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EU Counties Ban UK Flights Over New Variant of Coronavirus

Several European countries placed new restrictions on travel to and from the United Kingdom on Sunday due to concern over a new strain of the coronavirus that is spreading rapidly there. The Netherlands banned passenger flights from the UK until...

Pandemic Upends Christmas and New Year Festivities All Over Europe

As expected, the global coronavirus pandemic has overturned Europeans' plans for the 2020 holiday season, as governments search for measures to prevent the further spread of Covid-19, while allowing citizens to celebrate with their families and friends as much...

Covid Vaccination to Start Across the EU on December 27

European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen announced on Thursday that vaccinations against Covid-19 will start on December 27, 28 and 29 throughout all EU countries. A senior EU official said on Wednesday the bloc could give its final approval...

French President Macron Tests Positive for Covid

French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19, the presidential Elysee Palace announced on Thursday. It said the president took a test “as soon as the first symptoms appeared.” The brief statement did not say what symptoms Macron experienced. It...

Erdogan Claims US Sanctions Part of “Hostile Stance” Against Turkish Sovreignty

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan charged on Wednesday in a videoconference address that the sanctions imposed by the United States as punishment for his nation's purchase of the S-400 missile system from Russia last year was evidence of the...

Top Erdogan Advisor Would “Teach Americans How to Swim” in Response to Sanctions

In a swipe aimed at the United States after the Friday passing of the Armed Forces Bill, which contained sanctions against Turkey, the top advisor to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that his country would "teach...

Two Elderly Armenian Men Beheaded in Nagorno-Karabakh Identified

Great Britain's The Guardian newspaper has identified the two men beheaded in Armenia's Nagorno-Karabakh region in an exclusive report published on Tuesday. The elderly ethnic Armenian men had refused to leave their villages when the Azerbaijani forces who took control of...

Greek Restaurant “The Athenian” Named Best in the United Kingdom

The Greek street food restaurant "The Athenian" has been awarded the title of Best Restaurant in the UK by food delivery giant Deliveroo at the Deliveroo Restaurant Awards, held virtually on Monday. Founded by Efthymios Vasilakis and Neofytos Christodoulou, born...

British Woman Becomes First in the World to Receive Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine

A 90-year-old woman from Northern Ireland has become the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine outside trial conditions. Margaret Keenan said she felt "so privileged" to receive the shot at University Hospital, Coventry. The UK will...

EU Commission Chief Says Turkish Situation “Worsening”

Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, said on Monday that the situation regarding Turkey has not only not improved, it has actually worsened. His remarks came...