Europe

• Man Charged For Spying On Swedish Companies For Russia

  4 days ago - by Bolanle Akinlade

  A 47-year-old man in Sweden was on Monday charged with alledged espionage, providing Russia with information about Swedish companies in return for pay...

• COVID-19: EU Health Agency Lacks Data, Transparency, Says Ombudsman

  2 weeks ago - by Lawrence Agbo

  The European Union’s leading health agency faces a lack of reliable data from EU countries regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and is not transparen...

• Woman Who Slapped Police Officer's Butt Lands In Jail

  3 weeks ago - by Oladimeji Balogun

  A drunken woman who smacked a German police officer from behind landed in a cell to sober up and is facing charges of sexual harassment, authorities s...

• Lithuanian President Nominates Belarus Opposition Leader For Nobel Prize – Sources

  3 weeks ago - by Dorcas Akanni

  Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has nominated Belarus opposition leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, for the Nobel Peace Prize, two sources with kn...

• COVID-19: France Closes Borders To People Outside EU

  3 weeks ago - by Zaccheus Ukhueleigbe

  France on Friday decided to close its borders to people outside the European Union (EU) due to continued high Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection rates. ...

• COVID-19: UK Adds UAE, Burundi, Rwanda To Red List

  4 weeks ago - by Oladimeji Balogun

  The United Kingdom has added three more countries to its “red list,” banning flights to and from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Burundi and Rwand...

• Ukraine Opens Investigation Into U.S. Election Meddling

  4 weeks ago - by Lawrence Agbo

  Ukraine has launched a criminal investigation into attempts to interfere with the United States presidential election, President Volodymyr Zelens...

• Detained Protesters In Belarus Subjected To Torture – Amnesty

  1 month ago - by Zaccheus Ukhueleigbe

  Detained protesters in Belarus were being subjected to systematic torture, rights group Amnesty International said in a new report published on Wednes...

• Polish Government To Enact Free Speech Social Media Law

  1 month ago - by Samuel Mayowa

  The Polish Government has proposed a new law that would promote free speech and fight the 'political correctness' online. According to...

• COVID-19: UK Imposes Fine On Defaulting Travellers

  1 month ago - by Adedayo Babatunde

  Following the continuous spread of COVID-19 across the country, the United Kingdom has imposed a £500 fine on travellers tha...

• COVID-19: Germany Set To Extend Lockdown

  1 month ago - by Adedayo Babatunde

  Germany is set to extend lockdown measures beyond January 10 due to the uproar surge of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic across 16 federal states ...

• Names Of Residents Who Reject COVID-19 Vaccine Will Be Recorded - Spanish Health Minister

  1 month ago - by Kindness Udoh

  The government of Spain has announced that it would put together a list of residents that declined to take the COVID-19 vaccine. This was disclosed...

• 5.3-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Croatia

  1 month ago - by Kindness Udoh

  Southeastern European country of Croatia was hit by a 5.2-magnitude earthquake, felt in the central part of the country and its capital Zagreb, accord...

• UK COVID-19 Strain Discovered In France

  2 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  France has confirmed the first case of a new coronavirus variant that recently emerged in Britain, its health ministry said. The new strain of the ...

• France President, Macron, COVID-19 Free

  2 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  French President Emmanuel Macron is free of Covid-19 symptoms, his office said on Thursday, a week after he tested positive for the coronavirus. Th...