Europe

The U.N. nuclear agency says slightly elevated levels of radioactivity that have been detected in northern Europe pose no risk to human health or to the environment but it’s still unclear what the cause was. The Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish radiation and nuclear safety watchdogs said last week that they …

The United States is not on a “safe list” of destinations for non-essential travel due to be unveiled by European Union governments later on Tuesday, three diplomats said. The 27-member bloc is expected to give outline approval to leisure or business travel from Wednesday to 14 countries beyond its borders …

A French court has found former prime minister François Fillon guilty of paying his wife over €1 million in public funds for a “fake job”. Fillon was sentenced to five years in prison – three of which can be served in the community. He will also have to pay a …

The EU and Britain have launched an intense five weeks of negotiations on a deal to define their post-Brexit relations, with London keen to wrap things up quickly. The new round of talks which began in Brussels on Monday was the first to be held face-to-face since the coronavirus shutdown …

Poles voted in a presidential election Sunday that was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic and was taking place amid deep cultural and political divisions in the European Union nation. President Andrzej Duda, a 48-year-old conservative backed by the nationalist ruling Law and Justice party, was running against 10 other candidates …

China has extended COVID-19 tests to newly reopened salons amid a drop in cases, while South Korea continues to face new infections after it eased social distancing rules to lift the economy. In the U.S., Vice President Mike Pence called off off a planned campaign bus tour in Florida following …

France’s oldest nuclear power plant will shut down on Tuesday after four decades in operation, to the delight of environmental activists who have long warned of contamination risks but stoking worry for the local economy. The Fessenheim plant opened in 1977 and already three years over its projected 40-year life …

Last week, US President Donald Trump confirmed media reports that he wants to pull 9,500 soldiers from Germany to bring down the count to 25,000, after accusing Berlin of being “delinquent” in its defense spending. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged European countries to think about a new reality when …

The head of Ireland’s center-right Fianna Fáil (the Republican) party has taken the post of Taoiseach (Prime Minister) following the latest parliamentary session. His party came first at the February general elections but failed to gain enough seats to form a majority government. It also lost a popular vote to …

Four years on from the UK’s Brexit vote, a majority of British voters would now opt to remain inside the European Union, says new research. According to the European Social Survey (ESS), a pan-European poll carried out every two years, 56.8% of respondents in the UK indicated that they would …

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Maria Zakharova announced today, Thursday, that the Russian side, during its consultations with America on issues of strategic stability held in Vienna, stressed the importance of withdrawing US nuclear weapons from Europe. “We reaffirmed once again the importance of ending such common nuclear practices by NATO, …

A French ISIS member went on trial Thursday on terror charges amid accusations that he oversaw executions in Syria as a senior figure in the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. Tyler Vilus, 30, is facing charges of belonging to a terrorist group, heading a unit of IS group fighters and …

Torrential rains in Ukraine have killed three people, forced hundreds from their homes and cut off villages in western regions, authorities said on Wednesday. While many were trying to guard their property, about 800 people had been evacuated since the rains began on Monday, said Interior Minister Arsen Avakov who …

A large earthquake swarm that has so far seen over 4,500 quakes recorded has hit Iceland. The swarm began on 19 June, with thousands of small earthquakes striking near the village of Siglufjördur, in the northeast of the country. Officials at the Iceland Meteorological Office (IMO) said three of the …

At least 67 member states of the International Criminal Court have thrown their support behind the body, after an unprecedented US move to impose sanctions on its staff. In a joint statement drafted by Costa Rica and Switzerland more than half of the 123 of the ICC’s members showed their …

Russia’s homegrown Covid-19 vaccine will create immunity for more than two years, according to the director of Moscow’s Gamalei Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, which developed the drug with the Ministry of Defense. Alexander Ginzburg, the research center’s director, explained that the vaccine will be administered to humans twice – …

American and Russian negotiators have concluded a round of nuclear arms control talks in Vienna, aimed at producing a new agreement to replace the New START treaty that expires in February — the last remaining pact constraining the arsenals of the world’s two major nuclear powers. U.S. negotiator Marshall Billingslea …

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday considered Iraq the first line of repression against global terrorism, affirming his high gratitude to the Iraqi forces that defeated terrorism on behalf of all NATO countries. Stoltenberg said in a televised statement, followed by “The Information” that “Iraq is the first global repelling …

France will not tolerate Turkey’s military intervention in Libya, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday, accusing Ankara of playing “a dangerous game”. Turkey has intervened decisively in recent weeks in Libya, providing air support, weapons, and allied fighters from Syria to help the government based in Tripoli repel a year-long …

Doctors without Borders (MSF) have condemned the Greek government decision to extend lockdown for migrant camps saying it is using the novel coronavirus pandemic as a pretext. The row comes as the country is loosening lockdown measures for the general population, reopening businesses and admitting foreign visitors for the start …