World / Europe

Sweden scraps demand for negative COVID-test for travelers from the Nordics 28 May 2021 - 04:01 pm

Stockholm: Travelers coming from the Nordics will no longer have to show a negative COVID-test to enter Sweden from next week, the Minister...

Nationwide strike planned in Belarus, opposition leader says 28 May 2021 - 03:44 pm

The Hague: Belarus's leading opposition figure said on Friday that a nationwide strike was being planned to protest against the arrest of dissident...

Shoot-out after policewoman stabbed in attack in western France 28 May 2021 - 03:33 pm

CHAPELLE-SUR-ERDRE, France: A man stabbed and badly wounded a policewoman in the town of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre in western France on Friday before he...

Britain approves J&J COVID-19 vaccine for use 28 May 2021 - 02:47 pm

LONDON - Britain's medicine regulator has approved Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine for use, the health ministry said in a statement on Friday,...

Hungary detects first cases of Indian COVID-19 variant 28 May 2021 - 01:42 pm

BUDAPEST - Hungary has identified two cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in India, the government official in charge of vaccinations said...

US urges WHO to carry out 2nd phase of virus origin study in China 27 May 2021 - 11:42 pm

GENEVA - The United States called on Thursday for the World Health Organization to carry out a second phase of its investigation into...

Coronavirus variant could push back England's reopening, PM Johnson warns 27 May 2021 - 09:19 pm

LONDON - England may need to wait longer than planned before COVID-19 restrictions are fully lifted as a coronavirus variant first found in...

No relation to reality: UK PM Johnson brushes off ex-aide's claims 27 May 2021 - 08:57 pm

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday brushed aside allegations from his former chief aide that his failings had caused tens...

Germany plans to offer adolescents COVID-19 vaccine from June 7 27 May 2021 - 08:47 pm

BERLIN - Germany plans to make enough COVID-19 vaccine doses available to offer a first shot to children aged 12-16 from June 7,...

EU eyes Belarus sanctions targeting sectors close to leader 27 May 2021 - 05:50 pm

BRUSSELS: European Union nations sketched out plans Thursday for new sanctions against Belarus that will target economic sectors close to its authoritarian president,...

Too early to say on final UK reopening step, India variant spreading- health minister 27 May 2021 - 01:32 pm

London: A coronavirus variant first found in India is spreading across Britain and it is too soon to say whether COVID-19 restrictions can...

UK health minister says ex-PM aide's Covid-19 lies claim are untrue 27 May 2021 - 01:24 pm

London: British health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday "unsubstantiated allegations" from the prime minister's former chief aide that he had lied to...

Decline in Spanish COVID-19 infections slows 26 May 2021 - 09:39 pm

MADRID - An eight-week decline in Spain's coronavirus infection rate has begun to tail off, Health Minister Carolina Darias said on Wednesday, pointing...

UK health minister should have been fired for lying - PM Johnson's ex-adviser 26 May 2021 - 07:42 pm

LONDON - Britain's health minister Matt Hancock should have been fired for lying in government meetings on COVID-19, Prime Minster Boris Johnson's former...

EU drug regulator reviewing woman's death in Belgium after getting J&J shot 26 May 2021 - 07:28 pm

LONDON - The European Union's drug regulator said on Wednesday it is reviewing the death of a woman in Belgium who suffered a...

France will impose quarantine on visitors from UK 26 May 2021 - 05:09 pm

PARIS: France on Wednesday declared a mandatory quarantine period for people coming from Britain due to the increasing prevalence there of a highly...

EU seeks huge fine for AstraZeneca vaccine delays 26 May 2021 - 01:56 pm

BRUSSELS: A lawyer for the European Union asked a Brussels court on Wednesday to impose a large fine on AstraZeneca for its delays...

UK failed 'disastrously' in Covid-19 crisis, PM Johnson's ex-chief adviser says 26 May 2021 - 12:09 pm

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's former chief adviser said the government failed in the COVID-19 crisis and fell "disastrously short" of the...