2021-05-07

World News

EU leaders urge US to end COVID-19 vaccine export limits

EU leaders urged Washington to end COVID-19 vaccine export limits instead of focussing on waiving vaccine patents.

07/05/2021

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07/05/2021

Belarus

Belarus: Alexander Lukashenko hits back at Germany complaint

President Alexander Lukashenko charged that “heirs of fascism” were in no position to judge him.

07/05/2021

Mobility

Are hydrogen-powered cars steering Australia to a greener future?

Hydrogen cars get a boost in Australia as the first publicly available hydrogen refuelling station gets its ‘green’ stamp of approval from the Smart Energy Council.

07/05/2021

World

Margrethe Vestager explains the EU's position in the global battle for data

Margrethe Vestager, the Executive Vice President of the European Commission, responsible for all things digital, gives us her insight into global data, data sharing, big tech, the Data Governance Act and the reality of policy and implementation.

07/05/2021

World News

Barca, Madrid, Juve cling onto Super League, denounce UEFA threats

The three hold-out clubs could face sanctions including being banned from the Champions League.

07/05/2021

No Comment

Beirut blast victims with 204 portraits

Beirut-based American artist Brady Black memorialises the victims of the deadly August 4 port blast with a series of 204 portraits.

07/05/2021

Europe Decoded

'Deepfake geography' could be the latest form of online disinformation

As technology advances, experts warn that manipulated satellite images could be used as a form of disinformation aiming to downplay or cover up real-world situations.

07/05/2021

China

WHO approves China's Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use

Sinopharm can now be used and distributed as part of the COVAX mechanism.

07/05/2021

Sport

UK fans advised against travel to Turkey for Champions League final

UK fans advised against travel to Turkey for Champions League final

07/05/2021

Travel News

Red, amber or green? UK fleshes out its traffic light rules for travel

The UK has unveiled a small list of countries and territories from which arrivals won't have to quarantine after May 17, including Portugal, Israel and Gibraltar.

07/05/2021

Green News

London's air pollution could be a ticking bomb for children's health

Evidence shows that air pollution leaves children at risk of lifelong breathing disorders and earlier death.

07/05/2021

My Europe Series

The billion-dollar motorway leading Montenegro to nowhere

Montenegro is building one of the most expensive highways in the world. It is financed by a loan from China. Its tourism-based economy is being crushed by the pandemic making the already difficult loan impossible to pay back and the motorway still isn't finished.

07/05/2021

No Comment

Ghana opts for livestreamed funerals and online services.

The Covid-19 pandemic is forcing many Christian Ghanaians to change their religious practices, turning to online services and live streaming funerals.

07/05/2021

Germany

Germany pushes back against COVID-19 patent waiver proposal

A government spokesperson said the main issue affecting poor countries' equal access to vaccines was "not patents, but production capacity".

07/05/2021

Europe Decoded

London building fire raises fresh anger over flammable cladding

Two men were hospitalised after Friday's blaze in Poplar while a further 38 others were treated at the scene.

07/05/2021

Republic of North Macedonia

EU's credibility 'undermined' if North Macedonia delayed from joining

On Thursday it emerged Brussels could press ahead in talks with Albania over membership of the EU, leaving North Macedonia behind.

07/05/2021

My Europe Series

For Ukraine's female soldiers, armed conflict is not the only danger

Many women want to be posted to frontline positions, but face the risk of sexism and assault once they are there.

07/05/2021

Stays

Holiday homes from hell: Is it worth buying property abroad?

We take a look at the advantages and risks of making an overseas investment in property.

07/05/2021

My Europe Series

Europe's week: Intellectual property waiver & clampdown on China

Europe changed its position on intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines and also announced a series of measures aimed at reducing China's influence in Europe.

07/05/2021

Albania

New bid to put Albania's ex-defence minister on trial over 2008 blast

26 people were killed when a munitions disposal factory exploded near the capital Tirana in 2008.

07/05/2021

Nature

Why are 45,000 people signing up to kill a threatened species?

Volunteers are applying to shoot bison at the Grand Canyon, to prevent environmental damage from taking place. But is this the right decision?

07/05/2021

No Comment

15 Palestinians arrested over East Jerusalem Clashes

The second straight night of rioting in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood was fuelled by a years-long land dispute between Palestinian refugees and Jewish settlers.

07/05/2021

World

Sweden's registers increase in infections in young people

The Swedish Public Health Agency says the rise could be linked to a recent increase in testing. Among the elderly, there was a clear drop in newly reported cases, which the agency believes is largely due to the impact of the vaccination rollout.

07/05/2021

Tech News

What you need to know about the Chinese rocket falling to Earth

A Long March 5B rocket, which helped launch part of China's new space station, is making an uncontrolled re-entry to Earth this weekend - but no one knows where.

07/05/2021

Cry Like A Boy

Women who risk Europe’s migration routes face stigma back in Guinea

Fatoumata is one of the few Guinean women who took an irregular migration route to Europe. But when she had to return home, she faced a similar kind of stigma that follows men who fail on their migration journeys.

07/05/2021

Slovenia

Estonia, Lithuania and Poland help migrant patrols at Slovenia border

Officers from Estonia, Lithuania and Poland will be deployed to the Slovenia-Croatia border.

07/05/2021

Europe News

France aims to spend €30 billion on decarbonising its economy

The country wants to invest billions of euros into decarbonising its economy, speeding up its target of becoming Europe's first major country to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

07/05/2021

Nature

Chernobyl: Why the nuclear disaster was an environmental success

The 1986 disaster has unexpectedly created Europe's largest nature reserve.

07/05/2021

Belgium

'This is a Belgian joke': Brussels set for a two-hour curfew on Friday

Locals in Brussels have been left bemused by rules that require them to respect a curfew on Friday evening... for just two hours!

07/05/2021