France, Germany, and Italy face major challenges in ICU capacity this winter and will exceed the first peak without further suppression measures. A new report from the Imperial College London COVID-19 Response Team, says the pandemic has placed enormous strain on … Read More
PARIS (Reuters) – The U.S. administration and Europe need to work jointly on addressing actions led by Turkey in the Middle East over the past few months, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told French daily newspaper Le Figaro. “France’s President … Read More
(Reuters) – The European Union is looking into a way of fast-tracking any Brexit deal, a Sky News reporter tweeted on Monday. A Brexit deal is now very likely to be “EU-only” rather than a “mixed” deal, the tweet here said, citing … Read More
French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, left, speak via videoconference shown on a screen in the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 10, 2020. PARIS – After the recent terror attacks in France and Austria, European leaders held … Read More
Eurozone retail sales plunged in September – even before latest Covid lockdowns. A customer passes the closed toy department of a supermarket in Bordeaux on November 4. Supermarkets in the country have banned the sale of ‘non-essential products’. AFP Eurozone retail … Read More
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s government on Saturday announced new lockdown restrictions from Nov. 4 for most of the country, telling people to stay at home except for outings for work, school or shopping, and ordering companies to switch to remote … Read More
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain must implement the Withdrawal Agreement on its exit from the European Union, regardless of the outcome of ongoing trade talks between the two sides, a senior European Commissioner said on Wednesday. “Deal or no deal, the … Read More
PARIS (Reuters) – French Interior Minister Gerarld Darmanin said on Wednesday he had asked local authorities to put mosques in the cities of Bordeaux and Beziers in southwestern France under police protection following threats or acts of violence. “Such actions … Read More
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Facebook has told Ireland’s High Court it cannot see how its services could operate in the European Union if regulators freeze its data transfer mechanism, the Sunday Business Post reported, citing court documents seen by the paper. … Read More
By becoming the first region to introduce coordinated regulation over cryptocurrencies, the EU hopes to attract a market worth almost $350 billion spread across over 6,000 digital currencies. Cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Facebook’s digital currency Libra, may herald the … Read More