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Poland’s biggest stadium, located in Warsaw, will be transformed into an emergency field hospital which should provide 500 emergency hospital beds as the number of coronavirus cases continue to rapidly increase, the government has decided. Although an official opening date...

In a move that triggered strong reactions, the prosecutor of the Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn case suggested that those convicted for directing a criminal organisation should be given a suspended sentence. According to Adamantia Oikonomou, they are not suspected of...

The Spanish autonomous communities of the north-east Aragón and Navarra regions on Monday (19 October) implemented new restrictions to curb the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, EFE reported. While bars and restaurants will only be allowed to be at...

The new COVID-19 government decree came into force on Monday (19 October), meaning local administrations will now be able to close streets and city squares after 9pm, though it remains unclear which specific institution will hold such power. Most mayors...

Action movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme has come to the rescue of a three-month-old chihuahua, saving her from euthanasia on Monday (19 October) after a legal tussle between Norway and Bulgaria.

The European Union “cannot achieve” climate neutrality without critical raw materials like lithium and rare earths, says Commission vice-president Maroš Šefčovič. It now needs to be “much more strategic” in relations with supplier countries in order to ensure the bloc's “strategic autonomy,” he argues.

Romania has the largest area of ​​virgin forests in the whole of the EU. Home to a large number of animal and plant species, they are endangered by illegal logging, as seen in a recent documentary starring ultramarathon runner Andrei Roșu.

Consumers group BEUC has weighed in on the debate over the naming of plant-based products, saying that 80% of surveyed consumers had no issue with meat or dairy-like terms being used for alternative products.

On a windy August afternoon in 2017, Akitsinnguaq Ina Olsen was relaxing in the old harbour of Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, when a Chinese icebreaker sailed unannounced into the Arctic island’s territorial waters.

Russia's GRU military intelligence service tried to hack officials from the Olympic Games due to have taken place in Tokyo this year, the British government said Monday. "The GRU's actions ... are cynical and reckless," British foreign minister Dominic Raab said. Russian athletes were banned from the games due to a doping scandal and the GRU operation was meant to discredit the games, which were, anyway, delayed by Covid-19.

Frank Jensen, the 59-year old mayor of Copenhagen and the deputy-chairman of Denmark's ruling centre-left party, has resigned after two women accused him of sexual harassment. "It's obvious that we in the Social Democratic Party have problems," Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen said. Jensen had fondled the women, he said in his Facebook apology, because he was part of a "harmful" and "old" culture in the party.

Greece plans to complete a 26-km long and 5-metre high concrete and metal wall along its land border with Turkey by April, connecting to a previous 10-km section, it said Monday. The €63m project will also see cameras installed along the whole 192-km border, most of which runs along the Evros river. Turkey, in March, let some of its 4 million refugees try to cross to Greece, prompting EU-wide alarm.

The European Commission adopted on Monday its 2021 work programme, which is closely linked to the recovery plan for Europe. For the Green Deal, initiatives include a carbon border-tax and measures to implement the circular economy action plan, the biodiversity and the farm-to-fork strategy. In digital policy, there will be new 2030 targets, a European e-ID and an update of the new industrial strategy for Europe.

Investigation alleges Lactalis breached environmental regulations at several plants and released milk derivatives that killed fish. EURACTIV's media partner, The Guardian, reports.

A prominent Holocaust-denier has made the cover of an EU-funded newsletter, which was published by an avowed German neo-Nazi with a lengthy criminal record. The lack of clear labelling of the MEP behind it violates European Parliament rules.

A report from the European Environment Agency reveals the EU failed to meet the targets of its 2020 biodiversity strategy, with the vast majority of protected landscapes and species show notable deteriorating trends.

London was irked by the conclusion of the EU summit last week, which demanded that the UK moved on key hurdles on the substance of the negotiations - such as fair completion and fisheries.

Europe's migrants - including EU nationals living in other states - are more at risk of catching coronavirus or suffering from corona-linked poverty, a new study says.

The German government will invest €500m in improving ventilation systems of public buildings, such as offices, museums, theatres, universities or schools, in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus, the BBC reported on Monday. The aim is to upgrade existing air-conditioning systems to reduce the risks associated with staying longer inside. Research studies suggest that the virus can remain in a room's air for at least eight minutes.

The European Commission, on Monday, tabled a bill on travel-bans and asset-freezes on human rights abusers worldwide, known informally in Brussels as the "European Magnitsky Act", after a late Russian activist, Sergei Magnitsky. EU presidency Germany aims to see it in force by January. More than a year in the making, the draft bill says the commission should retain "oversight" of travel-bans, which is normally a prerogative of member states.