EUROPE

EUROPE NEWS

Dutch PM Rutte condemns threats to teacher over cartoon

11:05 pm November 6, 2020

The Hague: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Friday that threats that forced a teacher in the port city of Rotterdam to go hiding after some students objected to a political cartoon displayed in his classroom must not be tolerated. Rutte spoke hours after Rotterdam police said they had arrested an 18-year-old girl on suspicion she posted a message on social media that […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

7 charged with selling virus test documents at Paris airport

10:38 pm November 6, 2020

Paris: Officials in France said Friday that seven people have been arrested for selling false certificates of negative coronavirus tests to travelers at Paris’s largest airport, Charles de Gaulle. The six men and one woman ages 29 to 52 were charged with forgery, use of forgery and complicity in fraud. The Bobigny prosecutor’s office said the faked […]

Italy shuts down 4 regions as Europe tries lighter lockdowns

10:21 pm November 6, 2020

Milan: Luxury fashion boutiques, jewelry shops and most of Milan’s flagship department were shuttered Friday, as the center of Italy’s vibrant financial capital fell into a gray quiet on the first day of a partial lockdown in four regions aimed at stopping the virus’s resurgence. The new restrictions — which led to closures of a […]

EU: Brexit trade talks still face ‘too many difficulties’

11:46 pm November 4, 2020

Brussels: With a deadline closing in quickly, the European Union’s chief negotiator in trade talks with Britain said that talks between both sides on even a rudimentary deal still faced too many challenges to yield a result anytime soon. “At this stage, there are still too many difficulties remaining on important topics,” EU negotiator Michel Barnier said […]

Denmark wants to cull all farmed minks over COVID fears

11:31 pm November 4, 2020

Copenhagen: Denmark’s prime minister said Wednesday that the government wants to cull all minks in Danish farms, to minimise the risk of them re-transmitting the new coronavirus to humans. Mette Frederiksen said a report from a government agency that maps the coronavirus in Denmark has shown a mutation in the virus found in 12 people in the northern part of the […]