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Serbia in ‘world first’ as citizens offered €25 to have COVID vaccine
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Serbian Presidential Press Service via APSerbia has promised to pay citizens the equivalent of €25 if they are vaccinated…
Madrid elections: Right-wing opposition to increase seats in regional assembly
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Bernat Armangue/AP PhotoResidents in Madrid voted overwhelmingly to reelect their regional assembly, giving the right-wing opposition…
How one airline is ensuring its pilots and planes are safe to fly again
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Francisco Seco/Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reservedWith vaccine rollouts picking up pace and lockdown measures…
Rome’s Colosseum to get new retractable floor to restore ‘majestic’ central view
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Gay Latvian man dies after ‘homophobic attack’, campaigners say
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'lafur Steinar Rye Gestsson/Ritzau Scanpix via APA gay Latvian man died on Wednesday after suffering severe burns in what LGBT…
Germany to return Benin Bronzes looted during colonial era
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Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa via APGermany is returning hundreds of artefacts known as the Benin Bronzes that were mostly looted from West…
Europe’s economy slid back into recession as US roared ahead
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AP Photo/Martin MeissnerEurope's economy officially entered a double-dip recession in the first three months of the year, as it…
After four years of Macron, are the French any closer to understanding what he stands for?
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AP Photo/Christophe EnaFour years after a former government minister's new movement helped him defeat a plethora of higher-profile…
Spain expects increase in COVID vaccine shipment
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AP Photo/Emilio MorenattiSpain’s health officials say that vaccination efforts are picking up pace after a record week in both…
Russian competition authority fines Apple €10 million for alleged abuse of market
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AP Photo/Kathy Willens, FileRussia's competition watchdog has fined Apple a record €10 million for alleged abuse of its dominant…
Czech president ‘casts doubt over’ Russian involvement in deadly blast
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Credit: APCzech President Milos Zeman has cast doubt on Russia's involvement in a 2014 explosion at an arms depot.President Zeman has…
Spanish police arrest man who allegedly infected 22 people with COVID-19
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Francisco Ubilla/AP PhotoA man was arrested in a Mallorca town after allegedly infecting 22 people with COVID-19, Spanish police have…
Europe’s week: European Super League backlash and new AI law
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Clive Rose/APThis week in Brussels was an eventful one, filled with some big stories:The German Constitutional Court rejected a…
Portugal becomes first EU country to submit its pandemic recovery plan
PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFPPortugal has become the first European Union country to submit its pandemic recovery plan to the European Commission.Last year, the 27 member states agreed to a €750bn package to help repair…
Meet France’s first female imam who is on a mission to modernise Islam
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LUCAS BARIOULET / AFPKahina Bahloul says she didn’t just wake up one day and decide to become an imam but rather that…
How have different European countries reacted to the AstraZeneca vaccine doubts?
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AP Photo/Manu FernandeThe reactions of governments and citizens in countries across Europe to extremely rare blood clotting events…
Five people injured in knife attack at a mosque in Tirana
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AP PhotoFive people have been injured in a knife attack at a mosque in the Albanian capital city, Tirana.Police said a man entered…
Czech police hunt Russian Salisbury poisoning suspects over deadly 2014 explosion
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APCzech police are hunting the two Russians wanted over the 2018 Salisbury poisonings in the UK in connection…
Czech Republic expels 18 Russian embassy staff for ‘spying’ in 2014 explosion case
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Petr David Josek/APThe Czech Republic is expelling 18 Russian diplomats who authorities say have been "clearly"…
Italy moves toward slow reopening with outdoor dining
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Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via APItaly plans to start emerging from rolling partial lockdowns that were imposed…