At least 10 police officers have been arrested in Kosovo during a large-scale operation to close down illegal casinos. Hundreds of officers took part in the raid in the village of Karachevo on the border with Serbia. Police said it was the biggest operation of its kind ever carried out in Kosovo and followed a […]
A fountain pen, silver pocket watch and other prized possessions of the late Jewish-Polish composer Wladyslaw Szpilman, the real-life hero of the Oscar-winning film ‘The Pianist’, go under the hammer in Warsaw next week. “This watch and pen that he bought on a trip to Paris in 1937 survived his whole stay in the Jewish […]
People in England will be required by law to self-isolate if they test positive for COVID-19, risking increased fines if they fail to do so, the UK government has announced. The fines will start at £1,000 (€1,090) and could increase to up to £10,000 (€10,909). The higher fines will be for repeat offences and “egregious […]
France confirmed nearly 13,500 new COVID-19 cases over a 24-hour period on Saturday, setting another daily record in the number of infections in the country since the coronavirus pandemic began. According to Santé France, the French health authority, 13,498 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in 24 hours, 283 more than the day before when […]
The UN’s top human rights body on Friday passed a resolution seeking quick and enhanced scrutiny of alleged violations in Belarus, following reports of torture and detentions. Reports of detentions followed a contested presidential election that resulted in the reelection of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko. The UN Human Rights Council voted 23-2 with 22 abstentions […]
Amal Clooney has quit her role as the UK’s envoy on press freedom “in dismay” at the government’s willingness to break international law over Brexit. The human rights lawyer said it was “lamentable” for Boris Johnson to be contemplating overriding the Brexit agreement he signed last year. She could not tell others to honour legal […]
A rare hurricane-like storm is lashing islands in western Greece, bringing torrential rain and power cuts. Storm Ianos is described as a “medicane” (Mediterranean hurricane), a phenomenon that first appeared in Greece in 1995. The cyclone is moving eastwards, so at the weekend the winds – now up to 117km/h (73mph) – are set to […]
Can mandatory face masks offer enough protection in lecture halls that are so packed late arrivals have to sit on the floor? This is the worry many students at the centuries-old Sorbonne University in Paris, as the coronavirus is on the rebound across France. At least a dozen COVID-19 clusters have emerged since French campuses […]
During the fourth trilateral talks with Council and Commission, Parliament’s negotiators underline that a lot remains to be done before an acceptable agreement can be reached. “During this fourth meeting, on Friday, substantial progress has been achieved on the legally binding commitment to introduce new Own Resources”, said the members of the Parliament’s negotiating team on […]
Seven new medicines recommended for approval EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended seven medicines for approval at its September 2020 meeting. The CHMP adopted a positive opinion for Exparel (bupivacaine), for the treatment of post-operative pain. The Committee recommended granting marketing authorisations for two vaccines: MenQuadfi (meningococcal group A, C, W and Y conjugate vaccine), […]
