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Matthew Holroyd

World News

Europe's air passenger numbers 'at lowest level since 1995' last year

Passenger traffic in European airports has fallen by 70.4% in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, regressing to its 1995 level, according to ACI Europe.

Netherlands

Dutch government urged to recognise 1915 Armenia massacre as genocide

Turkey utterly refutes that the events of over a hundred years ago constitute a genocide.

Norway

Norway approves Utøya memorial for victims of 2011 massacre

Far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik killed 69 people on the island.

Greece

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis accused of breaking COVID-19 rules again

A viral video showed the Prime Minister attending a lunch with around thirty guests on the island of Ikaria over the weekend. A government spokesperson has described the allegations as "inaccurate".

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Ukraine

Four people killed in fire at Ukrainian COVID-19 hospital

The fire broke out shortly before midnight at an intensive care unit, where patients with acute respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 were being treated.

Business

Firms 'double spending on online privacy' amid surge in home working

"Suddenly, everyone is working remotely, data is off premises and people have access to highly confidential data on devices, which aren't directly controlled by IT departments," said one expert.

Myanmar

What can be done about the military coup in Myanmar?

Global condemnation has followed a military coup in Myanmar, in which senior officials from the ruling party, including de facto president Aung San Suu Kyi, were arrested. But what more can be done?

USA

GameStop stock: Are Wall Street wolves tasting their own medicine?

GameStop has become the focus of Wall Street since its stock price surged by more than a thousand percentage points in recent weeks thanks to amateur traders on Reddit.

Poland

Polish MP suspended by ruling party after taking COVID-19 vaccine

Zbigniew Girzyński admitted he had been vaccinated in his role as a university lecturer but said he "did not ask anyone for any priority in the queue".

Romania

Romania criminalises creating fake social media accounts

It comes after a case in Braşov in December 2018 where a man had threatened his former girlfriend with uploading compromising photos.

Italy

Italian president demands response from Egypt over Giulio Regeni death

On the fifth anniversary of the 28-year-old student's disappearance, Italian President Sergio Mattarella said he is expecting "full cooperation" from Cairo.

Europe Decoded

How did conspiracy theorists react to Joe Biden's inauguration?

Supporters of the baseless QAnon theory believed that Donald Trump would remain US President to fight against supposed enemies in the "deep state".

Europe Decoded

YouTube removes video of Austrian MP over 'COVID-19 misinformation'

Herbert Kickl claimed that children would play "not the slightest role" in spreading the virus.

Poland

Polish officials call for trial over killing of Gdansk mayor

Paweł Adamowicz was stabbed to death by an assailant on stage at a fundraising event on 13 January 2019. Two years on, the suspect has still not stood trial over his killing.

Finland

Finland's former Prime Minister assaulted outside Parliament

Helsinki police are investigating after Juha Sipilä told national television that he had been "attacked with fists" by an unknown assailant last week.

Europe News

EU countries 'should be able to challenge' big tech firms over privacy

Data protection agencies should be allowed to pursue legal action against Facebook and other firms over privacy issues, says the advocate general of the ECJ.

Austria

Austria suspects outbreak of new UK COVID-19 strain at ski resort

"This is what happens when the cable car lobby rules and not common sense," added the opposition Social Democratic Party

Europe Decoded

Turkey investigates WhatsApp and Facebook over data privacy update

The new policy means users outside the EU and UK must agree to more of their data being shared to Facebook for advertising purposes.

Ukraine

Ukrainian President calls for investigation into vaccine 'smuggling'

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky has ordered security officials to "verify without delay" claims that state officials have been secretly vaccinated against Covid-19 with illegally imported vaccines.

Russia

Probe implicates Russia's FSB in poisoning of Putin critic Navalny

Kremlin critic Navalny fell ill on a flight from Tomsk to Moscow on August 20.

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