EVA Air monitors travel demand for Macau-European routes

EVA Air said it is monitoring passenger travel demand from the Macau SAR to European countries and making necessary adjustments to its flight schedules. Last week, the Macao Government Tourism Office

Oxfam, Orbis run charity sales in Macau

At least two international charities are conducting charity sales to raise funds for their respective initiatives. The Macau office of international sight-saving organization Orbis International, which owns a MD-11 aircraft that

Hong Kong Residents defend free press as China cracks down

Last year, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong to demand full democracy, many egged on by a tabloid newspaper critical of China’s ruling Communist

This Day in History | 2003 Gilligan: language ‘wasn’t perfect’

The journalist at the centre of the controversy surrounding the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly has admitted that his language “wasn’t perfect” when he reported the government had

Five years after devaluation, China has the yuan it wanted

Compared with the global market turmoil China’s currency devaluation in 2015 triggered, the more gentle but steady depreciation since is spurring less concern. Five years ago to the day, the central

Football | Portugal ready for Champions League after subduing virus

Seen as an example for the rest of Europe, Portugal successfully controlled the coronavirus pandemic — and earned the right to host the world’s most important club soccer tournament. Portugal will

The Buzz | Pompeo opens anti-China, anti-Russia tour in Czech Republic

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the Czech Republic at the start of a four-nation tour of central and eastern Europe expected to focus on threats to the

Taiwan says virus aid sent quietly to avoid Beijing protests

Taiwan sent COVID-19 assistance to foreign countries surreptitiously to avoid protests from China, its foreign minister said yesterday during a meeting with the highest-level American official to visit the island

World Views | Russia doesn’t really know whether its Covid vaccine works

  Russia is prematurely declaring victory in the race for a vaccine against Covid-19, with potentially dangerous consequences for the Russian population. President Vladimir Putin says his government has approved a vaccine and will

Wednesday, August 12, 2020 – edition no. 3596

— China to restart outbound tourism in time for Golden Week giving hope for Macau gaming, economy recovery * Russia clears virus vaccine despite scientific skepticism — Russia became the first country

Asia Today: New Zealand reports first local cases in 102 days

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Tuesday that authorities have found four cases of the coronavirus in one Auckland household from an unknown source, the first reported cases of

Russia clears virus vaccine despite scientific skepticism

Russia today (Tuesday) became the first country to clear a coronavirus vaccine and declare it ready for use, despite international skepticism. President Vladimir Putin said that one of his daughters

China to restart outbound tourism in time for Golden Week

The National Immigration Administration of China has set a date for the general resumption of tourist visas for traveling to the Macau SAR. From September 23, any resident of the mainland

Japan’s #FreeAgnes campaign shows support for detained Hong Kong activist

While the world focuses on the detention of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, it’s the plight of 23-year-old activist Agnes Chow that has made the battle over human rights

Briefs | Bidding opened for infectious diseases building superstructure work

  Superstructure works on the city’s planned infectious diseases building is estimated to start in the first quarter of next year. Yesterday, the Infrastructure Development Office opened bidding for the construction

Crime | Matchmaker makes 60,000 patacas from fake marriage

A broker made 60,000 Macau patacas from a bogus marriage between a Macau permanent resident and a mainland resident, the Public Security Police Force (PSP) said yesterday during the joint

US lifts sanctions on Delta Asia Bank

The Federal Register of the United States has announced the lifting of special measures imposed on Macau’s Delta Asia Bank, and the withdrawal of the Notice of Finding involving the

Chang’s defense says Prosecution roundly failed to prove accusation

The defense lawyer of former Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) president Jackson Chang has refuted the Public Prosecution’s statements made during the closing statements phase of the trial

Lawmaker no longer tolerating marketing calls

Lawmaker Leong Sun Iok is appealing to the city’s authority to ban marketing phone calls. The lawmaker thinks that the local government must develop new ideas and legal tools to regulate

Macau notes 10,700 decrease in non-resident workers

Some 10,700 non-residents have left the Macau SAR as at the end of June 2020 amid the economic downturn caused by the pandemic. According to data from the Statistics and Census

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