World / Europe

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...

Coronavirus strain found in Polish mink can pass to humans, gov't says 13 Feb 2021 - 04:12 pm

Warsaw: A strain of the coronavirus discovered in mink on a farm in northern Poland can be transmitted to humans and vice versa,...

Portugal extends suspension of Brazil, UK flights 13 Feb 2021 - 03:38 pm

LISBON: Portugal on Saturday extended a suspension of flights to and from Brazil and the UK to March 1, with only humanitarian and...

Italy's Draghi sworn in as prime minister of unity government 13 Feb 2021 - 02:01 pm

ROME: The Italian president swore in the former chief of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, as prime minister on Saturday at the...

Oxford University to test COVID-19 vaccine response among children for first time 13 Feb 2021 - 12:04 pm

The University of Oxford has launched a study to assess the safety and immune response of the COVID-19 vaccine it has developed with...

Cover that red nose! Circus festival adapts to virus rules 13 Feb 2021 - 11:22 am

Marseille, France: It’s been a tough year for the performing arts in most countries, with virus lockdowns canceling shows and shuttering venues. But...

Greece extends lockdown to more regions to contain COVID-19 pandemic 12 Feb 2021 - 09:11 pm

ATHENS: Greece on Friday extended the full lockdown imposed on metropolitan Athens earlier this week to more regions of the country in a...

Merkel sees more than enough COVID-19 vaccine available in April 12 Feb 2021 - 07:59 pm

BERLIN: Germany will have difficulties making use of all available COVID-19 vaccines in April, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview with broadcaster...

Overflowing Czech hospitals seek patient transfers as 'UK variant' rages 12 Feb 2021 - 07:53 pm

NACHOD, Czech Republic: Jan Mach had coped with his eastern Czech district hospital's COVID-19 wards filling up - until 22 new arrivals on...

WHO says all hypotheses still open in probe into virus origins 12 Feb 2021 - 07:34 pm

GENEVA: All hypotheses are still open in the World Health Organization's search for the origins of COVID-19, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told...