2023-02-21

Work

Majority of companies in UK four-day week trial keep shorter week

The results of the biggest ever four-day week trial show the majority of companies saw their business performance and productivity maintained high.

21/02/2023

Russia

Russia suspends participation in major New START nuclear arms treaty

Russia temporarily halts participation in Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty signed with the US in 2002.

21/02/2023

Portugal

Concern over low number of Ukraine children in Portuguese schools

Only about 32 per cent of the estimated 14,000 Ukrainian child refugees living in Portugal are attending local schools.

21/02/2023

Oman

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited Oman

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited Oman on Monday, his first visit to the Sultanate since Syria's civil war began. Gulf states have offered aid to Syria's earthquake victims.

21/02/2023

Travel News

Spanish transport chiefs resign over trains too big for tunnels

Two officials have now resigned over the matter: Renfe head Isaías Táboas and secretary of state for transport Isabel Pardo de Vera.

21/02/2023

Nature

Life-saving dogs: How to train a search and rescue dog

These four-legged heroes have a sense of smell 100,000x better than humans

21/02/2023

Israel

Israel's PM Netanyahu pushes ahead with controversial court reforms

Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu won a vote in the Knesset 63-47 giving initial approval to controversial judicial reforms that have prompted street protests with opposition groups saying the changes will give his right wing coalition more power over the appointment of judges.

21/02/2023

Poland

'Kyiv stands strong' says Biden in address outside Warsaw Castle

US President Joe Biden addressed thousands of people in Poland's capital on Tuesday a day after his highly symbolic trip to Kyiv

21/02/2023

Culture news

Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history

The beginning and the end of great thinkers. We take a look at today's significance for three revolutionaries: Karl Marx, Anne Frank and Malcolm X.

21/02/2023

Lifestyle

How can we teach children about death?

John Adams' mother died when he was 12. Now a funeral director, he's leading a campaign to get lessons in bereavement in UK schools.

21/02/2023

Culture news

Which European countries are best at speaking multiple languages?

Tuesday is International Mother Language Day. In Europe, more than half the population speaks at least two languages, but not all countries are equally-gifted.

21/02/2023

Culture news

How to rescue and renovate culture sites after deadly earthquakes

Another terrible repercussion of earthquakes like those experienced by Türkiye and Syria this month is the destruction of cultural heritage. Sergio Cantone has examined Italy's areas hit by devastating quakes and their efforts to protect and preserve history.

21/02/2023

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | February 21st – Morning

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

21/02/2023

Turkey

New 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Turkey and Syria on Monday evening

Three people are known to have died and hundreds were injured as a new 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit the Turkey-Syria border region, destroying buildings and spreading fear and panic among people made homeless by the earthquakes of February 6.

21/02/2023