Europe Today: Closing schools is latest front in virus fight
Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 18:24
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Dark splotches that indicate zones of high coronavirus contagion are staining maps of Europe blood red as governments scramble to prevent another round of total lockdowns, even by taking unpopular...
Cyprus risks EU legal threat over selling 'Golden Passports'
Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 08:54
Last update: about 7 years ago
Cyprus may end up in court facing the European Commission for selling EU citizenship to wealthy individuals with possible criminal backgrounds, the euobserver.com reports. The statement from the...
UN: Climate change means more weather disasters every year
Tuesday, 13 October 2020, 13:57
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
In the wake of heat waves, global warming, forest fires, storms, droughts and a rising number of hurricanes, the U.N. weather agency is warning that the number of people who need international...
Updated: More masks, less play: Europe tightens rules as virus surges
Tuesday, 13 October 2020, 13:55
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Governments across Europe ratcheted up restrictions Tuesday in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus as the continent recorded its highest weekly number of new infections since the start...
Cyprus to suspend citizenship by investment scheme
Tuesday, 13 October 2020, 12:58
Last update: about 7 years ago
Cyprus has announced that it will be suspending its citizenship for investment programme, following reports of abuses of a system that gives the rich a passport and visa-free travel throughout the...
UK cities chafe at new restrictions in 3-level lockdown plan
Monday, 12 October 2020, 14:24
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
The British government is set to announce new restrictions Monday on business and socializing in major northern England cities with high infection rates. But pubs, restaurants and other businesses are...
UK at 'tipping point:' England braces for more Covid restrictions
Sunday, 11 October 2020, 18:05
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Millions of people in northern England are anxiously waiting to hear how much further virus restrictions will be tightened as one of the British government's leading medical advisers warned Sunday...
Italian teenage computer whiz beatified by Catholic Church
Sunday, 11 October 2020, 07:37
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
A 15-year-old Italian computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006 moved a step closer to possible sainthood Saturday with his beatification in the town of Assisi, where he is buried. Carlo Acutis...