United Kingdom Could Scotland be the next member of the Nordic Council? Following success in the recent parliamentary elections, a Finnish MP said he would push to make Scotland an observing member of the Nordic Council, but is there any substance to the initiative? 11/05/2021
France French anti-terror investigators notified over police stabbing A woman stabbed a police officer at her home in Bordeaux on Monday and then was shot and injured by another official. 11/05/2021
USA Russia denies role in cyberattack on US's biggest gasoline pipeline The Colonial Pipeline will not be able to resume full operations for several days due to the ransomware attack. 11/05/2021
United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II opens UK parliament but with less ceremony Queen Elizabeth II has formally opened the UK parliament but without the usual pomp and ceremony 11/05/2021
China China's population growth reaches lowest rate in decades China's population is growing at such a slow rate that it is prompting fears of an increasingly dependent population with fewer people available to work. 11/05/2021
USA Controversy over Golden Globes leads NBC to pull out for 2022 Following controversy over lack of diversity the Golden Globe Awards won't be aired by major TV network NBC in 2022 11/05/2021
China Leopards on the loose: Safari park concealed escape for two weeks A safari park in eastern China has faced strong public criticism for concealing the escape of three leopards. 11/05/2021
Romania Romania's president wants more NATO troops to be sent to Europe President Klaus Iohannis says that Moscow's recent military actions on the Ukrainian border have highlighted the need for Eastern Europe to remain vigilant. 10/05/2021
Spain Spain warns that lockdown leaving parties lead to more than a hangover Scenes of revelers partying in mass over the past weekend, in many cases without social distancing or masks, have infuriated many, including health workers, and created a new political quarrel. 10/05/2021
United Kingdom UEFA gives UK deadline over travel waivers for Champions League final UEFA wants its sponsors, guests and media representatives to be excepted from quarantine restrictions - otherwise, the all-English final could be played in Portugal. 10/05/2021
Portugal Portugal sentences three police officers over Ukrainian man's death Three Portuguese border police officers sentenced to prison for beating a Ukrainian man to death at Lisbon airport in March 2020. 10/05/2021
the global conversation “Europe is a religion and nobody can betray this religion in Albania,” said Albania's Prime Minister Global Conversation interviews Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama ahead of the State of the Union conference in Florence and discusses the country's ongoing efforts to join the European Union. 10/05/2021
France French serial killer Michel Fourniret dead at 79 Michel Fourniret, one of France's most notorious serial killers, died in a hospital jail. 10/05/2021
Israel Rocket barrage fired at Israel after Hamas commanders killed A 6-year old was killed on Wednesday evening in a rocket strike on an apartment building in the Israeli city of Sderot, becoming the latest victim of the recent flare-up in violence. 10/05/2021
Romania Romania counts on Dracula to stoke its vaccination campaign A recent survey shows Romanians are the least inclined to be vaccinated among the EU’s eastern members 10/05/2021
Greece Greece lockdown measures lift allowing schools and courts to reopen Primary and junior high schools in Greece have been able to reopen for in-person schooling for the first time in months. 10/05/2021
The Cube EU border agency Frontex criticised by NGOs for photo competition NGOs have described the competition as a "Contest of Shame" and published photos that they say "reflect the reality of the situation" 10/05/2021
Italy Italian woman mistakenly given six doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine A 23-year-old woman in Tuscany remains under observation after she was mistakenly given an entire vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine - equivalent to six doses. 10/05/2021
United Kingdom Boris Johnson to be investigated over funding of luxury holiday Britain's parliamentary watchdog has announced that it is investigating Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the funding of a luxury holiday he took in 2019. 10/05/2021
Libya Five migrants have died after their boat capsized off Libya Five migrants have drowned when a vessel, carrying at least 45 people and heading for Europe, capsized off Libya. 10/05/2021
