Staring on March 8, Finland will go into a three-week lockdown as the country faces a surge in COVID-19 infections, the Finnish government announced on Thursday. The new rules will include the closure of bars […]
The European Central Bank (ECB) will need to continue providing ample monetary accommodation for an extended period, even after the disinflationary pressures caused by the pandemic have been sufficiently offset, ECB chief economist Philip Lane […]
Climate change-driven snowmelt in the Alps is triggering abrupt seasonal change, a study led by the University of Manchester revealed on Thursday. The Alps attract thousands of tourists from across the world to ski resorts […]
The European Union (EU) on Thursday night declared Claudia Salerno Caldera, head of the Venezuelan Mission to the EU, persona non grata. The tit-for-tat move followed Caracas’s announcement on Wednesday to expel the EU Ambassador […]
Leaders of the European Union (EU) called for an accelerated production and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines late on Thursday as the bloc is struggling with supply shortfalls. “Our top priority now is speeding up the […]
Malta’s bars and entertainment venues will remain closed for another month as one of the safeguards against the spread of COVID-19, Health Minister Chris Fearne announced on Wednesday. Bars, originally shut down last October, were […]
The government of Sweden has decided to tighten the coronavirus restrictions to ward off a looming third COVID-19 wave. Under the new rules announced on Wednesday and effective March 1, all restaurants, cafes and bars […]
Climate change is having a devastating effect on the European economy with extreme weather alone causing an average 12 billion euros (14.6 billion U.S. dollars) a year in losses, the European Commission’s Executive Vice-President in […]
The COVID-19 epidemic in Denmark has taken on a different character since new variants of the coronavirus have emerged and taken over, according to the chief of the Danish Health Authority on Wednesday night. “This […]
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa proposed to the parliament on Wednesday to renew the “state of emergency” in the country until March 16, foreseeing a “reopening done in phases” based on the recommendations from […]
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