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Indian COVID variant detected in at least seven European nations: ECDC

According to data obtained by Euronews from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the B.1.617 variant has been detected in seven European countries.

World News

'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.

Travel News

France is working on a 'special pass' for vaccinated US travellers

France is the world's top destination for tourists and now it is finding a way to welcome back American travellers.

France

France to become fourth European country to log 100,000 COVID deaths

The grim milestone is expected to be passed on Thursday.

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Europe News

EU to get an extra 50 million COVID vaccines by the end of June

The European Commission chief said the total doses EU countries will receive from Pfizer will now be 250 million in the second quarter of this year.

My Europe Series

A year before the vote, who is bidding to be France's next president?

With just a year until the French will head to the polls to elect a new president, those hoping to replace Emmanuel Macron are emerging from the shadows.

France

Russia and China use COVID jabs as 'means of propaganda', France says

"China, Russia are conducting a policy of influence through the vaccine even before vaccinating their own population," France's top diplomat said on Friday.

Belarus

European journalists demand release of jailed Belarusian colleagues

More than 50 European journalists' unions on Thursday urged their governments to up the pressure on Belarus to release jailed journalists as the country marks Freedom Day.

United Kingdom

Sarah Everard vigils held in UK intensify scrutiny into crime bill

The government has come under fire with its proposed crime bill which detractors say does little to tackle violence against women and girls as the country reels from the murder of Sarah Everard.

World News

Johnson&Johnson single dose COVID-19 vaccine authorised in EU

The European Medicines Agency recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation for the single dose Johnson&Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.

World News

European Medicines Agency starts review of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine

The EMA has so far approved three vaccines for use across the bloc.

United Kingdom

What has Rishi Sunak announced during the UK's 2021 Budget?

The British government on Wednesday announced new measures to provide a lifeline to workers and businesses hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

France

NGOs demand France investigates Syrian regime's chemical attacks

The Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) and Syrian Archive are seeking a French criminal investigation into the August 2013 chemical weapons attacks on Douma and Eastern Ghouta.

France

France's Sanofi to produce millions of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 jabs

Sanofi is to produce as many as 12 million doses a month of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine once approved. It has also agreed to manufacture 125 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech jab.

United Arab Emirates

UAE a 'lawless country with good PR', says Princess Latifa campaigner

Princess Latifa, the daughter of UAE vice president Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, claims she is being held against her will.

Europe News

COVID- vaccine: EU to get extra 350 million doses in 2021

The 27-country bloc is now expected to receive 500 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech's vaccine this year. Enough to inoculate 250 million people.

France

Here's all you need to know about France's new separatism law

The legislation, which aims to give the country the means to fight Islamic radicalism, has been criticised for stigmatising the Muslim community.

France

France rules out counter-terrorism troops withdrawal from Sahel

"We are there because we have a shared destiny with the Sahel. If the Sahel falls into the hands of terrorism, Africa will gradually fall into the hands of Islamic terrorists and Europe will live the consequences," said Macron.

France

French authorities back single jab for people who have had COVID-19

France's High Authority for Health said that as people who have previously contracted COVID-19 retain "an immune memory", a single dose of vaccine "will thus act as a booster."

World News

Germany, Poland & Sweden expel Russian diplomats in tit-for-tat action

Moscow expelled three European diplomats last week for attending demonstrations in support in Alexei Navalny. The EU member states say their diplomats were observing the events.

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