Month: October 2021

The European Commission will announce a “bespoke” arrangement for Northern Ireland on Wednesday, senior EU sources have told Euronews, in a bid to end the Read more

Turkey has acquitted 19 people who had been prosecuted for organising and participating in a Pride march. A Turkish court had ruled that the students Read more

Portugal has moved a step forward in stamping out gay prejudice in blood donation programmes. The country’s parliament approved four bills on Friday that enshrine Read more

In a decision that sent shockwaves through Europe, Poland’s constitutional court on Thursday ruled the country’s laws had supremacy of those of the European Union. Read more

Brussels has vowed to use all tools at its disposal to reassert the supremacy of EU law against the ruling of Poland’s Constitutional Court, but Read more

Authorities in Georgia have launched a rescue operation after part of a residential building collapsed. The seven-story building came down in the centre of the Read more

Poland’s prime minister has expressed support for the country’s border troops after they were reportedly fired on from Belarus. A spokeswoman for the Polish Border Read more

Dozens of people have been killed after an explosion at a Shiite Muslim mosque in northern Afghanistan. A local Taliban police official has said that Read more

COVID-19 cases continue to surge in some European countries while governments work to extend vaccination campaigns to prevent more deaths due to the virus. Romania’s Read more

Italian citizens have held a minute’s silence to remember victims, 20 years after the Linate plane accident. Memorials were held at 08:10 at every airport Read more

Danish health authorities have reversed a decision to stop offering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to under 18s amid fears it was linked to higher rates Read more

Russian authorities say that at least 18 people have died after drinking “dangerous” unmarked alcoholic drinks. The beverages contained a highly toxic concentration of methanol Read more

Spanish citizens have expressed anger after a young woman was told in a hospital that her homosexuality was an illness. The 19-year-old woman said she Read more

Ten-minute grocery delivery company Gorillas has allegedly fired hundreds of its riders for taking part in a series of wildcat strikes in Berlin last weekend. Read more

Croatia launched an investigation on Thursday into new allegations that its police orchestrated violent pushbacks of migrants outside European Union borders — an unlawful practice Read more

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz received the backing of his conservative People’s party on Thursday after anti-corruption prosecutors said he is a target in a bribery Read more

Sixteen-year-old Nella Salminen stepped into the shoes of Finnish President Sauli Niinistö for a day on Wednesday. Salminen took the helm of the nordic country Read more

European platform workers are demanding better labour rights, denouncing a business model that “doesn’t guarantee basic entitlements” like paid holiday or sick leave. Riders and Read more