World / Europe

Pfizer bets on COVID-19 vaccine demand for years, sees sales of $26 bln in 2021 04 May 2021 - 05:17 pm

Pfizer Inc on Tuesday raised its forecast for 2021 COVID-19 vaccine sales by more than 70% to $26 billion and said demand from...

German cabinet passes decree to ease COVID-19 curbs for vaccinated 04 May 2021 - 04:58 pm

BERLIN: Germany's cabinet agreed on Tuesday to ease restrictions on people who are fully vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19, Justice Minister Christine...

BioNTech nearing request for approval of longer-lasting version of COVID vaccine 04 May 2021 - 03:45 pm

London: BioNTech is working on getting approval for a version of its COVID-19 vaccine which can be stored in fridges of 2 to...

Poland tightens quarantine rules after cases of Indian Covid-19 variant 04 May 2021 - 03:32 pm

Warsaw: People travelling to Poland from Brazil, India and South Africa will have to quarantine, the Polish health minister said on Tuesday, as...

Fire-juggling at home? Lockdown easing a relief for Hungarian circus artists 04 May 2021 - 02:15 pm

Budapest: After months of practising aerial acrobatics suspended from the ceiling in her tiny apartment in Budapest with only her cats for an...

Britain will announce travel 'green list' shortly -minister 04 May 2021 - 12:59 pm

LONDON - Britain is set to announce the green list for countries that people can travel to on holiday shortly, and will have...

Madrid voters queue at polls in COVID-influenced crunch election 04 May 2021 - 12:58 pm

Madrid: Voters formed long queues at polling stations in Madrid on Tuesday to maintain social distancing in a regional election centred around unorthodox...

Denmark ditches J&J COVID-19 shots from vaccination programme 03 May 2021 - 07:56 pm

COPENHAGEN: Denmark on Monday became the first country to exclude Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 shots from its vaccination programme over a potential link...

UK on course to ditch social distancing rule in June: PM Johnson 03 May 2021 - 05:02 pm

LONDON: Britain is on course to ditch the COVID-19 social distancing rule requiring people to stay at least one metre apart towards the...

Cafes, restaurants reopen in Greece for outdoor service 03 May 2021 - 04:45 pm

ATHENS, Greece: Cafes and restaurants reopened in Greece on Monday for sit-down service for the first time in nearly six months, as the...

COVAX gets boost from Moderna deal, Sweden's donation of COVID-19 vaccines -GAVI 03 May 2021 - 01:20 pm

Geneva: Moderna will supply 34 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine this year and Sweden has donated 1 million AstraZeneca shots to the...

EU executive recommends opening up to fully vaccinated foreign citizens 03 May 2021 - 12:09 pm

BRUSSELS: The European Union's executive recommended on Monday that foreign citizens fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and those coming from countries with a good...

Hundreds of boats line up on Lake Geneva in border art project 02 May 2021 - 07:50 pm

SAINT-GINGOLPH, Switzerland: Hundreds of boats lined up across Lake Geneva on Sunday in an artistic representation of the border between Switzerland and France...

New stage in Rome's Colosseum will restore majestic view 02 May 2021 - 03:03 pm

ROME: A project to build a high-tech, lightweight stage inside the Roman Colosseum will allow visitors a central viewpoint from within the ancient...

G7 to look at rapid response mechanism against Russian 'propaganda', UK's Raab says 02 May 2021 - 02:02 pm

London: The Group of Seven richest countries will look at a proposal to build a rapid response mechanism to counter Russian "propaganda" and...

Ukraine to buy extra 10 mln doses of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine 01 May 2021 - 04:29 pm

KYIV: Ukraine has signed a contract with Pfizer for an additional 10 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine, brining the total number of...

WHO gives emergency use listing to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine 01 May 2021 - 04:09 pm

Zurich: The World Health Organization has listed Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, the agency said on Friday, the fifth to be given...

Portugal extends COVID-19 air travel curbs until mid-May 01 May 2021 - 03:41 pm

Lisbon: Portugal said on Saturday it was extending until May 16 flight restrictions that stop non-essential travel from countries with high coronavirus incidence...