United Kingdom Storm Arwen: 30,000 people still without power in the UK Regional authorities say the storm damage is the "most significant" they have ever had to deal with. 01/12/2021
Iceland Three men arrested after homemade bomb found in Reykjavík bin The explosive device was found outside an apartment building in the Mánatún area of Reykjavík. 01/12/2021
Latvia NATO threatens Moscow with sanctions if Russian troops invade Ukraine US Secretary of State Antony Blinken threatened Moscow with 'high-impact economic measures' if President Vladimir Putin attacked Ukraine. 01/12/2021
France Post-Brexit fishing: Guernsey grants over 40 licences for French boats Paris has welcomed the Channel island's move but says over 100 claims for French boats to operate off Jersey and the UK are still unresolved. 01/12/2021
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Romania Back in power, Romania's PSD wants to put its toxic past behind it Under Liviu Dragnea, the Social Democrats became a byword for corruption and graft. Now a new crop of leaders says that the party has changed. 01/12/2021
World EU nations should debate mandatory vaccination, says von der Leyen “One-third of the European population is not vaccinated," said the Commission President, calling for countries to discuss together compulsory vaccination. 01/12/2021
Slovenia Slovenia halts Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after woman's death Experts have confirmed that the death of a 20-year-old woman in September was linked to the jab, said Slovenian health minister Janez Poklukar. 01/12/2021
France French right-wing party to choose candidate for presidential election Five candidates are vying to become the presidential candidate for France's Les Républicains party. 01/12/2021
Germany Four injured after WWII bomb explodes near Munich train station Police said the bomb went off during construction work on a tunnel, adding that there was no further danger. 01/12/2021
Top News Stories Today Watch top news stories today | December 1st – Midday edition Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. 01/12/2021
World Inflation in eurozone hits record high of 4.9% Consumer prices across the 19 countries that use the euro currency are rising at a record rate as a result of a huge spike in energy costs this year. 01/12/2021
Honduras Xiomara Castro wins Honduran presidential vote after rival concedes Honduras' ruling party conceded defeat on Tuesday in presidential elections held two days earlier, giving victory to leftist opposition candidate Xiomara Castro. 01/12/2021
World COVID in Europe: Germany mulls new measures as Austria extends them Here's a round-up of the COVID situation across Europe, where countries are tightening restrictions amid a spike in cases. 01/12/2021
USA Ghislaine Maxwell: 1st accuser testifies at British socialite's trial A woman testified that British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was often in the room when the witness, then just 14, had sexual interactions with the financier Jeffrey Epstein. 01/12/2021
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Germany Germany's incoming chancellor backs mandatory COVID vaccination Germany's incoming chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said he will back a proposal to mandate coronavirus vaccinations for everybody next year. 01/12/2021
World Brazil and Japan report first cases of the omicron variant Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant. It was already present in Europe nearly two weeks ago, the Netherlands found. 01/12/2021
World EU draft pulled after Vatican complains Christmas 'cancelled' Italian conservatives had voiced outrage about the document, claiming among other things that it was “cancelling Christmas.” 30/11/2021
USA Three students killed in shooting at US school The suspect wasn't hurt when he was taken into custody and he refused to say how he got the gun into the school, authorities said. 30/11/2021
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