Peter Mapour Makur

The Scottish government have announced that believers across Scotland will be permitted to gather at places of worship from 26th March, in time for Easter. The new plan, outlined by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday, sees a significant easing of lockdown regulations across Scotland. Up to four adults from two households will be allowed to meet outdoors from for recreational purposes and essential exercise as of Friday 12th March. Restrictions on younger people will be further relaxed.

The increasing financial pressure brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic has prompted a flurry of borrowing in countries across the world. As questions arise about he viability of the spending spree in the developed world, poorer countries are buckling beneath the pressure of debt obligations to private lenders. Last year, the countries of the G20, encouraged by the World Bank and the IMF, provided billions of dollars of debt relief to the world’s poorer countries.