East Asian culture

Dragon days have kicked in! Chinese New Year started on Feb. 10, and now we are in the dragon days as 2024 is the year of the Wood Dragon according to the Chinese Zodiac. The legendary dragon seems like a fierce animal with fire spewing from its mouth, but do not dread the dragon, on the contrary, the dragon might well be your protective angel.

Hollywood star Robert de Niro will be in Istanbul on June 26 for a one-day visit to "make inspections" on his world-renowned restaurant chain, Nobu.

The 78-year-old actor will come with his two business partners, Japanese chef Nobu Matsuhisa and producer Meir Teper.

This winter, FOUR PAWS, the international animal protection organization that helps animals exposed to direct human influence, has launched a social and media campaign, "Beautiful for us is terrifying to them," calling for a responsible celebration of the holidays.

"In recent days, we have repeatedly explained that our main concern is maximum face-to-face training with healthy teachers because otherwise there is no way to do face-to-face training." This was said by the Minister of Education Prof. Nikolay Denkov.

Turkish Health Ministry has launched an inspection campaign against companies that deceive people with label frauds on medical masks.

Brdo pri Kranju – The bulk of coronavirus restrictions remain in force following the government session on Wednesday but the government may change them on Saturday following consultations with hospital directors and business officials.

The World Health Organization on June 5 changed its advice on face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying they should be worn in places where the virus is widespread and physical distancing is difficult.

The use of masks has been a hot topic ever since the pandemic first emerged in China in December.

Turkey is exporting novel coronavirus testing kits to more than 50 countries and facing no problems in production capacity, a senior official has said.

As the government prepares to start easing restrictions on movement next week, Health Ministry spokesman Sotiris Tsiodras underlined the importance of wearing face masks in closed public areas to avert the spread of the coronavirus and said health authorities are working on an infomercial with instructions on how to make them.

"Everyone's talking about the surgical masks," I tell my mom over the phone. It's February, a few days before the first confirmed cases of Covid-19 will appear in Greece, but there's already a debate going on: who should wear masks?