no comment Minnesota police shooting: riots erupt in Portland and enter second night in Brooklyn Center
Belgium Belgium, Switzerland and Denmark announce easing of COVID restrictions Belgium’s prime minister has announced the country will reopen restaurants and bars for outdoor service next month, and lift a night-time curfew, while Switzerland and Denmark also announced plans to ease restrictions. 14/04/2021
Czech Republic Was the Czech foreign minister fired due to his pro-Western views? Czech president Milos Zeman said he "terminated the duties of Tomáš Petříček in accordance with the Constitution". But what were the real reasons for the departure of the foreign minister? 14/04/2021
Ireland Ireland launches data protection inquiry into Facebook hack The personal data of more than 530 million Facebook users were found on a hacker's forum last week. 14/04/2021
France Two years on, how is restoration of Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral going? The rector of Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral told Euronews that he felt "hopeful" that the reconstruction was still on track despite delays due to COVID and lead contamination. 14/04/2021
Romania Romanian health minister dismissed over handling of COVID-19 pandemic A number of incidents related to the pandemic had created tensions within Romania's governing coalition. 14/04/2021
Kosovo Russia interrupts UN video meeting to protest over Kosovo flag 98 of the UN's 193 member nations recognise Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia, but Russia and China are among those who do not. 14/04/2021
Sweden Swedish region declares ‘personal lockdown’ as COVID cases soar Officials have largely blamed the spike in instances of the virus on the spread of the UK variant. 14/04/2021
Czech Republic Czech MPs reject proposed quota for local food in supermarkets Several EU countries criticised the proposed law, saying it would break EU single market rules by discriminating against imported products. 14/04/2021
Denmark Denmark becomes first in Europe to abandon AstraZeneca vaccine The decision was taken due to the vaccine's link with very rare cases of blood clots, the country's health agency said. 14/04/2021
Italy Italian doctor given life in prison for murdering eight patients Leonardo Cazzaniga and his mistress, nurse Laura Taroni, gave lethal cocktails to patients at Saronno Hospital near Milan between 2011 and 2014. 14/04/2021
Bulgaria Boyko Borissov says he will not be Bulgaria's next prime minister Borissov's centre-right GERB party won the most seats in last week's election but fell well short of a majority. 14/04/2021
Egypt Fuel tanker's crash with a bus kills 20 in Egypt 20 people have been killed and 3 injured in a road accident involving a fuel tanker and bus in southern Egypt. 14/04/2021
Myanmar Myanmar could spiral into 'full-blown conflict' like Syria, UN warns Michelle Bachelet said the repression in Myanmar "clearly echoes" the situation in Syria in 2011 because "there too, we saw peaceful protests met with unnecessary and clearly disproportionate force." 14/04/2021
Ukraine Biden calls on Putin to 'de-escalate tensions' with Ukraine Moscow later confirmed Biden had made a proposal to hold a summit on the matter, without saying if it had been accepted. 14/04/2021
Iran Iran president calls 60% uranium enrichment an answer to 'evilness' Iran's President Rouhani has said plans for 60 per cent nuclear enrichment will be an answer to 'evilness' 14/04/2021
USA ‘Time to end forever war’: US troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan US president Joe Niden has announced his plan to pull all remaining US forces out of Afghanistan on the 20th anniversary of the 2001 September 11 terror attacks. 14/04/2021
USA Cop and police chief resign over Black motorist' death in Minneapolis The resignations from Officer Kim Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon came two days after the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center. 14/04/2021
Iran Iran to enrich uranium to highest level so far after Natanz attack Iran will begin enriching uranium up to 60% following the attack on its Natanz nuclear facility. 13/04/2021
Germany Merkel bids for powers to impose a nationwide COVID lockdown If MPs pass the legislation, restrictions will be automatically introduced in regions with a spike in COVID-19 infections. 13/04/2021
Greece New migrant camp approved for Lesbos but exact location undecided The municipal council of Mytilene approved the construction of a new 3,000-capacity facility on the Aegean island - but without agreeing where it will be located. 13/04/2021
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