Europe

By Robert Muller Czech President Milos Zeman was receiving treatment in an intensive care unit on Sunday, creating uncertainty at a time when he is due to lead political talks ...

By William James and Philip Blenkinsop Britain and Ireland traded barbs on Twitter on Sunday after British Brexit negotiator David Frost restated his view that the EU must agree “significant ...

Italy reached the target of fully vaccinating 80% of the population over the age of 12 against COVID-19, according to official data, achieving a goal Rome had set as a safety cut-off ...

Britain’s most energy intensive manufacturers, including producers of steel, glass, ceramics and paper, have warned the government that unless something is done about soaring wholesale gas prices they could ...

German police are investigating several cases of the mysterious “Havana syndrome”, believed to have affected around 200 U.S. officials and family members worldwide, at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin. ...

The Danish Health Agency said on Friday that it was continuing to offer Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to under-18s, and that a statement on Wednesday suggesting a suspension had ...

The European Union’s executive on Friday urged Greece to launch an investigation into reports about illegal migrant pushbacks, while praising Croatia for pledging to start an inquiry. “I must ...

French European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune said on Friday that French fishermen must not pay for the failure of Britain’s exit from the European Union. “They failed on Brexit. ...

Ireland dropped its opposition to an overhaul of global corporate tax rules on Thursday, agreeing to give up its prized 12.5% tax for large multinationals in a major boost to efforts ...

Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday the response to climate change would require a radical change in how people live as she met Pope Francis during a farewell ...

The European Commission will finalise measures next week it believes can lead to a resolution of post-Brexit trading issues in Northern Ireland by the end of the year or early ...

Sweden and Denmark said on Wednesday they are pausing the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for younger age groups after reports of possible rare side effects. The Swedish health ...

Germany’s Greens and business-friendly Free Democrats (FDP) have agreed to begin three-way talks on Thursday with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on forming a new coalition government following a ...

By Sergiy Karazy and Lewis Macdonald Under cobblestone streets in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, diggers have uncovered new hiding spots in underground sewers where some Jews managed to ...

French labour unions marched for better pay and social benefits, as prices for energy and food rise and the government resumes a reform programme interrupted by the COVID-19 crisis. Thousands ...

School absences in England related to COVID-19 jumped by two-thirds in the last two weeks of September, according to government data which could raise concerns about further disruption to education ...

By Clodagh Kilcoyne An ancient breed of Irish goat has been deployed to protect the hills around one of Dublin’s most affluent suburbs from gorse wildfires. Old Irish Goats – ...

Greece has proposed an EU-wide mechanism for hedging against steep gas price fluctuations to help households tackle rising energy prices across the bloc. Gas prices have surged so far this ...

British firefighters on Tuesday said they were tackling a fire at London’s Westminster underground station, the metro stop nearest to the Prime Minister’s office on Downing Street and ...

French clergy have sexually abused more than 200,000 children over the past 70 years, a major investigation released on Tuesday found, and its authors accused the Catholic Church of turning a blind ...

Britain told the European Union on Monday it would trigger safeguard measures in their divorce deal if the bloc failed to agree to changes to smooth trade with Northern Ireland, ...

France and Spain called on Monday for a coordinated European response to the surge in global energy prices to protect the poorest citizens and the competitiveness of companies, and to ...

British military personnel in combat fatigues arrived on Monday at a BP storage depot after the government ordered the army to help deliver fuel to help compensate for an acute ...

Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who stirred worldwide controversy in 2007 with drawings depicting the Prophet Mohammad with the body of a dog, was killed in a car crash near the southern ...