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The eruption of La Palma’s Cumbre Vieja volcano, which destroyed hundreds of homes and large swathes of farmland, has finally come to an official end Read more

Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the country’s oldest and most prominent human rights organisation should be closed down — a move that stirred Read more

Authorities in Belarus have released a draft document proposing amendments to the country’s constitution that may allow authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to further cement his Read more

A mosque in northern France has been ordered shut for six months for “inciting violence”. The prefecture of the Oise département said the large mosque Read more

“I’m not going anywhere. I’m happy here and this is my home.” Ewa Gluza came to the UK in August 2003, the year before Poland Read more

The pastor opened the wrought-iron doors of St. Petri Church in the German city of Chemnitz and sighed with relief when he saw the long Read more

From Tuesday, the French will be able to receive their booster jab three months after full vaccination, prime minister Jean Castex announced. However, there will Read more

Bulgarian shoppers are crossing Turkey’s western border in packed cars and buses, taking advantage of a declining Turkish lira to enjoy their own shopping sprees. Read more

Uncovering Europe is your daily dose of original storytelling from across the continent. Each weekday at 7 pm CET we bring you a European story Read more

The woes of British exporters to the European Union have been much documented throughout 2021, especially in the first part of the year as new Read more

1. The EU’s COVID vaccination campaign had a difficult start The rollout of COVID vaccines in the EU began controversially. It started in January with Read more

The ten costliest weather disasters of 2021 exceeded $170 billion (€150 billion) in total damage, according to a British NGO. The figure is an increase Read more

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday he would ponder a slew of options if the West failed to meet his push for security guarantees precluding Read more

Karolos Papoulias, a former president of Greece has died at the age of 92, Greece’s state news agency ANA reports. Papoulias, a long-time socialist lawmaker Read more

Queen Elizabeth II in her Christmas Day message shared the pain she felt after the death of her husband as she encouraged people everywhere to Read more

British police arrested a man armed with a weapon on the grounds of Windsor Castle on Saturday. Thames Valley police said the security breach took Read more

Authorities on one of Spain’s Canary Islands declared a volcanic eruption that started in September officially finished on Christmas Day following ten days of inactivity. Read more

Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Eve Mass before about 2,000 people in St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday, going ahead with the service despite the resurgence in Read more

At least 13 people died after a migrant boat capsized in the Aegean Sea late Friday, adding to the toll of as many as 27 Read more

New travel regulations in Austria are already leading to a wave of cancellations in Salzburg’s winter sports region, and not only for the Christmas holidays, Read more

Mostar’s rich skyline, with mosques and Catholic church towers peeking out above buildings and set against an imposing mountain range, now once again features the Read more

Several countries have announced diplomatic boycotts of the 2022 Winter Olympics Games in China over Beijing’s human rights track record. China, which will host the Read more

Hundreds of millions of people across Europe will wake up on Christmas Day and rush to their tree to open the presents left for them. Read more

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Washington’s willingness to discuss Russia’s security proposals aimed at curbing NATO’s eastward expansion was “positive”, as fears Read more

Brussels says China is blocking imports from European Union countries when they contain components from Lithuania. Vilnius and Beijing are in a dispute over Taiwan. Read more

Thirty years ago, the Soviet Union dissolved as the result of internal political, economic, and ethnic disintegration within the USSR following General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev’s Read more

Poland’s national-populist leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski accused Germany of trying to turn the European Union into a federalist “Fourth German Reich” in an interview published Friday. Read more

Greek officials said on Friday that seven people had died in the sinking of a migrant boat that had run aground on a small island Read more

A German man who fled after losing his final appeal of a murder conviction for the 1993 killing of a teenager has been arrested in Read more

Europe is once again seeing a surge of COVID-19 cases — here is our summary of the measures being taken across the continent. In some Read more