European Union

Spain opens border to tourists; Trump wants less testing

Spain to end quarantine for tourists on July 1

8:56 pm May 25, 2020

Madrid: Spain says it will lift a 2-week mandatory confinement for all travelers arriving from overseas starting July 1. The government said in a brief statement that Cabinet ministers made the decision to lift the mandatory quarantine during a meeting Monday. Prime Minister Pedro Snchez had already announced over the weekend that his nation was […]

As new clusters emerge, WHO warns virus may be here to stay

1:58 am May 14, 2020

Brussels: New coronavirus clusters have surfaced around the world as nations struggle to balance reopening economies and preventing a second wave of infections, while a top global health official warned Wednesday that COVID-19 could be around for a long time. Authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the pandemic first began late last year, […]

Finland to take 130 refugees, mostly children, from Greece

3:28 pm April 30, 2020

Athens: Greece’s migration ministry says Finland has agreed to take in 100 unaccompanied refugee children and 30 adults, expanding the number of European countries which have begun taking in young asylum-seekers from Greece. Greece’s Migration and Asylum ministry said Thursday the agreement came in a call between deputy minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos and Finnish Interior Minister […]

British PM Boris Johnson says UK and India are natural partners

Row over Boris Johnson’s top aide at secret Covid-19 science meetings

8:30 pm April 25, 2020

London: Downing Street on Saturday went into strong denial mode after a political row broke out over a UK media report claiming that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s top aide had attended secret meetings of the scientific group advising the government on its Covid-19 response strategy. The Guardian’ claimed that Dominic Cummings, Johnson’s chief strategic […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

Russia tries again to win UN approval for virus resolution

2:51 pm April 18, 2020

United Nation: Russia is trying again to win U.N. General Assembly approval for a resolution on the coronavirus pandemic, dropping a call to end unilateral sanctions without UN Security Council approval but still calling for an end to protectionist practices. The 193-member world body has until noon EDT on Wednesday to consider the revised Russian […]