Month: November 2021

The COP26 climate conference which was scheduled to end on Friday will continue on Saturday to allow for one more night of negotiation. Alok Sharma, Read more

French authorities are investigating an alleged rape that occurred earlier this year in the presidential Elysee Palace, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Friday. A woman Read more

Two Russian servicemen died in western Belarus near the Polish border on Friday during joint airborne exercises with Minsk. The Russian defence ministry said in Read more

The British government and the European Commission are to continue talks next week to seek a solution over disputed post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland. The Read more

A record number of migrants have crossed the English Channel in a single day, say UK authorities. At least 1,185 people reached the UK aboard Read more

Latvian MPs who have not been vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19 will have their pay suspended and no longer be able to take part in Read more

A man convicted of terrorism in Belgium has been arrested trying to enter Bulgaria, authorities have said. The suspect was detained on Wednesday during a Read more

Portugal’s Catholic Church has said it will set up a national committee to investigate the sexual abuse of children and vulnerable adults. The new authority Read more

Food delivery services in Germany must either give their couriers bicycles and mobile phones to use for work or pay them compensation, the country’s Federal Read more

“Hybrid warfare” – that’s what European politicians have called Alexander Lukashenko’s policy towards the EU. The leader of Belarus is accused of facilitating the transport Read more

The man who organised the fatal flight of footballer Emiliano Sala has been jailed for 18 months by a Cardiff court. David Henderson was found Read more

Authorities in several western European countries are gearing up for potential new restrictions to curb rising cases of the coronavirus, as the pandemic casts a Read more

Belarus’ state-run airline said on Friday that it is banning Syrians, Iraqis and Yemenis from incoming flights from Turkey at Ankara’s request after Minsk was Read more

Here is the latest data on COVID-19 infections and deaths in Europe. Despite some progress on getting the continent vaccinated, there are fears of a Read more

Austria’s chancellor on Thursday stepped up threats of lockdown measures for unvaccinated people, as new coronavirus cases in the Alpine nation are soaring. The country’s Read more

Slovakia’s parliament on Thursday narrowly rejected proposed legislation that would have tightened access to abortion in the European Union country. The bill was rejected by Read more

This summer, 29-year-old Olga Alkhimenka was one of the last independent journalists to leave Belarus. It came as the authorities launched a hunt for the Read more

Hungary’s government has said it will limit the price of petrol and diesel amid soaring fuel prices. The price cap will be in place for Read more

A Greek journalists’ union has called for a new law preventing the spread of misinformation to be withdrawn. A legal amendment on the “dissemination of Read more