Italy sees stronger economic growth, GDP up 6.1 per cent in 2021
Italy’s business lobby Confindustria said on Saturday the country’s growth this year would be more robust than expected, mainly due to a more contained impact of the COVID-19 ...
No end in sight to volcanic eruption on Spain’s La Palma – Canaries president
There’s no immediate end in sight to the volcanic eruption that has caused chaos on the Spanish isle of La Palma since it began about a month ago, the ...
Italy’s unions rally against neo-fascist groups after violent protests
Italy’s biggest workers’ unions rallied in Rome on Saturday and called on the government to dissolve the neo-fascist groups involved in last weekend’s violent protests against the COVID-19 ...
Russia seeing record gas demand but still ready to boost EU supplies, Novak says
Russian gas consumption is running at a record high but Moscow is still ready to increase supplies to Europe should it receive such requests, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said ...
Germany’s SPD, Greens and FDP leaders want formal coalition talks
Leaders of Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) and two smaller parties will recommend moving into formal coalition talks and have agreed a road map for negotiations, the SPD’s ...
Norway bow-and-arrow attack suspect transferred to health services
A man suspected of killing five people with a bow and arrow and other weapons in Norway was in the care of health professionals on Friday, police said.
Investigators have ...
Italy’s mandatory COVID health pass for work sees untroubled launch
COVID-19 health passes became mandatory for all workers in Italy from Friday, with the measure being applied mostly peacefully across the country despite some scattered protests.
At the major port ...
UK’s Frost says: EU must concede more on Brexit
Britain’s Brexit minister David Frost said that the European Union needs to make significant change if there is to be a deal over the Northern Irish part of the ...
Norway bow-and-arrow attack appears to be ‘act of terror’ – police (Update)
A bow-and-arrow attack in which a Danish convert to Islam is suspected of killing five people in a Norwegian town appears to have been an “act of terror”, police said ...
Greece, US renew defence deal to boost cooperation (Updated)
The United States and Greece signed an agreement on Thursday renewing their long-standing defence cooperation, a move Secretary of State Antony Blinken said would allow the NATO allies to advance ...
English school return spurred COVID in children, but cases fell in adults
COVID-19 infections in children in England rose in September after schools returned from summer holidays, helping to keep cases high even as there was a fall among adults, a large ...
Northern Ireland’s DUP says EU proposals fall short of basic changes needed
Northern Ireland’s largest pro-British party said the European Union’s proposed measures to ease the transit of goods to Northern Ireland from Britain are a “starting point” but “appear ...
Man armed with bow and arrow kills five people in Norway attacks, police say
A man armed with a bow and arrow killed five people and wounded two others in a series of attacks in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg on Wednesday, local police ...
EU proposes easing checks on British trade to N. Ireland
The European Union offered Britain a package of measures to ease the transit of goods to Northern Ireland, but it looked unlikely to end tensions over post-Brexit trading rules for ...
Putin says Russia will supply more gas if Europe asks
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia was ready to provide more gas to Europe if requested, emphatically rejecting the suggestion that Moscow was squeezing supplies for political motives.
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Britain and Italy start work on partnership to boost trade
Britain and Italy have agreed to pursue a new trade partnership, the British trade department said on Wednesday following talks on the sidelines of a G20 ministerial meeting in Italy.
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EU to unveil measures to ease British goods flow to N. Ireland
The European Commission will put to Britain on Wednesday a package of measures to ease the transit of goods to Northern Ireland, while stopping short of the overhaul London is ...
‘They just talk’: Prince Charles understands Thunberg’s frustrations
Britain’s Prince Charles says he shares the concerns of Greta Thunberg and other environmental activists that world leaders “just talk” about climate change and were not doing enough to ...
France bans plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables
By Geert De Clercq
France will ban plastic packaging for nearly all fruit and vegetables from January 2022 in a bid to reduce plastic waste, the environment ministry said on Monday.
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Greenpeace protests against France’s uranium exports to Russia
Greenpeace activists protested outside the headquarters of one of France’s state-owned nuclear companies on Tuesday, calling for the country to stop all exporting and plans to export its reprocessed ...
Travel is back says easyJet, bookings at 70 per cent of pre-pandemic level
EasyJet said travel was back as it increased capacity for October-December to 70% of its pre-pandemic level, a turnaround from a year in which COVID-19 restrictions drove losses above 1 billion pounds.
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Three migrants dead after being hit by a train in southern France
Three migrants have died in southwest France after being hit by a train while they were lying on the tracks, a police spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
She said four migrants ...
Why is the Bank of England talking about raising rates?
Under pressure to act as inflation jumps towards double its 2 per cent target, the Bank of England appears to be gearing up to be the first of the world’s ...
Ireland accuses Britain of ‘shifting the playing field’ over Northern Ireland trading issues
Ireland accused Britain on Monday of “shifting the playing field” in talks to resolve post-Brexit trading issues in Northern Ireland after London emphasised the need to remove EU judicial oversight ...