Switzerland Fondue safety concerns amid coronavirus pandemic grate on the Swiss Can the cheese dish be shared safely amid the COVID-19 crisis? That's the question bubbling in Switzerland at the moment. 17/11/2020
Austria COVID-19: Austria starts new lockdown as Italy inspects nursing homes Austria's Health Minister warned earlier this week that the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units have risen by nearly a third in a week. 17/11/2020
Good Morning Europe Italy asks overseas doctors to fly in to help fight COVID-19 Health authorities in Italy have realised they have enough ventilators to cope with the second coronavirus wave but not enough medics to operate them. 17/11/2020
France Coronavirus: French region to carry out mass testing before Christmas The French region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes has ordered 2 million tests and will make 1,000 testing sites available. 17/11/2020
United Kingdom Easyjet reports first-ever annual loss amid coronavirus pandemic The COVID-19 crisis saw planes grounded across the world and EasyJet's passenger numbers halved. 17/11/2020
Republic of Northern Macedonia North Macedonia accession talks face new hurdles from Bulgaria North Macedonia accession talks face new hurdles from Bulgaria 17/11/2020
USA Head of US government agency under pressure to let transition proceed The head of the little-known General Services Administration has yet to certify Biden as the winner, stalling the launch of the official transition process. 17/11/2020
USA SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts reaches space station The Dragon capsule pulled up and docked late Monday night, following a 27-hour, completely automated flight from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. 17/11/2020
China British diplomat praised for saving drowning woman in China Stephen Ellison jumped into a stream to rescue a woman after she fell into the water in a village on the outskirts of Chongqing. 17/11/2020
USA 'More people may die': Joe Biden urges Donald Trump to aid transition US President-elect Joe Biden warned of dire consequences if President Donald Trump continues to refuse to coordinate with the transition team on the coronavirus pandemic. 16/11/2020
USA Trump to order US troop reductions in Afghanistan, Iraq The Trump administration is expected to cut the number of US troops in Afghanistan almost in half to 2,500 by January 15, US officials said Monday. 16/11/2020
World French radio station publishes obituaries of people still alive A French broadcaster said in a statement that a "technical problem" led to the erroneous publications. 16/11/2020
World Privacy activists file EU complaint over iPhone tracking A Vienna-based group has filed complaints against Apple over its use of software to track the behavior of iPhone users, arguing that it violates European Union electronic privacy laws. 16/11/2020
World Calls mount on Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region lasted for six weeks and killed thousands of people. Last week it ended with a peace-agreement brokered by Russia. Since then Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has been the main focus of protests. 16/11/2020
Belarus Belarus: After 100 days, Lukashenko is still in power. Now what? Belarus' protest movement is united in wanting to bring down Alexander Lukashenko - but then what? 16/11/2020
Netherlands Dutch court upholds terror conviction for 2018 Amsterdam stabbings A Dutch appeals court has upheld the terror conviction of an asylum-seeker who stabbed and seriously injured two American tourists at Amsterdam's main railway station in August 2018. 16/11/2020
Germany Germany indicts suspected Egyptian spy in Angela Merkel's press team Germany has indicted a suspected German-Egyptian spy working in Chancellor's Angela Merkel's press service. 16/11/2020
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