Month: September 2021

French wine production is expected to fall by nearly a third this year due to a devastating bout of frost in early spring. The Ministry Read more

Doctors and scientists in France have demanded more protection against online insults and threats. Health professionals say they have regularly been targeted by death threats Read more

The European Union on Wednesday criticised the interim government formed by the Taliban in Afghanistan as neither “inclusive” nor “representative” of the country’s ethnic and Read more

A Spanish woman has sued local health authorities after discovering she had been mistakenly swapped at birth nearly 20 years ago. The two baby girls Read more

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has said there was “really no place” for Afghan refugees in the European Union. The populist leader suggested it would Read more

Bulgaria has imposed new anti-COVID restrictions as the country battles a rapid surge of infections due to the delta variant. The eastern Balkan country has Read more

German Chancellor Angela Merkel hailed her government’s achievements and criticised the potential for a left-wing administration in a speech to lawmakers ahead of the country’s Read more

Belgium and the Netherlands have become the main hubs for cocaine trafficking to Europe, supplanting Spain as the main route of entry into European countries, Read more

Doctors in Kosovo say they have successfully removed a mobile phone from the stomach of a prisoner. The procedure was carried out by surgeons at Read more

Spain has been left in shock after a violent homophobic assault on a man in broad daylight in central Madrid. The 20-year-old victim was attacked Read more

Police in Paris have arrested two suspects after an armed robbery at a high-profile jewellery boutique. The heist took place at the Bulgari store on Read more

“French Spider-Man” Alain Robert climbed a tower in the La Défense business district on the outskirts of Paris on Tuesday to protest the COVID health Read more

Kosovar activists attempted to disrupt a meeting of war crimes court officials with civil society members on Tuesday, accusing the court that is adjudicating cases Read more

The Czech Republic has pledged to support the construction of a border fence between Lithuania and Belarus to combat illegal migration. On Tuesday, the Czech Read more

Encrypted email provider ProtonMail has drawn criticism from users after it gave a French climate activist’s IP information to French police, who subsequently arrested them. Read more

Nine workers have been killed after an underground coal mine lift collapsed in eastern Ukraine. Nineteen other miners were injured in the accident on Monday, Read more

Romania’s government is facing a vote of confidence after the country’s ruling coalition formally collapsed. Six ministers from the second-largest party in the coalition, USR-PLUS, Read more

Germany has accused Russia of supporting the attempted theft of data from MPs to spread online disinformation. Berlin has protested against the alleged cyberattacks ahead Read more

Pollution from coal-fired power plants in Western Balkan countries caused almost 19,000 deaths in Europe over the last three years, according to estimates in a Read more