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NHS workers will have to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in England from April, health secretary Sajid Javid confirmed on Tuesday in the House of Commons. Read more

A Spanish court has detained twelve men on suspicion of forcing a plane to land in Mallorca last week. The suspects are accused of faking Read more

Austria has unveiled a new memorial in central Vienna to more than 64,000 victims of the Nazi regime. A “Wall of Names” — made up Read more

The European Union must be “firm and united” against the “desperate and illegitimate” administration of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and his continued attempts to destabilise Read more

Electric scooters are facing a crackdown by Swedish authorities tired of accidents and problem parking. Councillors in Stockholm voted on Monday to almost halve the Read more

A man reportedly armed with a knife threatened passers-by on the streets of the Norwegian capital, Oslo, on Tuesday, before being shot dead by police, Read more

Austria’s climate minister Leonore Gewessler opted to take a train to the UN climate conference in Glasgow. “To achieve the climate goals, we need a Read more

Representatives from EU countries have agreed that the European Commission will be the sole enforcer of new tech rules, with a more limited role for Read more

Boris Johnson faced a barrage of criticism in parliament on Monday after his failed attempt last week to block the suspension of an MP found Read more

Portugal has carried out a series of raids as part of an investigation into diamond smuggling involving suspect United Nations troops. Portuguese soldiers are suspected Read more

Belarus says it has received an asylum request from a man wanted in the United States for his role in the storming of the US Read more

As the crisis at the EU’s border with Belarus intensifies, so do calls for Brussels to fund border walls aimed at stopping illegal migrant crossings. Read more

Bosnian officials have ruled out the possibility of a new ethnic war, a senior US envoy has said, despite deep tensions triggered by Bosnian Serb Read more

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was transported to a prison hospital, the country’s penitentiary service has announced. Saakashvili, who is on a hunger strike, was Read more

Poland has been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for reforming its judicial system. The court called on Warsaw to take “rapid Read more

France’s Catholic Church has agreed to financially compensate victims of child sex abuse. Bishops said they would set up a national body responsible for compensating Read more

Britain’s tougher immigration and asylum policy is unlikely to stem the flow of migrants attempting to cross the English Channel, experts told Euronews. It comes Read more

Centre-right parties have signed a power-sharing agreement to form a new government in the Czech Republic. The coalition will be made of two political alliances Read more

Poland is reinforcing security at its border with Belarus, stating that a large group of migrants has been attempting to cross the border in Kuźnica. Read more

Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower who has exposed the company’s alleged inaction to fight misinformation and hate speech, is in Brussels to discuss content moderation, Read more

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has offered a positive view of her handling of Europe’s 2015 migrant crisis, an event that will likely remain part of Read more

Police clashed in Athens Friday with protesting firefighters demanding job contracts in the wake of massive wildfires. One firefighter was hurt by a stun grenade Read more

French authorities have ordered all outdoor poultry farms to shelter animals indoors amid fresh outbreaks of bird flu in Europe. Farmers have been told to Read more

Portugal’s parliament has approved a revised bill legalising euthanasia for terminally ill and seriously injured people. The legislation still requires the signature of Portugal’s President Read more

As the United Kingdom and European Union try to solve their Brexit-related trade disputes over Northern Ireland, UK ministers have implied the country could invoke Read more

The Russian embassy in Berlin has said that an employee died there last month in a “tragic accident”. A man’s lifeless body was found on Read more

Maltese police officers have been told they can grow beards, dye their hair and even wear nail varnish in a dispute over uniform policy. The Read more

This week European leaders focused on what was happening in Glasgow: the COP26 climate summit. Much has been made of the hypocrisy of world leaders Read more

Poland’s climate and environment minister is expected to visit Prague on Friday to resume talks on the Turów lignite mine. Anna Moskwa will visit the 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