UK business confidence at lowest level since pandemic after tax-raising budget
London: The UK government has been accused of undermining the foundations of the economy with its autumn budget, after business...
Covid-19
Italy reports 13,073 Covid-19 cases per week
Rome: From September 26th to October 2nd, Italian authorities reported on Sunday 13,073 Coivd-19 cases and 85 deaths from the...
Italy: Twon grapples with ‘out of control’ number of dengue cases
Milan: Italian scientists are sounding an alarm over a surge in cases of dengue fever cases in the country’s central...
UK ex-PM Johnson says he planned raid on Dutch factory to get COVID vaccines
London: Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he ordered military chiefs to plan a raid on a Dutch...
UK: JCVI advises on eligible groups for autumn COVID-19 vaccination
London: The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has announced its advice to Government for the COVID-19 vaccine programme...
Tourists warned against new COVID variant in Greece
Athens: Tourists were warned against a new FLiRT coronavirus variant in Greece, according to media reports. There has been an...
Italy has spent 45% of EU COVID recovery cash secured so far, government says
Rome: Italy has spent around 45% of the 113.5 billion euros ($123.5 billion) it has secured so far from European...
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issues advisory about rise in Covid-19 cases in Greece
Sofia: Greece recently has seen a noticeable increase in the number of cases of Covid-19, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry situation centre...
UK Covid-19 inquiry to issue first report on preparedness
London: A public inquiry examining Britain’s response to the Covid-19 outbreak will issue its first report on July 18, focusing...
Bulgaria ends daily publication of official statistics on Covid-19
Sofia: Official information about cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria will now be published once a week and from July 1,...
Dismay as UK government halts cash for world-renowned Covid programme
London: It changed the treatment of Covid-19 patients across the globe, saved thousands of lives by pinpointing cheap, effective drugs...
Italy launches Covid-19 inquiry over opposition protest
Rome: Italy's parliament approved on Wednesday the creation of an official inquiry into the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, angering...
Could the Covid inquiry reshape the UK?
London: The UK Covid inquiry packs up and leaves Edinburgh with big political and constitutional questions hanging in the air....
How do Covid death rates compare across the UK?
London: Between the start of 2020 and June 2022, England saw death rates 3.2% higher than in the years leading...
EU repeats vaccination call after Covid surge
Brussels: COVID and its variants are “very much still with us” and increasingly circulating in our communities, EU Health Commissioner...
UK households poorer than before pandemic: Unions
London: The United Kingdom is the only G7 country where household budgets have not recovered to pre-Covid levels, trade union...
UK nurses ask for masks and respirators as Covid cases rise
London: UK nurses want to bring back masks in all healthcare settings as cases of a new Covid-19 variant increase....
UK’s Sunak defends government’s handling of pandemic, restaurant scheme
London: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended Britain's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, telling an official inquiry he did...
Former UK PM Boris Johnson says his gov’t underestimated COVID-19 threat
London: Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has acknowledged his government “got some things wrong” in its response to the...
Covid-19 vaccination among migrants in Rome, Italy
Rome: Migrants may be susceptible to vaccine barriers and hesitancy. We evaluated the association between migrant status, as measured by...
‘Politicians don’t understand science’: advisers give evidence at UK COVID inquiry
London: Politicians and civil servants didn’t have the scientific knowledge necessary to understand research-based advice during the COVID-19 pandemic, a...
‘Politicians don’t understand science’: advisers give evidence at UK COVID inquiry
London: Politicians and civil servants didn’t have the scientific knowledge necessary to understand research-based advice during the COVID-19 pandemic, a...
Airlines lament rise in UK air traffic control charges
London: Airlines criticised a decision by Britain's aviation regulator on Thursday to increase the amount they can be charged for...
EU delays approval of Novavax’s revised COVID vaccine
Brussels: European Union (EU) regulators have delayed a decision to give approval for Novavax's (NVAX.O) variant-tailored COVID-19 vaccine, the Financial...
Covid vaccine rollout begins early in the UK with new variant under watch
London: England on Monday began its winter Covid-19 and flu vaccination campaign ahead of schedule as it monitors a new...
How COVID accelerated the collapse of religious practice in Italy
Rome: The relentless process of secularization sweeping across Europe spares no country of Latin Catholic tradition, albeit more slowly and...
UK regulator approves updated Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine
London: The UK drug regulator said on Tuesday it has approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer and its German...
UK: Flu and COVID autumn vaccine programmes brought forward
London: This year’s autumn flu and COVID-19 vaccine programmes will start earlier than planned in England as a precautionary measure...
Failure to spend EU recovery funds would be a defeat for Italy, president
Rome- A failure to fully invest the money earmarked for Italy from a European Union post-COVID recovery fund would be...
Italy wins EU nod to clinch 18.5 billion euros in post-COVID funds
Rome: The European Commission said on Friday it had provisionally approved the payment to Italy of a third tranche of...
