Europe

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven resigned on Monday, calling on the speaker of parliament to form a new government. Lofven’s resignation comes a week after he became the first Swedish leader to lose a vote […]

STOCKHOLM — Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven lost a no-confidence vote on Monday morning. He now has one week to decide whether to resign or call for a snap election. Lofven, from the Social Democratic party, […]

The number of new coronavirus cases has resurged in Europe after six weeks of falling figures, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. “Last week, new cases of COVID-19 in Europe rose nine percent to […]

PRAGUE — With new infections soaring due to a highly-contagious coronavirus variant and hospitals filling up, one of the hardest-hit countries in the European Union is facing the inevitable: the tightest lockdown since the start of […]

BRUSSELS — The European Commission confirmed late on Friday that it would not trigger controls on shipments of vaccines to Northern Ireland amid an ongoing row with the United Kingdom over access to treatments to prevent […]

EU joint project under Charité leadership starts with kick-off event The Horizon 2020 project SIMCor (In-silico testing and validation of cardiovascular implantable devices), coordinated by Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, will start with a digital kick-off […]

VIENNA — Austria entered its third lockdown on Saturday as many people were still celebrating Christmas. It will last until Jan. 24 but from the 18th people can get tested and come out of it early […]

BRUSSELS — European Union nations have officially kicked off a coordinated effort to give COVID-19 vaccinations to adults among their 450 million citizens, marking a moment of hope on the continent. Shots were administered on Sunday […]