Three more Paris St-Germain players have tested positive for coronavirus, putting the start of their Ligue 1 season in doubt. On Wednesday, three players were revealed to have tested positive. The French champions, who lost to Bayern Munich in last month’s Champions League final, have not revealed the identities of the six players involved. PSG are due […]
Members of the European Parliament are calling for the bloc to impose sanctions over the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and to push for an international investigation. In a letter addressed to the European Union’s top diplomat Josep Borrell and the Council Presidency, currently held by Germany, more than 100 MEPs call for the […]
Bulgarian prime minister Boyko Borissov is “only pouring oil in the fire” with his plans to push through controversial new constitutional reforms, an opposition leader has said. Hristo Ivanov, the leader of the Yes, Bulgaria! party, told Euronews that the prime minister’s plans to amend the constitution had already “reached a dead end”, saying he […]
Thousands of schools across Europe have been closed since early March when the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting nationwide lockdowns gripped the continent. The European School in Brussels was no different, but on Thursday, after months of closure, it had everything ready to start for the new year. This year, however, is set to be different. […]
Five children were found dead at an apartment in a western German city on Thursday, and their mother is suspected of killing them, authorities said. The bodies were found in Solingen, near Cologne and Duesseldorf. The 27-year-old mother of the three girls and two boys later jumped in front of a train in Duesseldorf and […]
Today, the Commission presents an Action Plan on Critical Raw Materials, the 2020 List of Critical Raw Materials and a foresight study on critical raw materials for strategic technologies and sectors from the 2030 and 2050 perspectives. The Action Plan looks at the current and future challenges and proposes actions to reduce Europe’s dependency on third countries, diversifying supply from […]
National human rights institutions (NHRIs) are crucial for the protection and promotion of fundamental rights across the EU but their full potential remains untapped, finds a new report from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). It suggests next steps to boost NHRIs’ impact and efficiency, such as providing adequate resources, strong powers and clear […]
There is “unequivocal proof” that Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, Germany has said. Chancellor Angela Merkel said he was a victim of attempted murder and the world would look to Russia for answers. Mr Navalny was flown to Berlin after falling ill on a flight in Siberia last […]
Greek authorities imposed a 14-day quarantine on an overcrowded migrant camp on the island of Lesbos on Wednesday, after one man who had been living outside the official camp tested positive for the coronavirus. The 40-year-old Somali man is the first confirmed coronavirus case at the Moria camp, which as of August 31, housed 12,714 […]
Dozens of journalists gathered Wednesday outside a police station in the capital of Belarus to protest the detention of colleagues covering a demonstration against the nation’s authoritarian president and an election the opposition sees as rigged. Police detained several journalists from Belarusian news outlets Tuesday on charges of taking part in an unsanctioned demonstration. They […]
