Category: Europe

According to the report of Austrian National Television (ORF): The Portugal Federal Government abolishes the VAT on basic food items. No tax on food: Portugal takes new steps in the fight against inflation. The left-wing government there is abolishing food taxes on 44 basic foodstuffs. These include bread, milk, meat, pasta and fish. The aim […]

Russia has started military exercises involving the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. The inspection and drills, taking place in three Siberian regions, including Omsk and Novosibirsk, engage over 3,000 servicemen and 300 units of military equipment, the ministry said. A special commission of the Strategic Rocket Forces is examining coordination […]

Amsterdam has warned rowdy British sex and drug tourists to “stay away”. A digital discouragement campaign targeting men aged 18 to 35 in the UK is being pushed out by the Dutch city’s council. The initiative forms part of efforts to clean up Amsterdam’s raunchy reputation as Europe’s most liberal party capital. Typically blunt, the […]

Greek police release further details of arrests as part of a bust on a terror network in the city, saying that Israeli and Jewish sites were being targeted. Greek police sources tell AFP that officers arrested two Pakistanis, aged 27 and 29, who were planning attacks on Israelis in central Athens. A government official tells […]

BERLIN: Transport staff across Germany staged a ma­jor strike on Monday to push for wage hikes in the face of brisk in­flation, bringing com­muter lines to a halt in many cities. Workers at airports, ports, rail­ways, buses and metro lines throughout much of Europe’s top econo­my heeded a call by the Verdi and EVG unions […]

Scottish nationalists picked Humza Yousaf to be the country’s next leader on Monday after a bitterly fought contest that exposed deep divisions in his party over policy and a stalled independence campaign. The 37-year-old practicing Muslim succeeds Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the governing Scottish National Party (SNP) and will take over as head of […]

Germany and the European Union announced on March 25 that they have reached an agreement in their dispute over the future of cars with combustion engines, allowing the registration of new vehicles with such engines even after 2035 provided they use climate-neutral fuel only. EU Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans tweeted that “we have found an […]

Croatia joined the Schengen area on Sunday, potentially sparking an increase in its tourism sector. Planes flying to and from Croatia within the zone will now be treated as domestic flights. The Schengen area is the world’s largest free travel zone. It now comprises 27 countries, including 22 EU states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. […]

KYIV, UKRAINE: Kyiv on Sunday said Russia took Minsk as a “nuclear hostage” after President Vladimir Putin announced the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, bringing the arms to a country at the gates of the European Union. Putin, who has issued thinly veiled warnings that Russia could use nuclear weapons if threatened, said […]

Spain’s first major wildfire of the year raged in the eastern Valencia region on Friday, destroying more than 3,000 hectares (7,413 acres) of forest and forcing 1,500 residents to abandon their homes, authorities said. An unusually dry winter across parts of the south of the European continent has reduced moisture in the soil and raised […]