Are children a major source of contagion for Covid-19? Ten months into a pandemic that has claimed 1.2 million lives experts are still divided on the question, even as governments must decide whether to keep classrooms open or shut. During the first wave of infection,
Britain has missed a one-month deadline to respond to a European Commission warning over an alleged breach of the Brexit withdrawal agreement, a spokesperson for the EU executive arm said on Tuesday. Next steps are to be considered by the EU The commission is now
With a half-empty office floor and a whole team in quarantine, the new norm at one company in Paris illustrates the reality weighing on Europe’s biggest business district. Normally a hive of activity and teeming with workers, shoppers and tourists, La Defense, on the French
Two years after the EU launched its landmark GDPR data rights charter, there are signs Ireland is faltering in its outsized role as regulator of many of the most powerful digital giants. Hailed as a potent weapon to bring tech titans to heel, the General
Eurozone output soared by 12.7 percent in the third quarter, its sharpest recorded increase, as the bloc bounced back from the depths of the coronavirus lockdown, according to the EU agency Eurostat. But, despite the rebound, total gross domestic product in the 19-country zone is
As a president elected under the slogan “America First,” Donald Trump did not make an easy partner for Europe, so if he fails in his re-election bid on Tuesday, there probably won’t be too many sorry faces on the other side of the Atlantic. “Lowest
Joe Biden would hammer Donald Trump in the upcoming US presidential election if it were Europeans heading to the ballot box, according to a new poll, underscoring the incumbent’s unpopularity across the Atlantic. Among five countries surveyed by pollsters BVA — Britain, France, Germany, Italy
Brussels has set aside 220 million euros to transfer Covid patients from hard-hit member states to neighbours with spare hospital beds, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has said. Speaking after a videoconference with the 27 EU leaders, Von der Leyen called for European capitals
As a result of more stringent standards, recycling of plastic packaging is set to fall in the EU. Without better industrial capacity, the EU will not reach its 50% target in five years’ time. And illegal exports are likely to increase. The EU is facing
International tourists arrivals plunged by an annualised 70 percent during the first eight months of 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the World Tourism Organization (WTO). The Northern Hemisphere’s peak summer season was ravaged by travel restrictions, with tourist arrivals down by 81