Euro area economy grows despite Delta variant
For the euro area, as in the world as a whole, output is recovering back toward the pre-pandemic trajectory, economists have predicted.
“While the Delta variant means the picture could ...
EU lowers limits for toxic metals in baby food, vegetables
Baby food, vegetables, fruit, cereals, meat, fish and other foodstuffs will have to meet stricter limits of cadmium and lead content before they can be sold in the European Union, ...
Greece says EU ‘not ready’ for new migration crisis as Dutch, Germany freeze Afghan deportations
The Netherlands and Germany on Wednesday abruptly reversed course and said they would not for the time being deport Afghan citizens who are seeking asylum, given the rapidly escalating conflict ...
Germany arrests British man suspected of spying for Russia
German police have arrested a British man who worked at the British embassy in Berlin on suspicion of passing documents to the Russian intelligence service in exchange for cash, prosecutors ...
Greek villagers try to save homes as wildfires burn for eighth day
By Lefteris Papadimas and Leon Malherbe
Residents mounted a round the clock watch on Tuesday to try to save their homes from wildfires still ravaging the Greek island of Evia, ...
Premier League to introduce random COVID-19 status checks for ticket holders
Fans attending Premier League games are set to face random spot checks of their COVID-19 status at some stadiums in the opening weeks of the new season.
Ticket holders should ...
Six countries urge EU not to halt deportations of rejected Afghan asylum seekers
Six EU member states have sent a letter to the bloc’s executive warning against halting deportations of rejected Afghan asylum seekers despite major advances of Taliban militants in their ...
EU to leave safe travel list unchanged for now, official says
The European Union will not change its safe travel list this week, an EU official told Reuters on Monday, allowing non-essential travel from the United States to continue for the ...
Britain to relax some COVID-19 travel restrictions for COP26
Britain will relax some travel restrictions to help delegates attend the U.N. climate conference in Scotland later this year, including a shorter quarantine period for those from so-called “red ...
PM apologises as Greece counts costs of wildfire catastrophe
By Lefteris Papadimas
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologised on Monday for failures in tackling the devastating wildfires that have burned across Greece for the past week as the country ...
Disoriented by wildfires, migrating storks die crossing Greece
Migrating storks crossing through Greece on their way to Africa have fallen victim to the wildfires raging across the country for the past week, becoming disoriented by the flames and ...
Italian police seize envelope with bullets sent to Pope
An envelope addressed to Pope Francis containing three pistol bullets has been seized in a mail sorting facility close to the northern Italian city of Milan, police said on Monday.
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Greece starts to count cost after a week of devastating fires
Greek authorities have begun assessing the damage from wildfires that have devastated huge swathes of forest and forced thousands to flee from their homes over the past week, as fires ...
German Greens co-leader defends embattled chancellor candidate
The co-leader of Germany’s Greens on Sunday defended the party’s candidate for chancellor at next month’s federal election, and brushed off suggestions that he should replace her ...
Blaze ravages Evia island on sixth day of Greek wildfires (Updated)
Thousands of people have fled their homes on the Greek island of Evia as wildfires burned uncontrolled for a sixth day on Sunday, and ferries were on standby for more ...
Rescue ship carrying 257 migrants docks in Sicily port
A ship carrying 257 migrants docked in the Italian port of Trapani on Saturday almost a week after rescuing the people from international waters off Tunisia.
Migrants onboard the vessel, mainly ...
Greece battles wildfires for fifth day in ‘nightmarish summer’ (Updated)
By Stamos Prousalis and Costa Baltas
Flames swept through a town near Athens overnight and hundreds of people were evacuated by ferry from the island of Evia east of the ...
Revised offer for British supermarket group Morrisons accepted
British supermarket group Morrisons has agreed to an improved takeover offer worth 6.7 billion pounds ($9.3 billion) in cash from a consortium led by Softbank-owned (9984.T) Fortress Investment Group, it said on ...
Millions of Brits to face energy price increase
Energy prices for millions of Britons are expected to rocket from October after the energy regulator said it would increase its cap on the most widely used tariffs by about 12...
Thousands flee Greece blazes as wildfires sweep through Mediterranean
By Costas Baltas and Angeliki Koutantou
Thousands of people fled their homes on the outskirts of Athens on Friday and hundreds were evacuated by boat from the nearby island of ...
Paris 2024 to fly ‘biggest flag ever’ from Eiffel tower
The Paris 2024 Olympics organising committee will attempt a world record on Sunday when they will unfurl from the Eiffel tower and fly what they hope will be the biggest flag ...
Poland should not stay in EU at all costs, says minister
Poland should not remain a member of the European Union at all costs, the justice minister said in an interview published on Friday, as he railed against what he called “...
Wildfires roar back to life near Athens as winds fan flames
High winds rekindled wildfires north of Athens on Thursday as emergency crews battled for a third day to control blazes across Greece in searing, tinder-dry conditions.
A wall of dark ...
Macron’s Covid pass rules approved by top court
France’s highest court upheld a new law requiring the public to hold a health pass to access bars and restaurants and health workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by ...