Almost two in five companies in the Netherlands have received at least one period of corona support until the end of June this year, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reports based on preliminary figures on government support measures. This amounts to a total of almost 162,000 companies that received wage support or support for fixed costs or both. Self-employed entrepreneurs and support in the form of tax deferrals are not included in this analysis.
At least two wounded in an Israeli air strike in the Damascus countryside
The official Syrian news agency SANA said, quoting a military source, “The Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the...