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Japan reports more contamination in Moderna vaccines from Spain

Japan has detected black particles in more vials of the Moderna coronavirus vaccines imported from Spain.

Germany

Chempark factory blast in Germany likely caused by chemical reaction

An initial report into the explosion near Leverkusen in July has found that it was probably caused by a chemical reaction inside a waste storage tank.

Austria

Austrian prosecutors charge first suspect over Vienna terror attack

Austrian officials have charged a 25-year-old Chechen man with terrorist offenses, linked to the Vienna attack in November.

United Kingdom

Northern Ireland bombing that killed 29 'could have been prevented'

A Northern Ireland judge has ruled that there was plausible evidence that authorities could have prevented the 1998 car bombing in Omagh.

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Germany

Suspect in Würzburg knife attack sent to psychiatric hospital

German investigators say the suspect in a knife attack in Würzburg has been sent to a psychiatric hospital and may not be held criminally responsible for his actions.

France

Body found in search for murder suspect who shot at police in France

The man is suspected of killing a woman in Plan-de-la-Tour, a town overlooking the Gulf of Saint-Tropez.

France

France's justice minister indicted over alleged conflict of interest

France's justice minister, Eric Dupond-Moretti, has been indicted over a possible conflict of interest related to his former work as a lawyer.

Estonia

New inspections begin at wreck of 1994 MS Estonia ferry disaster

Authorities in Sweden and Estonia will begin re-inspecting the wreck of the MS Estonia ferry, which sank in 1994 killing 852 people.

My Europe Series

Long-awaited murder probe reveals 'institutional' police corruption

The real Line of Duty? This case has drawn parallels with BBC's hit crime series, which follows a special unit investigating police corruption.

Europe Decoded

Dutch civil servants used social media to spy on citizens, says study

Research has found that some local authorities in the Netherlands have used fake social media accounts to monitor citizens online.

Denmark

Danish MPs agree to new investigation into deadly 1990 ferry fire

Danish lawmakers have agreed to set up a task force to look into a 1990 ferry fire that killed 159 people, one of Scandinavia's worst peacetime maritime disasters.

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.

Egypt

Train driver's negligence caused deadly Egypt crash, prosecutors say

Prosecutors allege the driver and his assistant were not in the train's cabin when it collided with another passenger train in Egypt last month.

France

Two teenagers probed for murder after girl, 14, drowned near Paris

Two French teenagers are being investigated for murder after a 14-year-old schoolgirl was found drowned in the River Seine near Paris.

Romania

Nine Romanian police officers prosecuted over violent facemask arrest

Prosecutors in Bucharest have opened criminal proceedings against nine police officers for their treatment of two people they arrested for failing to wear facemasks in September.

Austria

Probe launched into Chinese facemasks labelled 'Made in Austria'

Austria was one of the world's first countries to make FFP2 masks compulsory in shops, schools, and on public transport in light of the COVID pandemic.

Sweden

Sweden: Terrorist motive probed after seven injured in axe attack

Police in Sweden are still investigating a possible "terrorist" motive behind a stabbing incident in Vetlanda on Wednesday.

United Kingdom

Scottish police probe 'linked' deaths of two women and a man

Two women died after being found injured, one from stab wounds, while a man was also killed in a fatal road accident nearby. Police are linking the incidents.

Bulgaria

Bulgaria accused of €6 million police vehicle fraud involving EU cash

Interior ministry officials bought older, secondhand SUVs for the police, instead of new vehicles, violating the terms of an EU cash grant, says OLAF, the bloc's anti-fraud agency.

France

France probes violent Paris attack that left Ukrainian, 15, in a coma

The victim, identified only as Yuriy, was beaten up and left in a coma at the attack in Paris' 15th arrondissement on January 15.