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Investigators say the deadly bus crash in Bulgaria was most likely caused by “human error”. At least 44 people were killed when the vehicle caught Read more

Dozens of Uber drivers protested in the Belgian capital on Thursday after the Brussels appeal court ruled the ride-hailing app breached local legislation. Under the Read more

Slovakia’s government has officially apologised for the forced sterilisation of thousands of Roma women. The ruling coalition condemned decades of human rights violations against issued Read more

More than 180,000 people have signed a petition calling for left-wing parties in France to join forces in the country’s upcoming 2022 presidential elections to Read more

Czech President Miloš Zeman has been discharged from a military university hospital after more than six weeks. The Prague hospital said on Thursday it would Read more

Romanian MPs have approved a new grand coalition government on Thursday, ending a months-long political crisis. They voted overwhelmingly in favour of an executive led Read more

Brussels says the EU’s COVID pass — used for cross-border travel — will expire nine months after the last vaccine dose. A booster shot will Read more

France will begin offering adults a COVID-19 booster dose from Saturday as a fifth wave of the virus ramps up. Health minister Olivier Véran made Read more

COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in various parts of Europe as the cold weather has affected the spread of the virus. Countries on Read more

At least six people died and 49 were missing on Thursday following an accident in a mine in Siberia, local authorities said. The press office Read more

The number of miners and rescuers killed as a fire ravaged a coal mine in Siberia has risen to 52, according to Russian news reports. Read more

The EU’s economy commissioner says that the bloc’s economic recovery is on track, but also warns of the dangers of the fourth wave of COVID-19 Read more

As the European Union gears up to slap Belarus with a new raft of sanctions in response to the ongoing crisis at the bloc’s eastern Read more

Slovakia declared a 90-day state of emergency and a two-week lockdown following a spike in COVID-19 cases that saw the country’s seven-day average of cases Read more

The European Union wouldn’t have a green deal to fight climate change in place if it weren’t for the role played by Swedish activist Greta Read more

The number of migrants trying to reach England on boats from France has more than doubled in a year. About 15,500 migrants had either attempted Read more

More than 20 migrants have died after a boat sank off the coast of Calais on Wednesday, French police have told AFP news agency. Fishermen Read more

The United Kingdom and the European Union are locked in post-Brexit talks which, if left unresolved, could lead to an all-out trade war with Nothern Read more

A man who sent a bomb hoax to a UK coronavirus vaccine factory has been jailed for more than two years. Anthony Collins was found Read more

Three large groups of migrants have attempted to illegally cross the Poland-Belarus border, authorities have said. The Polish Border Guard reported that a group of Read more

A group of prominent Russian doctors has invited anti-vaccine celebrities and politicians to visit hospitals treating COVID-19 patients. Eleven leading doctors signed the open letter Read more

Tensions have been rising again along the Russian-Ukrainian border, with Kyiv and Washington raising the alarm at what they say is an unusual build-up of Read more

Magdalena Andersson has become Sweden’s first female prime minister. But she is among the minority: there are just five other women leading their countries in Read more

French footballer Karim Benzema was found guilty of complicity in a sex tape blackmail scandal. The Real Madrid forward, 33, was accused of blackmailing French Read more

COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in various parts of Europe as the cold weather has affected the spread of the virus. Countries on Read more

After years of diplomatic tensions, France and Italy are due to seal a landmark pact of friendship and cooperation on Thursday. French President Emmanuel Macron Read more

The only person convicted in the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher was freed Tuesday after serving most of his 16-year prison sentence, his Read more

Dutch coronavirus infection numbers hit a new weekly record Tuesday, climbing 39% while hospital and intensive care unit admissions also rose sharply, prompting the government Read more

Moldova’s deputy prime minister said the country would pay off an outstanding debt to Russian gas giant Gazprom which had threatened to cut supplies to Read more

The European Parliament has voted to oppose breakaway sports competitions after the aborted Super League project. MEPs said they wanted European sporting culture “to be Read more