Europe

BRUSSELS — The European Union Thursday released an updated list of epidemiologically-safe countries for which non-essential travel to the EU is allowed. Uruguay was added to the EU’s new list, but six countries were removed, namely […]

Two prison guards have been taken hostage at a penitentiary outside the Swedish city of Eskilstuna by two men convicted of serious crimes. Earlier on Wednesday the convicts broke into a guard room in Hallby […]

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that Covid-19 vaccine passports will soon be required for people to visit non-essential places like restaurants and tourist attractions. Macron said the new policy will start in August, AFP […]

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 […]