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EU approves visa ban on Russian citizens

Benedicte Vagner
September 1st, 2022


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European countries are showing their support for Ukraine by introducing more sanctions against their invaders

It will now be more difficult to enter the EU after the war on Ukraine (photo: Pixabay/SatyaPrem)

During an official EU meeting in Prague it has been decided that Russians will no longer be able to freely visit Europe for holiday as long as the War in Ukraine continues.

The foreign minister, Jeppe Kofod, told TV2 that he is happy with the agreement: “It sends a clear signal to Vladimir Putin that his attack on Ukraine will have consequences.”

The agreement means that Russians will now have to apply for a visa when visiting any of the 27 EU countries.

In support of Ukraine
Several countries bordering Russia or in eastern Europe had already stopped handing out visas to Russian tourists six months ago when the war started, including Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, the Czech Republic and Poland.

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyj, encouraged European countries to close their borders to Russian citizens in August during an interview with Washington Post.

“The most important sanction is to close the borders when the Russians are taking over someone else’s country,” he reasoned.


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A survey carried out by Megafon for TV2 has found that 71 percent of parents have handed over children to daycare in spite of them being sick.

Moreover, 21 percent of those surveyed admitted to medicating their kids with paracetamol, such as Panodil, before sending them to school.

The FOLA parents’ organisation is shocked by the findings.

“I think it is absolutely crazy. It simply cannot be that a child goes to school sick and plays with lots of other children. Then we are faced with the fact that they will infect the whole institution,” said FOLA chair Signe Nielsen.

Pill pushers
At the Børnehuset daycare institution in Silkeborg a meeting was called where parents were implored not to bring their sick children to school.

At Børnehuset there are fears that parents prefer to pack their kids off with a pill without informing teachers.

“We occasionally have children who that they have had a pill for breakfast,” said headteacher Susanne Bødker. “You might think that it is a Panodil more than a vitamin pill, if it is a child who has just been sick, for example.”

Parents sick and tired
Parents, when confronted, often cite pressure at work as a reason for not being able to stay at home with their children.

Many declare that they simply cannot take another day off, as they are afraid of being fired.

Allan Randrup Thomsen, a professor of virology at KU, has heavily criticised the parents’ actions, describing the current situation as a “vicious circle”.

“It promotes the spread of viruses, and it adds momentum to a cycle where parents are pressured by high levels of sick-leave. If they then choose to send the children to daycare while they are still recovering, they keep the epidemic going in daycares, and this in turn puts a greater burden on the parents.”