The mayor of the village of Morez, in the Jura department of eastern France, bought a house in which he discovered a treasure. Discovery of a treasure estimated at 500,000 euros A veritable treasure, worth 500,000 euros, was discovered in a village in the department
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
London Heathrow has said Paris Charles de Gaulle had overtaken it to become Europe’s top airport in terms of passenger numbers, blaming delayed coronavirus testing and travel restrictions. “For the first time, Paris Charles de Gaulle has overtaken Heathrow as Europe’s largest airport, with Amsterdam
Shell-shocked hospital staff, some of whom have tested positive for the coronavirus, are fighting a losing battle in the Belgian city of Liege against Europe’s second wave of Covid-19. It is the second time that Belgium, a small EU country of 11.5 million people, has
The extra steps taken to support economic activity in the face of the new lockdown in France will worsen the public debt, said the Minister of Economy, Bruno Le Maire, in an interview with the newspaper Le Parisien. Debt forecast rises The new confinement in