Germany Germany to buy 30 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V this summer The agreed purchase will be made pending the vaccine's approval by the European Medicines Agency, a German minister has said. 22/04/2021
Andorra Latin American leaders call for more vaccines at Andorra summit The region has been disproportionately hit by the pandemic, accounting for nearly 30% of the world's COVID-19 deaths. 22/04/2021
Armenia Joe Biden 'preparing to formally recognise the Armenian genocide' Such a move would further cool relations between the US and Turkey - although one official said Biden could still change his mind. 22/04/2021
brussels bureau Brussels delays decision on making gas and nuclear a green investment The European Commission announced new criteria Wednesday for its "green taxonomy", a list of investments that are environmentally friendly, to help improve the flow of money towards sustainable activities across the European Union. 21/04/2021
brussels bureau 'Higher risk, stricter rules': EU's new artificial intelligence rules Systems considered high risk, such as facial recognition, will be subject to extra scrutiny, says the European Commission. 21/04/2021
France Meet France's first female imam who is on a mission to modernise Islam "The legal schools of Islam today, or the whole normative part of the Muslim religion, emanates from medieval thought," Kahina Bahloul told Euronews. "That is no longer possible." 21/04/2021
Russia Russia's Putin calls on foreign rivals not to 'cross a red line' Vladimir Putin delivered an annual address ahead of planned pro-Navalny protests. 21/04/2021
Germany German top court dismisses injunction against EU COVID recovery fund The challenge mostly targeted the issuance of an EU common bond to raise money for the €750-billion recovery fund. 21/04/2021
Albania North Macedonia's woes could hamper Albania's EU bid, says PM Edi Rama Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama told Euronews that "internal problems" within the EU could delay his country's accession to the bloc. 21/04/2021
Europe 'We have a deal': EU to cut emissions by 'at least 55%' by 2030 The announcement comes on the eve of an international climate summit hosted by US President Joe Biden. 21/04/2021
United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth turns 95, days after funeral of Prince Philip This year's birthday will be overshadowed by the death of Prince Philip, her husband of 73 years. 20/04/2021
Europe Why is there outrage over the European Super League plans? The announcement from 12 of Europe’s “elite” football clubs that they are founding a new European club competition has sent the world of football up in arms. 20/04/2021
Europe How European countries reacted differently to AstraZeneca doubts The reactions of governments and citizens in countries across Europe to extremely rare blood clotting events related to the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID vaccine have varied greatly. 20/04/2021
Europe EMA says possible link between J&J vaccine and rare blood clots There is a "possible link" between J&J's COVID vaccine and very rare cases of blood clots, the EU medicines regulator said. 20/04/2021
Europe Ten sites in Switzerland, France and Italy added to IUCN ‘green list’ The International Union for Conservation of Nature says well managed protected sites are a critical part of halting the dramatic loss of life on Earth. 20/04/2021
brussels bureau EU launches digital platform to let citizens debate the bloc's future The multilingual platform is the starting point of a year-long exercise to reshape and reform the European Union. 19/04/2021
brussels bureau EU foreign affairs chief: 100,000 Russian troops at Ukraine border Josep Borrell said Russia's 100,000 troops massed at the border with Ukraine is its highest ever military deployment at that border, and warned: "When you deploy a lot of troops, a spark can jump here or there." 19/04/2021
Europe Vaccine doubts could delay EU's inoculation target by several months Projections show issues with the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollouts could seriously dent the EU’s goal of vaccinating 70% of adults against COVID-19 by the end of summer. 19/04/2021
Germany Greens pick Annalena Baerbock as their candidate to replace Merkel The Greens — in opposition nationally but in 11 of the country's 16 state governments — could hold the key to forming the next government. 19/04/2021
France COVID mass vaccination centre in Nice closes as just 58 people turn up More than 4,000 doses of the AstraZeneca jab were available at the centre this weekend but it closed after a few hours due to low turnout. 18/04/2021
