Turkey refuses to allow German forces to search cargo ship off Libyan coast
Turkey prevented German forces belonging to a European Union military mission carrying out a full search of a Turkish cargo ship that they suspected of...
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Focus on fish and economic fair play as EU-UK trade talks go on remotely
British and European Union negotiators on Monday resumed talks on their post-Brexit relationship via video-conferencing, with the focus still squarely on dividing up fishing quotas...
England, Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland aim to ease Covid rules for Christmas
The British government said on Sunday it was working with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to ease COVID-19 restrictions over Christmas to allow families to...
Germany braces for extension of lockdown month into December
Germany will have to extend its current measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic into December, top politicians were quoted as saying on Sunday. Germany imposed...
UK’s Sunak: no return to austerity in new spending plan
British finance minister Rishi Sunak said there would be no return to austerity and instead he will announce “quite a significant” increase in funding for...
WHO Covid envoy fears third wave, calls Europe response ‘incomplete’
A World Health Organisation (WHO) special COVID-19 envoy predicted a third wave of the pandemic in Europe in early 2021, if governments repeat what he...
Swiss doctors urge Covid vulnerable to declare end-of-life wishes in advance
Swiss doctors have urged those vulnerable to COVID-19 complications to record their wishes for end-of-life care in advance to help ease pressure on intensive care...
Italy approves latest stimulus package to help pandemic-hit business
Italy’s government has approved a new package worth around 10 billion euros ($11.9 billion) to support businesses hit by the second wave of the coronavirus...
German doctor arrested on suspicion of killing coronavirus patients
German police said they had opened a murder inquiry against a senior doctor in the western city of Essen over the killing of two seriously...
Covid-19 reinfection unlikely for at least 6 months, study finds
People who’ve had COVID-19 are highly unlikely to contract it again for at least six months after the first infection, according to a British study...
EU plans tight car CO2 limits under green finance rules
Car manufacturers will need to meet tight emissions limits for their activities to be classed as a sustainable investment under proposed European Union rules, which the...
WHO advises against Gilead’s remdesivir for all hospitalised Covid-19 patients
Gilead’s remdesivir is not recommended for patients hospitalised with COVID-19, regardless of how ill they are, as there is no evidence the drug improves survival...
Britain hopes Christmas can be saved as Covid cases flatten
Britain could ease stringent COVID-19 rules to allow families to gather for Christmas as signs indicate that coronavirus cases are starting to flatten as a...
Incoming Biden presidency exposes old French-German rift on defence
The German defence minister’s warning against the “illusions” of pursuing European defence autonomy rattled French President Emmanuel Macron so much that her comments became a...
Hungary sees EU recovery plan deal; Poland demands “new compromise”
A dispute over the European Union’s recovery fund and budget will eventually be resolved, Hungary’s prime minister said on Friday, as a senior official in...
Football stars’ wives clash in ‘WAGatha Christie’ court case
A courtroom battle between the wives of former England football stars Wayne Rooney and Jamie Vardy kicked off in London on Thursday, an escalation in...
Britain announces £300 million ‘winter survival package’ for sport
The Government will provide a combined £300million cash injection to 11 sports hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and...
EU plans mammoth expansion of offshore wind farms
The European Union unveiled plans on Thursday to transform its electricity system to rely mostly on renewables within a decade and increase its offshore wind energy capacity 25-fold...
Post-Brexit UK announces military spending boost
Britain pledged to end the “era of retreat” by announcing a major increase in military spending, despite the coronavirus crisis pummelling the economy, as it...
EU leaders set to demand no-deal plans be published
Europe’s leaders are set to demand that the European Commission publish no-deal plans amid fears that Brexit negotiations are dragging, leaving businesses with little knowledge...
