As winter arrives in the Northern Hemisphere, the European Union (EU) fears a new wave of COVID-19 infections. The level of concern for the COVID-19 situation in the EU was rated at 8.3 of 10, or "very high" last Friday by the European Center for Disease prevention and Control (ECDC).

Some 300 policemen were stationed around Democracy Monument on Saturday to keep an eye on the planned assembly of people calling for elections.