Gunmen armed with rifles have opened fire in six different locations in central Vienna, killing three people and wounding several more, police say. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called it a “repulsive terror attack” and said one gunman was also killed. Police were searching for at least one attacker who was still at large, the interior […]
A Dutch metro train has become an unlikely addition to a piece of urban art after it derailed, crashed through safety barriers, and came to a halt on the top of a sculpture of a whale’s tail.
An altered video of Joe Biden has falsely suggested that the Democratic presidential candidate greeted the wrong US state at a recent campaign rally.
The Tanzanian National Electoral Commission and Zanzibar Electoral Commission have declared the results of the elections.
The European Commission and the Government of Mozambique have today signed a budget support programme worth €100 million to respond to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19.
An e-learning course for journalists to improve the reporting skills in the field of climate change: this is the goal of the project developed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and COPEAM. This free professional training will be open to journalists coming from the Mediterranean partner countries and Balkan countries and will be available in English and Arabic on the […]
The Coronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc on Europe’s tourism sector. In six months’ time half of the businesses may be gone unless the EU steps in quickly, says the European Economic and Social Committee in a new opinion.
The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of the beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) for the EU. This species occurs in western USA and Mexico. Adults oviposit on annual plants in the families Chenopodiaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Fabaceae, Poaceae, Polygonaceae and Solanaceae. Adults feed on tender plant parts in hosts in 30 additional botanical families. Preimaginal […]
The latest European data and analysis on substance use and risk behaviours among 15–16-year-old school students will be released in a new report on 12 November. The findings are based on a 2019 survey in 35 European countries conducted by the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD). A total of 99 647 students […]
Composite cost-of-borrowing indicator for new loans to corporations constant at 1.51%, with interest rate for new loans to households for house purchase broadly unchanged at 1.38% Composite interest rate for new deposits with agreed maturity from corporations broadly unchanged at -0.18%, with interest rate for overnight deposits from corporations unchanged at 0.00% Composite interest rate for new deposits […]
