World / Europe

NATO's Stoltenberg says killing of civilians in Ukraine 'absolutely unacceptable': CNN 03 Apr 2022 - 07:08 pm

WASHINGTON: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday called the killing of civilians in Bucha, Ukraine, a "brutality" unseen in Europe for decades, and...

US to give $50 mln to Moldova to cope with Ukraine war 03 Apr 2022 - 05:19 pm

CHISINAU: The United States will give Moldova $50 million to help it cope with the impacts of Russia's war against Ukraine, U.S. Ambassador...

Man in Germany gets 90 COVID-19 shots to sell forged passes 03 Apr 2022 - 03:50 pm

BERLIN: A 60-year-old man allegedly had himself vaccinated against COVID-19 dozens of times in Germany in order to sell forged vaccination cards with...

Most of Dutch rail network halted by technical problem 03 Apr 2022 - 03:27 pm

AMSTERDAM: The Dutch national railway operator NS on Sunday issued an advisory that none of its trains will be running for "at least"...

Lithuanian documentary maker Kvedaravicius killed in Ukraine's Mariupol 03 Apr 2022 - 01:10 pm

Lithuanian film director Mantas Kvedaravicius was killed on Saturday in Ukraine's Mariupol, a city whose fate he had documented for many years, according...

Hungarians head to polls in the shadow of war in Ukraine 03 Apr 2022 - 10:46 am

Polls opened across Hungary early Sunday as voters in the Central European country faced a choice: take a chance on a diverse, Western-looking...

Evacuation attempts of people from Mariupol to continue on Sunday: Ukraine Dep PM 03 Apr 2022 - 10:34 am

Work on evacuating people with the help of Red Cross from Mariupol will continue on Sunday with buses attempting to come close to...

Baltic states stop Russian gas imports 03 Apr 2022 - 09:39 am

Riga: The head ofLatvia's natural gas storage operator said that the Baltic states were no longer importing Russian natural gas. "If there were...

Kremlin says talks with Ukraine not easy 02 Apr 2022 - 09:08 pm

Russia's talks with Ukraine have not been easy, but the main thing is that they are continuing, RIA news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman...

Russian group says 208 detained in protests 02 Apr 2022 - 08:31 pm

A Russian group that monitors political arrests says 208 people were detained in demonstrations held Saturday across the country protesting Russia’s military operation...

Ukrainian photographer and Reuters contributor, Maksim Levin, killed covering war 02 Apr 2022 - 03:51 pm

Lviv: Maksim Levin, a photographer and videographer who was working for a Ukrainian news website and was a long-time contributor to Reuters, was...

Ukraine faces big battles in eastern and southern regions, says senior official 02 Apr 2022 - 03:47 pm

Heavy battles are coming up in Ukraine's eastern and southern regions and for the besieged city of Mariupol in particular, Ukrainian presidential adviser...

Britons warned of long Easter airport queues due to staff shortages 02 Apr 2022 - 03:10 pm

London: Airline passengers were warned on Saturday to expect long waits at British airports over the Easter holiday period due to a chronic...

Spain's Popular Party picks new leader with eye on winning back far-right voters 02 Apr 2022 - 02:54 pm

Madrid: Spain's conservative People's Party elected Alberto Nuñez Feijoo as its new leader on Saturday in the hope of winning back voters from...

Covid in UK at record levels with almost 5 million infected 02 Apr 2022 - 02:52 pm

London: The prevalence of COVID-19 in the U.K. has reached record levels, with about 1 in 13 people estimated to be infected with...

Russia declares top journalist and video blogger 'foreign agents' 02 Apr 2022 - 12:46 pm

Russia has declared a prominent journalist, a video blogger and six other media figures "foreign agents", the latest in a series of such...

Equestrians race to save horses abandoned in Ukraine warzones 01 Apr 2022 - 09:19 pm

LVIV, Ukraine: When bombs began to fall as Russian forces poured into Ukraine in late February, thousands of people fled for safety, leaving...

Spain expects Easter bounce to lift tourism to 80% of pre-COVID levels 01 Apr 2022 - 04:40 pm

MADRID: Spain expects international tourist arrivals to reach 80% of pre-pandemic volumes in the second quarter as northern Europeans shrug off concerns over...