Old Europe
Clock counts down for Swedish PM Lofven as snap election looms
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden moved closer to a snap election on Monday after fruitless attempts to form a government by...
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Germany seeks to ban British travellers from EU on COVID-19 variant worries: The Times
(Reuters) - Germany will attempt to ban British travellers from the European Union regardless of whether or not they have...
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UK government, hit by Hancock scandal, to probe leak of footage
By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's government will investigate how images of former health minister Matt Hancock kissing an aide...
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Secret UK defence documents found in soggy heap at bus stop, says BBC
By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -Classified documents from Britain's defence ministry containing details about a British warship and Russia's potential...
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Israel summons Polish envoy over Holocaust property bill
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel summoned Poland's ambassador on Sunday to express its "deep disappointment" over a Polish...
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Nicaragua lambastes Spain’s foreign minister in angry attack
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Nicaragua's government launched a blistering attack on Spain and its Foreign Minister on Saturday, alleging inteference by...
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Turnout still low at midday in French regional elections
(Corrects date of last election to 2015) PARIS (Reuters) - Turnout by midday in the second round of French regional...
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Israeli foreign minister to meet U.S., Bahrain counterparts on Sunday
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will meet his U.S. and Bahraini counterparts in Rome on Sunday, Lapid's...
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UK health minister quits after breaking COVID rules by kissing aide
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) -British health minister Matt Hancock quit on Saturday after he was caught breaking COVID-19 rules...
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Mallorca probes COVID-19 outbreak among hundreds of partying students
MADRID (Reuters) - Authorities in Mallorca are investigating a coronavirus outbreak involving more than 600 students celebrating the end of...
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UK health minister quits after breaking COVID rules with affair
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's health minister Matt Hancock has resigned after he admitted breaking COVID-19 guidance by kissing and embracing...
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Thousands march in Paris’ first LGBT pride since lockdown
PARIS (Reuters) - An LGBT Pride march drew thousands of people to the streets of Paris on Saturday, with many...
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Turkish police fire tear gas to disperse Pride march in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd that gathered for a Pride parade in central...
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Germany knife attack victims were all women -police
WUERZBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Authorities in Germany were investigating on Saturday what prompted a man to go on the rampage...
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“Kanal Istanbul” project kicks off with bridge construction
By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday launched a $15 billion canal project intended to...
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Spain scraps outdoor mask-wearing rule, but many stay covered up
By Raul Cadenas and Catherine MacDonald MADRID (Reuters) - Spaniards were allowed to ditch their face masks for a walk...
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Germany to ramp up vaccinations in race with Delta variant
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will soon have so many doses of COVID-19 vaccine on hand that it will be able...
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British naval destroyer that angered Russia docks in Georgia
BATUMI, Georgia, June 26 (Reuters) - The British destroyer Defender, which angered Russia by sailing through waters off Crimea, docked...
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Delta variant ‘spreading rapidly’ from Lisbon to rest of Portugal
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Over 70% of coronavirus cases in the Lisbon area are from the more contagious...
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