Queen Margrethe of Denmark turns 80 today and to mark the occasion, royals from across Europe have surprised the monarch by sending their warm wishes via video call. Royals including Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and her family, King Felipe VI of Spain and his wife Queen Letizia, and King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the … Read more
‘DON’T book summer holidays hoping coronavirus crisis will be over’: European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen warns against making travel plans France urges fellow EU countries to keep non-Schengen travel restrictions European Commission President also warns people not to make holiday plans It comes after the UK government warned against all non-essential global travel … Read more
‘DON’T book summer holidays hoping coronavirus crisis will be over’: European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen warns against making travel plans France urges fellow EU countries to keep non-Schengen travel restrictions European Commission President also warns people not to make holiday plans It comes after the UK government warned against all non-essential global travel … Read more
European royal families have wished their nations a happy Easter via Instagram messages. The Swedish palace led the way, sharing a sweet clip of their ‘virtual’ celebration on the official Kungahuset account yesterday. It showed a four-way video call between King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel and their children, … Read more
Millionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks loses bid to use European human rights law to overturn £160,000 tax bill on his donations to UKIP Arron Banks owed over £160,000 on almost £1 million in donations to Ukip between October 2014 and March 2015 Donations to political parties which had two MPs elected at the last general … Read more
The choice of Matera as 2019’s European City of Culture will have astonished Italians of a certain age, although not those who have ever visited it. Fifty years ago, the city was designated the ‘national shame’ of Italy, embodying everything that was wrong with the impoverished south. But it was not true then and is little more … Read more
Emissions Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the biggest contributors to global warming. After the gas is released into the atmosphere it stays there, making it difficult for heat to escape – and warming up the planet in the process. It is primarily released from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and … Read more
Switzerland has become the fifth European country to declare more than 10,000 coronavirus infections after the number of cases jumped by almost 1,000 in the last 24 hours. The Alpine country’s health ministry revealed that 10,714 citizens have been infected this morning, and warned that this number will continue to rise for at least another … Read more
Royals on lockdown! European monarchs and their heirs lead by example and work from home as people are urged to stay inside to curb the spread of coronavirus Royal families across Europe are working from home during the pandemic Dutch, Norwegian and Belgian royals have all shared lockdown snaps online Images show the royals conducting … Read more
Britons infected with coronavirus are among thousands of patients taking part in a European coronavirus mega-trial of four experimental therapies. The trial, called Discovery, includes 3,200 patients who have been hospitalised from the killer virus in the UK, Spain, Germany, France, Sweden and Luxembourg. It will test the effectiveness of four treatments, including a course of … Read more