Europe

France reported on Tuesday 271,686 new cases of COVID-19 detected in the last 24 hours, the highest daily record since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country. According to data released by the French […]

Britain reported 218,724 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, exceeding 200,000 daily cases for the first time since of the start of the pandemic, according to official figures released Tuesday. This brought the total […]

Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg has tested positive for COVID-19, the Grand Ducal Palace said on Tuesday. Following a self-test that turned out to be positive, the Grand Duke “placed himself this morning in self-isolation,” […]

Despite an anti-pandemic lockdown currently in force, the number of positive COVID-19 tests in the Netherlands increased by 35 percent in the past week, compared to the previous week, the National Institute for Public Health […]

With increased intakes of new work, efforts to reduce backlogs of work and higher employment, Britain’s manufacturing production rose robustly in December 2021, while the upturn remains subdued, a report said Tuesday. Despite the growth, […]

The number of unemployed in Germany in December decreased by 378,000 year-on-year, but was still 102,000 higher than in pre-crisis level two years ago, the Federal Employment Agency (BA) said on Tuesday. As is usual […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Joe Biden held a telephone conversation late Sunday discussing regional security issues, according to Zelensky’s official Twitter account. Zelensky said he appreciated U.S. support for Ukraine, noting that […]

Russia registered 16,343 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 10,554,309, the official monitoring and response center said Monday. The nationwide death toll grew by 835 to 311,353, while […]

Half of Italy was in a moderate pandemic risk starting on Monday, amid a recent surge in COVID-19 infections. Northern regions of Lombardy and Piedmont, Lazio in central Italy and Sicily in the south turned […]

Germany’s retail sector posted record sales in 2021, increasing its turnover by 3.1 percent year-on-year, according to an estimate published by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on Tuesday. However, figures for the first eleven months […]