Europe

Austria lockdown for unvaccinated to start Monday in EU first

Austria will begin a lockdown for people not vaccinated against Covid-19, a first in the EU as the Alpine member…

Air pollution in Europe still killing 300,000 a year: report

  by Camille BAS-WOHLERT Agence France Presse COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- Premature deaths caused by fine particle air pollution have…

Covid pandemic speeds up in Europe, Latin America

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- The Covid-19 pandemic continued to pick up speed across Europe this week and also began…

WHO urges more targeted vaccination as Covid cases surge in Europe

  GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- As Covid-19 cases balloon again in Europe, the World Health Organization called Friday for more…

Covid pandemic still on the march in Europe; daily global cases also rise for 3rd straight week

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- The Covid-19 pandemic continued to pick up speed this week in Europe, bucking an improvement…

Putin says, ‘very important’ to ‘stabilize’ gas market

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday it was "very important" to stabilize the gas market, as…

Pro-EU rallies draw tens of thousands in Poland

Tens of thousands of Poles rallied on Sunday in defence of their country's EU membership, after Poland's top court last…

UK rules out gas supply emergency as prices soar

by Véronique DUPONT Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Britain's government does not expect a gas supply emergency during…

WHO sounds alarm over rising Covid deaths in Europe

by Camille BAS-WOHLERT COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- The World Health warned Monday that 236,000 more people could die from Covid…

Climate change made Europe floods more likely, intense: study

by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- Climate change made the deadly floods that devastated parts of Germany and Belgium…

Swedish PM Stefan Lofven to step down in November

Sweden's beleaguered Social Democratic Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said Sunday he would step down in November to allow a successor…

Huge force struggling to contain Greek fires

by Alexandros Kottis with John Hadoulis in Athens AVGARIA, Greece (AFP) -- Backed by a huge multinational force, Greek firefighters…

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