Europe’s Covid crisis: Spain plans ‘green corridor’ as Greece says UK tourists may skip border queue

Spain is considering its own ‘green corridor’ for vaccinated Britons to allow them to visit this summer if there is no EU agreement on vaccine passports, the country’s tourism minister has said.  Fernando Valdés said his government is in talks with the UK about making travel easier between the two countries in time for the summer … Read more

Story of Europe’s ‘most violent haunting’ is re-examined in BBC podcast

It was just a normal semi-detached house on a quiet street in West Yorkshire.  But in the late 1960s 30 East Drive in Pontefract became the site of what was known as ‘Europe’s most violent haunting’ after the family living there reported being shoved, dragged and slapped by a spirit they named ‘Fred’. And now there … Read more

Europe’s vaccine war: Brussels releases AstraZeneca contract

The war between the EU and AstraZeneca deepened on Friday as Brussels published a redacted version of the vaccines contract it signed with the drug-maker. The EU hopes publishing the contract will force AstraZeneca to supply it with millions of jabs manufactured at UK factories to make up for shortfalls at a Belgian plant which … Read more

Heartwarming snaps show two rescue dogs enjoying trips to some of Europe’s most stunning landscapes

Absolutely paw-some! That’s one way to describe these images of two rescue dogs enjoying trips to some of Europe’s most mesmerising landscapes. The beautiful photos feature former Romanian street dogs Finn (the brown dog) and Yuri (the black and white dog) and were snapped by their Austrian owner, Anne Geier, in countries such as Italy, Norway … Read more

How Europe’s lockdowns compare to Britain

As the UK beds in for a tough new lockdown that could last months until enough people are vaccinated against Covid-19, some of its European neighbours are taking similarly strict measures while others have their eye on relaxing the current rules.  Germany has extended a national lockdown today in order to drive the infection rate down, … Read more

How Europe’s lockdowns compare to Britain

As the UK beds in for a tough new lockdown that could last months until enough people are vaccinated against Covid-19, some of its European neighbours are taking similarly strict measures while others have their eye on relaxing the current rules.  Germany is expected to extend a national lockdown today in order to drive the … Read more

Europe’s press reacts to Brexit deadline delay

Europe’s press has declared the ‘battle for fisheries is now on,’ as papers warn we ‘can’t allow failure,’ but ‘no one is willing to bear the responsibility’. Sunday’s deadline to reach a deal on the free trade agreement between Britain and the European Union was extended until the end of the month yesterday, with Boris … Read more

CEO of Europe’s biggest fashion website, 38, quits job ‘to prioritise wife’s career’

CEO of Europe’s biggest fashion website, 38, quits job ‘to prioritise wife’s career’ Rubin Ritter, 38, has been a co-CEO of fashion retailer Zalando since 2010 He will resign next year so that his wife’s professional ambitions can take priority  Zalando has been criticized for having an all male five-member management board By William Cole … Read more

Ryanair is declared Europe’s BEST-PERFORMING airline of the past 10 years

Ryanair is declared Europe’s BEST-PERFORMING airline of the past 10 years in Decade of Airline Excellence Awards One judge declaring that it had ‘revolutionised air travel within Europe’ ‘Ryanair has upped its game this decade,’ said frequent flyer Rob Burgess ‘With Ryanair, the joy of travelling by air has been removed’ – William Hanson By … Read more

Ryanair is declared Europe’s BEST-PERFORMING airline of the past 10 years

Ryanair is declared Europe’s BEST-PERFORMING airline of the past 10 years in Decade of Airline Excellence Awards One judge declaring that it had ‘revolutionised air travel within Europe’ ‘Ryanair has upped its game this decade,’ said frequent flyer Rob Burgess ‘With Ryanair, the joy of travelling by air has been removed’ – William Hanson By … Read more