Month: September 2021

Here’s a look in pictures at the 20 years since 9/11, charting the subsequent “war on terror” and its wider impact on world events. 2001: Read more

Europe must maintain a military presence in the Sahel region if it wants to help prevent future terror attacks, according to an intelligence and security Read more

Agnes Buzyn, France’s health minister when the global COVID-19 pandemic erupted, was on Friday indicted for “endangering the lives of others”. The indictment was handed Read more

France has raised its bird flu alert level after a severe strain of the virus was detected on a northern farm. A severe strain of Read more

In the afternoon of September 11, 2001, stupified Europeans watched as the US suffered the world’s most lethal terror attack. The plane hijackings may have Read more

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday paid a national tribute to movie giant Jean-Paul Belmondo, who died on Monday at the age of 88. The Read more

Brussels ordered Italy on Friday to recover €900 million from failing airline Alitalia, after a probe found loans amounted to illegal state aid. Alitalia had Read more

The coming week is all about one speech – the annual State of the European Union address – delivered in Strasbourg on Wednesday by European Read more

Ukraine has said it will continue to fight against the Nord Stream 2 after Russia announced the gas pipeline was completed. The Kremlin said the Read more

The former president of Portugal Jorge Sampaio has died at the age of 81, his family has confirmed. Sampaio had been in delicate health for Read more

A man in Austria kept his mother’s dead body in his basement for more than a year in order to continue receiving her pension and Read more

After 548 days of restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19, Denmark’s high vaccination rate has enabled the Scandinavian country to become one of the Read more