World / Europe

Court orders Dutch government to scrap coronavirus curfew 16 Feb 2021 - 12:43 pm

Amsterdam: A Dutch court ordered the government on Tuesday to immediately scrap the night-time curfew imposed to help limit the spread of the...

UK to facilitate other countries' COVID vaccine passport plans: minister 16 Feb 2021 - 11:39 am

LONDON: Britain will provide vaccine COVID-19 certificates for its residents if they are required by other countries, although it is not planning to...

Czech Republic plans reopening of schools from March, with testing 15 Feb 2021 - 10:36 pm

PRAGUE - The Czech government plans to reopen schools for more students from March 1 with regular testing for coronavirus infections, which remain...

Boris Johnson aims to ease lockdown, with schools back first 15 Feb 2021 - 09:36 pm

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he is hoping to draw up plans to lift national pandemic restrictions on socializing, shopping and traveling...

WHO lists AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use 15 Feb 2021 - 07:14 pm

GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday listed AstraZeneca and Oxford University's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, widening access to the relatively...

J&J's vaccine implementation study in South Africa gets regulator nod 15 Feb 2021 - 03:53 pm

Cape Town: South Africa's drugs regulator said on Monday it had approved an implementation study of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, clearing the...

Portugal's tourism sector slumps back to 1980s levels amid pandemic 15 Feb 2021 - 03:37 pm

Lisbon: Portugal's once-booming tourism sector suffered its worst results since the mid-1980s last year as the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns worldwide grounded...

UK PM Johnson says lockdown lifting will be cautious but irreversible 15 Feb 2021 - 02:42 pm

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that his plan to lift the COVID-19 lockdown would be cautious but irreversible and...

England's quarantine hotels open in bid to keep COVID variants out 15 Feb 2021 - 12:55 pm

LONDON: Passengers arriving in England from Monday from any of 33 "red list" countries will have to spend 10 days quarantined in a...

End of lockdown? UK's Johnson mulls path out after 15 million vaccinated 15 Feb 2021 - 11:16 am

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will judge this week how fast England can exit COVID-19 lockdown after vaccinating 15 million of its...

Britain's Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan expecting second child 14 Feb 2021 - 11:11 pm

LONDON - Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are expecting their second child, a spokesperson for...

Czech government agrees last-minute COVID-19 lockdown deal 14 Feb 2021 - 09:25 pm

PRAGUE - The Czech government reached a last-minute deal with regional governors on Sunday to call a new state of emergency for 14...

UK hits 15 million vaccinations as pressure to unlock builds 14 Feb 2021 - 07:21 pm

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed a "significant milestone" on Sunday as data showed 15 million first doses of COVID-19 vaccinations...

France seeking to ban far-right, anti-migrant group 14 Feb 2021 - 01:51 pm

PARIS: France has begun a process to ban French far-right group Generation Identitaire, which is known to be hostile to migrants, Interior Minister...

Catalonia holds regional election, gauging separatists' strength 14 Feb 2021 - 11:09 am

Barcelona: Catalan voters headed to the polls on Sunday for an election that will test the strength of the Spanish region's pro-independence movement...

Draghi takes helm in Italy, focused on pandemic recovery aid 13 Feb 2021 - 05:46 pm

ROME: Mario Draghi, the man largely credited with saving the euro currency, took the helm as Italy's premier Saturday after assembling a government...