World / Europe

German health ministers to discuss control mechanisms for coronavirus test centres 30 May 2021 - 07:50 pm

BERLIN - German Health Minister Jens Spahn and his counterparts in the 16 federal states will on Monday discuss control mechanisms for coronavirus...

Decision on lifting England's lockdown will be driven by data, minister says 30 May 2021 - 02:23 pm

London: The decision to lift final lockdown measures in England on June 21 will be made after data on infection, hospitalisation, vaccination and...

Italy judge releases three held in jail over cable car crash, one under house arrest 30 May 2021 - 01:17 pm

Milan: An Italian judge ruled late on Saturday that three men detained over a cable car crash that killed 14 people in northern...

UK PM Boris Johnson marries fiancee in private ceremony 30 May 2021 - 11:33 am

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds married Saturday in a small private ceremony in London, his Downing Street...

Police operation in France after reports of armed man on the run 30 May 2021 - 10:04 am

Paris: A large search operation involving elite forces and helicopters was under way in France's southern Dordogne region on Sunday after a man...

Belarusians in Ukraine protest repression in homeland 29 May 2021 - 06:24 pm

KYIV, Ukraine: Belarusians distraught by the intensifying crackdown on political opposition in their homeland demonstrated Saturday against the country’s authoritarian president in the...

Spain to welcome back international cruises from June 7 29 May 2021 - 05:20 pm

MADRID: Spain will allow cruise ships to dock in its ports from June 7, the transport ministry said on Saturday, hoping to salvage...

British royal Kate gets first dose of COVID-19 vaccine 29 May 2021 - 03:57 pm

London: British royal Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, said on Saturday she had received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and paid tribute to...

Moscow approves new timetable for Air France flights to Russia - TASS 29 May 2021 - 02:26 pm

Moscow: Russia has approved a new route for Air France flights between Paris and Moscow avoiding Belarusian airspace, initially just for this weekend,...

Belarus airline chief decries airspace restrictions by EU states 29 May 2021 - 01:49 pm

Moscow: The head of Belarusian national airline Belavia on Saturday condemned as "despicable" the decision by numerous EU countries to impose airspace restrictions...

European regulators OK Pfizer vaccine for children 12-15 29 May 2021 - 09:24 am

Berlin: The European Medicines Agency on Friday recommended that the use of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech be expanded to...

Croatia to buy 12 French Rafale fighters for $1.2 billion 28 May 2021 - 05:37 pm

ZAGREB, Croatia: Croatia announced Friday that it will purchase 12 used Rafale fighter jets from France for nearly 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion),...

Italy to open up Covid shots to all adults from June 3 28 May 2021 - 05:07 pm

Rome: All Italians aged over 16 will be able to be vaccinated from June 3 onwards, the government's COVID-19 commissioner said on Friday,...

Germany offers $1.3 billion to Namibia to atone for genocide 28 May 2021 - 04:11 pm

Germany will recognize colonial-era mass killings in Namibia as genocide and offer 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in aid as a gesture of...

Sweden scraps demand for negative COVID-test for travelers from the Nordics 28 May 2021 - 04:01 pm

Stockholm: Travelers coming from the Nordics will no longer have to show a negative COVID-test to enter Sweden from next week, the Minister...

Nationwide strike planned in Belarus, opposition leader says 28 May 2021 - 03:44 pm

The Hague: Belarus's leading opposition figure said on Friday that a nationwide strike was being planned to protest against the arrest of dissident...

Shoot-out after policewoman stabbed in attack in western France 28 May 2021 - 03:33 pm

CHAPELLE-SUR-ERDRE, France: A man stabbed and badly wounded a policewoman in the town of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre in western France on Friday before he...

Britain approves J&J COVID-19 vaccine for use 28 May 2021 - 02:47 pm

LONDON - Britain's medicine regulator has approved Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine for use, the health ministry said in a statement on Friday,...