Travel
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1.0KJackie Harding: Trapped by coronavirus? Escape to a world of virtual entertainment
(Editor’s note: Dispatches isn’t posting travel pieces during the pandemic, because there are few places now for expats in Europe to go...
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Expat Essentials: The latest on what countries across Europe are doing to stop the coronavirus pandemic (updated)
(Editor’s note: This post is updated daily with the latest information from the World Health Organization and Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center....
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Despite ‘challenging’ bureaucracy, laid-back Portugal is coping quickly with coronavirus
At the time of posting, there are 7,443 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Portugal. That’s a lot for a small country of...
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Lynne Evans in Corinth: ‘Greeks are taking the COVID-19 health threat very seriously’
You might think that Greeks would not respond well to staying at home under virtual lockdown. However, they are showing remarkable restraint....
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Inka Piegsa-Quishotte in Spain: What it’s like living under lockdown in a small seaside resort
(Editor’s note: See our post here documenting what Spain and other countries are doing to stop the coronavirus.) It’s been 10 days...
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Sarah Nagaty in Lisbon: Portugal’s leaders must learn from China, Italy if we are to avoid coronavirus catastrophe
(Editor’s note: As we’re posting this on 20 March, Portugal has recorded four coronavirus deaths and has a far smaller percentage of population...
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Anna Bubnova in Seoul: Why I feel safer in Korea than in Europe
(Editor’s note: See more here on CNN about why South Korea has been so much more successful at fighting coronavirus than Italy....
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2020 edition: Dispatches’ list of the best music festivals in the Netherlands, Pt. 1
(Editor’s note: We’ll be monitoring the coronavirus situation and whether any music festivals in the Netherlands are cancelled or rescheduled.) When it...
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Roving around Rovinj with Jackie Harding: Croatia’s magical place to regain your inner harmony
(Editor’s note: Depending where you are, you might be holed up at home reading this, waiting for the Coronavirus to go away....
