Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:39
Russia: vaccine approved for use
Vladimir Putin said a vaccine for Covid-19 has been given regulatory approval after less than two months’ testing on humans. It has passed all the required checks, and he added that his daughter had already been…
Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:36
Albania: ‘take more care of people’
Monsignor George Frendo, chair of Albania’s interfaith council, has appealed for the country to take more care of its people’s health. ‘Have we reconciled with the coronavirus? Or are we afraid that more restrictions will create…
Thursday, 06 August 2020 23:09
Germany: attack on anti-Semitism commissioner
The government-appointed commissioner to combat anti-Semitism, Felix Klein, was criticised in an open letter to Angela Merkel from sixty academics, authors and artists in Germany and Israel. They warned the Chancellor concerning ‘provocative, factually and legally…
Thursday, 06 August 2020 23:07
UK citizens relocate after Brexit vote
Research has found that the number of British nationals emigrating to other EU countries has risen by 30% since the Brexit referendum, with half making their decision to leave in the first three months after the…
Thursday, 30 July 2020 21:56
Russia: anti-Putin protests
Sergei Furgal, governor of the far eastern city of Khabarovsk, was interrogated and ordered to be held in jail for two months. Thousands of demonstrators have been gathering in the streets for three weekends to show…
Thursday, 30 July 2020 21:52
Brexit deadlock
Brexit talks have stalled over a series of key issues; neither the UK and EU has shown any willingness to make concessions. The future of British fisheries has remained one bone of contention since the start…