Michel Barnier has launched another blistering attack on the UK’s post-Brexit stance, going further than usual in outlining how in his view the British government is seeking to have its cake and eat it. The EU’s chief negotiator accused the UK of failing to engage constructively in talks on the future relationship, in one of […]
Yesterday, the Commission is initiating the process to ban isotonitazene, a new psychoactive substance, across the European Union. This synthetic opioid can cause severe harm to health and can in some cases lead to death. Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life, said: “Illicit drugs have significant consequences on lives, livelihoods and public health. […]
The European Commission yesterday announced the launch of its annual translation contest for secondary school students from across Europe, Juvenes Translatores. From midday on 2 September, schools from all EU countries will be able to register online so their students can compete with peers from other EU countries. This year, the participating teenagers will have to translate a […]
Spain’s COVID-19 incidence rate has skyrocketed to 221 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, more than six times the European average, data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) shows. The total number of cases recorded in the country jumped by 8,115 on Tuesday, the biggest daily jump observed since March 23, according to […]
An ornate fountain in Verviers, eastern Belgium, has given up an object it held for more than a century: the heart of the city’s first mayor. The organ, sealed in a jar of alcohol inside a small zinc casket, was found during renovation of the fountain. The casket is now on show in the city’s […]
The Norwegian parliament has said it has now halted what had been a “significant cyber-attack” on it. Director Marianne Andreassen said the email accounts of several members and staff of Norway’s main opposition Labour Party had been hacked. “We take the matter very seriously,” she said. “And we have given full attention to analysing the […]
The trial begins on Wednesday for the 14 alleged accomplices in the January 2015 terror attacks on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket. The wave of terror spanning three days in January 2015 saw a total of 17 people killed, including France’s famed cartoonists, police officers and Jewish shoppers. It started on […]
Poland has finally accepted the appointment of a new German ambassador after an unusual delay of nearly three months. The designate, Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven, should have taken up his post in June, when his predecessor, Rolf Nikel, retired. There has been heavy speculation in Polish media about why the ruling Law and Justice party […]
Police in Sweden have warned of a potential risk of explosion after two freight trains collided in eastern Gothenburg. Police and rescue services were alerted to the scene at a railway yard in Sävenäs district on Tuesday morning. One of the freight trains was loaded with dangerous substances, including ethylene oxide – a toxic and […]
Nearly 200 passengers on an August 25 flight from the Greek island of Zante to Cardiff have to self isolate after sixteen people tested positive for COVID-19. Public Health Wales originally said that at least seven passengers were infected with virus from different parties while onboard TUI Flight 6215. “These passengers will be contacted shortly, […]
