Alice Tidey

World News

Biden and Macron vow to strengthen ties and tackle shared challenges

A readout of the call between Biden and Macron from the White House said the new American president expressed "the desire to strengthen bilateral ties with our oldest ally."

25 January 2021

World News

How did US President Donald Trump impact Europe over his four years?

Donald Trump's unpredictability and America First policy have shaken the post-WWII global order and strained relations between Western allies.

19 January 2021

United Kingdom

COVID-19: UK approves two new drugs reducing risk of deaths by 25%

The two anti-inflammatory drugs, called tocilizumab and sarilumab, are typically used to treat rheumatoid arthritis but were found to reduce the risk of death and accelerate recovery time for COVID-19 patients in ICU.

8 January 2021

France

France's bars, restaurants and ski lifts 'won't open before February'

French bars, restaurants, cultural venues and ski lifts will remain closed until further notice, the government said on Thursday.

7 January 2021

France

France's bars and ski resorts fear extension of COVID-19 restrictions

Bars and restaurants in France had hoped to open again from January 20 but there are fears COVID-19 restrictions will now be extended.

6 January 2021

Germany

Berlin to set quota for female executives at biggest companies

Under the new draft law, German listed companies with more than three members will be obliged to have at least one woman.

6 January 2021

World News

COVID-19: Which European country has the fastest vaccine roll out?

Israel and the UK are the countries that have administered the most vaccine doses to date while France and the Netherlands are among the slowest countries.

3 January 2021

World News

EU kickstarts mass COVID-19 vaccination in 'touching moment of unity'

EU member states each received the first shipment of just under 10,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine on Saturday in what the EU's top official hailed as a "moment of unity".

26 December 2020

Spain

Brexit clock 'still ticking over Gibraltar', warns enclave leader

In a statement released on Twitter, Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo congratulated British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for striking a trade deal with Brussels but emphasised that it "does not cover Gibraltar".

24 December 2020

World News

Brexit deal: what changed on key issues to get the agreement?

He's a breakdown of the ground the EU and UK gave on some of the sticking points in the Brexit deal.

24 December 2020

World News

EU and UK unveil 1,246-page post-Brexit trade deal

The EU and the UK published on Saturday the full text of their post-Brexit deal as the clock was ticking on its approval by January 1.

24 December 2020

Europe News

Hungary asylum policies 'failed' to fulfill EU obligations, ECJ rules

The EU top court said Budapest made it virtually impossible for people to make an asylum claim.

17 December 2020

Europe News

Digital Service Act: EU vows to 'put order into chaos' with tech laws

The European Commission's landmark regulations, the Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act, aim to curb the hegemony of dominant multinationals and force them to be more transparent about how content is ranked, advertised and removed.

15 December 2020

France

New Year's Peeve? France to impose nighttime curfew on December 31

The curfew will be in place from 20h to 6h and even on New Year's Eve.

10 December 2020

Europe News

EU agrees €1.8 tr budget - but what brought Hungary & Poland onboard?

The €1.8 trillion package includes the EU's seven-year budget (€1.1 tr) and the €750 billion COVID-19 recovery fund.

10 December 2020

France

French watchdog fines Google and Amazon over their policies on cookies

The National Commission for Informatics and Liberties (CNIL) said both American tech companies automatically place cookies — advertising trackers — on users' computers without asking for consent.

10 December 2020

World News

EU unveils no-deal Brexit contingency measures for transport

"Our responsibility is to be prepared for all eventualities, including not having a deal in place," EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday.

10 December 2020

World News

Brexit deal looking 'very tricky', UK PM says ahead of Brussels talks

The British leader told reporters on Tuesday he remains "optimistic" a deal can be secured but warned that "it's looking very, very difficult at the moment."

7 December 2020

World News

Sweden leads climate action ranking while Hungary and Slovenia lag

The EU ranks 16th in the annual Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) — an improvement from last year's 22nd position.

7 December 2020

Hungary

ECJ should reject Hungary's bid to dismiss Article 7 vote: Top advisor

The bloc's Advocate General, Michal Bobek, said on Thursday that the ECJ should dismiss "as unfounded" Hungary's bid to discredit the EU Parliament's vote that called on the bloc to trigger disciplinary proceedings against Budapest.

3 December 2020