World / Europe

14-year-old FIFA gaming prodigy amasses 450 wins without losing a match 30 Jan 2021 - 05:04 pm

Anders Vejrgang is not your average FIFA 21 player, no one is when they have amassed 450 wins without losing a match in...

Fresh data show toll South African virus variant takes on vaccine efficacy 30 Jan 2021 - 03:54 pm

Chicago: Clinical trial data on two COVID-19 vaccines show that a coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa is lessening their ability to...

Norway to start gradual easing of capital region's lockdown on Feb 3 30 Jan 2021 - 01:06 pm

OSLO: The Norwegian government will gradually loosen the capital region's coronavirus lockdown, allowing some shops and recreational activities to reopen from Feb. 3...

Greece reverses decision to reopen shops, delays reopening of schools 29 Jan 2021 - 09:24 pm

ATHENS: Greece will shut its shops on Saturday less than two weeks after they were allowed to reopen, and has indefinitely postponed plans...

Serbia starts to clean up garbage-filled lake 29 Jan 2021 - 08:04 pm

PRIBOJ, Serbia: Two barges sailed up and down a vast stretch of floating trash on the Potpecko artificial lake in Serbia on Friday,...

European regulator gives green light for Astra-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine 29 Jan 2021 - 06:27 pm

AMSTERDAM: Europe's medicines regulator on Friday recommended approving AstraZeneca and Oxford University's COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18, the third...

Hungary approves Chinese Sinopharm's COVID vaccine, first in European Union 29 Jan 2021 - 06:16 pm

BUDAPEST: Hungary, which last week became the first European Union member to buy Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, on Friday became the bloc's first...

Spain's Aena sets up COVID-19 testing clinics in 15 airports 29 Jan 2021 - 04:27 pm

MADRID: Spanish airport operator Aena will lease out areas for COVID-19 testing clinics in 15 airports' departure lounges, including in Madrid and Barcelona,...

Italy to get 20% fewer Moderna vaccines in week starting Feb. 7 29 Jan 2021 - 04:17 pm

MILAN: U.S. pharmaceutical company Moderna will deliver 20% fewer vaccine doses to Italy than promised in the week starting on Feb. 7, Italy's...

Swiss drugmaker Novartis to help make Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine 29 Jan 2021 - 03:02 pm

ZURICH: Swiss drugmaker Novartis has signed an initial agreement to provide manufacturing capacity for Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, a move aimed at...

Ukraine bans use of Russian COVID-19 vaccines 29 Jan 2021 - 02:07 pm

KYIV - Ukraine's parliament on Friday approved a bill intended to speed up the approval of COVID-19 vaccines, which also bans the approval...

Fire at COVID-19 hospital in Romania kills four patients 29 Jan 2021 - 12:20 pm

BUCHAREST - A fire killed four patients at a COVID-19 hospital in the Romanian capital Bucharest early on Friday and 102 others were...

North Macedonia reports first case of British coronavirus variant 28 Jan 2021 - 04:34 pm

SARAJEVO - The first case of a new variant of the coronavirus has been detected in North Macedonia in a sample from a...

Germany recommends AstraZeneca Covid-19 shot only for under 65s 28 Jan 2021 - 04:22 pm

Berlin: AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine should only be given to people aged between 18 and 64, Germany's vaccine committee said in a draft update...

EU tells Google, Facebook and Twitter to extend fake news watch, COVID-19 in focus 28 Jan 2021 - 03:53 pm

BRUSSELS - The European Commission has told Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft to continue monthly reports on their efforts to tackle fake news,...

UK PM Johnson faces criticism over Scotland trip in lockdown 28 Jan 2021 - 03:32 pm

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced accusations Thursday that he is not abiding by the country's lockdown rules as he visited...

Germany to ban travellers from Britain, Portugal amid fears of more contagious virus variants 28 Jan 2021 - 03:26 pm

BRUSSELS - Germany is preparing entry bans for travellers from Britain, Portugal, Brazil and South Africa to limit the spread of the more...

WHO says vaccine makers working non-stop to plug supply gap, urges patience 28 Jan 2021 - 02:55 pm

GENEVA - The World Health Organization's Europe director Hans Kluge said on Thursday vaccine manufacturers were working non-stop to plug shortfalls in supplies...