World / Europe

Local elections in Ukraine test Zelensky's popularity 25 Oct 2020 - 02:51 pm

Kiev: Ukrainians were voting on Sunday in local elections seen as a test for President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose popularity has suffered in the...

UK considers reducing quarantine period for COVID-19 contacts 25 Oct 2020 - 02:36 pm

Britain's government is looking at how long those exposed to COVID-19 need to quarantine, Northern Ireland minister Brandon Lewis told Sky News on...

Italy tightens virus restrictions after record new cases 25 Oct 2020 - 01:18 pm

Rome: Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte tightened nationwide coronavirus restrictions Sunday after the country recorded a record number of new cases, despite opposition...

Poland's president tests positive for coronavirus 24 Oct 2020 - 08:26 pm

Warsaw: Poland's President Andrzej Duda said he had tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday, as the EU country faces a record rise in...

Belarus: Protesters keep up push for president's resignation 24 Oct 2020 - 07:53 pm

KYIV, Ukraine: Several hundred women marched across the capital of Belarus in heavy rain Saturday to demand the resignation of the country's authoritarian...

EU farm bill 'fuels ecological destruction,' Thunberg says 24 Oct 2020 - 02:41 pm

Stockholm: Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has denounced the new farm bill adopted by the European Parliament as one that "fuels ecological destruction."...

EU border agency 'involved in illegal asylum pushbacks' 24 Oct 2020 - 01:42 pm

Berlin: Europe's border security agency Frontex has been involved in several illegal "pushbacks" of asylum seekers crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey to...

Iconic UK arts institutions get £75m virus funding 24 Oct 2020 - 01:02 pm

London: The British government on Saturday announced a £75 million (82 million euros) rescue package to save 35 cultural institutions hit by the...

Europe, WHO sound alarm over resurgent virus crisis 24 Oct 2020 - 11:54 am

Stockholm: The European Union's disease control agency has joined frantic health workers to sound the alarm over a coronavirus surge across the continent,...

Polish President Duda infected with coronavirus, feels good: Minister 24 Oct 2020 - 11:28 am

Warsaw: Polish President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus and is subject to quarantine but is feeling good, presidential minister Blazej Spychalski...

Local businesses, councils promise free school meals after Rashford campaign 23 Oct 2020 - 08:27 pm

At least 100 organisations have come forward to supply free school meals during half term in the UK, inspired by Manchester United and...

Italy's COVID cases hit new record, Campania region set for lockdown 23 Oct 2020 - 07:29 pm

ROME: Italy's Campania region, based on the southern city of Naples, said on Friday it would impose a lockdown to tame the coronavirus...

WHO says it will have advice on Remdesivir in 3-4 weeks 23 Oct 2020 - 07:12 pm

GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday it is preparing guidelines on use of the drug remdesivir for COVID-19 and should...

WHO's Tedros says countries on "dangerous track" in pandemic 23 Oct 2020 - 07:05 pm

GENEVA: The world is now at a critical juncture in the COVID-19 pandemic and some countries are on a dangerous path, facing the...

Austrian Airlines begins offering rapid pre-boarding COVID-19 tests 23 Oct 2020 - 05:47 pm

VIENNA: Lufthansa's Austrian Airlines is offering rapid pre-boarding coronavirus tests free to passengers on one of its routes as part of a group-wide...

Portugal orders masks for busy outdoor areas as COVID spikes 23 Oct 2020 - 04:56 pm

LISBON: Face masks will have to be worn in crowded outdoor areas across Portugal, parliament decided on Friday, in a scramble to contain...

Dutch transfer patients to Germany again as COVID infections spike 23 Oct 2020 - 04:20 pm

AMSTERDAM: The Netherlands began transferring COVID-19 patients to Germany again on Friday, as hospitals come under increasing strain from a second wave of...