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The Belarusian Association of Journalists on Thursday called on authorities in Belarus to transfer a jailed journalist to a civilian hospital so he could get Read more

Portugal is set to ease COVID-19 pandemic restrictions ahead of a forecast of 70% of people being fully vaccinated by the end of this summer, Read more

Two-thirds of workers want teleworking to continue once the COVID-19 pandemic is over, according to a new survey. The poll, carried out in 29 countries Read more

A German federal court has criticised Facebook for how it moderates content and handles “hate speech”. The court said the social network cannot delete posts Read more

Malta’s government must “bear responsibility” for the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, an independent inquiry has found. The probe said that Maltese authorities had Read more

For the 148,000 British expatriates living in France, the UK’s decision to lift its quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated travellers from all EU countries except Read more

A British man has been confirmed as the 97th victim of the Hillsborough Stadium disaster, 32 years after the tragedy. Andrew Devine was badly injured Read more

US President Joe Biden has expressed support for pro-democracy voices in Belarus after meeting the country’s leading opposition figure, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. Biden hosted Tsikhanouskaya at Read more

Croatia has been celebrating as a major European Union-funded bridge nears completion. The Pelješac Bridge will connect two swaths of the Croatian coastline that are Read more

The huge container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March has finally reached its intended port in Europe. The Ever Given sailed into the Read more

One of the EU’s largest and costliest agencies is facing an unprecedented crisis of confidence. For the past year, the European Border and Coast Guard Read more

A Berlin-bound train hit a truck at a railroad crossing Thursday in northwestern Poland, and eight people were slightly injured when the train partly derailed, Read more

Britain’s decision to lift its quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated travellers from the US and EU except France is “discriminatory” and “incomprehensible”, Paris said on Read more

French President Emmanuel Macron is suing a billboard owner who depicted him as Adolf Hitler to protest COVID-19 restrictions. Michel-Ange Flori, who owns about 400 Read more

French police arrested two people on Wednesday suspected of having stolen jewellery worth up to €3 million in a Paris shop. The burglary at a Read more

Thousands of judges and prosecutors in Poland have signed an appeal urging state and justice authorities to heed recent rulings by Europe’s top court and Read more

Authorities have evacuated homes in southern Turkey as a forest fire rages near populated areas. Strong winds have fanned the fire near the Mediterranean coastal Read more

At least three people have been killed in southern Turkey as two forest fires rage near tourist coastal regions. Dozens of others were also hospitalised Read more

A UK court has convicted a woman of stealing millions of pounds worth of diamonds from a high-profile London jeweller. Lulu Lakatos was sentenced to Read more

Two suspects have been arrested in France on suspicion of robbing a high-profile jeweller in Paris. Precious stones and jewellery were stolen from the Chaumet Read more

Temperatures will hit as high as 43 degrees celsius in southeast Europe, as authorities issue a weather warning ahead of an expected heat wave on Read more

A Syrian doctor has been charged in Germany with crimes against humanity, federal prosecutors said. Alla Mousa, who came to Germany in 2015, is accused Read more

German politicians have warned that conspiracy theorists are exploiting the country’s flood-damaged areas and spreading disinformation. Police in the worst-affected regions have said they were Read more

A baby has been found alive in a bin bag near the French city of Lyon, authorities have confirmed. The infant child — believed to Read more

Electricity demand in the European Union has returned to pre-pandemic levels without a corresponding rise in emissions, according to a report published Wednesday by the Read more

A Turkish-born US citizen has reportedly surrendered to police over his ties to a secret messaging app linked to Turkey’s failed 2016 military coup. David Read more

A German court has ruled that women cannot be excluded from a traditional Bavarian fishing event. In the town of Memmingen, fishermen annually compete to Read more

Lithuania’s border guard service said it detained 171 people caught illegally crossing from Belarus into Lithuania on Tuesday night, the largest number in a single Read more

French President Emmanuel Macron said France was in debt to French Polynesia over nuclear tests that were conducted in the Pacific territory in the 1960s Read more

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated Mark Gitenstein to become Washington’s European Union ambassador. Gitenstein, 74, is a lawyer who served as the US Read more