World / Europe

Germany sends doctors and ventilators to help Portugal with COVID-19 crisis 01 Feb 2021 - 09:15 pm

BERLIN - Germany's military will send more than 20 doctors and nurses to Portugal, where space in hospital intensive care units is running...

Austria to loosen lockdown, allowing shops and schools to reopen 01 Feb 2021 - 08:57 pm

VIENNA - Austria will loosen its coronavirus lockdown next week, switching to a nighttime curfew from all-day restrictions on movement and letting non-essential...

As pandemic worsens, Portugal reports nearly half of all its COVID-19 deaths in January 01 Feb 2021 - 08:09 pm

LISBON - Portugal reported close to half of all its COVID-19 deaths in January, highlighting the severe worsening of the pandemic in a...

BioNTech says back on schedule to deliver COVID-19 vaccine doses to EU 01 Feb 2021 - 08:03 pm

BioNTech and Pfizer Inc are on-track to meet the delivery deadline for their coronavirus vaccine to the European Union, the Germany-based company said...

UK detects South African coronavirus variant in people with no travel links 01 Feb 2021 - 07:38 pm

LONDON - Eleven people in different regions of England have tested positive for the South African coronavirus variant without having any links to...

Fake coronavirus test results for sale, Europol warns 01 Feb 2021 - 07:29 pm

An Irish organized crime gang is behind a scheme to forge coronavirus test results for people traveling between countries, according to Europol. Europol...

UK orders more Valneva vaccine to prepare for repeated jabs 01 Feb 2021 - 05:36 pm

LONDON: The U.K. has ordered another 40 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine developed by the French company Valneva as the government prepares...

Madrid region relaxes COVID-19 restrictions despite sky-high caseload 01 Feb 2021 - 05:15 pm

MADRID: The Madrid region will start relaxing its COVID-19 restrictions this week, officials said on Monday, even as the rest of Spain and...

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now 01 Feb 2021 - 02:42 pm

Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Oxford kept vaccine trial volunteers in dark About 1,500 of the initial...

Court fines Navalny's wife after protests in Moscow 01 Feb 2021 - 02:38 pm

MOSCOW: A Moscow court on Monday has ordered the wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to pay a fine of 20,000 rubles...

Rent tumbles in Madrid and Barcelona amid pandemic 01 Feb 2021 - 02:29 pm

MADRID: Rents have tumbled in Madrid and Barcelona because of the coronavirus pandemic, property portal Idealista said on Monday, a stark contrast to...

"Pray for Tom": UK's record fundraiser Captain Moore in hospital with Covid 01 Feb 2021 - 11:14 am

London: Prime Minister Boris Johnson was among a host of well-wishers across Britain willing record-breaking fundraiser Captain Tom Moore to pull through after...

Navalny, WHO and Thunberg among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize 01 Feb 2021 - 10:12 am

Oslo: Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, the World Health Organization and climate campaigner Greta Thunberg are among those nominated for this year's Nobel Peace...