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Venice to launch tourist tickets in 2024
Venice to launch tourist tickets in 2024
Economy
by  AFP

Venice announced on Thursday that it would introduce a fee for day tourists to enter the city's overcrowded historic centre on 29 days next year as it seeks to come to grips with overtourism. Day visitors will need to pay five euros ($5.45) to enter the city centre between 8:30 am to 4:00 pm during the peak tourist season from April 25 to May 5.

Crisis-mired Germany to blow through debt limit in 2023
Crisis-mired Germany to blow through debt limit in 2023
Economy
by  AFP

Germany will seek to suspend a constitutional debt limit for a fourth straight year, its finance minister said Thursday, after a shock court ruling upended government spending plans and sparked a budget crisis. The finance minister, who has intoned on the importance of clear debt limits, avoided direct mention of the brake in an earlier press conference.