Europe

Russia says two crew members from US-seized tanker released

29 January 2026, 05:11 AM Europe

Spain to regularise 500,000 undocumented migrants: Minister

27 January 2026, 15:24 PM Europe

EU chief vows 'massive' Greenland investments

20 January 2026, 18:43 PM World

Russia hits energy system in 5 regions of Ukraine

20 January 2026, 00:00 AM

US approves $1.5bn deal for Peru naval base

17 January 2026, 00:00 AM

UK govt retreats on mandatory digital ID to work

15 January 2026, 04:34 AM

Trump says US will deal with Greenland 'easy way' or 'hard way'

10 January 2026, 09:17 AM

Britain’s Prince Philip, 99, in hospital

Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth’s 99-year-old husband, has been admitted to hospital as a precautionary measure with an ailment that is not Covid-19 related.

17 February 2021, 15:29 PM

English health authority says 38 cases of new Covid variant found

Health authorities in England have identified 38 cases of a new coronavirus variant which has a key mutation that is thought to reduce the effectiveness of vaccines, the government said today.

16 February 2021, 15:58 PM

Chinese vaccine arrives in Hungary, a first in the EU

A shipment of Covid-19 vaccines produced in China arrived in Hungary on Tuesday, making it the first of the European Union’s 27 nations to receive a Chinese vaccine.

16 February 2021, 15:14 PM

France votes on anti-radicalism bill that worries Muslims

France’s lower house of parliament is voting Tuesday on a bill that would strengthen government oversight of mosques and religious schools and crack down on polygamy and forced marriage, among other measures aimed at rooting out Islamic radicalism.

16 February 2021, 10:34 AM

Italy's Draghi sworn in as prime minister of unity government

The Italian president swore in the former chief of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, as prime minister on Saturday at the head of a unity government called on to confront the coronvirus crisis and economic slump.

13 February 2021, 11:33 AM

Two opponents of Belarus leader face more jail time as he floats reform

Belarusian authorities have brought new charges against two prominent opponents of President Alexander Lukashenko who were jailed during mass protests, accusing them of extremism and trying to seize power, their lawyer said today.

12 February 2021, 11:41 AM

Danish police arrest 13 on suspicion of planning attack in Denmark or Germany

Thirteen people have been arrested in Denmark in the last week for acquiring firearms and ingredients to make explosives on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack in either Denmark or Germany, Danish police told reporters at a briefing today.

12 February 2021, 10:52 AM

Hungarian opposition radio forced off air as loses licence renewal case

A Hungarian opposition radio station lost an appeal against the removal of its licence today, cutting by one the already dwindling ranks of media outlets critical of the country’s nationalist government.

9 February 2021, 14:22 PM

Britain will not introduce Covid-19 vaccine passports

Britain will not introduce Covid-19 vaccine passports, but people will be able to seek proof from their doctor if needed for travel to other countries, vaccine deployment minister Nadhim Zahawi said today.

7 February 2021, 11:23 AM

Bangladesh expects Boris Johnson visit to celebrate diplomatic ties

Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem has expressed hope that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will visit Bangladesh soon on the occasion of 50 years of Bangladesh-UK diplomatic relations.

6 February 2021, 07:12 AM

Italian prime minister poised to resign, deepening political crisis

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte was set to hand in his resignation to the head of state on Tuesday, hoping to be given the opportunity to try and put together a new coalition and rebuild his parliamentary majority.

26 January 2021, 12:02 PM

UK jobless rate highest since 2016 as second Covid-19 lockdown hits

Britain’s unemployment rate hit its highest in nearly five years in the three months to November, when coronavirus cases began to rise for a second time and most of the country returned to a partial lockdown.

26 January 2021, 09:17 AM

Italy to take legal action over Covid vaccine delays to get promised doses

Italy will take legal action against Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca over delays in deliveries of Covid-19 vaccines to secure agreed supplies rather than seek damages, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Sunday.

24 January 2021, 16:38 PM

In a first for Europe, Google seals content payment deal with French news publishers

Google and a French publishers' lobby said on Thursday they had agreed to a copyright framework for the US tech giant to pay news publishers for content online, in a first for Europe.

22 January 2021, 04:58 AM

At least two dead after blast wrecks building in central Madrid

At least two people died and eight were injured on Wednesday when a building in central Madrid belonging to the Catholic Church was blown apart by an explosion, local authorities said.

20 January 2021, 15:17 PM

Thousands protest in Amsterdam against Dutch coronavirus lockdown

Several thousand people held an unauthorised protest in Amsterdam on Sunday against a national lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, before being dispersed by riot police.

17 January 2021, 16:06 PM

UK must not do trade deals with rights abusers, foreign minister says

Britain should not engage in free trade with countries that abuse human rights, but proposals that the country’s courts should decide whether genocide has been committed by trade partners is flawed, foreign minister Dominic Raab said.

17 January 2021, 12:21 PM

Dutch government quits over 'colossal stain' of tax subsidy scandal

Prime Minister Mark Rutte's government resigned on Friday, accepting responsibility for wrongful accusations of fraud by the tax authorities that drove thousands of families to financial ruin, often on the basis of ethnicity.

15 January 2021, 16:59 PM

Covid drives Dutch death rate up to highest level since WWII

The number of deaths in the Netherlands increased at the highest rate since World War Two this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Dutch national statistics office (CBS) said on Tuesday.

29 December 2020, 09:46 AM

EU and UK clinch narrow Brexit trade deal

Britain clinched a Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday, just seven days before it exits one of the world’s biggest trading blocs in its most significant global shift since the loss of empire.

24 December 2020, 15:52 PM