World / Europe

BioNTech lifts 2021 COVID-19 vaccine output target to 2 bln doses 11 Jan 2021 - 08:49 pm

FRANKFURT - Pfizer Inc's partner BioNTech SE has boosted the 2021 delivery target for their COVID-19 vaccine to 2 billion doses, up from...

English health official warns pandemic entering worst weeks 11 Jan 2021 - 05:07 pm

LONDON: England’s chief medical officer warned Monday that the coming weeks would be the worst of the pandemic for the National Health Service...

UK steps up vaccinations as Covid surges, worst weeks still to come 11 Jan 2021 - 01:46 pm

London: Britain is facing the worst weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, its chief medical officer said on Monday, with the health service facing...

Schools shut as Madrid clears record snow ahead of cold spell 11 Jan 2021 - 01:37 pm

MADRID: Schools in Madrid were closed on Monday while most trains and flights resumed as the Spanish capital tried to return to some...

Russia reports first case of more infectious coronavirus variant -RIA 10 Jan 2021 - 10:57 pm

MOSCOW - Russia has detected its first case of the more infectious coronavirus variant found in England, in a Russian who returned from...

Madrid airport reopens partially after storm hits city 10 Jan 2021 - 10:51 pm

Madrid’s international airport is now ready to resume outbound operation after a heavy snowfall covered the Spanish capital and much of the rest...

Czechs protest over the mental, economic toll of coronavirus restrictions 10 Jan 2021 - 09:14 pm

PRAGUE - Several thousand protesters in the Czech Republic, including former prime minister and president Vaclav Klaus, gathered in Prague's Old Town Square...

Greeks escape lockdown for the beach as winter temperatures soar 10 Jan 2021 - 08:42 pm

ATHENS - Greeks headed to beaches and public parks on Sunday as a rare January heat wave offered a respite from the coronavirus...

Seven people test positive for new, more infectious coronavirus variant in Marseille 10 Jan 2021 - 07:51 pm

MARSEILLE/PARIS - French authorities said on Sunday they were racing to contain the more infectious variant of COVID-19 first found in Britain, which...

Austrian labour minister quits over plagiarism allegations 10 Jan 2021 - 07:44 pm

ZURICH - Austria's Labour Minister Christine Aschbacher has resigned after allegations that she plagiarised some of her university work, but denied any wrongdoing...

Lukashenko promises new Belarus draft constitution by end of this year 10 Jan 2021 - 06:42 pm

MOSCOW: A new draft constitution for Belarus, which President Alexander Lukashenko has touted as a solution to a political crisis but the opposition...

Scarce doses and empty vaccination centres: Germany's vaccine rollout headache 10 Jan 2021 - 03:13 pm

Berlin/Dillenburg, Germany: Proud of their national reputation for efficiency, Germans are growing increasingly frustrated by the slow rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine its...

Madrid airport remains shut after storm Filomena hits city 10 Jan 2021 - 02:15 pm

Madrid’s international airport will remain shut after heavy snowfall covered the Spanish capital and much of the rest of the country. Spain’s biggest...

Spain sends out vaccine, food convoys after snowstorm paralyses roads 10 Jan 2021 - 12:15 pm

MADRID: The Spanish government will send convoys carrying the COVID-19 vaccine and food supplies on Sunday to areas cut off by Storm Filomena...

UK vaccinating 200,000 people a day: Health minister 10 Jan 2021 - 12:03 pm

London: Britain is vaccinating 200,00 people a day against COVID-19 and is on course to ramping up immunisations to 2 million a week,...

Queen Elizabeth and husband receive Covid-19 vaccines: Palace 09 Jan 2021 - 07:06 pm

LONDON: Britain's Queen Elizabeth and her husband Philip, both in their nineties, have received vaccinations against COVID-19, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday. "The...

Irish health officials believe South African COVID-19 variant contained 09 Jan 2021 - 05:38 pm

DUBLIN: Health officials in Ireland, where a more infectious variant of the coronavirus first discovered in England has been surging, said on Saturday...