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Protests disrupt traffic ahead of German car show

Environmental activists protesting against car culture have disrupted traffic on several major roads around Munich before the opening of a leading auto show in...

‘A childless father’: MH-17 families speak in court of their deep trauma

Since her father and stepmother died in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH-17, Ria van der Steen has been dealing with feelings...

Greece begins administering Covid-19 vaccines outside churches

Greece has begun administering vaccinations for Covid-19 outside churches as a way of encouraging more people to get the jabs. Mobile National Health Organisation units...

Germany’s coronavirus cases pass four million

More than four million people have contracted coronavirus in Germany since the outbreak of the pandemic, the country’s disease control agency has said. The Robert...

France gets Covid booster shot campaign for over-65s under way

France has begun administering Covid-19 vaccine booster shots to people aged over-65 and those with underlying health conditions, as the highly contagious Delta variant...

Paris introduces strict speed limit for cars on nearly all its streets

France’s capital has introduced a new speed limit for vehicles on nearly all the streets of Paris with the maximum speed now just 30kph. It...

Fire crews battle blaze at residential tower block in Italy

Italian firefighters battled a high-rise blaze in Milan that spread rapidly through a 20-story residential building and poured black smoke into the air. Residents were...

Former Austrian vice chancellor convicted of corruption

A court in Vienna has convicted former Austrian vice chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache of corruption for trying to change laws to favour a private hospital...

Italy pauses to remember victims of 2016 quake on anniversary of disaster

Italian premier Mario Draghi has paid tribute to the victims of a 2016 earthquake that devastated entire towns in the centre of the country,...

Berlin art museum reopens after six-year revamp led by British architect

Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie, a modern art museum designed by Bauhaus pioneer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, has reopened to the public after a six-year...

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