World / Europe

Britain will allow mixing of COVID-19 vaccines on rare occasions 02 Jan 2021 - 03:56 pm

LONDON: Britain will allow people to be given shots of different COVID-19 vaccines on rare occasions, despite a lack of evidence about the...

Netherlands to vaccinate emergency care workers as soon as possible 02 Jan 2021 - 03:43 pm

THE HAGUE: The Netherlands will start vaccinating 30,000 emergency care workers as soon as possible, the health ministry said on Saturday, as the...

French police shut down huge party defying COVID-19 restrictions 02 Jan 2021 - 01:36 pm

PARIS: French police shut down on Saturday a huge party in northwestern France that had been underway since New Year's Eve in defiance...

In graying Italy, the old defy biases laid bare by pandemic 02 Jan 2021 - 11:18 am

Rome: From his newsstand at the bottom of two hilly streets in Rome, Armando Alviti has been dispensing newspapers, magazines and good cheer...

Ireland to replace British travel ban with stricter testing: Minister 01 Jan 2021 - 08:42 pm

DUBLIN: Ireland plans to end a ban on travel to the country from Britain on Jan. 6 and replace it with stricter COVID-19...

UK reactivates emergency hospitals as coronavirus cases surge 01 Jan 2021 - 07:38 pm

LONDON: British health officials have reactivated emergency hospitals that were built at the start of the pandemic to handle a surge in COVID-19...

Italy reports 462 coronavirus deaths on Friday, 22,211 new cases 01 Jan 2021 - 07:15 pm

ROME: Italy reported 462 coronavirus-related deaths on Friday against 555 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new...

Norway lifts ban on flights from Britain introduced due to virus variant 01 Jan 2021 - 04:55 pm

OSLO: Norway is lifting its ban on flights from Britain, introduced to stop the spread of a more contagious variant of the coronavirus,...

BioNTech founders warn of vaccine supply gaps - Spiegel 01 Jan 2021 - 12:49 pm

BERLIN - BioNTech is working flat out with partner Pfizer to boost production of their COVID-19 vaccine, its founders said, warning there would...

World Health Organization lists Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for emergency use 01 Jan 2021 - 11:41 am

ZURICH - The World Health Organization on Thursday listed the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech for emergency use, saying the move opens...

Putin urges unity in 2021 as second wave batters Russia 31 Dec 2020 - 08:16 pm

Moscow - President Vladimir Putin in his New Year's speech on Thursday urged Russians to unite in the face of the country's battle...

England readies Nightingale field hospitals as cases surge 31 Dec 2020 - 07:44 pm

London - England on Thursday was preparing to reopen its Nightingale field hospitals as a surge in cases of the new strain of...

Search continues for survivors after major Norway landslide 31 Dec 2020 - 03:52 pm

HELSINKI: Rescue workers in Norway on Thursday continued searching for 10 people, including children, who are missing a day after a massive landslide...

British PM Johnson's father applying for French citizenship 31 Dec 2020 - 01:28 pm

PARIS: The father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday he was in the process of applying for a French passport...

Russia signs Bolivia vaccine deal but confusion remains over dosages 31 Dec 2020 - 12:26 am

MOSCOW/LA PAZ - Russian sovereign fund RDIF agreed to supply Bolivia with 2.6 million doses of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, RDIF said...

Netherlands sticks to plan to start COVID-19 vaccinations by Jan. 8 31 Dec 2020 - 12:03 am

AMSTERDAM - The Netherlands will stick to its plan to start COVID-19 vaccinations by Jan. 8 even though other European Union countries began...

Study suggests Italy's COVID-19 death toll is higher than reported 30 Dec 2020 - 08:18 pm

ROME - Italy's coronavirus death toll is probably considerably higher than reported, statistics bureau ISTAT said on Wednesday in an analysis pointing to...