Coronavirus pandemic France is to mobilise 100,000 police and gendarmes on New Year’s Eve to break up parties and enforce a curfew imposed to combat coronavirus. The extra security also aims at halting the torching of cars that often takes place on the final night of the year. France has confirmed 2.6m Covid-19 cases, the […]
Coronavirus pandemic Spain is to set up a registry of people who refuse to be vaccinated against coronavirus and share it with other European Union nations, the health minister has said. Salvador Illa said the list would not be made accessible to the public or to employers. He said the way to defeat the virus […]
By Isla Binnie, Giselda Vagnoni MADRID/ROME (Reuters) -Europe launched a mass COVID-19 vaccination drive on Sunday with pensioners and medics lining up to get the first shots to see off a pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1.7 million lives worldwide. “Thank God,” 96-year-old Araceli Hidalgo said as she became the first person in […]
Coronavirus pandemic Spain has confirmed four cases of the more contagious coronavirus variant recently identified in the UK – the latest European country to do so. The infections – all in Madrid – were linked to recent UK travel, the regional deputy health chief said. France, Denmark, the Netherlands and Italy have also reported cases […]
By Philip Blenkinsop, Guy Faulconbridge BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – France will reopen its borders to passengers from England on Wednesday, ending a blockade intended to stop the spread of a new coronavirus variant, but which has held up thousands of lorries before Christmas. Much of the world shut its borders to Britain after a significantly more transmissible mutated […]
By Angus MacSwan LONDON (Reuters) – European countries began to close their doors to travellers from the United Kingdom on Sunday, with several banning planes and trains over concerns about a new coronavirus strain that is spreading quickly through the country.to flights and trains – including the popular Eurostar service – coming from the United Kingdom. […]
Coronavirus pandemic For months now, coronavirus restrictions have dictated where millions of Europeans can travel to and who they can see when they get there. So with Christmas fast approaching, governments are having to make tough decisions on whether to ease restrictions in time for the holiday period. Here’s a breakdown of what’s been announced […]
Katya Adler Europe editor @BBCkatyaadleron Twitter EU-UK post-Brexit trade talks The mood music has suddenly changed again. There’s oh so much Brexit speculation in the air. Will an EU-UK trade deal be announced early next week? The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier is expected to brief the 27 member states early Friday about the state […]
Police have carried out a series of raids and made 14 arrests in the hours since a gunman murdered four people in the heart of Vienna. The man blamed for carrying out the attack was a 20-year-old “Islamist terrorist” who was released early from jail in December 2019. Security has been tight in the Austrian […]
By Imogen Foulkes BBC News, Geneva Geneva is a very wealthy place. Home to a huge private banking sector, the United Nations, and auction houses Sotheby’s and Christie’s, which regularly sell enormous gemstones for eye-watering prices. And this month it is introducing the highest minimum monthly salary in the world, in response to a referendum […]
