. the ibex also. and the ftse is unchanged. in austria, the economy may take a few years to reach precrisis levels while open borders will be the key to jumpstarting economic growth in the country and the european union according to the chancellor of austria, sebastian kurz. i spoke to him exclusively earlier. he also says italy cannot handle the debt load without european assistance. but shared debt is not the answer. take a listen. chancellor kurz: there is a good cooperation on the european level to support countries like italy, france, and spain so there is a package of more than 500 billion euros to support these countries in the hope that this will be helpful. matt: do you think that will be a not? or do

austria eases its 7 week a lockdown but 8 years of mozart's birthplace is outsmarting to find out how people there are using their new freedoms. plus to looking out for others and during times of corona a new initiative in kenya gives better off people a chance to financially support others who've lost their income. i'm claire richardson welcome to the show we begin in russia where a sharp rise in the number of corona virus cases is fueling fears that hospitals could soon be overwhelmed authorities have confirmed a record number of new infections in the last day and president vladimir putin is warning that russia is not yet past the peak of its outbreak. mosco is entering its 6th week of corona lockdown but despite these efforts infections are on the rise across russia over 10000 new cases were registered sunday more than half in the capital alone while hospitals in moscow are relatively well equipped that's not the case elsewhere in russia since hospitals lack sufficient personal protective gear many hospital employees and doctors have. come infected. until recently russia's official

of coronavirus restrictions germany is relaxing checks at its borders with france switzerland and austria and on saturday germany's foreign minister went to the border of another e.u. country to mark the lifting of all restrictions there. the border and may be open once again between germany and luxembourg and an easing of coronavirus restrictions but don't relax too much german foreign minister heiko must know early but not quite sure cannes with his luxemburg counterpart shown us a bone at a border crossing between the towns of pal and shank and. author of that name will start border controls for denmark in the next few days and from june the 15th there will be no more checks at the borders with france austria and switzerland i'm hoping that the border controls that the polish and czech friends currently do have will also be lifted in the forseeable future. however both warsaw and prague say they are keeping the restrictions in place for the foreseeable future in switzerland smiles and celebrations after it opened its borders with germany and austria and now unmarried couples in long di

. >> reporter: tests for compulsory quarantine for all passengers in austria. including us unless you test negative which i did. the test costs around $200 but for that, you get a result pretty fast two-to-three hours an example, perhaps, for american airports. >> i think it would be fantastic. >> reporter: it's the coronavirus passport that can be used world wide to prove you are not infected >> a free pass for another country, to enter that >> reporter: it is one small step to getting austria back to work safely >> it's a big challenge not only for austria, but for the whole world, especially in the aviation business. >> reporter: austria is now three weeks into relaxing its lockdown with chops open. one of the first countries in the world to do it later this month, bars and restaurants, and hotels and museums are due to reopen here because the government says so far the loosening of the lockdown hasn't led to any spike in infections >> the alternate experiment has worked, but we had a hard lock down, and an early lock down. >> reporter: austria's population

austria is among them. you are to ease lockdown, tell us more about the situation there. well, yesterday ca barets and about the situation there. well, yesterday ca ba rets a nd restau ra nts opened after two months of lockdown. —— cafe is. people have been out today having pizzas and things like this, it is slow but steady, we are told so far, people going out to visit. also, some of the border controls between austria and its neighbouring countries, like germany, are beginning to ease. germany, are beginning to ease. germany is now allowing people who have family on both sides of the border is to cross more easily, and instead of having systematic controls at the borders of germany, austria and switzerland, they are now spot checks instead, although people still have to have a valid reason to visit and cross the border, it is not for tourist to visit yet. the hope is that if the infection rate remains low, that the borders can be completely opened by the middle ofjune. austria has announced plans to slowl

france and austria -- i mean, austria had the national socialists well before the germans. a lot of the germans were looking elsewhere. a lot of the nazi party members were not even german. austria, egypt, it was in america for a long time. a lot of the same people we think of, a lot of them were coming in from the baltics, marching arm in arm with hitler. a lot of the nazis at this time had national roots. with munich being such a cultural center, i would guess germany is far behind a lot of these places, especially like in the east in austria and france. i would have to research a little better before i said. that would be my hunch, so i think you are right about that. >> in liberal democracies we have the problem of what we do with extremists that don't directly engage with violence. did hitler at this point directly engage in acts of violence? if he did, why didn't they throw the book at him? >> he did engage in violence. he used violence. encouraged storm troopers to go out and brawl. the first people that signed up for the storm troopers are the people he beat up. tha

we have heard from austria. what makes the uk different?had quarantine measures in the uk. that was based on advice from public health england. we are interested to see how that has changed. clearly, if the medical advice says that that is necessary then of course we have to go with that. what we are keen to understand is, is this a blanket, you know, proposal for understand is, is this a blanket, you know, proposalfor all countries, and our view is that we must see a credible exit strategy. this can't be sort of unending, and it should be based on the risk to people coming in. we are keen to work with government to understand that and develop that exit strategy, and to ensure that aviation has the kind of support it needs so that we can continue to be prepared for when we are able to reopen and restart the economy. we were hearing from bethany in vienna about labs at the airport, to do the immediate arrival testing for passengers who are coming in, if they choose to do that, do you think that would be an option that would remove the quaran

the only thing that is going to help italy, according to austria's sebastian kurz, is the eu.he fed is fighting back. dollar-yen, dollar stronger. enough to save the crude market? use of negative interest rates is absolutely up for debate. considering such moves in europe and japan. according to charles evans, he is the chicago fed president. he said it needs to be further studied and he does not expect the fed to use that tool. meanwhile, raphael bostic says he is not a fan of going into the negative rate territory. the comments come after traders priced the possibility of cutting rates below zero. meanwhile, the fed is saying it is starting to buy corporate debt etf's. is part of the emergency coronavirus lending program and it launches today following weeks of anticipation. we are anticipating a great deal. there is republican support for another stimulus bill. which would send money to the states hammered by the economic impact of the coronavirus. u.s. senator bob menendez is cosponsoring the $500 billion stimulus bill. two or bill cassidy said three gop senators would be

rhe tall man is artu from austria. he will be brought to trial.t german armies in the south had already surrendered. lieutenant general brandenburger of the 19th german army came with his chiefs of staff to sign the capitulation, and the small austrian city of innsbruck. brooks hasneral ratified another victory. meantime, near a small town on the danish border, admiral doenitz, self-styled new fuhrer of germany, winds up the business of state. ♪ the surrender of his once great u-boat fleet, one by one they enter british ports under taken over by men of the royal navy. these germans, once the terror now like shipping, are all their colleagues in arms, nothing but prisoners of -- their comrades in arms, nothing but prisoners of war. ♪ the news of germany's surrender reaches the people of brussels five years almost to the day after the german invasion of the country. city houseay, every is alive with flags, every street alive with inhabitants. smoke flares, no longer needed for warfare, make effective fireworks. paris, from notre dame, from every chu

austria's chancellor tells bloomberg that debt is not the answer to the spread. good morning and welcome to bloomberg surveillance. -- in theg on is markets. let's look at what they are telling us in terms of risk out there burden -- out there. the market is focused on things we will see in the gradual reopening and what that means. yesterdayarting since , also looking at oil. is moving to block a retirement fund buying chinese stocks. it will give us more of an idea about what's going on between the u.s. and china. plenty more on your markets. let's get to bloomberg first word news. , confusion over prime minister boris johnson's plan to get people back to work. london's chamber of commerce is telling businesses not to change their plans. companies are also asking for guidelines on what protective equipment can bought -- to buy. u.s. won the battle to ramp up its testing capacity according to president trump. more than three to thousand daily tests are being conducted. an conference also saw exchange with reporters. areral reserve officials saying rates may go n

, for example, lockdown is here in austria, for exa m ple, cafe lockdown is here in austria, for examplerst cup of coffee in a vienna cafe for a couple of months. so there is the sense that things are beginning to ease up. we had italy over night saying that it would allow travel to and from italy as ofjune the 3rd, and from italy as ofjune the 3rd, and we know that on monday, more businesses will be allowed to open there and people will be allowed to move around within their region. also, we've had conditions on a few borders in europe using up. germany, for example, and austria and switzerland have eased the situation for people wanting to cross, families, for example, although it is not completely open yet. tourist visits are still not allowed. but step—by—step, very, very cautiously, governments are trying to restart europe's economies again. bethany bell in vienna. let's turn to greece now, where beaches are beginning to re—open from today for locals as lockdown measures begin to ease across the country. the country went into lockdown six weeks ago after the first coronavirus relate

the center of austria's capital vienna it almost looks like it used to before the pandemic. shopping centers and large businesses are open again after nearly 7 weeks of everything being closed shoppers didn't seem to mind the spacing restrictions and rules needing that everyone has to wear masks. down at the entrance we have masks available for customers if they need them but honestly they haven't been made and everyone's abiding by the rules that's very commendable but at least. in light of a very low number of new infections just 21 within a 24 hour period businesses with direct customer contact like head dresses are also opening again after a long and forced break demand is high. and to be seen cannot be completely full and we're booked up for the coming weeks. the general rule remains the people should keep at least to meet separately in each other inside and in front of shops many businesses have also set up disinfection dispenses and people are buying up big to protect themselves now the shops are open again. time to take a look at some of the other developments in the

bethany bell reporting from austria.on song contest winner crowned in the netherlands. but the event was cancelled due to the pandemic. fans, though, were still able to hold self—isolation eurovision parties. as the bbcjoined broadcasters across europe to showcase all 41 songs that would have competed this year. bbc viewers also named op's waterloo as the greatest eurovision song of all -- as the greatest eurovision song of all —— abba. bjorn ulvaeus from abba did make a surprise appearance from his home. and it still remains one of the most geniunelyjoyous events of the tv year. and it's so disarmingly european. it so allows you to escape and be happy. even forget about the coronavirus for a little while. he is eurovision realty, really. —— royalty. ben royston is a eurovision commentator and watched the event. what was it like, was worth all the effort into it? coad definitely worth the effort. something had to happen tonight to have eurovision night without eurovision. .. it would've have eurovision night without euro

there are significant numbers of countries, mostly in the north of europe, and you've pointed to austrian, and many people inside germany, as well — who think one of the fundamental principles of the european union has to be that each member state remains fully responsible for its own debt. and your proposal completely eliminates that principal. my response is that nobody is responsible for the way it has been hit by the coronavirus. nobody is responsible for the health crisis and for the coronavirus. and i think that the eu — and the eu in the 21st century should not be based only on selfish behaviours, but also on solidarity. and what is at the core of the agreement between france and germany is the fact that the eu of the 21st century should be based on solidarity. when one of the member states is hit by a crisis, by the coronavirus crisis, and if the state needs the help of the other member states, he should take for granted that it will have the support of the other member states. so when the austrian chancellor, sebastian kurtz, says, as he did after the macron—merkel meeting yeste

said there are fears the health care system a couldn't be overwhelmed also coming up on the show austria uses it 7 a week a lockdown we travel to mozart's birthplaces all's fair to find out how people are using their new freedoms. and air travel grounded carriers was no where to fly are taking a battering billionaire investor warren buffett sells his stakes in 4 major airlines. i'm claire richards and welcome to the show we begin in russia where a sharp rise in the number of corona virus cases is fueling fears that hospitals could soon be overwhelmed authorities have confirmed a record number of new infections in the last day and president vladimir putin is warning that russia is not yet past the peak of the outbreak. moscow is entering its 6th week of corona lockdown but despite these efforts infections are on the rise across russia over 10000 new cases were registered sunday more than half in the capital alone while hospitals in moscow are relatively well equipped that's not the case elsewhere in russia since hospitals lack sufficient personal protective gear many hospital employees an

austria eases its 7 week a lockdown travel to mozart's press places out sparks to find out how people are using their new freedoms. and id w honors journalists with our annual freedom of speech award to ward highlights the courage and determination of reporters persecuted for exposing the truth about the coronavirus endemic. i'm claire richards and welcome to the show we begin in russia where a sharp rise in the number of corona virus cases is fueling fears that the hospitals could soon be overwhelmed authorities have confirmed a record number of new infections in the last day and president vladimir putin is warning of that russia is not yet past the peak of its outbreak. mosco is entering its 6th week of corona lockdown but despite these efforts infections are on the rise across russia over 10000 new cases were registered sunday more than half in the capital alone while hospitals in moscow are relatively well equipped that's not the case elsewhere in russia since hospitals lack sufficient personal protective gear men. the hospital employees and doctors have become infected. until rec

. >> reporter: that's 14 days of compulsory quarantine for all passengers arriving in austria includingest negative, unless i did. the cost runs $200, but you get a result in two to three hours an example for american airports >> i think it would be fantastic. >> reporter: it's a coronavirus passport that can be used worldwide to prove you're not infected >> if we pass for another country. >> reporter: it's one small step to getting austria back to work safely >> that's a big challenge for austri relaxing its lockdown one of the first countries in the world to do it later this month bars and restaurants, hotels and museums are due to reopen here buzz the government says so far, the loosening of the lockdown hasn't led to any spike in infections >> the experiment has worked we have lockdown and then early lockdown >> reporter: austria eesz opt population is roughly the same as new york city, but it's reported only around 600 coronavirus deaths, not 20,000 there have been protests against austria's lockdown and strict testing and tracing. but its success is clear for now as it takes anoth

here in austria, for example, cafe is in restau ra nts austria, for example, cafe is in restaurants openedp of coffee in a vienna cafe for a couple of months. so there is the sense that things are beginning to ease up. we had italy over night saying that it would allow travel to and from italy as ofjune the 3rd, and we know that on monday, more businesses will be allowed to open there, and people will be allowed to move around within their region. also, we have had conditions around a few borders in europe easing up, germany, for example, and austria and switzerland have eased the situation for people wanting to cross, families, for example, although it is not completely open yet. tourist visits are still not allowed. but step—by—step, very cautiously, governments are trying to restart europe‘s economy again. how much political damage has this caused to the idea of a kind of common europe? it isa common europe? it is a complicated question. we are seeing countries at the moment with, for example, if you take the question of border controls, we have had guidance from the european commission

austria has asked people to go into quarantine for quite a while now. when i returned from italy to austria. back then, it was very difficult to get a private test done, so i had to self—isolate for two weeks. and now anybody arriving at vienna airport for example has to sign a paper saying they will go into self—isolation, usually at home, but vienna airport is now offering the possibility for people to pay for a private test to see if they are currently infected with covid—i9 on the spot at the airport. there is a lab there where people can go and get the test done, and within several hours, they will know whether they are infected or not, and if they come with a negative test, then the need for the quarantine falls away. now, it is not cheap. it costs around 200 euros to do this, and the executives at the airport say that this is not something that is feasible if you have thousands of people arriving at the airport every day. the lab simply does not have the capacity. it does mean that people who have a need need for urgent travel right at the moment

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austria has asked people to go into quarantine for quite a while now.eral weeks ago when i returned from italy to austria. back then, it was very, very difficult to get a private test done, so i had to self—isolate for two weeks. and now anybody arriving at vienna airport, for example, has to sign a paper saying that they will go into self—isolation, usually at home, but vienna airport is now offering the possibility for people to pay for a private test to see if they're currently infected with covid—i9 on the spot at the airport. there's a lab there where people can go, get the test done, and within several hours, they will know whether they're infected or not, and if they come with a negative test, then the need for the quarantine falls away. now, it's not cheap. it costs around 200 euros to do this, and the executives at the airport say that this is not something that is feasible if you have, you know, thousands of people arriving at the airport every day. the lab simply doesn't have the capacity for that. but it does mean that people who have a need

austria is one of the governments doing just that. finance minister for austria joins us right now.have already spent 10% of your gdp to help out local companies. do you think you've done enough or do you need to do more? well, there will be more, of course. this is only the first stage of the fight against the virus. in the one side, trying to reduce the spread of the virus to make sure that all the people who he the hospital your get it and at the same time, investing into austrian businesses with guaranteed loans and so on to help get through this time of shutdown. we have to start a second stage now and negotiating ways to increase supply and demand to get back our growth rates. me ask you about the unemployment rate you are seeing in austria. ofyou look at that per head population, it does seem as if your unemployment rate has gone up quicker than germany and switzerland. what do you attribute that to? what do you plan to do? it depends on how you value the numbers. pays for their loans, basically. if you take them into account, it is a vast number. those people get up to 90% o