Delays to the EU relatively slow vaccine roll out and concern about new coronavirus variants are making it harder for European governments to ease current pandemic restrictions. The government has been ratcheting up measures since a second wave of infections hit Sweden toward the end of last year, but the country response remains less heavy handed than the full lockdowns adopted in many parts of Europe. “The situation with the pandemic looks much brighter than it did a couple of months ago,” Minister of Health and Social Affairs Lena Hallengren told a news conference..

The week of November 26 has items of possible interest to residents of district 2 at the Sustainable Madison Committee; the Finance Committee; the Neighborhood Meeting 2019 N Ingersoll, Elizabeth and Jean St Reconstruction; the Downtown Coordinating Committee; the Urban Forestry Task Force; the Madison Police Department Policy Procedure Review Ad Hoc Committee; and the Task Force on the Structure of City Government Common Council Subcommittee. The city meeting agenda items are open for testimony from the public should you be interested in weighing in. I also appreciate hearing from you on any items on which you have a particular interest or concern so please send me an email or give me a call..

Sometimes they even performed slow ritualistic dances. They also had to present a short humorous skit involving the goat. The custom of the goat accompanying the carolers has its origin in the pagan times when the goat represented the god of fertility.

Q I am dreading Christmas as I think it will reignite a lot of issues between myself and my husband namely his excessive drinking. We have been very happy during lockdown with our own company and I just know that now things have opened up a bit with the restaurants and pubs, that is going to end. Also I am looking forward to seeing my family and elderly relatives and I want to be as safe as possible prior to visiting them, but his family want to all meet up together at the same time whether or not the regulations allow.

The Pentagon says the policy doesn’t block transgender individuals from service, but advocates say it is designed to operate as a comprehensive ban on their presence. Current military leaders have testified to Congress that transgender troops have not affected cohesion, while retired military leaders have decried the policy as misguided and damaging.”It’s a bigoted policy. It has not one shred of evidence behind it,” Ray Mabus, a former secretary of the Navy, told CNN.